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5.0.0.548 for the Tour 9630 spotted in the wild!

Mar 12, 2010 Berry, Firmware Leave a comment

The crew at BBLeaks found OS 5.0.0.548 in the wild and have graciously decided to share with the world. According to reports people are seeing less memory leaks and reboots with this version. What do you think?

Remember you upgrade at your own risk as this is a leaked (not official) os.

Download OS 5.0.0.548 for the BlackBerry Tour 9630

IM+ All-In-One Messenger 40% off at Handango!

Mar 5, 2010 Deals Leave a comment

Ok, I saw this on twitter this morning and then it hit my inbox today as well… thru Sunday night you can get the AWARD WINNING IM+ All-In-One Messenger at the unbelievable price of $23.97 with the code IM40!! Thats $15 off the normal $40 price tag! You can’t beat that with a stick!!

Now you can Chat in AIM®/iChat, MSN®/Windows Live™ Messenger, Yahoo!®, ICQ®, Jabber®, Google Talk™, MySpaceIM, Facebook and even Skype! IM+ also has Twitter support and a Lifetime license: all further updates included. Free license transfer to another device!

New! Enjoy unique speech recognition option, which is now subscription available!
Dictate instant messages and exchange them with your friends!
Stay online in IM Push mode and save the battery life!
In this mode, IM+ is not running, you remain online and continue receiving IMs as e-mails pushed to your BlackBerry Inbox, so you can reply to them right away.
New! Skype group chat.
Invite your friends to Skype group chat and enjoy conversation!
Twitter functionality.
View friends’ timeline, favorites, direct messages and replies. Post pictures and voice messages to your timeline!
Integration with BlackBerry Inbox for OS 4.6 and higher.
The last received IMs are placed in BlackBerry message inbox and you get immediate notification of incoming messages on the BlackBerry home screen.
Online translating tool. Translate messages into 9 supported languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese.

So what are you waiting for? Hit Handango today and Grab IM+ All-In-One Messenger today!

5.0.0.530 for the Tour and 5.0.0.509 for the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and Bold 9000 Spotted in the wild

Feb 26, 2010 Berry, Firmware Leave a comment

Wow. Its been a while since we posted one of these, let alone two in one day, but here we go with two releases spotted at the same time! The first is 5.0.0.530 for the Tour. Not sure what this fixes, but if you want the latest and greatest here you go. Second up is 5.0.0.509 for the BlackBerry Curve 8900 and Bold 9000. Please be warned that upgrading to a leaked OS could result in a lot of tears and a nonfunctioning blackberry, but here you go:

Seesmic updated on Blackberry. Now with PING.FM!

Feb 26, 2010 Apps, Berry, Technology Leave a comment

The Twitter app thats quickly gaining ground, Seesmic has been updated today to include a ton of new features including multiple accounts and Ping.fm support. It may just be the one to move in to the number two spot on my 9700, behind socialscope.

Multi-accounts and cross-posting
- Seesmic introduces the possibility to add multiple Twitter accounts. The Seesmic for BlackBerry update, thus, gives you the ability to simultaneously verify the accounts introduced and reach out to your Twitter followers at all times. The app does not only assure connectivity and easiness in sharing beliefs and ideas, but it also guarantees natural and intuitive navigation between multiple accounts.
Ping.fm is now integrated with Seesmic
- Seesmic for BlackBerry now introduces the Ping.fm component. Add the Ping.fm account and you can not only engage in social conversations, but also maintain your audience aware at all times and through about 50 social networks. When launching the introduced Ping.fm account, you will see the added networks and posting will occur concurrently in all. You can create an account on http://www.ping.fm and find more information on how to use the network on http://pingfm.pbworks.com/.
TweetPhoto Service
- We are happy to introduce the possibility to share pictures through the TweetPhoto service. Smart devices enable you to always stay connected and share the information you consider most important with your Twitter friends. Therefore, Seesmic for BlackBerry and now TweetPhoto is our preferred platform. This service provides online communication and image sharing an advantage of all social media users. Uploading images through TweetPhoto enables continuous social interactions around real-time photo sharing.
Choosing photo uploading size
- You can now select the size of the photos you wish to post. Opting between Small, Medium or Large, you will be able to upload any image and not experience difficulties related to its dimension. Either in your Twitter accounts, in Ping.fm on in both platforms at the same time, sharing pictures with services such as TweetPhoto can become one important benefit of smart mobile devices.

