The BlackBerry Storm

Cool Storm and Storm2 Themes: Imaging Theme Looks Great!

Edward Umana — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:49:45 +0000

Here is a very cool theme for the Blackberry Storm and Strom2: Imaging. This is a free theme created by MMMOOO, the same guys that did the iPhone skin for the Blackberry Storm and other cool apps. The theme is pretty cool, it has awesome graphics and has its own feel that I am sure many will like. The theme is completely free and is compatible with the Storm and Storm2. You can download it here: Get Theme Some of the features, as described by the creator are:

Features:

1. Dedicated background with splendid feeling!

2. A theme can be used for long time and wont feel tired!

3. A theme will not drag system performance.

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Formula 1 Fans: Stay Up To Date With The Blackberry F1 App

Edward Umana — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:29:30 +0000

One of the things I most use my device for is to check sports events and results, not Formula 1 since I am not a big fan, but other sports. Anyway, I thought that this app would be very useful for someone who owns a Blackberry and follows the Formula 1 season which started some days ago. This is probably the best way to keep track of the races and rankings while you are on the go. Some of the feature that the Formula 1 ”app” has for the Blackberry Storm2 and Storm are:

Live Timing: The main timing screen lets you track the progress of every driver, from their position and best lap time to their latest sector times and lap count. Other features include a track status indicator, informing you of yellow/red flags and safety car phases, plus straight-line speeds and text commentary.
Circuit Data: The circuit data screen lets you know what conditions the drivers are facing out on the circuit, with the current air and track temperatures, rainfall, air pressure and humidity levels, plus wind speed and direction. Graphs also allow you to see how conditions have changed throughout the session.
Additional Features: The Official Live Timing Application isn’t just about the current race. Other features include results for every session of the current season, the season calendar, timetables for every Grand Prix and the current championship standings.

So there you go! The best way to stay informed in the Formula1 season, just head to http://mobile.formula1.com/ from your Blackberry.

Via: RIMarkable

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Shazam ID For Storm2 Lets You Know The Name Of That Song! Free Storm2 Apps

Edward Umana — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:49:51 +0000

This is one of those apps that amazes everyone, it is almost like magic.

Never happened to you that you keep hearing a song in the radio, the you wait for the station to name the song but they don’t? Or you are just listening to a song you are enjoying and would like to know the name? Well, that horrible feeling of not knowing the name of that cool song can be prevented with Shazam ID! Shazam is a really cool app, it will tell you exactly everything about the song you are currently listening to, and it will even show you a YouTube video of the song! But that is not all, you can tweet your discovery, or you could buy the song over the air with 7Digital.

You might say that this app is one of those ”theoretical” apps that don’t really work in the real life. Well, Shazam is not like that. Shazam was able to recognize even the most unknown songs you could imagine, it has a really high rate of accuracy. Shazam is not free, well, not really. You can use it for 5 songs a month without paying, if you will tag more than 5 songs a month then you will have to buy the app. You can download Shazam here: Get Shazam

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Original Blackberry Storm To Be Discontinued? About Time!

Edward Umana — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:03:58 +0000

Looks like the Original Blackberry Storm will be discontinued. If the rumors are correct, and they usually are in the Blackberry world, the Original Storm won’t be offered any more by the North American Carrier Verizon. The rumors started last week when Mobile and Wireless reported that investors and analysts were speculating that the Storm 9530 might be dropped from Verizon’s line-up. We think that it is very likely that Verizon will be discontinuing the Storm 9530 in the next few weeks, even more, we think that the Storm 9530 should have been discontinued as soon as the Storm2 came out. What was the point in keep selling a device that was so badly received by customers? The Storm should have left the stage when the Storm2 came out, then the Storm2 should have taken the stage silently avoiding any more problems with frustrated customers.

Via: PhoneReport

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Leaks: New Blackberry Device Leaks, Possibly a Strom3?

Edward Umana — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:38:27 +0000

A new Blackberry device has leaked!

Blackberry is the only manufacturer that allows this type of leak, most of the companies succeed in keeping the secret (at least partially) until the announcement date. With Blackberry is different, videos, complete specs and pics are leaked months before Blackberry announces the device. Anyway, like with the Storm2 which was leaked long before RIM made it official, the Blackberry (doesn’t have a name so lets call it Blackberry X) has leaked. The pictures pretty much reveal it in its entirety. However, that is all we know about this BB. It is not clear if it will be a Blackberry Storm3 or a Bold, it looks like it will be both. Seems like the screen will have touchscreen capabilities, that together with the D-Pad and the full keyboard could provide a Storm-Bold experience. Nothing is known about the device as far as specifications are concerned, we will let you know more about this possible Blackberry Storm3 when more info becomes available.

Via: Engadget

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Have You Thought Of Making Your Own BB Themes? You Can With Theme Studio!

