A couple months ago, on the eve of their expansion into three additional cities, I railed against Mobilicity. I railed against their spotty coverage, their lacklustre customer service, and at a crucial problem with Android devices whereby the phone gets disconnected from the tower, forcing the user to manually reconnect. As we approach 2011, I [...]

mSonar recently decided to make their BlackBerry app ‘Chat for Facebook’ a FREE App. This is something I have wanted BlackBerry to have for quite a while and am happy to see it become a free app. According to its page in BlackBerry App World any BlackBerry running OS 4.2.0 or higher in any country on any [...]

Nowadays the latest craze are the group-buy style websites; the ones offering insane daily deals, solely if bought in bulk. Great marketing concept, horrible for your already flooded inbox. Groupon, notorious for both turning down an insane buyout offer from Google and being one of the behemoths of the industry, has just released its first [...]

It can be annoying to have to enter a password everytime you pick up your BlackBerry device, if the reason you keep it locked is only to protect a select few apps. For instance, I know a lot of people who keep their BlackBerrys locked only so their photos cannot be accessed. LockApps by Berobo [...]

Reported in a BlackBerryCool post last night, TELUS has finally done it, they’ve flipped the on switch enabling the long awaited carrier billing in BlackBerry App World. They are now the first Canadian carrier to have support for the feature. What it means is that now, when you buy something from BlackBerry App World on your [...]

It was first reported that a partnership agreement was formed between Telus and Yellow Pages to have their app be pre-loaded onto select BlackBerry’s to beta test. Successful it was, as it spurred over 1.8 Million downloads from BlackBerry AppWorld when word got out. Well, it seems as though the App is now out of [...]

I’ve probably tried out 6 or 7 QR code scanning apps for the BlackBerry platform before QR Code Scanner Pro. They ranged from horrible to good on a sliding scale. One of the most annoying aspects of the other apps was that I had to snap a photo of the QR code I wanted to [...]

Today RBC Royal Bank announced they had launched a FREE BlackBerry mobile banking app for their customers. According to the press release RBC has “become the first Canadian bank to launch fully integrated mobile banking applications for select smartphones” with today’s release. The app allows RBC customers to: view account balances for all personal and business [...]

BlackBerry 6 has been talked to death. It’s better than OS5 but not good enough for people not to be leaving the platform in droves. It’s got a nice touch overlay, but it still runs very nicely with a trackpad. In fact, I’d argue it works better with the trackpad. The Style 9670 is a [...]

If you’ve had a need for Tether for BlackBerry but weren’t ready to pony up the $50, then today might be your day. MobiHand’s Deal of the Day today is Tether for BlackBerry for only $23.99! That’s a 52% discount. If you’re not sure what Tether is, you can view the video and info below>> [...]