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- Calibre – Easily Manage & Convert eBooks for your BlackBerry for Free
- Dude, Where Are My BlackBerry PlayBook Ads? Speculate!
- More Screenshots of Poynt on the BlackBerry PlayBook
- BlackBerry Touch Monaco/Monza Caught on Video
- New iWidgets Black Theme from Magmic
- RIM Releases The Two BES IT Policies for the BlackBerry PlayBook
- Twitter for BlackBerry v1.1 Announced – Can You Find It?
- Will BlackBerry ID Be The Death of BlackBerry OS and App Leaks?
- RIM Theme Idea Contest for Retail Channel Partners and Reps
- BlackBerry Curve 9300 OS 5.0.0.534 Found Online
- BlackBerry Torch 9800 OS 6.0.0.534 Found Online
| Calibre – Easily Manage & Convert eBooks for your BlackBerry for Free Posted: 12 Apr 2011 03:18 PM PDT
One of the things I truly love to do on my BlackBerry is read books. The thing is RIM does not offer a proper way to do this out of the box and developers have been keeping us a bit wanting for solutions. In the past I have told you about my favorite MobiPocket Reader which has truly gone downhill since Amazon acquired them and released the Kindle. Now that OverDrive has released a free ePub eBook reader for BlackBerry I am back in the game! One of the main questions people had about OverDrive is: How do I convert eBooks, documents, and even news to a format I can read in OverDrive or even MobiPocket on my BlackBerry? There is a simple answer to that question and it is called Calibre. It is a free opensource application for Windows, Mac, and Linux that helps you manage and convert eBooks for your BlackBerry and many other devices.
Calibre performs four essential functions for me thought there are many other uses for it:
If you like reading eBooks on your BlackBerry or want to get more into it I highly recommend checking out Calibre at this link. Let me know if you find any other good BlackBerry eBook reading tools or resources! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, April 12, 2011, 6:18 pm. | Calibre – Easily Manage & Convert eBooks for your BlackBerry for Free | Leave a comment |
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| Dude, Where Are My BlackBerry PlayBook Ads? Speculate! Posted: 12 Apr 2011 10:02 AM PDT I am really starting to get a bit worried here. The BlackBerry PlayBook launches in seven days on April 19th and I have yet to see a single BlackBerry PlayBook ad. This has me wondering what RIM's playbook is for the PlayBook launch. I have spoken to a few friends about it and I have to say it is very odd that RIM has been so hush about what is truly a HUGE announcement for them. Bishop5 pointed out in the comments that we should put up a post asking all of you to speculate on what reason RIM could have for such a quiet build up to the BlackBerry PlayBook launch. Don't they want potential customers to know when it launches or even what a BlackBerry PlayBook is? Here are some of my ideas sorted in no particular order:
Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, April 12, 2011, 1:02 pm. | Dude, Where Are My BlackBerry PlayBook Ads? Speculate! | 22 comments |
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| More Screenshots of Poynt on the BlackBerry PlayBook Posted: 12 Apr 2011 09:51 AM PDT As the BlackBerry PlayBook gets closer to launch its nice to see some of our favorite apps coming along. Poynt is one of the most used apps on my BlackBerry Torch and I have to say it looks sweet on the bigger PlayBook. We have seen images and screenshots of Poynt on the PlayBook before but I thought I would share some more they sent over! Let us know what other apps you are hoping make it to the PlayBook.
