Blackberry Storm FREE from Wirefly!

Aug 31, 2009 Deals

Yes, its true that you can get a Blackberry Storm for $50 from Verizon Wireless with new contracts. However, in the category of “anything you can do I can do better”, WireFly has the Blackberry Storm for FREEWITH FREE Activation as well.

When the storm hit, it was the hottest phone with SureTouch technology in it (it presses back). Now, its FREE for new customers when if you bought it originally, you were out at least $300.

So see, its true, good things come to those who wait!

Tags: 9530, Blackberry, Storm

FREE Sleekberry theme for the 8900

Aug 28, 2009 Themes

Today’s free theme offering is for the Curve 8900. Sleekberry is the latest creation from Yves and is making me almost wish I had an 8900 (almost). It features Six user customizable icons plus a weather slot to round out the much sought after personalization we all crave for our home screens. Also new to this version are:

• New Icon Underlay
• New Camera Icon
• New Menu Background
• New Dialog Background
• New Alarm Indicator
• All Icons now centered

Over all this is a nice theme with a simple and clean layout. You can Grab it OTA HERE.

Tags: 8900, Blackberry, Curve, sleekberry

College Themes on Sale @ bPlay!

Aug 28, 2009 Deals, Themes

That’s right! Now you can show your support for your favorite College Team by downloading a BlackBerry Themefrom bPlay. Through Sunday night, all College Themes are on sale for the awesome price of $4.99. No you have absolutely no reason not to support your favorite SEC (right? Cause they’re the only division that really matters) team.

I mean really, why go with anything else when you can sport the AWESOME Red and Black of the
Georgia Bulldogs on your blackberry. If UGA isn’t your team, check out the rest of the line up and find one that is just in time for College Football Season.

Tags: college, College Football, football, Georgia, SEC, theme, UGA

Free Activation on T-Mobile Plus FREE memory Card!!

Aug 28, 2009 Deals

Holy Cow! First AT&T ran it last week… Now T-Mo is getting in to the fray with Free T-Mobile Phones + No Activation Fees through midnight Monday! Meaning you can get the Curve 8900, the 8520 or any other number of phones (anyone looking at the MyTouch?) with FREE Activation. Even better? The 8900 is FREE (as in F R E E!) so you’re out of pocket expense is nil. Can’t be that can you? Oh. Wait. Yes you can.

If you want to sweeten the pot a little bit, use the Coupon Code WIREFLYMEMCARD9 When you check out and you get a FREE 2gb Memory card for your new phone. Thats good on ANY phone or plan from Wirefly.

Either way you cut it, thats a deal thats hard to beat!

Tags: Blackberry, Free, memorycard, Phone, t mobile, Wirefly

HANDANGO RELEASES YARDSTICK REPORT – BLACKBERRY BECOMES DOMINANT PLATFORM FOR FIRST TIME EVER

Aug 26, 2009 Apps, Games

Las Colinas, TX – August 26, 2009 – Handango Inc., the leading provider of smartphone content globally, today announced the results of its bi-annual Handango Yardstick, a proprietary global trend index offering unique insight into the smartphone content industry. For the first time ever, BlackBerry displaced Windows Mobile to become the dominant platform within the Handango smartphone content catalog, constituting 44% of all apps sold in the first half of 2009, up from its 31% share in 2008.

In the first half of 2009, Handango added an impressive 550 content partners to its network with almost 7,000 new applications across all categories ranging from Games, Personal Information Management (PIM), Personalization, News and Media, Education, Travel and Messaging.

Handango’s TOP TEN – Best Sellers List (Across Platforms) January-June 2009

1. SPB Mobile Shell 3
2. MobiTV
3. Ringtone Megaplex
4. Aces Texas Hold’em
5. The Weather Channel
6. SPB Weather
7. Bejeweled
8. Alltel TV
9. Aces Solitaire Pack
10. SPB Backuup

HANDANGO’ S TOP TEN GAMES(Across Platforms) January-June 2009

1. Aces Texas Hold’em
2. Bejeweled
3. Aces Solitaire Pack
4. Tetris
5. The Sims 2
6. Guitar Hero 3 Mobile
7. Monopoly Here & Now
8. Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09
9. Jewelrumble 2
10. Sudoku Puzzle Pack

Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Apps, Blackberry, downloads, Games, Handango, Rankings

Leaked: 5.0.0.190 for Bold and 8900 w/ threaded SMS; 5.0.0.154 for Storm 9530; OS 5.0.0.140 for Tour!

Aug 26, 2009 Firmware

Wow. What a week so far. First, AT&T releases an OFFICIAL release with Visual Voicemail in it (now us Bold users can rebuff the iPhone Phans) and now, FOUR hot OS leaks for the 9000, 8900, 9630, and 9530. How about that?

The release for the Bold and Curve feature threaded SMS in it, which until now was only possible with a 3rd party app. This is a huge step forward for Blackberry users and one which many people have been clamoring for for a while. There are some other features included as well as a couple that have been dropped (no tabbed browsing at the moment). If you try it, please let us know what you think.

• BlackBerry Storm – Download OS 5.0.0.154, Discussion & Findings Thread
• BlackBerry Tour – Download OS 5.0.0.140
• BlackBerry Bold – Download OS 5.0.0.190
• BlackBerry Curve 8900 – Download OS 5.0.0.190

Please Note: Upgrading to a Beta OS can result in a bricked device. Please do this at your own risk!!

Tags: Beta, Bold, Curve, OS, SMS, Storm, Threaded, Tour, Upgrade

HTC Hero theme for Curve 8900, Bold and Tour!

