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Win a free vacation with the BlackBerry Bold adventure contest!
Jul 9th
RIM has partnered up with Verizon to promote the release of the Bold 9650, and will be giving one lucky winner a free ‘Bold’ trip. RIM/Verizon will be traveling to Boston, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, & San Francisco to personally take candidates for the contest. If you don’t happen to live in any of those major cities, there’s no need to worry. You can also send in a short video testimonial. The winner will have his or her choice of a trip to the Costa Rica Rainforest, Classic Kenya Safari or the Great Barrier Reef. Hit the jump for more details.
Live contest locations!
- July 3rd and 4th – Boston
Boston Harborfest - July 10th and 11th – New York
South Street Seaport - July 16th and 17th – Chicago
Wrigley Field - July 24th and 25th – Atlanta
Centennial Olympic Park - July 29th and 30th – San Francisco
Union Square
Choose from 3 trips!
- Costa Rica Rainforest You and a friend will spend 8 days and 7 nights in San Jose Costa Rica. Enjoy everything this beautiful tropical nation has to offer while hiking, kayaking, white water rafting and much, much, more
- Classic Kenya Safari You and a friend will enjoy 8 days and 7 nights on an African Safari. Explore the dramatic landscapes, encounter wildlife (big and small) and visit the Maasai who live alongside nature in a unique co-existence of humans and wildlife.
- Great Barrier Reef You and a friend will spend 7 days and 6 nights diving and exploring one of the seven wonders of the world. The Great Barrier Reef is the only living thing that can be seen from space and is known as oneof the most spectacular underwater experiences imaginable.
Visit the official Live Bold Be Bold site for full contest details.
WordPress v1.3 for BlackBerry sports some nice new features!
Jul 8th
WordPress for BlackBerry has been updated to version 1.3 and includes some nice new features, along with support for many different languages. I’ve been playing around with v1.3 and am very happy with the update. It’s good to see that new and useful features have been frequently added to the app. If you’re a WordPress user and BlackBerry user, yet you haven’t installed v1.3, I suggest you give it a shot.
These features have been added in version 1.3:
- Option to load more comments, not just the latest 100
- Ability to load comments by status (all/spam/pendings)
- You can now edit the comment details (Author Name/E-mail/URL)
- Option to manually set the video-size when using VideoPress service
- A much requested formatting toolbar that allows you to bold text for example
- A new word count feature is shown on the post/page write screen
- You can now submit bug reports and feedback from within the app
- Multiple improvement to how Stats are handled
- Improvements on the photo resizing options and a new jpeg encoder is now being used
Note: Ability to show comprehensive site stats for self-hosted sites is available for those sites running the WP.com stats plugin
Hit the Jump to view the additional language list as well as the download link.
The app now supports the following languages:
English
Italian
Finnish [Thanks Apuasi]
French [Thanks Yann Nave]
Korean [Thanks Ben K']
Indonesian [Thanks Kate of Pixel Insert]
German [Thanks Frank Wessel]
Portuguese (Portugal) [Thanks José Fontainhas]
Japanese [Thanks Nao]
Spanish [Thanks danivloven]
Colombian Spanish [Thanks Blanca Mancilla]
You can download WordPress v1.3 for BlackBerry, here in BlackBerry App World.
Twitter for BlackBerry coming out of beta
Jul 6th
Twitter for BlackBerry was leaked to the masses back in February, then entered into Beta Zone about a month later, and then became available in the Beta Zone Test Center shortly thereafter. Twitter for BlackBerry is now coming out of beta. v1.0.0.45 will start rolling out tonight and should be fully available at some point tomorrow. It seems the only feature which has been added is auto-complete functionality when searching for a user’s profile or when composing a tweet. Other than that, update includes support for many different languages.
Language Support:
• Portuguese EU
• Japanese
• Indonesian
• Russian
• Turkish
• Dutch
• Korean
Hit the break to see the rest of the current features…
Features at launch:
• Push Notifications for Direct Messages
• Timeline Support
• Following and Followers
• Posting, Sending, Deleting , Replying and Retweeting Tweets
• User/Saved/Keyword/Proximity Search
• Tweet Photos/Links
• Trending Topics
• Seamless integration into core BlackBerry applications
• URL Shortening
• Auto-Update
New features during the beta:
• Quote Tweets (editing retweets)
• Auto Complete for @ usernames
• View Photos from Yfrog & Tweetphoto
• View Geotagged Tweets
• Personal Info Guard
• Hotkeys for Navigation
• Report as Spam
I’m not sure if the App World link will change because it will no longer be in the Test Center. If it does, you can check blackberry.com/twitter to see if the update has been pushed out. Cheers!
[Via: CrackBerry]
Home of the Vancouver Canucks now ‘Rogers Arena’
Jul 6th
Today, Canucks Sports & Entertainment and Rogers Communications Inc announced a major, ten-year strategic alliance giving Rogers the Arena naming and telecommunications sponsorship rights. Beyond Rogers branding, the telecommunications sponsorship includes, in-game features, interactive hockey themed concourse displays, mobile applications and more.
Here at Rogers, we’re passionate about sports – whether it’s tennis (Rogers Cup), baseball (Toronto Blue Jays) or broadcasting (Rogers Sportsnet), just to name a few.
We’ve got some exciting news to share with Vancouver sports and live entertainment fans. Effective today, the home of the Vancouver Canucks will become known as Rogers Arena. This ten-year strategic alliance also makes Rogers the official telecommunications sponsor of the Canucks.