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, April 12, 2011, 12:51 pm. | More Screenshots of Poynt on the BlackBerry PlayBook | 6 comments |
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| BlackBerry Touch Monaco/Monza Caught on Video Posted: 12 Apr 2011 09:44 AM PDT We have seen quite a few leaks about the upcoming BlackBerry Touch codename Monaco (Verizon CDMA) and Monza (GSM) including pictures but this is the first video I know of. Piotr from BBNews.pl let me know about a video posted by artxenonart on YouTube showing off the BlackBerry Touch. There is nothing crazy new about the device beyond what we already know but its nice to see it in action. It still looks like the picture of the "BlackBerry Storm 3" we snagged back in September. Desktop Video Link | Mobile Video LinkI am not sure what language the video is in but let us know if you understand it! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, April 12, 2011, 12:44 pm. | BlackBerry Touch Monaco/Monza Caught on Video | 14 comments |
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| New iWidgets Black Theme from Magmic Posted: 12 Apr 2011 08:30 AM PDT Elle from Magmic let me know about their latest theme iWidgets Black. “The original iWidgets theme from Magmic just took a journey to the dark side! Scroll up on your trackpad to reveal a set of hidden widgets, including your calendar, SMS and email messages, and weather*. iWidgets Black is an awesome theme that’ll help you keep your days and your BlackBerry organized.” Available for several BlackBerry devices, iWidgets Black costs $4.99 at this link. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Vicky for ©BerryReview, April 12, 2011, 11:30 am. | New iWidgets Black Theme from Magmic | 3 comments |
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| RIM Releases The Two BES IT Policies for the BlackBerry PlayBook Posted: 12 Apr 2011 07:32 AM PDT Until now we only knew about one BES IT policy that would be available for the BlackBerry PlayBook at launch. It turns out there is a second but it is sort of inconsequential. The main IT policy sets if users are allowed to use the BlackBerry Bridge to connect to the BlackBerry Smartphone. The second allows the BlackBerry PlayBook to generate and send log files to the BlackBerry Technical Solution Center. RIM has offered up both in a ZIP file for admins to download and import into BES 4.x and 5.x. You can download the new BES IT Policies for the BlackBerry PlayBook at this link. Full description and details are are below: How to import IT policy rule definitions for PlayBookArticle ID: KB26294 Type: Support Content Last Modified: 04-11-2011 Product(s) Affected:
OverviewThe attached file below contains several new IT Policies to support the BlackBerry PlayBook. Descriptions of these policies are below: Enable BlackBerry Bridge This policy can be found under the BlackBerry Bridge category when configuring an IT Policy after the file below has been applied to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Description: Specify whether a BlackBerry device can run BlackBerry Bridge. If you set this rule to Yes, a user can run BlackBerry Bridge and use it to connect a companion device (for example, the BlackBerry PlayBook) to the BlackBerry device. If you set this rule to No, a user cannot run BlackBerry Bridge and cannot use it to connect a companion device to the BlackBerry device. If you do not set this rule, a default value of Yes will be used. BlackBerry PlayBook Log Submission This policy can be found under the Companion Devices category when configuring an IT Policy after the file below has been applied to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Description: Specify whether a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet can generate and send log files to the BlackBerry Technical Solution Center. The default value for this rule is Enable Logging. If you set this rule to Enable Logging, the tablet can generate and send log files to the BlackBerry Technical Solution Center. If you set this rule to Disable Logging, the tablet cannot generate and send log files to the BlackBerry Technical Solution Center. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server does not require updates to support new IT policy rule definitions. To import the IT policy rule definitions, complete the steps below for the appropriate version of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Note: The following updates to the IT policy rule definitions may refer to features not available in earlier versions of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Warning: Do not modify the IT policy rule definition update file. Importing a modified file might cause issues with the functioning of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. EnvironmentResolutionMethod 1 – Update the IT policy rule definition using BlackBerry Administration Service This procedure is appropriate for the following versions of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server:
Complete the following steps:
Method 2 - Update the IT policy rule definition using the BlackBerry Manager This procedure is appropriate for the following versions of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server:
Complete the following steps:
Method 3 - Update the IT policy rule definition using the loadbesmetadata.exe tool This procedure is appropriate for the following versions of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server:
Complete the following steps:
