Racking your brain trying to figure out how to transfer files between two Blackberrys? Messing with cables, and cradles, and laptops and PCs? Don't bother. You can send and receive files, using Bluetooth wireless technology, between BlackBerry 8800 by completing the following steps: [...more]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On Thursday, The US International Trade Commission has issued a ban on importing some of the cell phone models, which contain Qualcomm's chips. According to the Commission, these chips infringe on the patent issued to Broadcom Corporation. The models covered in the import ban include new cell phone models that contain the infringing chips, but also exempt those imported for sale to the general public on or before the June 7, 2007 date of its order. [...more]
Recent announcements for the upcoming UBUNTU Developer Summit will drastically change the shape and direction of the cell phone and PDA world. Inter-operability is at the forefront as evidenced by Blackberry's port to Windows Mobile and UBUNTU is driving some of the changes. [...more]
Skype, the well-known VoIP (voice over IP) software provider, has never been known for its quickness in getting Linux releases out, but about a year after the company started work on Skype 1.3, it has announced the release of the alpha for Skype 1.4. [...more]
I'm a big fan of Google Earth and it seems like everyone is fascinated by its features. But there is another time wasting program out there for all the techies. You've probably heard of Web sites like FboWeb and FlightAware that allow you to track the position of an airline flight and see data like the plane's speed and altitude. FboWeb offers a 3D tracker in conjunction with Google Earth. Trust me, it's completely awesome. [...more]
Dreaming of building your own super-high-capacity flash drive? Addonics has created a cool little adapter that lets you sandwich two flash drives together and then replace the 2.5” hard drive in a notebook. They also have models that will fit a SATA controller as well as IDE. [...more]
One very exciting addition to the BlackBerry 8800 is the MicroSD card slot. MicroSD is a small, removable flash memory card format. The cards are small, about the size of a fingernail, or about one quarter the size of a standard SD card. All devices which support SD cards can support microSD cards using an SD card adapter, which is often included in the package of a microSD card. Unfortunately, the Blackberry 8800 is limited to 1GB due to OS limitations of reading past 1024. Perhaps there will be an update in the future, but it’s unlikely. [...more]
Verizon Wireless and BlackBerry have announced what we've been hearing for some time: that the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone will be available on May 14 through Verizon Wireless' business sales channels and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on May 28. [...more]
Microsoft offers now its retrieval software Live Search in Beta version for the owners of Blackberry. Three categories, dependently of the options available on your Blackberry, were retained for the moment, the 8100 and Pearl, the 7130, the 7290 and the 8700. You must have the J2ME to make the application functional. [...more]
Bell and Research In Motion announced last week that Bell will launch this summer the new Blackberry 8830, which is already making its appearance in the United States in particular at T-Mobile. The great characteristic of this apparatus which resembles the Blackberry 8800 of Rogers, is that it is CDMA and GSM. [...more]
