New beta version of m.yahoo.com in the works - we've got screenshots
Further proving that security through (very, very light) obscurity isn't a good means of keeping things secret, a new beta version of Yahoo's Mobile Front Page (generally known as just m.yahoo.com) has been found hiding just one character away from the beta announced to the public back in January.
Where as the public beta [...]
iPhone 2.2 firmware released, iPod Touch version missing some features
The calendar now reads November 21st and, just as expected, iPhone firmware 2.2 has been released to the masses. Seeing as a pretty good number of developers have had their hands on test versions of 2.2 for sometime now, and as NDAs generally turn to pudding after a few hundred people are in on the [...]
Samsung Instinct MR-4 update now available
Things were a bit quiet around here yesterday due to an all day field-trip to Nokia in San Diego (more on that soon - likely tomorrow evening), but we're back.
First news of the morning comes via tip from Sean. Sometime yesterday, Samsung made an update (MR4, Version BJ20) available for the Instinct with at least [...]
iPhone now #1 handset in the world by AdMob's count
Each month, AdMob, a mobile advertising network, rounds up the data from over 6,000 mobile websites and applications, analyzes it all, and releases their findings in their Mobile Metrics Report. In the September report, AdMob determined that the iPhone had become the #4 handset worldwide. In the October release, the iPhone has skyrocketed all the [...]
Motorola announces the 5-megapixel VE66 slider
If you've ever wondered what would happen if you took the Motorola ZN5, made it a slider rather than a candybar phone, and added 3G, you now have an answer: the Motorola VE66. Also, stop thinking about stuff like that, weirdo.
It's not quite that simple, but it's pretty close. Like the ZN5, it's got a [...]
Want to see Flash running on the G1? Here's the video
After yesterdays announcement that Adobe was working on Flash for both Windows Mobile and Android, we mentioned that a brief demonstration of Flash running on the G1 was shown. Don't believe it? The proof is in the pudding. The delicious streaming video pudding.
While there are a few apparent framerate stutters, this is by all indications [...]
AT&T launches the LG Incite
While I try to avoid comparing every touchscreen phone to the iPhone, it's a bit challenging when they throw them on the same carrier for the exact same price. Coming in at $199 on a two-year contract with AT&T (after $100 dollar rebate), it was all of about a half second before the first "ZOHNOES [...]
G1 capable of multi-touch input? Looks like it.
Whenever the G1 vs iPhone debate gets underway, iPhone purists are quick to flag the G1's lack of multi-touch input support. Turns out, it might just be able to handle it after all -on the hardware end, at least. Whilst tearing his G1's workings apart line-by-line, a crafty coder going by RyeBrye came across [...]
Virgin Mobile USA lays off 10% of staff
Citing "duplication of assignments", Virgin Mobile USA has announced that they have laid off 45 employees from their New Jersey and California offices, which works out to about 10% of their workforce.
This comes just months after Virgin Mobile purchased post-paid MVNO Helio for $39 million. The terms of that deal already entailed a whole lot [...]
RIM working on an LTE BlackBerry? Of course they are.
According to BGR, RIM is already crackin' away at an LTE device so that it's ready for launch whenever LTE officially goes live.
For the sake of the folks out there who don't spend their lives memorizing every last mobile industry acronym: LTE stands for "Long Term Evolution", and is one of the standards set to [...]
Samsung Gravity hits T-Mo today
T-Mobile said the Samsung Gravity would show up on Nov. 17th and, sure enough, it has arrived.
While the Gravity might not have the same pull as some of the bigger, less wallet-friendly QWERTY handsets on the market, at $49.99 (on a 2-year contract) it's a decent pick for anyone looking to wear down their thumbs [...]
Adobe To Demo Flash On Mobile (But Only Windows). Still "Working" On The iPhone.
Adobe's Flash Player is on 98 percent of all desktop computers, but it is still struggling to make the jump to mobile phones. If you want Flash on a mobile device, right now you have to settle for a compromised version: Flash Lite. But Adobe is committed to bring the full Flash Player [...]