What does this mean for Vancouver?
British Columbia is one of our most important markets, and this investment is just the beginning. We plan to work with the Canucks to explore innovative ways to engage fans anytime, any place. We’ll also join forces with the Canucks on local charitable initiatives.
Looking forward to seeing you at Rogers Arena when the puck drops this fall!
The official unveiling of the external and internal signage will happen at the downtown Arena prior to the start of the 2010-11 NHL season; the Canucks’ 40th anniversary playing in the NHL. Rogers takes over the Arena naming rights from General Motors of Canada Limited (General Motors) which had been the naming rights partner since the Arena opened in 1995.
[Via: Newswire.ca, RedBoard
BlackBerry Tip: How to dial letters with your BlackBerry
Jul 5th
I make many business calls from my BlackBerry and I constantly find myself using ‘Dial by name directories’. Once in a while I also run into a situation where I would like to type a phone number that consists of letters. This is all easily doable on a BlackBerry but there are many people who are unaware of that feature.
When using the BlackBerry dialer, simply hold down the alt key to enter letters.
Now if your call is already in progress and you need to input letters, you can either hold down the alt key,
OR
Press alt & the right Shift key, which will lock the keypad into typing letters. When you are finished entering letters, press the Shift key again to revert back to number form.
P.S. Yes I left off the last ‘S’ for savings
BlackBerry WebKit Browser Leaks Blocked By Service Providers
Jul 5th
There have been several leaked videos of unreleased BlackBerry devices sporting the BlackBerry 6 OS, but none of them have showed off the WebKit browser. This is because the WebKit browser is completely controlled by service books which carriers are not currently pushing out. There have also been some BlackBerry 6 hybrids floating around lately, but it really doesn’t matter how many hybrids or OS leaks there are, we won’t have the WebKit browser until service books are readily available. I know a lot of us were hoping for a July leak with the WebKit browser, but is seems like the wait will be longer than we originally expected.
[Via: BlackBerryCool]
This Week In BlackBerry 6/27 – 7/3
Jul 4th
Bold 9650 Side View
For all you Verizon Tour users who are contemplating upgrading to the Bold, take a look at GuruJustin’s in depth Bold 9650 Review. It will definitely help you make an educated decision as to whether or not its worth it for you. Also keep in mind, there have been zero reports that the Tour will be getting BlackBerry 6. If you’d like to see the latest projection on devices that will be getting BlackBerry 6, click here. Otherwise, hit the jump to see what you may have missed this week in BlackBerry at TheCellularGuru. Everyone be safe and enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend!
Verizon BlackBerry Bold 9650 Review
eBay for BlackBerry app now out of beta and in 6 more countries
Will Your Device Support The BlackBerry 6 OS?
BlackBerry Services That Can Be Used Over Wifi – Great For Overseas!
Facebook Chat Coming To Official BlackBerry App
Jul 2nd
Facebook has recently added a chat option for the BlackBerry app on their end. The Facebook for BlackBerry app doesn’t support chat as of yet, but it is a sign of things to come in the future.
Facebook for BlackBerry v1.8 which has been pushed out to select Beta Zone members, is reportedly much faster than v1.7, but currently does not have the chat option either. The chance that chat will be added to v1.8 before it comes out of beta is slim to none. The chat option will most likely be available in v2.0 which will most likely come with BlackBerry 6 in the fall.
Hopefully users will have the option to turn chat on and off because it could become quite a nuisance otherwise. If you can’t wait until the BlackBerry app supports Facebook Chat, you can download a third-party IM client such as beejive, Nimbuzz, or IM+ to get your fix for the meantime. Personally, I do not use Facebook Chat, so I haven’t tested it on any of those clients.
[Via: BBLeaks, BlackBerryForums]
Facebook for iPhone Updated to Support iOS 4 & App Switching
Jun 30th
Today Facebook version 3.1.4 has been released for the iPhone, with support for iOS 4. This version of Facebook for iPhone now supports fast app switching and high-res icons. This update doesn’t include any new features, but does include some bug fixes from the previous version. You can pick up Facebook v3.1.4 for iPhone here in iTunes
[Via: Mashable]
Details spilled on Android 3.0 “Gingerbread”
Jun 30th
In a recent Russian Podcast, Eldar Murtazin let a few details slip out about Gingerbread, Android’s upcoming 3.0 OS. Gingerbread is said to sport a revamped UI similar to that of the 3D Gallery app, which was introduced with Eclair. With the new OS, a custom interface (ie: HTC’s Sense or Motorola’s Motoblur) may not be possible, though nothing is confirmed at the moment.
Custom interfaces have been embraced with many users, but it seems at though some have affected the performance of certain devices, which is out of Google’s hands. Google is revamping the UI in an attempt to appease users, while maintaining more control over the OS (a la Apple). Hopefully, Gingerbread will liven up the user experience so that custom interfaces will no longer be desired.
Gingerbread will only be available for devices sporting a 1GHz CPU, 512MB of RAM, and a 3.5″ display or larger. There are a decent amount current devices that will make the cut, but some will be forced to stick with 2.1 or 2.2. There will also be a 1280 x 760 resolution available for devices with screens that are 4″ or larger. Right now it looks like we’ll see some new devices released with Gingerbread in mid-October, along with the upgrade to current devices.
[Via: MobileCrunch, Engadget]
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