Video: BMW iDrive Reads Your BlackBerry Email To You
Research in Motion and BMW have been working on technology that essentially turns your BMW’s iDrive into a remote control of your BlackBerry . Using a new Bluetooth protocol called MAP, the BMW and BlackBerry can pair allowing iDrive to ingest all the contacts from the BlackBerry and sync email. Once paired, Drives can scan through and read headers of emails through their iDrive console (probably not the safest act while driving) and selected messages can read to the driver using iDrive’s text-to-voice transcription. [Via PhoneScoop ] Video: BMW iDrive Reads Your BlackBerry Email To You is a post from: RIMarkable Related posts: AT&T Voicemail To Text Now Available For $9.99 Per Month Email On/Off Switch for BlackBerry Free BlackBerry Download — Vlingo 4.5 Reads Emails And Texts To You The BlackBerry Needs to Handle HTML Based Email Better
And finally BlackBerry Curve 8530 users can rejoice, because a new leaked OS has arrived. The latest is OS 5.0.0.654, which comes our way curiosity of GizmoFusion . We haven’t heard any reviews of .654 for the Curve 8530 as of yet, but feel free to give it a try! Just remember that this is not an official OS, and it has been leaked before obtaining final testing. It’s not recommended you install this OS if you have no previous knowledge of installing leaked OS’ before.
It’s been a while since we’ve covered any OS leaks, and it seems a few popped up this weekend. We’re going to start off with the one for the BlackBerry Tour 9630. Anyone rocking a Tour 9630 can now download OS 5.0.0.662 from the link below. Please remember that this is not an official OS, and it has been leaked before obtaining final testing. It’s not recommended you install this OS if you have no previous knowledge of installing leaked OS’ before.
Blackberry 8520 Red Deals – New Blackberry Curve 8520 Red
The latest red edition of the Blackberry Curve 8520 has now been released, joining the black, blue, purple, violet and white colour variants in the range the new Blackberry 8520 Red offers exactly the same great features but in a new deep fuchsia red casing. Initially launched as a SIM Free phone the red Blackberry Curve
Apple iPhone surpasses BlackBerry as the #1 Opera Mini device in the US
Opera Mini launched on the iPhone a mere few weeks ago and the Apple handset has already has taken the top spot as the device with the most Opera Mini users, as measured by number of installs, in the US. The iPhone ousted BlackBerry, the previous reigning champ in the US, and is reportedly well ahead of its mobile competitor from Canada
BlackBerry Tour 9630 Gets Free Push to Talk Feature at Verizon
Found under: BlackBerry , Tour , Push to Talk , Verizon , , For some people a Push to Talk handset feature is very important and Verizon Wireless is well aware of it. Thats why the carrier has decided to offer all BlackBerry Tour 9630 owners this popular feature and its all possible thanks to a simple software download.Most importantly Verizon is ready to offer Push to Talk to BlackBerry Tour customers totally free of charge. Usually the service costs 5 per month but now you can get it for free as long as you get the Push to Talk software on Read More Read more in mobile format
BlackBerry 9670 Flip Phone Coming to Verizon and Vodafone?
Found under: BlackBerry , 9670 , RIM , Verizon , Vodafone , , RIMs latest flip phone although not official yet is the BlackBerry 9670. Unlike other clamshell BlackBerry handsets available to date the 9670 seems to have been made especially at the request of Verizon. The BlackBerry 9670 which has been seen already in leaked pictures is supposed to come with some impressive features like BlackBerry 6 5-megapixels camera Wi-Fi full QWERTY keyboard 360 x 480 internal touchscreen display a large external display CDMA support and a optical Read More Read more in mobile format
SMobile Systems has been the leading provider of mobile security for years, and we were lucky enough to have them join in on our Birthday celebration. I have used it and it has worked flawless, becoming an app that stays on my BlackBerry. I have five copies and five winners, so drum roll please… The winners who won a YEAR subscription to SMobile are: Grant Kata Josh D Lynn Lisa Thanks everyone, and don’t forget, there are still specials running for SMobile with special codes for our Birthday.
SmrtGuard BlackBerry Sync Birthday Contest Winners Announced
We had a brand new updated SmrtGuard and a giveaway for our Birthday, and our winners have been notified. While no one seems to really put focus on security on their BlackBerry lately, it’s only after you have been victimized that brings it to your attention. Our winners win a free month of SmrtGuard Pro… And our winners are: Kata Josh D Josh Thairy A special thanks goes out to everyone who participated and to SmrtGuard for making this possible. Enjoy your SmrtGuard, and please share your feedback. You’re reading a story which originated at BlackBerrySync.com , Where you find BlackBerry News You Can Sync With..
