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Verizon outs Mobile Email 4.0: true push and Exchange support for dumbphones

jedwan — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:10:24 +0000

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. Follow the break for the press release.

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BlackBerry Desktop Software 2.0 for Mac OS brings WiFi music sync, broader iPhoto / iTunes support

jedwan — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:22:17 +0000

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. Aside from supporting WiFi music sync in official fashion, there’s also a new device switch wizard and the ability to import and sync photos and videos with iPhoto and iTunes. She’s waiting for you there in the source link — all 39.713 megabytes. You know what to do.

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Fossil Connected watch concept displays vital info from your Android or BlackBerry handset, looks great doing it

admin — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:18:22 +0000

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. This timepiece is designed to pair with your Android or BlackBerry handset via Bluetooth to display weather, caller ID info, text messages, so on and so forth. And unlike a lot of the watches we see in this space, it actually looks pretty damn good. It remains to be seen exactly when these will make it to market (currently the company is hashing out the concept and “showing them around Silicon Valley,” according to Robert Scoble), but when they do they should sell for around $200. Get a closer look after the break.

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Engadget for iPad now available!

jedwan — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:01:56 +0000

Do you love Engadget? Do you love your iPad? Have you been longing for a day when the two would finally be together? Well guess what? That day has come. Yes, it’s true, the Engadget iPad app is now live in the App Store and waiting for installation on every single iPad in existence. Like our previous iOS apps, you’ll get a ton of the great features of the site formatted perfectly for mobile devices, but we think we’ve taken things a lot further on the Apple tablet, providing tons of new browsing, reading, and exploratory options which should keep you enraptured even if terrible things like a nuclear attack or zombie invasion start happening.

All of your news-reading, podcasting-listening, video-watching, comment-posting, Engadget-tipping fantasies are about to become reality, and the application supports sharing via Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, and email, while also allowing you to save articles to the iPad (in-app), Instapaper, Read It Later, and Evernote. Quite frankly, it’s awesome. The iOS 4-compatible app is available right now in the App Store, so don’t wait one more second… go get it!

And before you ask — yes, updates are coming for all of our other apps as well, including a new iPhone app with iOS 4 support, a BlackBerry update with OS 6 support, and for all you Windows Phone fans… a WP7 app for your new phone!

Engadget for iPad now available! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Amazon MP3 app hits BlackBerry phones

admin — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:17:43 +0000

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.

Amazon MP3 app hits BlackBerry phones originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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All Things D posts full Mike Lazaridis video from D: Dive Into Mobile

jedwan — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:04:31 +0000

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. Check it out after the break.

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BlackBerry News Feeds hits the beta wires

jedwan — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:04:19 +0000

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.

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Visa clears DeviceFidelity’s In2Pay mobile payment microSD card for use in smartphones

jedwan — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:03:02 +0000

No iPhone? No problem. If you’ll recall, we heard back in May that Visa was in cahoots with DeviceFidelity, with the two trumpeting a not-exactly-svelte In2Pay case that would add contactless payment support to Apple’s darling. Today, the rest of the world is finally being taken into consideration. The aforementioned firms have just cleared a new In2Pay microSD solution for use in the real world, with the BlackBerry Bold 9650 and the Samsung Vibrant in particular named as compatible. In theory, it seems that nearly any smartphone with a microSD slot could be ushered into the arena, and Visa itself expects to add additional phone models for use with this technology, “including phones based on the Symbian and Windows operating systems.” This unveiling is happening after a solid 18 months of testing around the globe, but there’s no definitive word on which banks will be offering this to customers. Between this and the sudden interest in NFC, America seems more poised than ever before to slip ever further into an endless pool of debt, and with way less friction than before! We kid, we kid… kind of.

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BlackBerry 9570 Storm3 still showing up in Best Buy system

admin — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:02:43 +0000

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. Torch, watch your back!

[Thanks, anonymous tipster]

Update: IntoMobile‘s Simon Sage points out that the Storm3′s been in there for a while, so the question becomes: if it’s been chilling there for nearly two months, does that suggest that it really is still on the release roadmap? Depends on how good Best Buy is at cleaning up messes from its internal systems, we suppose.

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PhoneSuit’s Primo Power Core charges your iPad, BlackBerry, and pretty much everything else

admin — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:25:46 +0000

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. Unlike the vast majority of alternatives, however, this 8200mAh pack can also rejuvenate an iPad, not to mention a wealth of Android smartphones, your mom’s BlackBerry, a couple of unnamed netbooks (yeah, seriously!) and practically any other handheld gadget that can be juiced via USB. The company throws in a cornucopia of tips for a range of “popular” devices, though high-drain devices like netbooks will need to make use of the 12V port. There’s an external LED charge meter to keep you abreast of how much power remains, and it can be headed to a stocking near you in exchange for $99.95.

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