AccuWeather BlackBerry Super App Demo (VIDEO) «Inside BlackBerry - The Official BlackBerry Blog

AccuWeather BlackBerry Super App Demo (VIDEO) «Inside BlackBerry - The Official BlackBerry Blog

Nexus One, Nokia N900, HTC HD2(Power Phones)

Power Phones(Linux based Phones lead the way): Android(Nexus One, Motorola Droid) Maemo(Nokia N900) and Windows Mobile 6.5(HTC HD2)

Sorry but the Blackberry doesn't compare to these near net book devices that can REALLY browse the web. When it comes to e-mail, messaging and security the blackberry CAN'T be beat. But with web browsing and media it fails. These devices are so much like laptop be prepared to carry chargers and spare batteries. One phone doesn't fit all, chances are you will carry two to make the right balance. No phone beats the iPhone with the content universe of iTunes, i repeat NO PHONE!

Hardware wise the Nexus One is the Phone to Beat. The Nexus One is the lightest(130Grms), thinest(11.5mm), fastest(1Ghz) and brightest display. It sets the hardware and software standards of what phones will have to live up to for the next 2 to 3 years. Only to be match hard where wise to the HTC HD2. HTC is the luckiest company in the world to be at both sides of the coin making phones for MS and Google.

Nexus One, Motorola Droid, HTC HD2 and Nokia N900(most underated phone of the year) lead with High level Displays. These are this Falls HEAVY WEIGHTS!! Imagine what will be released next year. For the iPhone to maintain it's lead in this area it will have to give their weak 480/320 display a face light and processor a upgrade. And you can be sure they will step up to the plate. By the Competition going this hard, they've shown Apple the cards their holding...

Nexus One: $529(unlocked)
Network: T-Mobile(HighSpeed), ATT(EDGE low speed), Coming soon to Verizon
Operating System: Android 2.1(Eclair)
1400 mAH battery
Display

3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen: 800 x 480 pixels
100,000:1 typical contrast ratio
1ms typical response rate
512MB Flash
512MB RAM

noise canceling dual microphones


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ROM: 512 MB RAM: 448 MB

HTC HD2
largest of the bunch 4.3 Inches diagonal
Capacitive touch screen
Resolution: 480 X 800 WVGA


157 grams (5.54 ounces) with battery
1GHz Snapdragon™ processor
Capacity: 1230 mAh
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Droid:
3.7-in.; WVGA (480 x 854 pixels); 16:9 widescreen
Dual microphone noise reduction
1400 mAh Li Ion
(a 600MHz, OMAP3430 chip downclocked to 550MHz)(it's similar to the chip inside the iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre.)
256MB of RAM, and 512MB of ROM

http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/ci.Motorola-DROID-US-EN.alt
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Nokia N900 $569 + tax comes unlocked.
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*has a TV output can watch content from phone on the TV. Plus the cables are included. TV out (PAL/NTSC) with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, included in box) or WLAN/UPnP
*32 GB internal storage. You can show case pictures or video's you've taken on the larger screen.
Best camera/video off all powerphone devices:CMOS sensor, Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens, Video recording at up to 848 × 480 pixels (WVGA) and up to 25fps

Processor and 3D accelerator PowerVR SGX with OpenGL ES 2.0 support(same as iPhone 3Gs)

TI OMAP 3430: ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX with OpenGL ES 2.0 support

3.5 inch touch-sensitive widescreen display
800 × 480 pixel resolution
(256 MB RAM, 768 MB virtual memory)
BL-5J 1320mAh
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LINKS/video:
Nokia N900:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/19/nokia-n900-review/




http://maemo.nokia.com/n900/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N900
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maemo_5#Maemo_5

Droid
http://www.motorola.com/Consumers/US-EN/Consumer-Product-and-Services/Mobile-Phones/ci.Motorola-DROID-US-EN.alt
http://phones.verizonwireless.com/motorola/droid/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/30/motorola-droid-review/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Droid

Nexus One:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/nexus-one-review/
http://www.google.com/phone/static/en_US-nexusone_tech_specs.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_One

HTC HD2:

http://www.htc.com/www/product/hd2/overview.html
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/htc-hd2-review/
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/htc-hd2-unlocked/4505-6452_7-33775409.html?tag=mncol;lst

sprint blackberry phone as modem?