Aug 24, 2009 Themes

It appears that Blackberry Themer ElyCruz is back with a vengeance this time releasing the HOT theme HTC Hero for the Curve 8900, the Bold and the Tour.

From the forum post:

Hero to the left, Hero to the right everywhere you go there is a Hero around you. EThemes take on Hero UI.
5 user define icons, Calendar, Messages and SmsMms Preview Screens, Weather Slot Icon, QuickLaunch Icon, Media Icon and Network Icon, set it up right you would never have to leave the homescreen at all!!!!!
Weather App must be the first App on your App Screen
Apps 2-6 are the 5 user define icons on the dock
Calendar, Messages and Sms/Mms cannot be your 5 user define icons since they have there own screen. It would look odd since the today part will be covering the middle icons on the dock
You wont be able to select the today part only preview the 4 entries

There are two versions for each model, one with the messages combined and one with them seperated out. The links are provided for both. If you like the theme, make sure to visit the forum posts and DONATE so that ElyCruz keeps sharing the love!

HTC Hero for the Bold 9000

• Calendar, Messages, Sms/Mms Version: OTA (set inbox to separate)
• Calendar, Messages(Combine) Version: OTA (set inbox to combined)
• Info/Feedback: HTC Hero Theme Page (9000)

HTC Hero for the Curve 8900

• Calendar, Messages, Sms/Mms Version: OTA (set inbox to separate)
• Calendar, Messages(Combine) Version: OTA (set inbox to combined)
• Info/Feedback: HTC Hero Theme Page (8900)

HTC Hero for the Tour

• Calendar, Messages, Sms/Mms Version: OTA (set inbox to separate)
• Calendar, Messages(Combine) Version: OTA (set inbox to combined)
• Info/Feedback: HTC Hero Theme Page (9630)

Tags: 8900, 9000, 9630, android, Bold, Curve, Hero, HTC, Tour

Today only–save 20% on all apps @ Handango!

Aug 21, 2009 Deals

While it seems like there are not very many deals these days (unless you count cash for clunkers) the opposite is true. In fact, Handango is offering 20% OFF EVERYTHINGthey have in the store today.

All you have to do is check out with the code AUGUST21 and you’ll get 20% off!! Windows mobile, android, blackberry, symbian, whatever. EVERYTHING IS 20% off today only. Jump on this one while you can!

Review: Otterbox Impact for Blackberry Bold

Aug 20, 2009 Accessories

Once in a while a product comes along that you don’t think much about, but when you don’t have it, you realize you depend on it. Such it is with the The OtterBox for BlackBerry Bold Impact Series! protector. If you’re familiar with the OtterBox Defender series, you know OB builds things to last. When I got my Bold last November, one of the first things I did was look for a good protection device for it (my curve had not had one and looked like it had been to war). I knew about the defender, but I didn’t want anything quite that heavy. The defender could withstand more than an average person would throw at it.

The Impact Series though, was a new item and it looked like it could do the trick. I ordered one up and with in a week it was on the Bold.

The fit is nice and tight, it keeps things from getting around the back and it protects the device from falls under three feet fairly well (I’d try higher, but I’d rather not risk it). There are some loose areas around the keyboard opening and at the top by the top speaker, but nothing to be too worried about. This will not protect your device from sand, water or anything, but it will help keep it from scratching. Another nice feature is the screen protector they include with the case.

The cover slips on and off easily enough for those times you need to do a battery pull and stays in place when you need it to. One of the other nice features of the case is that it is somewhat non-skid. I can set it on my dashboard and it pretty much stays in place until I pick it up.

One last area that is important would be customer service. Recently, my original Impact Series was cracked. I guess my three year old had pulled it off the bold one to many times. I contacted Otterbox Support, gave them my original order number (which I had saved) and told them what the problem was, expecting to purchase a new one at a discount. The nice lady I talked to informed me that a replacement was on the way. Three days later, I had a new cover on the bold. Thats customer service.

You can pick up the The OtterBox for BlackBerry Bold Impact Series–buy now for only $19.95 from Otterbox as well as covers for most Blackberry, iPhone/iPods and other devices.

Tags: Blackberry, Bold, otterbox, protection

Play Cash Cab and Millionare on your Berry!

Aug 20, 2009 Games

If you haven’t seen Discovery Channel’s hot gameshow CASH CAB then you must be living under a rock. Ordinary people in NYC get in what they think is a cab, only to find out they’re contestants on a game show. The cab takes them where they want to go, asking questions and awarding money the whole way. Answer correctly, keep the money, get a free cab ride. Get a wrong one and they loose the money and have to pay for the ride. Its an awesome game and the questions range from easy to mind blowing.

Now you can play CASH CAB as often as you want with out leaving your couch (desk, car, etc…). From bPlay:

CASH CAB challenges players to answer a series of progressively difficult questions before they get to their destination. As the meter ticks, the questions get harder and the stakes get higher. Miss three questions, and the CASH CAB pulls over and ejects the contestants onto the curb. CASH CAB mobile features nearly 1,000 questions pulled from subjects as diverse as History, Pop Culture, Language and Science.

CASH CAB is priced at $6.99 and is available from bPlay. More photos at the end…

Also out today is the updated version of ABC’s Hit Who Wants To Be A Millionaire® 2010. If you love sitting in the hot seat and saying “That’s My Final Answer, Reig” then this is a must have as well.

Tags: Blackberry, bPlay, Cash Cab, game, WHo Wants to be a millionare