The New Mini Opera 5 BETA




Opera launches latest version of Opera Mini browser Beta 5. The main features are brought is the ability to open more than one page or call Tabbed browsing. Also on the front decorated with a Speed Dial to bookmark the page. Features similar to Opera browser for PCs. Management of passwords is also much easier with the Password Manager.

Here is a quick list of what’s new.
  • Tabbed browsing-Browse several Web sites at the same time. Jump easily from one to another.
  • Speed dial-Your favourite sites are just one click away. (Similar To Safari’s new UI)
  • Touch & Keypad-The interface optimizes the display for both touchscreen and keypad phones.
  • Password manager-Log on to your email, social network and other sites with just one click.



To try Opera Mini 5 beta, simply visit the address m.opera.com/next, using your blackberry phone’s default Web browser or download to your computer

How to buy a used Blackberry

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Many Blackberry users constantly upgrade their devices to keep up with the newest technologies. Buying a used Blackberry phone from eBay can save you quite a bit of money. However, safety precautionary measures should be taken to avoid any possible scams. Here are some tips to ensure that you have a rewarding and safe experience buying a Blackberry device from eBay.

Before you bid on a specific Blackberry:
  • Check the seller's feedback - stick to sellers above 99; 98 with caution. Also, the higher the feedback score, the more experience and success they have as a seller.
  • Ask the seller possible further questions:
    • Condition: Is the device used or brand new in unopened box?
    • Is it locked or unlocked?
    • What is the IMEI? (International Mobile Equipment Identity)
    • Are there additional images of the phone you can look at? (eg. if they claim its unlocked...request photo proof of it, or if the picture looks generic or ripped off from someone else)
    • Is there an IT policy?
    • Are the water sensors intact?
    • Is there are refund guarantee if you receive it dead on arrival?
  • With the requested IMEI, you can call the company the device is branded to in order to ensure that it is not a lost or stolen device. See if the PIN and IMEI have been released.

After receiving your Blackberry:
  • Make sure that it is unlocked.
  • Make sure there is an IT policy on it. To check: go to Options -> Security -> General Settings. Under services, find the IT policy; If you see any references to it, you will need to remove it.
  • It is recommended that you wipe the device for a fresh start.
  • If it is locked, you can get it unlocked.

If the received device was not properly described (and you are not satisfied):
  • Immediately contact the seller and demand a full refund.
  • If they refuse:
    • Contact credit card company and file for fraud protection.
    • File a dispute with PayPal and eBay
    • Report fraud at local police department
    • Leave negative feedback for the seller.

Other tips:
  • Limit payments to credit card since many cards offer fraud protection. PayPal is safe, but uses a dispute system where you may only be able to recover a small portion of your loss from the seller.
  • Save all correspondence with the seller for dispute records
  • Use feedback before and after each transaction.
  • Obtain tracking information from FedEx or UPS etc..
  • Research here for market place price ranges since "retail" prices are not accurate. Relying on actual sold prices as opposed to speculated prices will inevitably help gauge what you ideally should be paying for your Blackberry.

Radio For Blackberry - Pandora


Pandora Radio is your own FREE personalized radio now available to stream music on your BlackBerry. Just start with the name of one of your favorite artists, songs or classical composers and Pandora will create a "station" that plays their music and more music like it.

Already a Pandora user? Even easier. Just sign in. Pandora on BlackBerry is fully integrated with Pandora on the web. Enjoy all your existing stations - and create new ones right from your BlackBerry.

Visit here

Amazon App for BlackBerry



Amazon has launched a free BlackBerry application, allowing customers to find, discover, and purchase products directly from their smartphone. The application is optimized for BlackBerry devices with track-ball interfaces. This means, at least for now, BlackBerry Storm users are left out in the cold (sorry, those of you still clinging on to your track-wheel 8700 or earlier models won’t be able to use the application either). Installation of the application can be done wirelessly OTA (over-the-air), or you can choose to send a download link to your BlackBerry from your computer’s web browser.

Download OTA Here
You can also go to http://www.amazon.com/blackberry_app if you prefer to send the download link to your device via e-mail.

Mobiola® xPlayer ( free for 7 days )


Mobiola® xPlayer is a multimedia player for all major audio and video formats with Live Radio support. Watch video on your BlackBerry display, listen to music and podcasts, stay informed about the latest events from live news!