Sprint Phone as a Modem?

Recently Sprint has confused a lot long time savy customers with their new "Simply Everything Plan". A feature that was valuable to many users was the use their phone as a high speed modem. It was a add on or included with older 'grandfathered plans'. That feature has been removed from newly activated plans by Sprint fiercly giving new customers no option but to use the "Simply Everything Plan" to customers looking to upgrade to a Blackberry 9630, HTC Hero, Samsung Instinct, HTC Touch Pro 2 etc... They've trained their reps to use a meaningless word that "those phones aren't compatible with older plans or phone as modem features"??? All of those phones come with built in modems and are of course compatible with any data plans.

Well Sprint is struggling to stay afloat with the economy and every fleeting to the iPhone ship. They've mercilessly ripped a page out of ATT's iPhone playbook. That says, if you have a hot phone lock them into a plan whether they need the features or not. With ATT iphone are locked into the $30 data and voice plan. And Sprint their 'simply' locked into the "Simply Everything Plan" for $69.99. Regarless off wether or not the plans meet their needs. Sprint has non-verbally said "To Hell with being Fair and Flexible".

AS seen in this forum and similar sentiments throughout the web, customers aren't at all fair and flexible when the wool from the carpet is pulled http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/119480;jsessionid=5CCA6FB2DCA014E030C4349DEC1DDAAF.app1jive1



More info on Verizon, ATT, T-Mobile phone as modem

http://www.tetherberry.com/

movie Ong Bak 2 on Blackberry

Now that you know the science semiconductor secrets why the blackberry is a better media device than the iphone. You need the right movie. The best to watch on your commute or train is Ong Bak 2. See the movie trailer below. One of the best martial arts movie stars since Jet Li.





How to play DVD on Blackberry


More on Tony Jaa Ong Bak 2:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0785035/
www.ongbaktwo.com/
www.ongbak2themovie.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ong_Bak_2
http://www.apple.com/trailers/magnolia/ongbak2/
www.cinematical.com/2009/10/23/ong-bak-2-review/

More on Tony Jaa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Jaa
www.tonyjaa.org
www.imdb.com/name/nm1388074/


Tony Jaa performance for Dallas Mavericks:

Blackberry gets Beyonce Crowd Surfing in London

The power of cell phones capture moments that were only once reserved for Kodak. Beyonce Knowles is diving and crowd surfing while performing "Halo" at the O2 Arena in London, England on November 16, 2009. Another person in front captures the footage with a blackberry bold. RIM got that product placement in there for free:) But I guess the person with the Bold was satisfied with the front row seats and experience.

It's funny as her new song is called Video Phone featuring Lady Gaga you can see below.






More info on Beyonce
www.beyonceonline.com/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyoncé_Knowles

www.myspace.com/beyonce

more info on the blackberry
www.blackberry.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry
crackberry.com/
www.blackberryforums.com/

Blackberry Bold 9000, Curve 8900 and Storm 9530 for a penny on sale at Amazon

Recommendations on which Blackberry to buy below page.

Blackberry's for a Penny:
Older Blackberry Bold 9000


ATT Blackberry Curve 8900


TMobile Blackberry Curve 8900


Verizon Blackberry Storm 9630





More info on blackberry's below
Blackberry Bold 9700

http://macspotlight.blogspot.com/2009/11/wall-street-journal-blackberry-bold.html

Blackberry Tour
http://macspotlight.blogspot.com/2009/11/blackberry-tour-2-aka-essex-gets-video.html

Blackberry Curve
http://macspotlight.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-blackberry-curve-8530-up-on-sprint.html

more info on the blackberry
www.blackberry.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry
crackberry.com/
www.blackberryforums.com/

I guess the safe question ask yourself if your confused about the blackberry products online is to ask yourself does it have a trackpad? If so it's one of the new ones and buy it. However the differences with the new blackberry are slightly noticeble to most people. Therefore an upgrade may not be the best idea for most people who are happy only receiving emails and sending text messages. Or for the bargain hunters that can find one for a penny.

