Verizon outs Mobile Email 4.0: true push and Exchange support for dumbphones
We imagine that the lion's share of people that need Exchange email access are getting it on a BlackBerry or some other manner of smartphone, but Verizon's covering all its bases here today with the release of Mobile Email 4.0, a dumbphone-compatible release that lets even some of the cheapest handsets in Big Red's lineup (the Octane , Cosmos Touch , and Zeal are specifically called out) in on the corporate action. Besides Exchange support, the release includes a "true push experience," an all-new UI, and Outlook calendar synchronization -- the perfect companion to Exchange email compatibility. It's available now for free if you're on a data plan of at least $15 a month, or for $5 a month with a pay-as-you-go data option.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: BlackBerry, compatibility, cosmos touch, entry, exchange, lion, mobile, outlook, release, result, smartphone, verizon, vzw
BlackBerry Desktop Software 2.0 for Mac OS brings WiFi music sync, broader iPhoto / iTunes support
About time, eh? Wintel users have been enjoying the spoils of WiFi music sync on their BlackBerry handsets for the past few months now, but if you're still stickin' with RIM (through the thick and thin ), and you just so happen to roll primarily on OS X, there's a new piece of software that you should consider. BlackBerry Desktop Software 2.0 for Mac OS has just been let loose, and it's a pretty substantial update
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: apple, BlackBerry, desktop, music, osx, result, rim, Sync, wizard
Fossil Connected watch concept displays vital info from your Android or BlackBerry handset, looks great doing it
Sure, companies haven't had too much success with connected watches -- remember SPOT ? But don't lose hope! The Fossil Connected watch concept shows that at least somebody is still trying to bring wrist-based chronometers into the 21st century
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: black, BlackBerry, Century, chronometers, closer, connected, connected watch, display-weather, engadget, fossil connected, fossilconnected, least-somebody, messages, valley, watch
Engadget for iPad now available!
Do you love Engadget? Do you love your iPad? Have you been longing for a day when the two would finally be together?
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: apps-as-well, BlackBerry, devices, engadget ipad app, evernote-quite, ios, ipad, nuclear-attack, terrible-things, zombie-invasion
Amazon MP3 app hits BlackBerry phones
It may not quite be enough to bring non-BlackBerry users into the fold, but RIM has finally scored one long awaited coup to keep its current users happy -- it's just announced that the Amazon MP3 application is now available for download from the BlackBerry App World. While still technically in beta, the app will let you purchase and download music both over WiFi and over the air, and it includes plenty of BlackBerry-specific functionality, including sharing via BBM in addition to the usual social networking features, and full integration with BlackBerry's Universal Search and Media Library. Hit up the link below for a closer look, or simply download it yourself to try it out first hand -- it is free, after all
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, closer, coup, current, features, includes-plenty, networking, phones
All Things D posts full Mike Lazaridis video from D: Dive Into Mobile
By now you've no doubt heard about Mike Lazaridis' recent appearance at the D: Dive Into Mobile conference, where the RIM co-CEO arrived with his own personal reality distortion field and made statements like the surprising fact that RIM "arguably" invented the smartphone, and that the BlackBerry Torch is actually fast. Don't believe us? Well, thanks to All Things D , you can now watch the complete 40-minute appearance for yourself, which just so happens to also include a fairly lengthy demo of the PlayBook
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: BlackBerry, blackberry playbook, ceo, d:diveintomobile, engadget, fairly-lengthy, field, lazaridis, playbook, result, rim, video
BlackBerry News Feeds hits the beta wires
If you're in the market for a good -- or at the very least, free -- RSS reader for your BlackBerry , a new app from RIM itself might be a good place to start your search. The aptly-named BlackBerry News Feeds looks to be a serviceable app from the screen shots that RIM has sent us, offering the ability to share the gold you dig up in your feeds through countless conduits -- email, text, BBM, Facebook, and so on. It's launching both through BlackBerry Beta Zone and App World's Test Center today, so if you're feeling adventurous -- and you like yourself some newses -- you might want to have a look.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: beta, BlackBerry, blackberry beta zone, engadget, engadget-mobile, facebook, feeds, from-the-screen, gold, mobile, reader, screen
Visa clears DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay mobile payment microSD card for use in smartphones
No iPhone? No problem.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: banking, BlackBerry, devicefidelity, Friction, iphone, mobile-payments, mobilepayments, samsung, samsungvibrant
BlackBerry 9570 Storm3 still showing up in Best Buy system
Never mind the Nexus S , right? The long-rumored, unannounced BlackBerry Storm3 still seems to exist -- at least according to Best Buy's "Mobile Genie" system that's used to transfer contacts between customers' old and new devices. Now, we certainly wouldn't take this as concrete evidence that the phone's coming soon -- if at all -- but the find is an interesting conversation piece if nothing else
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: been-chilling, BlackBerry, depends-on-how, entry, evidence, messes, mobile, nexus, still-showing, storm3
PhoneSuit’s Primo Power Core charges your iPad, BlackBerry, and pretty much everything else
PowerSuit's no stranger to the reload-and-refuel arena , and just months after ushering out the Primo Battery Cube , along comes this: the Primo Power Core. For all intents and purposes, this is an iPhone-sized battery pack, and it just so happens to be fully capable of charging your iPhone or iPod touch
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: accessory, BlackBerry, charge, charging, handheld, intents, iphone, peripheral