Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 10:05PM Hot on the heels of today's other releases! A native Podcast application for your BlackBerry! you can browse through selected podcasts including some video podcasts.
This on is only available Via AppWorld: BlackBerry Podcasts app
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 9:53PM A bunch of great software releases today from RIM! Available both in AppWorld and via OTA link. They new BBM sports a touched up interface and other enhancements, most notably the conversation style graphics and over all speed.
The new version has been slowly filtering out in AppWorld or get it right away at the normal OTA link here: BBM 5.0.1.38
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 4:02PM Research in Motion just released the new Desktop manager for BlackBerry today. It brings the same syncing functionality plus new features and consolidates the once separate Media Sync program. Now all your syncing, both organizer and media, is done with one program. Supposedly this also bring Microsoft Office 2010 support but I have not tried that yet.
This version also adds WiFi media sync as an option. Sadly it is only music, pictures and video- not organizer data. however this feature is leaps and bounds ahead of anything Iphone or Android has to offer in terms of native support!
The built in media sync also features these new options.
Download it here : desktop manager 6.0
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 1:45PM Today Research in Motion announced the complete feature detail list for operating system 6. So far it is known any BlackBerry phones released after August 2010 will have OS6. Older that are upgradeable will be 9650, 9700 and possible others. However I feel it is better for RIM to cut their losses and focus on development on new devices only.
While tons on info is now floating around on more specific detail of OS6, I will list a few significant ones below.
Wifi sync with Itunes or windows media player with PC desktop software- no more wires! Even Iphone and Android can’t do this!
Media support for AVI, FLAC, OGG. FLAC offer near lossless audio quality. Imagine streaming CD quality sound via Bluetooth in your car!
Webkit based web browser. HTML5 and flash support. Finally a web browser to compete with Mobile Safari and Android.
OS6 cannot get here quick enough!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 1:31PM Google maps rolled out a update to their application and is now version 4.4.0. Sadly , still no voice turn by turn directions. However there is voice search, buzz, layers, latitude ( friends location), and now “places” ( which is a better local venue search similar to foursquare).
You have to go to this link to get it: Google maps 4.4.0
Google maps is free, and with the layers feature ( wikipedia, subway transit, and traffic)- a must have application.
Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 11:11AM This newest BlackBerry theme from Hedone design is wallpaper friendly. Designed to maximize screen for the background image or wallpaper. Also has six user defined home screen icons and quick menu access.
For all new BlackBerry phones for 6.99. Available at http://www.hedonedesign.com/wall-e/
Monday, May 10, 2010 at 12:25PM Howcast.com assembles the best how to videos from many subjects. Anything from how to cook beans to picking a lock. Thousands of educational videos that are useful for solving problems or just leaning something fun. Now these videos are available right in a new application on your BlackBerry!
Some features include:
- Watch the best how-to videos on the web, straight from your phone
- Search for a specific how-to video on just about anything
- Check out our Featured and Most Recent how-to videos
- Save a video to your list of Favorites so you can watch it at any time
- Recall videos that you have previously watched using the History feature
- Share any video with a friend by email
This application is free via App World. Here at this link: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/8003
Monday, May 10, 2010 at 12:17PM Waze is a new application to arrive on BlackBerry. It is free for anyone to use and the BlackBerry application is in beta stage. While some functions are missing from the beta, it is still a useful free turn by turn GPS application.
Waze also has foursquare and twitter plug-in to aggregate the social aspect of where you and your friends are. You can check in to venues for foursquare via this application.
Waze will allow you to navigate to any destination with spoken turn by turn directions and traffic alerts. Alerts include; accidents, slowdowns, speed traps, and red light cameras.
While its in beta, there are some bugs. Some BlackBerry phone have issue running the application. I also found the GPS directions not to be optimal and sometimes taking me way out of my way to a destination. However, Waze is built on users and as more people use Waze, it will become more effective. Besides that, there are few GPS applications that offer voice navigation for free.
Available for most newer BlackBerry phone here at m.waze.com . You will need to create a Waze account.
Waze also offers an online dashboard at waze.com. Here it saves all your driving statisics and past routes. The various routes are available to download in .gpx file format which is really cool for those into GPS. A .gpx file can be used to sync photos to a latitude and longitude by way of the time stamp. Some photographers pay big money for standalone GPS devices that do this. You can also see these routes on Waze’s own online map utilities.
Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 1:10PM Google maps Mobile for BlackBerry has been updated to version 4.0.1. Google maps is one of those free must have applications for BlackBerry in encourage every BlackBerry owner to install.
It adds buzz and voice search to the application. But the biggest addition is the Labs feature which I think other BlackBerry blog sites are missing out on. Google can easily add new labs features to the application. One new lab add on is the heading and speed notification. As you are riving it displays this info. It now also syncs your favorites on the maps with your Google account in the web browser version of Google maps ( when your signed in on your PC of course). All that is missing now is turn by turn directions and voice navigation- which I believe someday Google will add in.
Go to : m.google.com/maps to download to your BlackBerry.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 12:40PM This is all the flag codes I could find. If you do not see your country’s flag code here- do not blame me! Request that RIM add it in by contacting them.
