Episode #34 of the Simple Mobile Review Podcast, “ Sushi is Dead Cold Fish ” is up and ready for download. Our big question for BlackBerry users this week… What is RIM doing to attract new BlackBerry users?
BlackBerry Desktop Manager 6 was released in limited beta to select BlackBerry Beta Zone members several weeks ago, and, subsequently, leaked online to anyone feeling adventurous a few days later, however, has been recently officially released to all and is now ready for download. New BlackBerry Desktop Manage 6 features include: An improved, simpler design for the software Added BlackBerry Media Sync features to import and synchronize your media files (music, pictures, and videos) from one location Option to synchronize your music by artist and genre Support for the BlackBerry® Torch 9800 Smartphone and the BlackBerry Curve 9300 Smartphone If your device is using BlackBerry Device Software 6.0, you can use the Wi-Fi music sync feature to download or remove songs from your computer’s music collection using your device when you connect to your home’s Wi-Fi network Download BlackBerry Desktop Manager 6 BlackBerry Desktop Manager 6 Now Available is a post from: RIMarkable
How to piss off everyone that traveled to NY for your special event. Release you information before the event. WOW! Tech specs after the break Touchscreen - 3.2″ High Resolution 480?360 pixel color display with slide-out QWERTY keyboard and optical trackpad Web Browser - Full HTML tabbed browser for “PC-like” Web browsing with tabbed browsing for access to multiple web pages at the same time and pinch-to-zoom capability Email and IM - BlackBerry Enterprise Servicer for corporate email, BlackBerry Internet Service for personal email, and Mobile Instant Messaging Messaging - Next-generation messaging including group messaging for up to 10 people and locations Social Networking - One view of all your favorite sites such as Facebook®, Twitter™, and MySpace® Operating System - BlackBerry 6 OS with integrated search and new UI BLUETOOTH® 2.1 - with A2DP Stereo Wi-Fi - 802.11b/g/n and AT&T Hot Spots for Wi-Fi access at over 20,000 locations 3G - Broadband data speeds on the nation’s fastest 3G network Camera - 5 MP autofocus flash camera with video and scenes Music and Video - AT&T Music, AT&T Video Share, PrimeTime2Go video-on-demand application, YouTube podcast, video capture, playback and streaming, 3.5 mm headset jack Media Synch - iTunes, Windows Media® Player DRM-Free music, photos and videos on the go from your computer to your BlackBerry
Borders announced yesterday that it has launched a new eBook Store along with eBook reader applications for various platforms including the BlackBerry. There are over a million Borders eBooks at Borders.com, including a generous selection of free eBooks, to read on your Mac or PC desktop and on popular mobile devices. Just download any of the FREE Borders eReader apps and relish the freedom.
Research in Motion is sponsoring a BlackBerry Messenger Contest where the grand prize winner will receive $5000 for the best captioned picture or video telling the world how they use BlackBerry Messenger. Other Great Prizes Include: Runners-Up: The second and third highest scoring entries, selected from the top 25 highest scoring entries, will receive $1,000 to share an experience with their BBM group, or do whatever else they can dream up with the cash. Top 25 BBM: Twenty-five Top 25 Prizes will each be awarded a prize pack consisting of one Music Gateway, one Multimedia headset and one BBM t-shirt.
Simple Mobile Review Podcast Episode #14 is up and ready for download. Rod, Chris, and I each got new gadgets this week… The iPad, a Nexus One, and the Palm Pre Plus and we do a lot of talking about each of them. As always, we’ve got our picks of the week and we have a really cool software giveaway this episode. Listen: Subscribe: Standard RSS Show Hosts: Rod Simmons — Simple Mobile Review Chris Ashley — Simple Mobile Review Robb Dunewood — RIMarkable Show Topics Rod Reviews the iPad Still a big iPod Kids Loved it Chris says it looked like a cool device Robb got the Palm Pre Turns out to be cheaper than a MIFI Speed was slightly slower than Tether for BlackBerry Chris got the Nexus One Chris is going to use it until Phone 7 comes out Already noticed some features that he misses from Windows Phone Skyfire abandons BlackBerry platform Robb says that the OS is too hard to code for Chris welcomes Robb to the world of Windows Phone The FCC losses its battle against Comcast Chris says that he is in the middle with this issue Rod says that we are going to be in a tough spot FCC is also challenging the ADMob purchase Mentioned Links Picks of the Week Eye-Fi ( Wireless Memory Card )– Rod Simmons (SimpleMobileReview) Verizon Mobile Hotspot for Palm – ( Internet Sharing App) Robb Dunewood ( RIMarkable ) Kodak PlaySport HD ( Video Camera )– Chris Ashley (SimpleMobileReview) Special Thanks to Laura Tsaggaris for the Music The song in this weeks podcast is called Go and Do Everything ( Again ) Get your copy of Laura’s Album from Amazon or iTunes Find out more information about Laura and her live shows .
Imagine looking at a happy baby about 17 months old holding your mobile phone while sitting in the bathtub. That was the exact moment I lost my Motorola Droid and went back to the Blackberry Storm. The sound of water running in the bathtub drowns out the sound coming from the Droid’s speaker, my solution I had it next to the tub during bath time.
Thumbplay launched an invitation only beta of their cloud-based music streaming service back at the beginning of February and today have opened up Thumbplay Music beta to all. Thumbplay is a free BlackBerry download and is currently available on BlackBerry App World for the BlackBerry Storm, Storm2, and Bold 9700. Thumbplay does offer a premium service which offers on-demand access millions of songs and the ability to play them while offline. There is a free 3-day trial, however, it will cost $9.99 after that.
Shazam, a very cool BlackBerry application that allows you to identify songs that are playing, has been updated to version 2.5. The latest release allows you to play YouTube music videos that you tag as well as buy music from the 7Digital Music store. You can download Shazam for BlackBerry here: Download Shazam v2.5 > > Shazam For BlackBerry Updated To Version 2.5… Now With Music Videos And Store Integration is a post from: RIMarkable
Shazam, a very cool BlackBerry application that allows you to identify songs that are playing, has been updated to version 2.5. The latest release allows you to play YouTube music videos that you tag as well as buy music from the 7Digital Music store. You can download Shazam for BlackBerry here: Download Shazam v2.5 > > Shazam For BlackBerry Updated To Version 2.5… Now With Music Videos And Store Integration is a post from: RIMarkable