A few weeks ago Android got an excellent application that allowed you to send links from your desktop browser to your phone. This is excellent for people who like to read on the go. It actually made me wish for a similar BlackBerry application. Epic Applications heard that plea. The developer has recently released its own application, Home to Phone, which works in a similar manner as the Android app Chrome to Phone, only it includes a few more... 

Are you ready to rock your BlackBerry in style? Maybe you already do, but RIM wants to make sure that you know exactly how stylish, or unstylish, your BlackBerry really is. Yes, I’m talking about the clamshell, the BlackBerry Style. Plenty to say on that on today’s Geekcast. So click on over here to hear the BBGeekcast (11 min, 14 sec) And don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast so you won’t miss future episodes! You... 

Back in the day, when I actually left my house when I went to work, Starbucks used to be a daily stop. No, I didn’t have a custom order that the barista knew by heart. I was just a venti coffee black. Why Starbucks, then? Because unlike other coffee shops, Starbucks guarantees me a consistent and strong cup of coffee. As a frequent customer I got a Starbucks card. True, I could have just handed the cashier my debit card every time, but... 

At this point we know what’s coming down the pike. In other words, there won’t be many surprises from RIM here on out. The Curve 9300 is already out in some places, and we know it’s coming to others in the near future. The 9760 has been nameless since its inception (hint, hint), but we know it’s coming soon enough to Verizon and Sprint. And we of course know that the Storm 3 will drop around the same …  Read More →

It’s been a while since I’ve lamented the plight of the Mac BlackBerry user. That’s probably because it’s become a bit easier on us lately. Desktop Manager for Mac still isn’t nearly as functional as its Windows counterpart, but they’ve updated it multiple times since the initial release, and it seems to be a lot more stable now. Yet there’s one thing that Mac users haven’t been able to do with... 

One of these days we’ll get around to reviewing some OS 6 themes. But, since the platform is available on just one handset, and a brand new one at that, we’ll hold off for the time being. Most readers have older devices, so we’ll continue to concentrate on them for our theme reviews. This week we brings you three relatively new themes from some well-known developers. OS6Like While we’re staying away from OS 6 themes,... 

As you get older, back to school time changes. When you’re real young it’s exciting because you get to see all those people you missed all summer. As you move on through the years it starts to become a hassle, because you start to hate school that much more. But by the time you’re in college it’s a joy again, because, well, college rocks. But whether you’re headed back to high school or college, your BlackBerry... 

Just this morning we explored some streaming music apps for your BlackBerry , which caught a bit more buzz on Twitter than it did in the comments. What stuck out to me while writing it was that no where on this site do we have a review or walkthrough of Slacker Radio. The app has been around for a while now, and I feel like I’m biased against it because of my Pandora favoritism. So, to remedy that, we’ll take some time this afternoon... 

Sometimes I feel like my BlackBerry is nothing more than a gussied up MP3 player. Unless I’m listening to an audiobook I rarely take my iPod with me anymore, leaving that music playing function to my main cellular device. And why not? I can fit 4GB of music on my SD card, which is plenty for a few trips here and there. Plus, as long as I’m in cellular range I can play from one of my dozen or so Pandora channels. Even after that there... 

One thing I noticed immediately after trying the Torch was the lack of compatible applications. It made sense, of course; OS 6 was on just one device, and at the time of testing it hadn’t even been released. But that didn’t make it any less frustrating. Whether it was Pandora not being available or Slacker not running, I was missing out on tons of apps. We’ve seen a few popular apps upgrade to include OS 6 compatibility lately,... 

There is probably more running on your BlackBerry than you know. You can get a quick glance at running services by holding down the menu button and bringing up the app switcher, but as in Windows, there are other processes running in the background. If you want your BlackBerry running at peak capacity you probably want to know exactly what’s running on it, and how those processes started running …  Read More →

One topic we’ve covered heavily on this site is prepaid BlackBerry. Maybe it’s because we have a sister site that covers prepaid wireless, but I do think it’s an interesting idea. There are some long-held belief about prepaid that just aren’t true any more. That a number of carriers now offer prepaid BlackBerry plans helps shed light on the state of the industry. We saw a couple new prepaid BlackBerry services in the... 

The story of this application, Start Me Up, comes from my research of another application. I’m in Las Vegas this week doing work for one of our sister sites, so I haven’t had much time to put together tips posts. Instead, as you’ve seen, we’ve mainly covered app-related stuff. But for Friday I thought I’d can the sales pitch and present a free application. That’s when I found an excellent one, iCaller Location.... 

The most exciting thing that we saw this week — or, rather, late last week — was Boy Genius Report’s walk-through of OS 6 on the Bold 9700 . There had been much confusion as to the new OS’s availability on older devices. We had heard that it would only work on devices with 512MB of RAM, meaning older devices needed not apply. But now it appears that some older devices might be eligible. Many of you, I’m sure, have... 

The following is a guest post from Shane at TC Geeks , no relation, a site about tablet computers. RIM’s Blackpad is almost anything but certain at this point.  The news of the Blackpad has literally flooded the wires ever since Digitimes officially reported that Quanta will be making the tablet.  I get asked at least a few times a day about the Blackpad and so I decided to go on a little internet digging and see just what RIM is up against...