Watch fullscreen videos, listen to live music and stay informed about the latest events from live news!

Explore 100+ predefined radio stations in all genres: Classical, Jazz, Rock, Hiphop & RNB, world, pop.


Listen to actual business, sport, music podcast on the go and add your own podcasts! - new feature

All the most popular audio and video formats are supported: mp3, m4a, avi, mp4, 3gp, wma, amr, mid, wav, aac, WMV.

Download here

Free Blackberry Download - MaxMem

Free Blackberry Download - MaxMemFree up to 5MB of memory. MaxMem clean up your BlackBerry from unused applications, themes, and files that come preinstalled. Enjoy more memory and slightly faster speed. FREE!

Download OTA here

User Guide:

1. Install MaxMem from here.
2. Back up BlackBerry device using desktop manager.
3. Set your current theme to Dimension Zen. The purpose is to avoid any error if the current theme is accidentally deleted. Dimension Zen can’t be deleted by MaxMem.
4. Run the MaxMem application (Mammoth icon).
5. Click on the remove module that you want to use. Make sure you read the definition above for each module.
6. Question 1 is about data base back up. Answer yes only if you have already backed up your device or you know what you are doing.
7. Question 2 is about disclaimer. Answer yes if you agree.
8. Question 3 will be asked for each cod file that MaxMem will delete.
9. Restart after you are done.


Note:
COD files that are deleted by MaxMem can be restored by running application loader from desktop manager but you do need to install BlackBerry Handheld OS first in your computer.

Windows 7 Theme for BlackBerry Curve 8900



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Precision Rotunda Theme for BlackBerry Curve 8900 & Tour 9630

Free Blackberry Download - Precision Rotunda Theme for BlackBerry Curve 8900 & Tour 9630

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Yahoo! Fantasy Football, the Web’s #1 fantasy football game, comes to your BlackBerry.

Stay on top of your team wherever you are with the Yahoo! Fantasy Football ’09 app for BlackBerry. From checking league and player stats to making changes to your roster, the Y! Fantasy Football ’09 app brings this season right to the palm of your hand.

Features of the Y! Fantasy Football ’09 app include:
* Live Scoring: Free this year! Follow your team as the games happen – in real time.
* Roster Management: Quarterback injured? No problem. Bench him and start your backup right from your phone.
* Add and drop players: No longer happy with your running back? Simple. Drop him from your team and search for a new one.
* Matchups: Not sure who you play next week? No need to stop what you’re doing, just grab your BlackBerry and check.

Download Here

Free Blackberry Download - Pleex

Free Blackberry Download - Pleex
Do you want to change your blackberry phone but don’t want to lose your data? Have you ever lost your phone? Have you ever had your mobile broken or stolen?

Pleex lets you backup all your blackberry content: address book, MP3, pictures, videos…! You can then share them to Facebook, Flickr, Blogger, Gmail .... and back it up whenever you want, no PC nor cable needed !

Just launch the software and click on "Save" !
And then start managing both contacts & files on your private Web space on Pleex.com

Chat with other users, share your profiles, documents, images, videos, MP3 with other users. You can even gain reward points and exchange them for goodies in our online store !

To get Pleex for your blackberry phone, just point your mobile browser to http://m.pleex.com

Free Blackberry Download - Bolt Browser For Huron Curve Bold Storm Javelin

Free Blackberry Download - Bolt Browser
Free Blackberry Download - Bolt Browser
Free Blackberry Download - Bolt Browser

LIGHTNING FAST MOBILE BROWSING

* Routinely loads pages at least 25%-50% faster than competing mobile browsers
* Patented navigation and display technologies get you where you're going faster

WATCH. CONNECT. SURF.

* View streaming videos from sites like YouTube, MySpace and Google
* Enjoy full desktop PC-style Facebook and social media functionality
* Subscribe to RSS feeds
* Shop securely
* Browse any website

UNCOMPROMISED WEB EXPERIENCE

* Full desktop PC-style browsing on all types of mobile phones
* Web content is never reformatted, repurposed, or removed



BlackBerry-specific Version: Download Here

For regular devices we recommend you install the dual signed version first, followed by VeriSign then Thawte signed. If you have any trouble installing any of these three versions, install the unsigned version:

* Dual Signed Version: http://boltbrowser.com/bolts2.jad
* VeriSign Signed Version: http://boltbrowser.com/boltvs.jad
* Thawte Signed Version: http://boltbrowser.com/boltts.jad
* Unsigned Version: http://boltbrowser.com/bolt.jad

Personalize your Ringtones

One of the many great things about a BlackBerry® smartphone is that you can set up individual ringtones for the various incoming messages or tasks (email, IM, and other alerts) as well as custom ringtones for individuals as discussed in the previous post on Changing-Your-Ring-Tone. This can help you to set priorities to your daily tasks by notifying you that you have a new e-mail message rather than a Facebook alert, or a meeting coming up and not an IM.