American Airlines introduces mobile boarding passes
Though nearly the entire pre-flight process has been tweaked to make use of modern technologies, one outdated aspect still lingers: the tickets. Every single time I fly, I find myself checking the location where I put my tickets once every 3-4 minutes. Are they still there? Did I remember to zip up after I last [...]
Right on time, U.S. Cellular gets the Delve
Jeez - With the Eternity for AT&T, the Saga and the Renown for Verizon, and now the Delve for U.S. Cellular, Samsung's shipping crew must have had one hell of a week.
When we first heard that this phone was on its way to U.S. Cellular, we expected it to launch in the middle of November. [...]
AT&T launches Samsung Eternity, makes us want the Omnia
It's not quite the Samsung Omnia that folks are eagerly awaiting for, but it's a step or two in that direction. Launched this morning for AT&T, the Samsung Eternity sports a 3.2″ touchscreen, haptic feedback for a dash of vibration with every touch, an accelerometer, a 3.0 megapixel camera, and all that good ol' 3G [...]
Verizon launches Samsung Saga, Samsung Renown
Bam! Right off the bat, this morning brings not one, but two new Samsung phones to Verizon.
First up is the WinMo 6.1 powered Samsung Saga, pictured on right. For 200 bucks and a 2-year contract, you'll walk away with a QWERTY keyboard, 2.2″ touchscreen, optical mouse, and support for Stereo bluetooth. They've also packed [...]
Verizon and Photobucket team up for instant photo uploading
Whenever people remember to use that camera on the back of their phone, what do they do with it? Do they go out into the wild and try to capture what Ansel Adams' work would look like through a crappy VGA sensor? No. They go and take pictures of themselves with the bathroom mirror, or [...]
AT&T launches the S60-powered Nokia 6650
Hey, there it is! After the Nokia 6650 missed its leaked release date and managed to stay off the radar for nearly a month, we were beginning to think they'd canned it.
Turns out, the first S60 device to hit AT&T in a long was just taking its sweet time to make it to the shelves. [...]
Sprint offers employee buyouts to avoid layoffs
With just about everyone pulling at their collars over the economy right now, more and more people are winding up on the chopping block. Amongst the many companies on layoff watch at the moment is Sprint; after bleeding out over 1.3 million customers over the last quarter, it's pretty clear that Sprint was going to [...]
LG Swift lands in Alltels lineup
A new LG handset was announced for Alltel (and in the long run, I suppose, Verizon) this morning. Don't let its appearance fool you, my friends - this is no standard flip phone. This one will change your life.
Okay, fine. It won't change your life. In fact, with its defining features being a 1.3 megapixel [...]
I am speaking at CEBIT in Hanover in 2009
Just confirmed today - I am speaking at CEBIT in Hanover in 2009 . This will be a first. If anyone is attending - lets touch base. Never attended CEBIT before ..
Trusted information sharing carnival?
Hello
Is there a Carnival(like carnival of the mobilists) for trusted information sharing? covering privacy, trust, reputation, P2P, Government, social factors, regulation, best practise, technologies etc? This is a subset of Enterprise 2.0 but with a different emphasis and within a community setting
Apologies for the delay in posting ..
Apologies for the delay in posting .. I have been a bit tied up with some business and personal issues. Getting back on track this week.
Europe in a digital world - first session live
The first session of Europe in a digital world will be streamed live tomorrow.
On 13 November, from 14:30 to 16:15 (CET time), the link below will be active and you will be able to watch the event in streaming.
http://live.europarl.europa.eu/asx/channel02.asx
(minimum requirement: Windows Media Player 6.409. For optimal vision, Windows Media Player 11.
If you are unable to clic...
Poor reporting by telecomtv.com: The wheels come off the telecoms gravy train in Europe
The wheels come off the telecoms gravy train in Europe does not do justice to the normally good reporting by telecomtv.com
I reproduce a comment from David Harrington below on the original article(I agree with David's comment). The emphasis is mine. It is sad that telecomtv.com wrote this and as David said, the article might well have been written by Deutsche Telekom or France Telecom, or a...
