Blackberry Tour - Front
The Blackberry world is waiting for the release of the Blackberry Tour, a world edition, in their own country. There was an announcement a few days ago from Verizon about their release followed by Sprint countering with an almost exact offering, knowing that Verizon and Sprint had an agreement on the shipping of Blackberry Tour.
Both Verizon and Sprint have announced the Blackberry Tour release date of 12 July and a matching price of $200 based on a two year contract. Sprint as a matter of fact made their announcement exactly one day after Verizon. Everyone thought there would be some miraculous appearance of the Storm's sequel but know all eyes and ears are somehow fixed on the next-in-line promise. Some features that make the handset worth the wait include: Fast performance following the 256 mb of on board ram and revved up media playing capabilities. Service providers would be adding their particular music and tv services to their editions. Each handset comes with gps and navigation functionality supported by the service of the particular company. Blackberry's push email and high grade web browsing still brings to the Blackberry Tour the famous brand selling points and including the well known and duly expected Messaging features not forgetting the added access to facebook and twitter sites.
Stay tuned because a host of in depth reviews are sure to Tour the web in the weeks to come and they will be published for sure here at the Blackberry Lovers website. Do you think that Blackberry Tour will succeed with the mid-end consumers? ... or will it be able to compete with high-end devices?
Do you require your Blackberry to go@warp.speed? Here's a couple of pointers to get you cruising and to be used on your Blackberry Device, these are tips for Blackberry Storm and Blackberry Curve versions mainly. If you can't put this tips working on your Blackberry, please comment on this post. So, check this tips for Blackberry below:
For super fast access to pictures: Pictures should be moved onto the microSD on your Blackberry, try to get a microSD with 16gb - despite this won't affect this tip, it will get more space to your device to store all your stuff. Create and move into sub-folders for different categories and when you view, it should show the folders you can choose, making handling faster.
Speedy Web browsing: Turning Java off, you will still be prompted when needs be to turn it on again.Turn off HTML tables - This is older technology and not as widely used.Keep browser optimized for Blackberry and not for PC. "Berryspeed" is a cool little app that measures bandwidth speed. Get it at http://ota.deltatech.com.mx/.
Faster keystrokes: Hold Alt while using the trackweel for Page Up or Down. To go to the Top of the Page press T, and to go to the bottom press B.
It's an all-downhill ride when resources are free: Please note - Pressing the red phone button doesn't close a program. Instead it will run in the background continuing processor and memory usage. To curb unwanted utilization go to options>Exit when in a particular program to be closed. To see whats grading your speed press simultaneously- ALT and Escape keys, and letting go of the Escape key only, you are able to scroll through the list of the running applications. And this I said on the last paragraph applies even to Nokia cellphones, Symbian S60 3rd and 5th Edition, or Sony Ericsson Satio that runs with Symbian S60.
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made for BLACKBERRY
NOW it's possible to view the FINANCIAL TIMES anywhere and at anytime, on your BlackBerry. The paper's web site now offers an updated and custom made site for BlackBerry users.That's right, the famous FT.com now sports the Bery friendly m.ft.com. Being designed with the mobile display in mind isn't stopping m.ft.com from offering the same quality and entertainment as it's full size counterpart. You still have the ability to pay attention to the current stock situation while catching up on the latest finance News from FT.com, all on the same homepage. It is just like you're used to on the Big FT.
m.ft.com Looking Much Better
- Good looks and better search capabilities are what you'll find on the new site. The last update has transformed it into THE Financial News solution for the mobile business community. It's made specifically for Blackberry and iPhone devices.
Market Graphs and charts keeping you current- You will find up-to-date graphs & charts reading from information on latest Market trend. Your handset provides finance info that is timely and relevant.
Customise your stocks- Your FT mobile homepage can be customised to view your own set of stocks. Never loose track of how your investments progress and view latest updates on Companies, commodities and currencies.