How to Personalize your Ringtones by Task
(Note: this is based on BlackBerry® BoldTM smartphone)

Your BlackBerry comes with some preset Sound Profiles - Vibrate, Quiet, Normal etc. However, you can change the settings within any of these to fit your preferences, or set up a new profile.

  • Find the Sound Profile Icon, open and find the "Advanced" option to make changes.
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  • Choose a profile that you would like to edit - for example "Normal"- or click on the BlackBerry menu button and choose "New Profile"
  • A page with a list of alerts, types of messages, and application or tasks that use ringtones will be shown on this page. You can make changes to any of these.

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Choose one task/alert/message (for example BlackBerry Messenger Message) by clicking on it.

There are a variety of settings that you can adjust, as well as you can have different settings for in and out of your holster (BlackBerry case). To make changes to a particular setting:

  • Scroll down to the item you want to change
  • Click the BlackBerry Menu button, choose "Change Option"
  • Highlight your setting and select.

Note: If you are changing the ringtone or volume you will hear the ringtones as you scroll over the options.

When you have made all the changes you want to make to Ring Tone, Volume, Number of Beeps, Repeat Notification and Number of Vibrations click once more on the BlackBerry Menu and choose "Save". You can do this for any of the items on the profile. In fact. you could potentially have a different ring tone for each type of message, calendar alert etc. Personally, I have set my IM clients with one ringtone, my personal e-mail with another, and work e-mail with a third variation.

Personalizing Your Home page

Due to new methods of production, and digital technology we have come to expect that we should be able to modify anything and everything. From our computer desktop to web sites, and from T-shirts to M&M's® - we want to be able to customize it, personalize it, and essentially make it reflect our own tastes and individuality. So, it will come to you as no surprise that the first thing most of us want to do when we get a new BlackBerry® is to start personalizing it!

Here are the basics to personalizing your home page.

* Note these instructions are specific to BlackBerry® Bold™. If you have another BlackBerry check out BlackBerry.com/Support for more documentation.

Wallpaper Picture

Your screen will likely have a nice scenic shot as your "wallpaper" or "home" image. While clouds, mountains and placid waterscapes are lovely - you might prefer a photo of your dog, kid, or your favourite Facebook profile picture. I went with my kids because it is easier to brag about them if I can also show off their picture:

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Here is how you do this:

Use your BlackBerry camera to take a picture of your favourite pet, kid, place, etc.

From the picture view press the BlackBerry Menu button (this is the button with the BlackBerry logo on the left side of your trackball) This menu will have a choice "Set as Home Screen Image" - choose this and your new picture will now appear on your screen when you are at the "Home" page!

If you already have an image you want to use:

View Pictures: Media>Pictures>All Pictures

Open the picture you want as your Wallpaper

Press the BlackBerry Menu button (as above) and choose "Set as Home Screen Image"

If your picture isn't already on your BlackBerry,:

Use e-mail to send the image to an address associated with your BlackBerry.

Open the attachment and save it. View Pictures: Media>Pictures>All Pictures (or choose the folder where you saved your image)

Open the picture you want as your Wall Paper.

Press the BlackBerry Menu button (as above) and choose "Set as Home Screen Image"

Note: Reduce the size of you images before e-mailing them, you don't need a picture that is 12" for a BlackBerry screen! Remember data charges may apply.

Icons

Chances are the Icons on your main page are not set-up the way you would like them. We are all different - so of course you can customize this as well!

  • Think about what tasks you do most frequently, or which applications you use most often. These should be the first icons you see when you turn on your BlackBerry.
  • Move the icon by highlighting the icon and clicking the BlackBerry Menu button, and then choose "Move".
  • The Icon will now have a frame with arrows around it, use your trackball to move it up, down, left or right.
  • Do this with any other Icons you wish to move until your page is exactly as you want it!