Poor reporting by telecoms.com: The wheels come off the telecoms gravy train in Europe
The wheels come off the telecoms gravy train in Europe does not do justice to the normally good reporting by telecoms.com
I reproduce a comment from David Harrington below on the original article(I agree with David's comment). The emphasis is mine. It is sad that telecoms.com wrote this and as David said, the article might well have been written by Deutsche Telekom or France Telecom, or ano...
The Irish Obama song ..
classic :)
He'sin the white house .. He took his chance .. Now lets see him do Riverdance .. - is my favourite line
In case you dont know Riverdance ..
Can an Operator sell aggregated data - and any examples of the same ..
Considering my previous post Owning the customer vs knowing the customer .. Here is a question ..
a) Can Operators sell aggregated data?
b) If so, what are the guidelines?
c) What are the possible aggregates?(examples)
d) Who has done this successfully?
e) What kind of aggregates are valuable for the end client(buyers of
advertising)
By aggregated data I mean:
The Operator d...
Carnival of the mobilists No 148 ..
Carnival of the mobilists No 148 at the mopocket blog
Mashup event - keynote by Tim O Reilly
The OpenGardens blog is supporting this event and it promises to be an interesting one. Full details and press release HERE
The mashup event continues to get traction with Tim O Reilly now giving the keynote. Full agenda HERE
Social networks - A data oriented / retro approach
This approach forms a key part of my thinking .. any comments welcome.
The Web is organised around content - for instance, most people start with 'Search' - when they interact with the Web. In contrast, the social web is organised around people (particiants in a social network) - and we often start by searching for specific people when we work with the Social Web.
In a nutshell, particip...
The Obama campaign: True grassroots democracy in action with the Web and social media as a catalyst
I have been following Barack Obama's campaign since my first talk at the European parliament in June 2007 .
Next week, I again speak at an event in Brussels at the parliament - towards a digital world
One of the themes of our discussion is What is the impact of new technologies (e.g. social networks) on social relations?/society
So, it is a good time to talk about Barack Obama's c...
The Obama campaign: True grassroots democracy in action with the Web as a catalyst
I have been following Barack Obama's campaign since my first talk at the European parliament in June 2007 .
Next week, I again speak at an event in Brussels at the parliament - towards a digital world
One of the themes of our discussion is What is the impact of new technologies (e.g. social networks) on social relations?/society
So, it is a good time to talk about Barack Obama's c...
Owning the customer vs. knowing the customer
Many telecoms network operators persist in this quaint notion of owning the customer
This obsession causes a blind spot because they miss out on the opportunities of knowing the customer
While Operators continue to try to 'own' the customer - the web players continue to 'know' the customer better.
Since most people will want to centralize their personal information with a few pl...
The success of the Smule sonic lighter: Are VCs/ mobile business models valid? Maybe we are looking at Mobility too seriously..
UK sales of games will outstrip music and video for the first time in 2008 - and yesterday evening I was having a discussion about mobile apps .. The usual questions - what will people pay for and why etc etc etc .. Discussions we have been having now for the last eight years or so ..
But the success of games in the UK reminded me of this techcrunch story .. What Is The Deal With This St...
Barack Obama - History in the making ..
Not just for African Americans - but for people all over the world!
Slashed Seat Affair - the band ..
I have known Darren Michael for a few years now and he does all our video editing including for the forumoxford / Oxford University events.
Darren is also a musician and their band Slashed seat affair is now getting some traction. It is nice to see it all come together for Ellie, Noel, Darren and Rob after all the efforts they have been putting in
I was thinking - what does their ...
The Push Web ..
I am still (technically) on holiday in India - and when in India, it is always a pleasure to meet Rajesh Jain. Rajesh Jain is a good friend and one of India's foremost entrepreneurs in the Internet / mobile sector besides being a leading advocate for futuretext books.
Rajesh's claim to fame is he sold his company Indiaworld for $115 million US dollars in 2002 - which is one of India's larg...
