Major new BlackBerry Patent app: Auto-capitalization, Auto-punctuation, many more usability features
As BlackBerry patent applications go, this is a big one. And you are getting it here, first.
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Highlighted product lets you convert DVDs to BlackBerry-compatible files
Geeksugar's Download of the Day is the newest rev of BlackBerry Video Converter. 1.
Pix: Verizon, Sprint Pearls, Vodafone 8300 seen launching May 7
Pinstack riffs off a Merrill Lynch note predicting that Verizon and Sprint BlackBerry Pearls, as well as the WiFi-enabled, Vodafone BlackBerry 8300, are all expected around May 7.What's even better, the same post I just linked you to has some photos of said Vodafone BlackBerry 8300.
Prediction: BlackBerry in-flight will take longer than you think
As has been reported, within a year you will be able to use your BlackBerry on selected flights. That's because AirCell will install equipment on airliners that will act as a WiFi hotspot in the cabin and connect to Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerrys, and laptop computers too.
BlackBerry patent would convert e-mailed appointment references to calendar entries
Now, in the pantheon of BlackBerry inventions, this is cooler than many.Just this morning, the U.
BlackBerry Adds APIs To Support Cool New Third-Party Apps
Just a few minutes ago, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion said it is adding additional Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to the BlackBerry Java Development Environment (BlackBerry JDE).Doing so will stimulate more third-party applications development, RIM implied in their statement.
Face it: for some "cool app" developers, BlackBerry draws a yawn
So here I am the other night, at dinner, breakin' bread (literally) with several folks who are talking about the future of mobile phone apps.This was largely an open-source (and open bar) table of influencers.
Here's two BlackBerry 8300 vs. 8800 side-by-side photos
Tipster Boy Genius has posted some side by side shots of the BlackBerry 8800 vs.the everyone-knows-its-coming BlackBerry 8300.
Red Pearl up on Cingular-AT&T site: here's pricing, specs
Went up late yesterday. Here.As I linked above, the left pane on the Red Pearl landing page on the Cingular-AT&T site offers a photo of the handset itself.
Photo:Red BlackBerry Pearl debuts today
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion is officially releasing a red BlackBerry Pearl today.Exclusive to Cingular/AT&T, the red Pearl features:A digital camera with three zoom levels up to 5X)A multi-media player awith support for MP3 and AAC music files, as well as MPEG4 and H.