On ATT and T-mobile we only recommend the Blackberry Bold 9700. T-mobile is already ahead of ATT when the release Monday November 16th. The Bold is the only blackberry on ATT/T-mobile with 3G. It helps on the occasion you still want to browse the web, chat on bb messenger and send/receive emails.


T-Mobile New Blackberry Bold 9700:


On Sprint or Verizon we recommend you wait for the Blackberry Tour 2. That will have the trackpad, more memory and wi-fi. One of the great features about the Blackberry Tour is it can work on any network around the world. You can have a Tmobile or ATT sim card and switch to Verizon/Sprint if you have the money to have two plans simultaneously. The Blackberry Curve on Sprint/Verizon can't do that. The Blackberry curves on Sprint/Verizon also have a lower screen resolution and mega-pixel camera. As they are nearly identical in price. The Tour is the best bet not only for the added features but higher value you'll be able to sell the Tour two years from now. As it's quadband if can be sold anywhere around the world so you have a larger pool of buyers to sell to.

Blackberry Tour 2 aka 9650, Essex get's video review

The good folks at Blackberry look to have a new CDMA blackberry ready to enter the smart phone market. Will it take on the iPhone or any of the Android powered devices? To give that argument a rest people should just ask if the phone will satisfy there most important needs(as this is phone that falls into the needs not wants category). The blackberry come with a few major upgrades which are WiFi, more memory and The TrackPad(Fixing many of the complaints people have had with the Trackball). The phone will be available on Verizon and Sprint.

No Specifications to date.



more info on the blackberry
www.blackberry.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry
crackberry.com/
www.blackberryforums.com/

Suprise Storm has much less SAR levels than the Blackberry Curve

SURPRISINGLY The blackberry with the lowest SAR levels is surprisingly the Storm 2 at .78 and the highest is the Blackberry Curve 8300 at 1.51


6 of the highest-radiation cell phones in the United States are from RIM




http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6602_7-6258775-13.html?tag=rb_content;rb_mtx
Curve 1.54
Bold 1.510
Tour 1.46

iphone 3GS at 1.19
Motorola Droid 1.49
HTC Hero(sprint) 1.13


SURPRISING The blackberry with the lowest SAR levels is surprisingly the Storm 2 at .78 and the highest is the Blackberry Curve 8300 at 1.51

top 20 phones with the highest SAR Levels...

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6602_7-5020357-1.html?tag=rb_content;rb_mtx

More on Cell Phone Radiation on Howstuff Works
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cell-phone-radiation2.htm

Wall Street Journal Blackberry Bold Review

Katie Boehret, Walt Mossberg's protege at the Wall Street Journal reviews the new blackberry bold.

Katie wasn’t too shy with the review she ended of by saying “But since many of the Bold 9700’s features are about the same as less-expensive BlackBerrys, it’s worth considering the Tour and Curve 8900 before you spend $200 on a device that no longer lives up to its bold name.”





more info on the blackberry
www.blackberry.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry
crackberry.com/
www.blackberryforums.com/

Nokia releases N900

New Blackberry Curve 8530 up on Sprint web site

http://now.sprint.com/8530/?id16=8530

It's a great new phone, if your up on your contract we'd recommend the blackberry Tour. The only real new thing with the blackberry curve or Tour Light is the Trackpad. Other than that there's not much of a difference versus the older trusty blackberry curve. The screen resolution is still the same at 320/240 and camera still at 2.0. The Tour however is the best blackberry on the market until the blackberry 3.2MP camera with Flash and Auto-Focus. And a better construction, world wide GSM(including local ATT & Tmobile incase you ever decide to crossover). Also the Tour has a more potent battery at 1400mAh vs the Curve at 1150mAh.


In short the Tour and Curve will look different but will be closer in price. The Tour will hold greater value in the long run if you decide to sell it locally or overseas or switch providers locally or overseas. The trackpad is great but don't let it fool you of it's real value...