Chetan Sharma's new book: Wireless broadband - conflict and convergence - highly recommended
Vern Fotheringham and Chetan Sharma publish their new book Wireless broadband - conflict and convergence - highly recommended - as usual from Chetan Sharma and Vern
The ten steps to creating a Social media marketing campaign
Note: This is a long document outlining the creation of a social media marketing campaign. I welcome comments and feedback - especially to the ten steps and the overall approach. The emphasis is on converged media campaigns(spanning Web, Telecoms and Media)
Table of contents
The paradox of Social media marketing
Social media marketing campaigns
The metaphor: Air traffic controller o...
Mystery RC29 update hits T-Mobile's G1
Filed under: Software , HTC , Android
While many of you are still waiting for T-Mobile's RC28 update to hit your G1, at least one reader has trumped us all. KoSoVaR is sitting on fresh, over-the-air software after receiving an update notice a few minutes ago. The process rebooted his G1 "a few times" only to stabilize at RC29. Hard to say what's new at this point but we'll get back t...
G1 themes help Sidekick users cope with feelings of inadequacy
Filed under: Multimedia , T-Mobile , Danger , Misc
Look, we know how it goes. Rent before new phone. 18 months left on your contract. Your mom kicked you out. They're all very valid reasons to keep on keepin' on with your current Sidekick, but that still doesn't alleviate the pain felt by wanting a T-Mobile G1 with every fiber of your being, now does it? Enter CubanitaStylezz, a theme...
Both AT&T and Verizon see very positive Q3s
Filed under: ATT , Verizon Wireless , Misc While many industries are going through a bit of a rough patch (to put things mildly), both AT&T and Verizon are soaking up the sun. Or maybe that's just the beaming glow being emitted from their respective Q3 reports. Either way, AT&T reported a 2.0 million net gain in total wireless subscribers on the coattails of 2.4 million iPhone 3G activatio...
BlackBerry Bold up for pre-order at Best Buy: 680 smackers
Filed under: Handsets , RIM , ATT , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA
We already knew RIM's BlackBerry Bold would sell for a stiff $299.99 on contract with AT&T, but if you're one of the many AT&T users who'd rather not sign a new agreement (or renew your current one), you've probably been patiently waiting to hear an unsubsidized price. Here is it, but we're warning you, you might want to s...
Samsung throws two SIM slots in beefy S9402 DuoS
Filed under: Handsets , Samsung , GSM , EDGE
Just in case Samsung has yet to create a dual SIM DuoS handset that really struck your fancy, here's yet another to consider: the S9402. Expected to boast a luxurious outfit (and matching price tag, we imagine), this here candybar will tout a 2-inch QVGA AMOLED display, an all-metal frame, 1GB of internal memory, a microSDHC card slot, ...
G1s said to be "pouring into China," selling for big bucks
Filed under: Handsets , HTC , Android
Google may still only be the number two search engine in China, but it looks like it's starting to make some serious inroads into the sketchy cellphone market in the country, with the Android-based G1 reportedly now "pouring into China" though some dubious channels, and demanding some pretty hefty prices. According to China's DoNews, the handse...
Orange helps itself to British exclusive on Touch HD
Filed under: Handsets , HTC , Orange , Windows Mobile , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , UMTS
There are exclusives , and then there are exclusives -- and a Touch HD exclusive definitely falls into the latter category. HTC's undisputed WinMo heavyweight of the moment will be found only on Orange (well, as a locked device, anyway) in the UK through the end of the year for £79.99 (about ...
T-Mobile UK chats up Androids apps available on G1 launch day, October 30
Filed under: Handsets , HTC , T-Mobile , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , UMTS , Android The G1 launches on T-Mobile UK in just three short (yet excruciating) days, and in an effort to work the hype into a fine, creamy lather, the carrier has drafted a press release talking about all the exciting apps that'll be available from the Market on day one. T-Mobile says that some 50 apps will be rea...