Get customizing! What other things have you done to personalize your BlackBerry?

Stay tuned for a post on customizing ring tones!

Free Blackberry Download - Bank of America


Get the convenience of Online Banking right in the palm of your hand. You can now download a mobile banking shortcut for your BlackBerry handheld device, so you can manage your accounts virtually anytime, anywhere. Get the ease of Mobile Banking with just one click with our BlackBerry shortcuts to www.bofa.mobi - the Bank of America Mobile Banking site.

Visit http://mobilebanking.bankofamerica.com/bb/ on your BlackBerry browser to download the icon.

Free Blackberry Download - Nimbuzz

Free Blackberry Download - NimbuzzNimbuzz Mobile is the best free* mobile messenger that lets you call, chat, message, and send files on the go, for free. It combines all your buddies from Skype, MSN/ Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, AIM, Google Talk, Gadu-Gadu, Hyves, and more. One login, one contact list, all accounts.

See who's online and where, call/group-call, chat/chatrooms, offline messaging, send photos/music/video, voice messaging and location sharing.

Free Blackberry Download NIMBUZZ here for OTA install
Free Blackberry Download NIMBUZZ here for Desktop install

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Changing Your Ringtone

It is one of the first features people change when they get a new phone - the ring tone! For some reason a ring tone says something about you, and it makes the phone "yours". Not only does it reflect your groove, it can also allow you to know who is calling without looking at your BlackBerry® by setting a custom tone for your favourite (or not so favourite) people.

Changing Your Ring Tone

How to change your ring tone?

  • Choose Media on your main page

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  • Then click on Ring Tones on this menu
  • Choose "All Ring Tones"
  • From here you can play any of the pre-loaded ringtones.
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  • When you have located a ring tone you prefer click the BlackBerry Menu Button and choose "Set as Ring Tone".
  • That is it!

How to personalize your ring tones by individual:

  • Go to your address book
  • Find the person whose ring tone you want to customize
  • Click the BlackBerry Menu button, scroll down to Add Custom Ring Tone
  • Chose the ring tone and press OK.

Stay tuned for a future post on advanced sound customizing on your BlackBerry.

What is your favourite ring tone? Have you ever heard a ring tone that annoyed you? Made you laugh?

Personalization Theme

Free Blackberry Download - Ascendo Money

Are you looking for a better way to manage your personal finances? Ascendo Money is a comprehensive money manager for BlackBerry smartphones and PC Desktops. With Ascendo Money, you can track your spending, stay within budgets, pay your bills on time and plot your course to financial freedom.

OTA install point your BB browser to link below : http://tinyurl.com/5xdqma
Desktop install click link below :
http://www.ascendo-inc.com/download/AscendoMoneyV3_3_6BB.zip

Free Blackberry Download - Bloomberg

Free Blackberry Download - Bloomberg BlackberryBring the power of the most trusted source for financial information to your BlackBerry smartphone, along with tools to help you analyze the world's markets. Bloomberg offers news, stock quotes, company descriptions, market leaders/laggers, price charts, market trends analysis and more. Create a customized list of stocks you want to follow from markets around the world.

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Taking Picture

I went to a BBQ this weekend and I was chatting with a couple of recent converts to the BlackBerry® smartphone. We spent quite some time wondering how we existed B.B. (aka Before BlackBerry). We marveled at how we got along before we could IM, email or check Facebook® from anywhere. Similarly, my previous BlackBerry was a model without a camera. I didn't mind, as I didn't know what I was missing.
Now that I have the BlackBerry® BoldTM smartphone I've found so many uses for the camera on my BlackBerry device!

  • Shopping: Taking pictures of products and sending them to family and friends "Hey, do you like this one?" or "Is this the brand you wanted me to pick up?", or "Add this to my wish list!"
  • Just in case pics: We found this handy when we were on vacation and the rental car was in less than perfect shape. As we did the initial walk-around with the rep we took pictures of the damage.
  • Line-ups: I will on occasion send my husband pictures of grocery store line-ups or photos of traffic (I commute - I don't do this while I am driving :smileyhappy: ) instead of sending him a long explanatory email about why I will be late.
  • Weather: I like to brag when we have nice weather so sometimes I will take a picture and send it to my family on the rainy coast.
  • Home Improvements: We were recently shopping for hardwood floors and so I took photos of the room with us. It doesn't beat having the actual samples in the room, but it meant we brought home the right samples the first time!
  • Quick shots for sharing: Best of all I love being able to take pictures and immediately share them without every having to download them to a desktop.