The curve is simply RIM's attempt to win in the market they can win in now which is the lowend. However customers have become spoiled and expect more for less of a price. If apple's selling a iPhone at $99 and Droids are selling at $179 it will be hard to pull wool over the customers eye. By cutting down on the Resolution, battery life, Camera and sturdiness. In short RIM would have been better off only launching one product the Tour on Verizon and Sprint. I'm guessing they don't want executives seen with the same devices as savvy teenagers. Well Apple has been able to rock that balance as well as cocacola. Same product across the tax brackets...

more information can be found here:
http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrycurve8500/curve_specifications.jsp

Seinfeld on Conan O'brien late show says why he doesn't like the blackberry or iphone(funny)

Seinfeld on Conan O'brien late show says why he doesn't like the blackberry or iphone(funny). It's one of the funniest jokes about blackberries and iphones.


More on the iPhone:
www.apple.com/iphone/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
www.cnet.com/apple-iphone.html
theiphoneblog.com/

More on the blackberry:
www.blackberry.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry
crackberry.com/
www.blackberryforums.com/

are new 3G speeds on Blackberry placebo's?

Like millions of blackberry fanatics I went out and bought one of their latest blackberry's on the market. Promising more memory, crisper screens etc...

However I came to find the device quite slow and sluggish. The older versions were a lot snappier and the screens never froze. The new ones even take just about 5 minutes to reboot. Not sure where the problems stems from, could be that RIM has added a lot to it's OS in trying to compete with the Droids and iPhone. The source of the problems I don't know. Even after updating the software, removing unnecessary software etc... Users are still finding their devices to be quite slow... below are some links around the net showing this new but growing problem with the blackberries...

Freezing. Sluggish. Enough is enough

blackberry slow - yahoo answers

Running slow - Crackberry forum

Blackberry Slow - Blackberry Support Forums

Nokia's Profits Plunge as Apple/RIM dominate w/ %35 of Profits w/ only %3 of the market, from Britney Spears to CEO's of Cancer orgs own an iPhones

Nokia's Profits Plunge as Apple/RIM continue Their dominance of %35 of Profits with only %3 market share... From Britney Spears to heads of Cancer organizations have an iPhone/Blackberry

The worlds largest cell phone maker Nokia. On Thursday, last week, posted staggering 73% drop in second-quarter net profit to 287 million euros, or 0.10 euro a share, from 1.08 billion euros, or 0.29 euro a share, earned in the year-earlier quarter. Adjusted earnings came in at 0.15 euro a share. Sales declined 25% to 9.9 billion euros.

Apple's leading the way though with the smallest but fastest growing market share. Apple is also now the most profitable phone maker in the world.

higher end phones are only 13% of total cellphone sales globally, but growing, although the general cellphone market is steeply declining. Apple and RIM had about 32% of the smart-phone market between them by IDC estimates. RIM though still strong is struggling to maintain it's lead.

The US obsessed with celebrity culture has helped fuel the growth in Smart Phones. Even Britney Spears that claimed she wouldn't buy an iPhone because she didn't want to look like everyone else has given in to the new iPhone 3GS. Similar to the days when she endorsed Pepsi but the was seen drinking Coca-Cola. Even David Blaine, Lindsay Lohan, Katherine Heigl and Goldberg are toting Apple's latest tempting fruit.

What makes the iPhone special is it's simplicity. The Nokia and Samsung phones are as complex as high school periodic tables. A visit to their web site and you'll see:

• N97, N96, N96(music edition), N95, N86, N85, N82, N810 etc.... literaly to the Nth degree
• SCH-a570, SCH-a645, SCH-850, SCH-870, JACK, Omina, Instinct, Exclaim, Propel, Eternity SGH-A867, SGH-777...etc...

When someone mentions an iPhone people know what phone their talking about. When people mention Nokia or Samsung, you have to study a chart to know what your talking about. It appears like those companies have NO identity.

The iPhone when released in 2007 was revolutionary but not yet at full gear. The price was robbery, fundamental features were lacking(copy/paste, 3G). Now with phones in the $99, $199 & $299 market with no messy mail-in rebates and decent support structure. We will see a exponential growth with the iPhone within the next 3 years. I'm willing to bet after next years Christmas they will have more than %50 of the Smart Phones Market share.