SmrtGuard Pro Updates to v2.24, Adds Fixes And Web Portal
Whenever there’s an update, it’s important to do so, especially with apps. If there’s an update available for an app, it’s because they have improved it or fixed issues. If you use SmrtGuard, please update it as soon as you can. We try to keep you up to date with the latest so you can keep your BlackBerry running as smooth as possible.
BlackBerry Tour 9630 users get Push-to-Talk “Free for Life” from Verizon
Since Verizon started offering free Push-to-Talk to users of the BlackBerry Tour 9630 just over a month ago, the conversion rate hasn’t been that great. How do we know? Well, call it a gut feeling, but we feel that if enough users got in on the “limited time” free PTT offering, then Verizon wouldn’t be offering it now for free for the life of a user’s contract.
Verizon Wireless to offer free Push to Talk for BlackBerry Tour 9630 owners
When you think of push-to-talk you might conjure up images of construction workers on job sites wielding yellow ruggedized handsets. However, recently Verizon rolled out push-to-talk to its business-centric BlackBerry Tour handset in an attempt to bring PTT to new industries and work places. The adoption rate for this $5 monthly service has apparently a bit sluggish amongst Tour owners, as Verizon is reportedly launching a new promotion that will allow 9630 owners to add the PTT service to their line…for free
Motorola no longer in top 5 phone makers, RIM takes its place
Research in Motion has managed, for the first time in its history, to enter the top five phone makers. The Canadian company sold 10.6 million BlackBerry devices in the first quarter of 2010 – more than Sony Ericsson and Motorola.
If you ned a case for your BlackBerry Curve 8520 or 8530, then maybe you’ll be interested in this new case from OtterBox. It’s not new-new, as in a new design, but rather a pink version of their Commuter Series case . It costs $34.95, but 10 percent of those proceeds go to the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade
BlackBerry 9670 to be launched only via Verizon and Vodafone?
BlackBerry 9670 , RIM’s second smartphone to come in a clamshell form factor (after the Pearl Flip 8220 / 8230), might be exclusively available at Verizon and Vodafone. According to Fudzilla , the BlackBerry 9670 is a clamshell just because Verizon asked RIM to do it in this form factor. Reportedly, the carrier also “supplied the specs”, which should include a 5MP camera, Wi-Fi, full QWERTY keyboard, and an updated OS (that’s BlackBerry 6 ). The 9670 should be some sort of an affordable “hip device” targeted at young users.
When the original BlackBerry Pearl was announced back in 2006, it caused quite a stir. Until that point, BlackBerry handsets were rather large, and chunky, and very wide. But then came the Pearl, and suddenly Blackberry handsets were almost the size of a normal mobile device. The size issue with Blackberry handsets was caused by the inclusion of full QWERTY keyboards, and whilst handsets these days with full QWERTY are a much more manageable size, something like the Pearl still has a place in the pocket of some mobile users.
iPhone Already Third Most Popular Handset for Opera Mini
It has only been a couple of weeks since launch, but already the iPhone is having a major impact on the usage stats of Opera Mini. Currently the iPhone sits as the third most popular device using Opera Mini worldwide.
Can Your BlackBerry Smartphone Handle Druglord Wars 2?
Found under: BlackBerry , Games , Apps , , Sure the BlackBerry smartphones are great productivity tools for professionals but they also happen to offer lots of support for various apps that are made to entertain you if and when you do decide to take a break from work. Such an app is Druglord Wars 2 which appears to be the follower of the best game of 2009.Druglord Wars 2 is now available for just 2.23 Euros but the price will go back up to 3.72 Euros on May 1 so better act quickly and get it now. The phone will work on both to Read More Read more in mobile format
iPhone, BlackBerry Won’t Last Another Five Years – Kaspersky
Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of a popular antivirus company , said at a Infosec that closed operating systems, like iPhone, BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ), and Windows Phone, won’t last in the long run because they don’t embrace open-source, like Android and Symbian do. That’s an awfully heavy-handed statement, considering the ample success of iPhone and BlackBerry these days, though Android certainly provides a case for successful open-source mobile operating systems. At the same conference, Kaspersky has has reiterated their coverage of mobile phone viruses which, though currently nonexistant, could become a worry as smartphones gain marketshare and operating systems become bigger and introduce more security gaps. Security aside, I have problems imaging Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL ) having trouble selling just about anything to consumers, and will more than likely last more than five years.
Add contact information from business cards with ProOnGo
A few months ago I touted ProOnGo Expense as an excellent personal finance manager. Not only does it take care of routine budgetary matters, but it also features a receipt readers. Using your camera you can snap a picture of a receipt, and the application would convert it, cutting out the manual entering process