To grab the newest version head on over to Seesmic.com on your blackberry today!

Show your Olympic Spirit with the Team USA or Team Canada theme for the Storm and Storm2!

Feb 25, 2010 Storm, Themes Leave a comment

Ok, so given that the Olympics are due to end sometime this weekend, I realize I’m a little late. But with the upcoming Hockey Finals in both Mens and Womens hockey I figured now was as good as time as any to show your love.

You can now pimp Team USA or Team Canada on your Storm or Storm two for Free. All you have to do is hit the links.

Speek your mind with Speek.com!

Feb 24, 2010 Technology Leave a comment

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Speek. All opinions are 100% mine.

Every once in a while I come across something I think would benefit our readers. Today happens to be that once in a while. New to the conference call game is Speek.com a site that does what it says. It makes calls.

Quite simply, Speek is a FREE Web-based teleconferencing system that dials out to cell phones, landlines, and voice-over-Internet applications like Skype and GoogleTalk. With Speek, your call will start on time, every time.

If the free test is any indicator, it works pretty well. You put in the your number and the number/contact info of the people you want to call, and viola, it calls them. You can contact them via phone (cell, office, home) gtalk (google talk), or skype as well as a number of other methods.

From the looks you can also schedule a call as well which is a big plus for those who need scheduled calls. I haven’t played around with all the features, and Gruntled never responded to the invite I sent to his GoogleTalk account, so I can’t comment on how that works just yet, but if you can call from cell to gtalk or skype through this for the cost of a phone call, its pretty cool.

The other nice thing is that Speek.com is looking for feedback so they want to invite you to register for private beta. Its simple. Fill out the form, import your contacts and you’re off and running on the way to conference calls. Easy Peasy.

If you do try it out, let us know what you think and if you find yourself using it more often.

SUGARSYNC LAUNCHES ‘UPLOAD BY EMAIL’; ADDS NEW 500 GB STORAGE PLAN

Feb 24, 2010 Apps, Deals, Technology Leave a comment

Email attachments can now sync instantly to multiple computers and smartphones in one easy step

SAN MATEO, CALIF., February 24, 2010 – Sugarsync Inc., makers of the award-winning Sugarsync digital sync, backup and sharing service, today unveiled Upload by Email, a new feature designed to dramatically simplify the process of syncing email attachments to a user’s SugarSync ecosystem of computers and smartphones.

The new feature enables a Sugarsync user to sync any email attachment to a dedicated folder in their SugarSync account by simply forwarding it to a special email address. Instantly, the file(s) is available on all synced devices.

“It’s our goal to make your data always available at your fingertips,” said Laura Yecies, chief executive officer at SugarSync. “Upload by Email eliminates the need to download attachments and re-save them. We’re happy to add another way to make sync your most important files easier and more transparent.”
For example, if a user receives an email with many attachments, they can simply forward it to their unique Sugarsync email address (comprised of random numbers and letters for spam protection). All attachments will transfer to their SugarSync account – available on all of their devices immediately. This is much easier than downloading attachments one-by-one.

A user could also provide the unique email address to trusted friends and family or colleagues to upload photos or other documents directly to their PC. The email address can be easily changed from within Sugarsync at any time.

Upload by Email is also a particularly valuable tool to sync a file while traveling. If a user sees an important attachment arrive in their inbox via any mobile phone with email or on a Web-based service, they can forward the email to the unique address. Next time they log into their computer, the attachment will be there, ready and waiting.