AT&T Fuze shows up again, this time courtesy of eBay
Filed under: Handsets , HTC , ATT , Windows Mobile , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , UMTS
We can't help but wonder who these mysterious individuals are who get pre-release gear from carriers and manage -- somehow -- to sneak it onto ginormous, hugely visible auction sites without getting into any hot water. Not to say we're complaining; after all, how else would we have the opportunity to ...
Motorola's i9 in the wild, presumably chirping
Filed under: Handsets , Motorola , Sprint
Okay, we're going to say this only once, so pay attention because you're not likely to ever hear it again: this is a good-looking iDEN phone. There, we said it. We feel good about it, no regrets. When are you gonna hit up Sprint for us, i9 ? [Thanks, djSD] Gallery: Motorola i9 in the wild Motorola's i9 in the wild, pr...
Cox to enter cellphone biz, link handsets to other cable-related services
Filed under: Sprint , EV-DO , MVNOs , CDMA , Misc , LTE
We know, you're just dying to say this is a complete shock, but we're here to inform you that it's not . If you'll recall, Cox dug deep to snatch up a decent block of spectrum in this year's 700MHz auction , and it even went so far as to promise a differentiated product that would eventually integrate with its other con...
T-Mobile G1 coming to Walmart at a slashed price?
Filed under: Handsets , HTC , T-Mobile , Android
Word on the street is that the top ten Walmarts in each market will be getting hooked up with the T-Mobile G1 on the 24th of November. That in itself isn't really news -- big boxes have really been ramping up their wireless sales as of late -- but here's where it gets juicy: we're hearing that they'll go for just $148.88 on a two-year...
Casio's 8.1 megapixel W63CA with 480 x 800 pixel OLED flips out in Japan
Filed under: Handsets , KDDI , Casio
We had a chance to gaze through the wireframe of this 8.1 megapixel Casio W63CA Exilim cellphone back in August courtesy of the FCC's finest. Now check it in high-gloss, plastic flesh. The latest Japanese super-phone squeezes 480 x 800 pixel into a 3.1-inch OLED display. Let that sink in for a second... the very same 384,000 pixels on a display ...
Branding overkill: Verizon's Omnia, Saga, Touch Pro, and Renown all pictured
Filed under: Handsets , HTC , Samsung , Verizon Wireless , Windows Mobile , GSM , EDGE , EV-DO , CDMA
In case it wasn't already clear that the wireless industry was heading into a dark, cold winter of ridiculous product names, we present to you Verizon's latest batch: the Omnia, Saga, and Renown from Samsung, and the Touch Pro from HTC. Granted, the Touch Pro isn't ridiculous, ...
Motorola's nearly unattainable AURA gets gobs of hands-on photos
Filed under: Handsets , Motorola , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA
When we hear "hands-on," we generally expect a smattering of images detailing the highlights -- you know, about as many as a fidgety PR person will allow, or about as many as one can take before they succumb to self-indulgence. In this "first look" of Motorola's ridiculously luxurious $2,000 AURA , however, the author not only ...
iPhone software 2.2 features Google Street View, mass transit directions
Filed under: Handsets , Apple
The T-Mobile G1's Google Maps Street View implementation is one of the slickest features of the first Android phone, but it looks like Apple's going to keep feature parity -- the latest builds of iPhone OS 2.2 seeded to developers have Street View, as well as the ability to give mass transit directions. That's pretty useful for cityfolk like us -- and w...
Symbian Foundation grabs a dozen more members, ARM / Huawei included
Filed under: Symbian , Misc Just like your extended family, the Symbian Foundation just keeps growing. And growing. And growing . Merely a month and change after coaxing the likes of Sharp, Opera Software, South Korea's KTF, and UIQ to join the perpetually raging party, along comes word that a dozen more have confessed their allegiance. During the first day of the 2008 Symbian Smartpho...
Hop-on introduces HOP1890 ChitterChatter for seniors, simpletons
Filed under: Handsets , Others , ATT , GSM , EDGE
It's pretty much impossible to take any press release from Hop-on seriously, and its latest one is a perfect example of why. In essence, it points out that the GSM-based HOP1890 ChitterChatter will operate on AT&T's multi-billion dollar 3G network, but from what we can tell, it won't actually be offered as a subsidized handset at ...
