Archive for September, 2009

DevelopIQ announced the availability of the 7digital Music Store for BlackBerry over the weekend. It’s the second digital music store available through App World, behind the Thumbplay Music Store. The 7digital store has a number of advantages over its predecessor, with a built-in advanced media player topping the list. As Gear Diary notes, the media player is “much better than RIM’s standard player” (emphasis theirs). Full story

Are you psyched about the BlackBerry 9700? Do you have a gripe about the Tour trackball issue and the way RIM/Sprint/Verizon have handled it? Did you download the US mobile album only to be incredibly disappointed? If so, we’ve got something for you on the BBGeekcast. So click on over here to hear the BBGeekcast (9 min, 4 sec) And don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast so you won’t miss future episodes! You can also subscribe to the BBGeekcast in iTunes. Highlights include: Full story

The heyday of the postcard, it appears, is long past. With the widespread use of email and mobile devices, people can snap their own pictures from anywhere and send them to friends, along with an accompanying text note. When was the last time you got a postcard in the mail? They were always nice, and I kind of miss them. A company called Hippopost is trying to bring back the physical postcard, but they’re doing it in a new way. It works right from your mobile devices, and since the company was founded by ex-RIM employees, you can do it all right from your BlackBerry. Full story

Feeling overloaded with BlackBerry news and rumors? We know the feeling. We hear new things almost every day, and it can be tough to keep up with it all. that’s why we’re bringing you BlackBerry News from the Wire every Thursday. We’ll catch you up on everything ‘Berry that happened over the course of the week. Not only that, but we’ll rank ‘em by importance, so you can more easily skim the items and read the ones of most significance. If you only have time to read one article, for instance, you might want to head down to our 5-star section. It’s All the BlackBerry News Fit to Geek. Full story

For those who use a BlackBerry to interact with others, RIM has some good news. They’ve issued upgrades to their IM clients and social networking apps. These updates are for different purposes. With the IM clients, it’s an expected upgrade. We first heard about it in late August, in conjunction with BIS 2.5. This seems to be a bit ahead of schedule, then. The social networking apps, Facebook and MySpace, get an upgrade so that they’re compatible with OS 5.0. Full story