How to User Your BlackBerry Camera
(Based on the BlackBerry Bold)

Find and choose this Icon on your BlackBerry home page

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You will see a screen like this:

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Get the shot you want in the view finder and press your trackball in to take the picture!

What interesting uses have you found for your BlackBerry camera?

Geotagging 101

Thanks to digital photography I take thousands of pictures a year. I have about 15,000 images stored on my computer, only sortable by date or folder name. So, I have recently started to tag these images with keywords describing the individuals and events in the pictures. In the future when I want to be able to locate all pictures of my son sleeping in a car or pictures of my husband and I on vacation, I will be able to simply click on a few check boxes or type in a selection of keywords in my photo software. Of course doing this for 15,000 images is a time consuming job.

Along with tagging the images with the people and activities in them I often use keywords to describe the location the image was taken. As cameras have become more advanced, some are now including GPS capabilities, which means that this will longer be necessary. Cameras with GPS technologies allow location information (longitude and latitude) to be written directly to the file at the moment the image is shot. This ability is also available on some newer BlackBerry® smartphones and is termed "Geotagging".

geotag.pngWhat is geotagging?

A digital photo is geotagged when location data (latitude and longitude coordinates) are added to the digital file alongside the photos existing EXIF data.

What you need:

BlackBerry with camera and GPS (enabled)

How to turn on Geotagging:

(Note these instructions are specific to BlackBerry® BoldTM smartphone because that is what I have)

  • From camera screen click on the BlackBerry menu button (this is the button with the BlackBerry logo).
  • 1. In this menu choose "Options"
  • 2. Scroll down to "Geotagging" and set to "Enabled"
  • 3. Click on the BlackBerry menu button again and choose "Save"

When you are in the camera screen you should see a small map icon in the right hand corner. This indicates that you have enabled geotagging. However, in order for it to work you will also have to ensure that you have turned on GPS Services.

To turn on GPS Services on your BlackBerry:

1. Go to "Options"

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2. Choose "Advanced Options"

3. Scroll down and click on "GPS"

4. Choose "Location On" for GPS Services

In the camera the geotag icon (the little globe in the right hand corner) needs to be white in order for the geotagging feature to work. If the icon is red it is not picking up your location via the GPS. For the most part this will be an issue when you are indoors or if you have just turned on your phone, as it may not have coordinated your location with the satellite yet. To be sure that you are connecting with GPS - open BlackBerry Maps® and "Start GPS navigation".

Now you are ready to shoot photos with geotags!

Watch for a future post on fun with Geotagging!

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Power Saving Tips For Blackberry

It might be a stretch to call this "going green", it isn't on par with using reusable bags or replacing your light bulbs with energy efficient bulbs, but these are a few tips tohelp you maximize your batter charge!

Network Connections
Turn off unused connections when not in use for example: Wi-Fi ® Bluetooth® (Manage Connections)
Use “Auto On/Off” (Options>AutoOn/Off)
Use a single mode only. Choose 2G or 3G rather than 2G and 3G. (Options>Mobile Network)

Applications
When exiting, be sure to close the app, not leave it running in the background. (close with the ESC key, the rounded arrow not red power end key. Or, choose Menu button menu_key_bb_bullets_39752_11.jpg and scroll down to close)
Log out of applications when they are not needed.

Screen/Keyboard
Reduce Backlight Timeout (Options> Screen/Keyboard)
Reduce Backlight Brightness (Options > Screen/Keyboard)
Use a device holster (this turns off LCD automatically when you put your device away)
Set Audible Roll for your trackball to mute (Options> Screen/Keyboard)
Key Tone Off (Options> Screen/Keyboard)

Camera
Turn off flash (Camera > Options)
Set picture size to Small (Camera > Options)
Set Color Effect to Normal (Camera > Options)
Set Picture Quality to Normal (Camera > Options)

GPS
Turn off GPS when not required (Options > Advanced Options > GPS)
Use the zoom out function to get the largest viewable area that you can still use usefully.

Browsing

Close browser when finished using (close with ESC key, not red End key)

This is pretty big list, do you have any additions? Or maybe just some general "green" tips for life?

Using Blackberry Messenger

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