What all the competition needs to look at to be able to have a chance at survival versus iPhone Planet is study history. The history in how the iPod took over the portable device market. if you remember you will see that Sony also had a periodic table of walkmans, where as Apple had one product.

Having one product is the biggest competitive advantage a company can have. It shows that you understand what elements are a must have and which ones are worth sacrificing. In the end simplifiy the choices for the consumer. Yes some would argue varity is the spice. However now the variety exists in your playlist, facebook friends, twitter buddies, pandora music, etc...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzz/Celebrity_iPhone_Sightings

Blackberry tour being assembled w/ a James Bond/ Mission Impossible like theme music

In this video, a skill full Engineer, opens a blackberry tour in minutes and reassembles it.

How to Tether your Mac to your blackberry

For all you Mac Fans out there, who own a Mac and not an iPhone are in luck. Especially if you are luckily on Sprint. As two areas they can't be beat is in price and data.

Now you won't have to really on spotting wireless networks to get on to the internet or ATT starbucks(Excuse 2 buy coffee) etc... if you own a Sprint device with a wireless plan you can use it to surf the web.

See link below on Specific instructions for Mac:

http://www.blackberryforums.com/mac-users-corner/86122-how-tether-your-mac-blackberry-8830-a.html

for windows devices your not out of luck sprint has a special software for it. It can be found on

www.sprint.com/downloads

Google releases official Google Voice Apps for mobile Phones - starting with blackberry and android

to download the app from your phone go to http://m.google.com/voice

Grandcentral.com was sold to google and is now know as Google Voice. Started by Vincent Paquet, senior product manager for Google Voice and a co-founder of GrandCentral

place calls on device and have recipients’ calls display the Google Voice number

view voicemail transcripts within the application

I've been using Google voice since June 2007 when it was Grandcentral.com Google made the briliant move to purchase a company that makes a lot of things very simple.

You can screen callers, listen in before taking a call, also if needed record calls, even better block unwanted numbers. It also transcribes messages. Also the unique feature of ringing all of your phones at once.

you can find out more here

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-voice-mobile-app-for-blackberry.html

http://www.grandcentral.com/support/howitworks/

Sign up to follow google on twitter for more updates

go here to request an invitehttps://services.google.com/fb/forms/googlevoiceinvite/

Links:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10286763-2.html

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/07/15/official-google-voice-app-launching-today-for-both-android-and-blackberry/

Sprint, Verizon launch Blackberry Tour, will it compete with the iPhone?

It's been a long time since Sprint, Verizon have upgraded their blackberry line ups and a lot has changed since then. The iPhone that was atleast "5 years ahead of the competition' as Steve Jobs put it is even further ahead now. All the weak points, copy & paste, 3G, price etc.. have been corrected and they are now on the 3rd version in less than 2 years.

The blackberry tour, you'll notice none of the big shot editors have bothered taking time out to review it as their's not that much change other some physical hardware.

-256 on board memory

• 3.2-MP auto-focus camera with geo-tagging functionality - easily identify where you took your pics.
• MicroSD™ card slot supports up to 16 GB (256MB RAM)

Summary the phone is a great improvement/brush up from previous blackberry models. But nothing to be impressed with or for anyone to want to be stuck with in a 2 year contract. Especial after witnessing what the iPhone has accomplished in two years.

However for anyone perfectly happy with the blackberry as is and only cares about reliability, phone and speedy email. This blackberry is highly recommended. With the dive in RIM's market share I would expect them to release a more engaging device Fall this year if they plan to stay in the game. And with that in mind wouldn't be fun to be locked in this contract for 2 years for minor upgrades.

Sprint updates Blackberry Tour availability(update)

@sprint: BlackBerry Tour availability update: On sale via sprint.com and Telesales at midnight EDT on 7/12. (Sunday morning).

@sprint update BlackBerry Tour will be available only online & through Telesales (800-SPRINT1) at launch. In-store sales will be announced at a later date.

www.blackberry.com/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry
crackberry.com/
www.blackberryforums.com/