Note: For BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1 SP4 running in a Windows® environment with Japanese fonts, make sure that the IT policy rule definitions updates are imported in the Japanese language, by typing loadbesmetadata.exe -i ITPolicyPackPlayBook.xml -l jp_ja in the command prompt. Note: The loadbesmetadata.exe tool can be executed from a computer other than the one on which the BlackBerry Enterprise Server is running. Note: To determine how to specify BlackBerry Configuration Database information, run the loadbesmetadata.exe tool from the command prompt using no parameters. Review the usage help screen to determine the parameters required for specific installations Attachments If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, April 12, 2011, 10:32 am. | RIM Releases The Two BES IT Policies for the BlackBerry PlayBook | 8 comments |
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| Twitter for BlackBerry v1.1 Announced – Can You Find It? Posted: 12 Apr 2011 07:23 AM PDT Twitter for BlackBerry v1.1 has been in the Beta Zone since March but it looks like it is coming for public consumption today. One of the administrators on the official BlackBerry forums put up an announcement today for the new version of Twitter. I tried the usual links at www.blackberry.com/twitter and in App World and they are still showing version 1.0 so let us know if you spot the new version. Here is what is new in version 1.1 of Twitter for BlackBerry: Tweet Location
Push @Mentions
Chat-Style Messages
#Topic Autocomplete
Retweet Updates
New gesture support
New Language Support
There are also these knowledge base articles about the app update:
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, April 12, 2011, 10:23 am. | Twitter for BlackBerry v1.1 Announced – Can You Find It? | 11 comments |
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| Will BlackBerry ID Be The Death of BlackBerry OS and App Leaks? Posted: 12 Apr 2011 06:56 AM PDT Over the last few weeks we have seen a bit of RIMs vision on how they plan on integrating BlackBerry ID closer into the BlackBerry OS. This had me thinking over the weekend what this could possibly mean for leaked BlackBerry OS betas and the apps that are extracted from them. Currently RIM could really track down who is using leaked OS versions through PIN numbers or BIS but they choose not to. Once RIM integrates the sort of "single sign on" provided by BlackBerry ID will they be more proactive? Think about it for a second. For example, in the beta zone RIM could simply integrate BlackBerry ID and authorize certain apps based on your ID. They could also do the same thing with BlackBerry OS beta builds simply authorizing them only on certain logins. Don't get me wrong I am sure Hybrid builders could find a way around "Frankenstein-ing" an OS update out of its parts but its an interesting concept. I have always said it is ridiculous that RIM almost 10 logins/profiles for different systems for customers ranging from BBM, Forums, BIS, Developers, App World Vendors, etc and they need to consolidate them. The question is what will they do with the consolidation. What do you think? Will BlackBerry ID mark the downfall of leaked OS builds and apps? If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, April 12, 2011, 9:56 am. | Will BlackBerry ID Be The Death of BlackBerry OS and App Leaks? | 10 comments |
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| RIM Theme Idea Contest for Retail Channel Partners and Reps Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:55 AM PDT Now that the BlackBerry PlayBook is coming out in multiple retail channels RIM has a much larger pool of retail reps. One of our tipsters let us know that they are trying to encourage interest in the BlackBerry Platform by offering up a $500 AMEX gift card to the retail rep who comes up with the best BlackBerry theme idea. That theme would then be developed by BlackBerry and offered to retail reps exclusively for 3 months after which it will be released to all in App World. Kind of cool to finally start getting themes from RIM again no matter what their source. If you happen to be a convincible retail rep I recommend trying out the challenge by submitting your theme concept at this link below: Let us know what you suggest if its good! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, April 12, 2011, 8:55 am. | RIM Theme Idea Contest for Retail Channel Partners and Reps | 3 comments |
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| BlackBerry Curve 9300 OS 5.0.0.534 Found Online Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:08 AM PDT
Warning: This OS will not install on any other BlackBerry besides the one mentioned above and is not an official release.If you do not know how to upgrade your BlackBerry OS please start by reading this step by step guide.Don't forget to delete the vendor.xml file located in c:program files>common files>research in motion>apploader to install it on a different carriers device. Don't forget our usual warnings: do not download and install these updates if you don't know what you're doing. Incorrect procedure or just bad luck could render your BlackBerry inoperative or unstable If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, April 12, 2011, 8:08 am. | BlackBerry Curve 9300 OS 5.0.0.534 Found Online | One comment |
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| BlackBerry Torch 9800 OS 6.0.0.534 Found Online Posted: 12 Apr 2011 05:05 AM PDT
Warning: This OS will not install on any other BlackBerry besides the one mentioned above and is not an official release.If you do not know how to upgrade your BlackBerry OS please start by reading this step by step guide.Don't forget to delete the vendor.xml file located in c:program files>common files>research in motion>apploader to install it on a different carriers device. Don't forget our usual warnings: do not download and install these updates if you don't know what you're doing. Incorrect procedure or just bad luck could render your BlackBerry inoperative or unstable If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, April 12, 2011, 8:05 am. | BlackBerry Torch 9800 OS 6.0.0.534 Found Online | 9 comments |
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