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Vlingo's one of those Applications- It's software integration offers much advancement in terms of BlackBerry voice recognition technology. Although using Vlingo is free, there is an upgrade available extending to even more functionality. Free and Plus Ver.3 will respectively enable voice recognition for the following:
- Free to Search the Web.
- Free to Make a phone call.
- Free to Update Twitter and Facebook.
- Free to make personal notes.
- Free to open and access all Applications no matter if they BlackBerry native or 3rd Party.
- Free to Send and Reply to Text Messages when Contacts have Vlingo.
- UPGRADE enables you to use Text Messaging and Email for any Contact.
What I like about this package is that most of it is for free. I can really take my time and see if it grabs me and I'm not forced to pay for the upgrade, which in my opinion is a bit steep at $17.99.
Requirements: RIM OS 2.0+; Supports UK users (beta) and US users on Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, or Verizon.You are required to have a working internet connection and the program might run a bit slower on a weak signal or slow connection.
Download options and Full Support is available at the Vlingo site which you can find here.
The Latest Storm II News And Photo's:
Close to the middle of last month Engadget mobile got their hands on some leaked photo's of the Storm II. Any of These looking familiar?
Later RIM Corporation handed over a live model of the work in progress STORM II and those guys cut us all some slack by publishing more pics and a not so inspiring video(software still very beta!) but after some RIM movement, they withdrew the media leaving just a short type review.
Good News is some images are still available at other net sources. So without any more delay here it is ladies & gentlemen, the STORM II giving another backstage preview while being prepared for the Big Show.
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There are both similarities and changes from Storm to STORM II and some of the main features are: NO MORE SURE PRESS,wifi connectivity,a slicker design and stable screen.Also included: a 3.2 mega pixel camera and a 3.5 mm audio jack, a usb port for charging and a metal battery cover. I for one am expecting a marvelous comeback from Rim and I could not help but wonder if the rumours concerning the June release date would be realized. I'm sure we are all waiting together in anticipation.
For the complete official unofficial hands-on review from Engadge mobile click here!
Urban Premium Theme from Elecite.
I just came across a theme called Urban and boy, was I impressed! It is available for Blackberry 9000 Bold, 8900 Curve and 9500 Storm.
One feature that makes this theme really cool is the wallpaper displayed, being made up of 10 different cities, that are auto-rotated by the hour.
Although I'd imagine that this could be very bad for processing speeds, word is that Urban Theme achieves the opposite: It's been engineered to keep your device performance just the way RIM intended- Fast and Ferocious!
All graphics are made with intense quality and this is the theme I want when I get down and spend sum quality time with my device.Features of the Home Screen: On the bottom corner the control pad is customizable with 8 icon's arranged and styled in conjunction with an Indicator's hub displaying battery strength, signal strength and Time.
Urban might make your step a little lighter, but at $5.99 it is what your Berry wants and because it is such a glammo theme it is currently only available for OS 4.6 and up. There is also slight differences in feature when it comes to different Blackberry models.
Elecite also has a host of other high end Themes to offer.I will be taking my time to gaze through their store.
It's early and time to decide what your day will be like and although it's very unlikely I'll be with you first thing, here's the load down on how to change your Berry's font, so get updated by making life's Coms-Central sweet.
You might be aware that the Theme you choose customises the Font automatically and that the Font-Colour is Theme specific. If you want to change your font beyond the Theme spec you need to:
- Goto the Blackberry Device Options.
- Then goto Screen/Keyboard.
There are four sub-sections to be changed:
Font family: The default Font is BBAlpha Sans, but there are a number more you can choose from.
Font size: The Fonts you choose in the Font Family category all have differing sizes so with this option you can set it to perfect fit.
Font style: Normal, Bold or Italic? Customize as you like.
Font smoothing: Makes fonts look slightly better.
You can see the changes as of immediate effect with the addition of the famous Font sentence, The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, which acts as a preview tool.
Adding custom Font isn't available right now, but keep an eye out for future updates.
