Stories by: Al Sacco

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    Using e-mail message flags in BlackBerry OS 5.0 20/11/2009 06:36:00

    BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) recently started shipping its brand new mobile operating system (OS), BlackBerry handheld OS 5.0. The new software packs a variety of cool new features and enhancements, including improved mail-folder management options; auto-correct and word-completion typing software; and a number of personal information management (PIM) feature-enhancements. (Note: Some of the new features require BlackBerry Enterprise Server BES 5.0.)
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    LinkedIn for BlackBerry smartphones: Details 10/11/2009 06:42:00

    It's about time.
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    BlackBerry Storm2: New features, enhancements list from RIM 28/10/2009 06:27:00

    Yesterday, U.S. wireless carrier Verizon Wireless formally announced Research In Motion's (RIM) latest touch-screen smartphone: the BlackBerry Storm2 9550. The device is not yet publicly available--you'll have to wait until later this week to get your Storm2--but the BlackBerry-maker sent us a review device early.
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    BlackBerry users get free Boingo Mobile Wi-Fi app 28/10/2009 02:59:00

    Boingo Wireless, an international network of both wired Internet zones and Wi-Fi hotspots, today released Boingo Mobile for BlackBerry, a free application that lets the company's subscribers know whenever they're in range of Boingo hotspots so they can then connect "with a single click."
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    BlackBerry: Saving Heart-Attack Victims with Handhelds 28/08/2009 07:37:00

    Modern medicine and technology go hand-in-hand. For years, we've come to associate a hospital not only with the patients it houses and medical professionals who work there, but also the machines and gadgets that aid doctors and nurses in our care. As we see in person, or on episodes of ER, we recognize the blood-pressure sleeves, the beeping heart-rate monitors, and IV machines.
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    RIM launches official BlackBerry blogs for users, developers 13/08/2009 03:48:00

    Always looking for new sources of information on everything-BlackBerry? Yeah, me too. And today I've got some good news. BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has launched two official blogs for BlackBerry enthusiasts: Inside BlackBerry, "The Official BlackBerry Blog" for the general BlackBerry Community; and the BlackBerry Developer's Blog, which is specifically aimed at BlackBerry software developers.
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    BlackBerry App World Offers Software Update Notifications 07/08/2009 04:47:00

    Last week, Research In Motion released an update to its BlackBerry App World mobile software store, v1.1. With the new App World release, RIM announced a variety of details about the app store's new features and enhancements. But one valuable tidbit seems to have been overlooked: BlackBerry App World v1.1 sends users notifications via BlackBerry message, App World itself and a home screen icon whenever updated version of applications obtained through App World become available.
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    RIM's New Curve 8520 Has Nine Unique BlackBerry Features 07/08/2009 03:53:00

    The BlackBerry Curve 8520 hit U.S. shelves earlier this week, and though it certainly won't send hard-core CrackBerry addicts rushing to T-Mobile stores to scoop one up--it's an entry-level device, meant for new smartphone users--the handheld actually has more "new" BlackBerry features and hardware tweaks than any other device Research In Motion (RIM) has released in a year.
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    BlackBerry Desktop Software for Mac: Four Things To Know 05/08/2009 03:39:00

    Research In Motion (RIM) recently announced that it will finally release Macintosh-compatible desktop management software for BlackBerry handhelds this fall. I was lucky enough to get a quick hands-on demonstration this morning from RIM Product Manager Andrey Feldman at an event in New York City, and I dug up a few previously unannounced tidbits about RIM's upcoming software release for Apple computer users with BlackBerrys.
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    Amosu Wants to 'Colour' Your BlackBerry, iPhone, Wii & more 05/06/2009 08:59:00

    Move over, ColorWare. There's a new custom-color-kid on the scene.
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    The 14 Silliest Smartphone Accessories: How to Humiliate a BlackBerry, Embarrass an iPhone 01/09/2008 10:54:00

    With the growing popularity of Apple's iPhone, Research In Motion (RIM)'s BlackBerry and other smartphones, it's no surprise that third-party vendors are jumping on the accessory train like geeks on Star Wars marathons.
 
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