Verizon halts Glyde sales, says it has "an issue"
Filed under: Handsets , Samsung , Verizon Wireless
We're not sure if these are like intimacy issues, magazine issues, or technical issues, but Verizon has put out a vaguely-worded all points bulletin to its employees saying that the Glyde's somehow screwed up and should be pulled off shelves immediately. In fact, the situation's so bad that Big Red won't even let you have a Glyde bac...
HTC CEO expects to move 600,000 G1s this year, more in 2009
Filed under: Handsets , HTC , T-Mobile , GSM , EDGE , HSDPA , Android
With all sorts of outlandish figures being bandied about regarding sales / expectations for the T-Mobile G1 , someone intimately close to the situation has finally chimed in with his take. Peter Chou, chief executive and co-founder of HTC, stated in a recent interview that it expects to ship over 600,000 G1s...
Emergency Cell Phone Charger
If you've ever been involved in building out a large scale network, you've undoubtedly heard about single points of failure. The BlackBerry network itself is a single point of failure as we saw last week: if it goes down, every single person that relies on BlackBerry email is hosed (pun intended: it is a Canadian device!). But for you personally, the biggest single point of failure is probably...
DVD Converter for your BlackBerry
If you've got a young kid, you've probably got a video camera for capturing all the seemingly normal stuff that we can do as adults but that is just plain amazing when a one year old does it. Thing is, most people don't carry about portable DVD players to show off all the new stuff that the kid... but you have a BlackBerry. If you've ever wanted to show a movie on your BlackBerry that you've ...
Big Brother, Google Maps and your BlackBerry
The guys at Skylab Mobilesystems have done it again: they keep creating these applications that I can't imagine living without. The latest is called Mobile Tracker and is described in their press release like this: By taking advantage of the already built-in GPS receiver of the BlackBerry 8800 series, MobileTracker is able to record tracklogs. Those tracklogs are saved on the BlackBerry's inter...
Bored? Try wattpad.com
I honestly can't imagine that you're bored if you have a BlackBerry since you probably don't stop receiving emails, but in case you're all caught up with your email (just as unlikely), you should head on over to wattpad.com and download their BlackBerry client to start reading and sharing stories via your mobile. The site and software is free of charge.
Documents To Go for BlackBerry
Jason from DataViz wrote in a couple weeks ago about the port of Documents To Go to the BlackBerry platform. If you've been living under a BlackBerry bush for the last couple years you may not have heard about DataViz: Documents To Go will enable users of BlackBerry devices to access, view, edit and create Native Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint® files on their devices. Natively. Pretty ...
Mologogo Public Beta for Blackberry 8800
Noah from Mologogo is looking to get some beta testers for the new version of Mologogo (a free service that will track you and your friends using GPS). If you've got a BlackBerry 8800 and you use Cingular or T-Mobile, follow the directions below to get started and test it out: You can download the software over the air by using your Blackberry Internet browser to go to bb.mologogo.com. Follow t...
vCardMaster from S4BB
The guys over at S4BB have released yet another program for your BlackBerry. This one is called vCardMaster and it is a program to attach vCard, vCalendar and iCalendar files to a mail.
You can purchase it from their website for $19.99.
Impatica ShowMate: PowerPoint via Bluetooth
BlackBerryBlog reader Jessica Morgan sent in the news that the Impatica ShowMate won an award for most "Innovative Wireless Device" at the CTIA 2007 show. The device is only useful for a small segment of BlackBerry users, but man is it cool. A quick poll: raise your hand if you've been in a sales presentation where the sales guys laptop didn't boot or couldn't sync up with the projector. Wai...
Radio Cognos
The guys over at Cognos (business intelligence and performance management software) have started a podcast channel called Radio Cognos where they been discussing some really cool mobility related topics with some big hitters (Jim Balsillie anyone?). You can can subscribe to the show using iTunes or using your own podcatcher software. If you're not an audio kind of person, they also ...