Lastly, many business users are plagued by limits to e-mail account sizes. With Upload by E-Mail, a user can forward the attachment and then delete the original e-mail to keep an account under pre-set limits.
For added security, SugarSync will scan all file attachments for viruses prior to syncing, and certain file types are not accepted (e.g., .exe, .cmd, .bat) to prevent malicious files from landing in an account.

SugarSync Raises Storage to 500 GB

The company also unveiled a new 500 GB SugarSync Plan ($39.99/mo, or $399/year USD introductory price). Previously, the highest level of storage available was 250 GB.

“The rate with which we consume gigabits is only increasing,” said Yecies. “Smartphones, with picture and video-taking capabilities, and streaming media services are only adding to this data explosion. As a result, we’ve had many requests for higher-storage accounts. We’re very happy to formalize this plan at an attractive introductory price for power users everywhere.”

Continued Yecies, “SugarSync can easily scale to support larger amounts of data while maintaining the level of control only found with our selective sync technologies. This is critical, because many new devices today, especially netbooks and tablets, are designed with limited local storage. Customers with large amounts of data need to be able to mix-and-match their folder syncing to maximize their storage and have offline access to important files.”

Sugarsync is a flexible syncing and online backup service providing always-connected consumers and busy professionals a powerful way to organize, manage, share and access all their files on-the-go, instantly and securely from any Mac, PC or mobile device.

Sugarsync supports virtually all computer and smartphone operating systems, including Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone, Blackberry, and WinMo. This breadth of support ensures that users can choose to work from virtually any device from any location.

About SugarSync:
SugarSync is a powerful sync, sharing and backup solution ideal for busy professionals and digitally-connected consumers. It enables users to access documents, photos and music across all of their devices, including desktops, laptops and smart phones. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California.
For more information please visit: www.sugarsync.com.

Save 20% during MAN WEEK from Handango and MAN UP

Feb 22, 2010 Deals Leave a comment

Wow, its time to MAN UP again with Handango as they offer another MAN WEEK! Thats right, all week long if you use the code: MANWEEK2 you get 20% off whatever you purchase at Handango for your blackberry or smartphone.

That means you can grab that copy of the CIA WorldBook you needed to help your spy buddies out as well as the ever important WorldMate Pro Live or the BB Alerts. Never wake up wondering where you are again with tons of great apps from Handango.

Prove you’re a man today!

Compete with the best! Vancouver 2010!

Feb 22, 2010 Games Leave a comment

We’ve been watching the world’s best winter athletes compete for the past week and a half, now’s your chance to show them who’s boss.
Vancouver 2010is the couch potato’s answer to those hard working men and women competing in Vancouver this year.

See if you have what it takes to be crowned champion in five exciting sport events! Are you fast enough for speed skating? Can you conquer the freestyle moguls? Will you survive cross-country skiing? Tackle each of them separately or compete in all five together to become the ultimate winner. If you’re looking for a healthier dose of competition, play with up to five friends in the multiplayer mode. Catch the fever and join the world’s most electrifying competition: the Vancouver 2010™ — Official Mobile Game!!

You can get
Vancouver 2010for only $6.99 @ bPlay and show the world what your made of!

SiriusXM Radio hits the Blackberry. For realz!

Feb 12, 2010 Apps, Technology Leave a comment

I’ve been an XM Radio subscriber since some time in 2004. My wife and I each have one in our car, I have one in the house and I have the online subscription as well. I thought it rocked when Sirius and XM merged and I was able to get radio margaritaville on the radio. I was a little sad when they released the SiriusXM app for the iPhone as I’m a solid blackberry user, but I don’t have to worry any more.

Forget about the XM app that comes with your phone. It requires an additional subscription (even if you already have XM online) and it doesn’t have all the channels. Instead, hit SiriusXM.com/Blackberry on your device (or even in a browser) to download their app. Don’t worry if you don’t have an account, there’s a free trial avaliable, though the service is pretty cheap with SiriusXM Plans starting around $4.99 a month for the first three months (you save up to $15 that way!) It’s nice to be able to set the radio on one station and leave it there the entire road trip, and now I have it where ever I go!