Pinger... really cool
Joe from Pinger.com wrote back March (wow I'm way behind, sorry!) about some new functionality that they're offering over via Pinger.com that gives you the ability to send voice mails to anyone in your Pinger.com address book by calling pinger (858-274-6437), saying the name of your contact and then leaving a voice mail. The really cool part come next though: you can create 'groups' on pinger.c...
MySpace for your BlackBerry?
A couple weeks ago I got an email from Marc at MobilePlay about a new service they're offering called eXpress It!, which is billed as a Social Networking Service for mobile phone users. The service allows you to create a web page via your web browser that you then send to your phone (which they can do for you) and then you can forward that page to any of the people in your address book either ...
New Leather Cases for BlackBerry 8800 from Sena
Ramsey from Sena Cases wrote to let me know about the new leather cases they're offering for the BlackBerry 8800 model. The website shows 4 different models: a vertical pouch, a leather skin, a magnetic flip case and a flip down case. The Croco Red case looks pretty sweet from where I'm sitting, but you can see them all here .
BerryDialer: Use multiple calling cards on your BlackBerry
With the cost of international phone calls through Skype and other VOIP providers so low, I'm not sure why someone would ever choose to use a calling card, but I guess if you're on the go and don't have a laptop, then a calling card makes sense. If you're one of those people, you absolutely must check out the BerryDialer program, available from mobilesoftmarket.com , which gives you the abi...
NewsGator Go! for BlackBerry v2.1.8
The guys at NewsGator released version 2.1.8 of the NewsGator Go! for Blackberry product, which is an RSS reader for your BlackBerry. Since I'm a giant feed fan, I though I'd point out two things about this product that are especially important for the enterprise:
synchronization: If you read a post in NewsGator Go!, it's automatically marked as read in any other NewsGator client you us...
Tube 2 for BlackBerry
There's a number of subway / metro applications available for your BlackBerry, the one Ryan sent me today looks like one of the nicer ones. The screenshots of the maps look really nice, crystal clear almost and the application can overlay your route on map.
Tube 2 is available for London, New York City (soon!) and Paris, each city is $10.
BlackBerry Trade Up program
If you're stuck with an old BlackBerry but don't want to spend a wad of cash on a new one, you should hop on over here to run through the BlackBerry Trade Up program. The BlackBerry Trade Up program makes upgrading to a new BlackBerry easy by turning your old 7xxx series into cold, hard cash that you can use to persuade your wife to let you buy the new one. Because really, it always comes...
Product of the Week: BlackBerry GPS Receiver
If you've got a BlackBerry with Bluetooth version 2.0, you need to check out the USGlobalSat GPS Receiver, available on ShopBlackBerry.com for $129.99 and Amazon.com for $117.45 (prices as of 4/4/2007). The GPS receiver will get you the ability to super charge the BlackBerry Maps application , instead of having to type in an address, your BlackBerry will know your address, which will way i...
SplashPhoto: image management for the BlackBerry
Kevin sent me a link to a new software tool called SplashPhoto made by a company called (naturally) SplashData . SplashPhoto is both handheld / BlackBerry software and desktop software. The desktop software gives you the ability to edit and organize images and then synchronize the catalog of images to your BlackBerry. Looks like a great tool to me, especially for BlackBerry users in real e...
Squirting with your BlackBerry
You guys have all heard about that other MP3 player right ? The one that squirts? Well, it turns out you can 'squirt' using your BlackBerry as long as you have a Pearl or an 8800. You can read the feature length story here or the BlackBerry Blog short and sweet version here: Turn on Bluetooth on both devices, set the trusted field to 'yes'. From the sender: Home screen --gt; Media. Sel...
Splash ID: should you store your bank, credit card and password information on a BlackBerry?
One of the featured items in the October 2006 IT BlackBerry newsletter is a piece of software from the same company that makes SplashPhoto (which I just blogged about ) called Splash ID . The article describes Splash ID as software that allows you to store information "... including user names, passwords and credit card, calling card and bank account numbers -- in a secure Blowfish encr...