Edward Umana — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:42:53 +0000

Some people just can’t find a theme that suits their personality. Other times, you would like to have a specific theme that no one has come up with, or you just have a great idea to improve one specific aspect of the UI. Whichever the reason is, the truth is, some of you would like to do your own themes. Well you can! I know a few people that started creating themes because they had a great idea that no one had thought about. You don’t need to be an expert, you don’t even have to know how it works, just patience is necessary, really. The magic about the internet and computer related stuff is that if you have patience, you can pretty much learn whatever you want: hey, I didn’t have the most remote idea how to set up a website, and here you are, hopefully I did a good job creating the Storm blog.

There are two excellent tutorials on how to start theming for your Blackberry. You can check part 1 and then part2. Remember you will need the Theme Studio, and probably Photoshop or GIMP if Photoshop is too expensive (it is).

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”Blackberry Super App” Will Bring Super Homescreen to the Storm?

Edward Umana — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:30:32 +0000

I always thought that the homescreen from the Blackberry Storm could be more useful, it could have something more than the app shortcuts. And when looking at other platforms, Blackberry does need to do something, other manufacturers offer cool desktop screens with several screens and widgets.

Looks like RIM is working towards this, they are thinking about a better homescreen for different devices. A new image showing a Blackberry Storm with a whole new homescreen has been floating around the internet after it was used at the ”Super App” Blackberry-official webinar where developers were given a conference on how to make their Blackberry App, a Blackberry Super App. The pic shows a different homescreen where the user can access SMS, Calendar, Events and different social networks all from the homescreen. The image might have been used as an example for developers on how create better apps, but it also means that in fact RIM is looking forward to a new homescreen. Anyway, in whatever way a new homescreen might come, either in an app or an update, the Storm will surely thank for it.

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Foursquare For Storm: Foursquare Now Supports The BB Strom!

Edward Umana — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:12:52 +0000

Those Foursquare users with a Blackberry Storm are going to rejoice! The Foursquare-Blackberry app now supports the Blackberry Storm and Blackberry Storm2!

If you have been searching for a cool Foursquare app for the Blackberry Storm, you probably found the official Foursquare app, only to know later that the Blackberry Storm was not supported. But now Foursquare has been updated and fully supports both the Storm and Storm2. If you didn’t know, Foursquare is a new service that allows you to ”play” in your city, for example, every time you ”check-in” to a place, (let’s say your local Starbucks) Foursquare adds visits to your account, then the person with more visits to that place earns a ”Mayor” badge. You can unlock different badges. You can SignUp for Foursquare here: http://foursquare.com/ Anyway, the best way to use Foursquare is with a GPS enabled smartphone like the Storm, which now supports Foursquare. The new app brings lots of improvements:

Foursquare for BlackBery 1.5.5 features:

Touch-screen support for Blackberry Storm users
Much better, faster and more accurate location lookups
Improved performance (both speed and battery life)
New users can now sign up from the phone
Ability to see nearby tips and tip details
Ability to add friends
Ability to find friends

You can go ahead and download Foursquare for your Blackberry Storm for free here: http://foursquare.com/blackberry/beta

Via: RIMarkable

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Slacker Gets and Update To The v3.0! | Blackberry Storm Apps

Edward Umana — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:44:46 +0000

Slacker is probably the most popular application for the Blackberry Storm and Blackberry Storm2. And if is not the most popular one, at least is in the top 5 list. Slacker is just great, the best way to listen to music on your Blackberry Storm and Storm2, hands down. This app has had a long history of updates, since the first Storm-specific version, up until today when a brand new 3.0 version with a lot of new great features was announced. The Slacker app has a long list of improvement, here are most of them:

Updated interface
Faster application startup time
Significantly smaller application size
Improved touch interface for BlackBerry Storm
Greatly improved battery life
New settings menu options
Tabbed info view for lyrics, reviews and biographies
Context Aware – click a highlighted artist name in a text message or email to enable direct launch of a related Slacker station
Create custom stations based on artists or songs
View album art and photos
Rate songs as favorites
Ban the songs and artists you don’t like

Slacker Plus:

Wireless station caching – listen to Slacker Radio without a Wi-Fi or mobile network connection
Greatly improved battery life on cached station playback
Auto Station Refresh – effortlessly updates cached stations overnight
Unlimited song skipping
Ad-free listening
Complete song lyrics*
Unlimited song requests for creating stations

As you can see, the Slacker Plus comes with a few cool features, this can be unlocked for $3.99 a month which is not bad at all. All you have to do to get Slacker 3.0 on your Storm is go to Slacker.com from your device.

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Download the Blackberry Song ”All You Need Is Love” For Free

Edward Umana — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:41:07 +0000

Here is one cool gift from Blackberry! Have you ever seen the Blackberry commercials on TV that feature the song ”There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done” and ”All You Need is Love” ? Well Blackberry is giving away the song for free to everyone. The song is really cool, Blackberry is using it on their advertising campaigns, it has a positive message and is really sticks to your head: ”All You Need is Love, All you Need is Love Love…” Apparently the song doesn’t have a title, Blackberry calls it the ”All You Need is Love Song.”

Anyway, you can go ahead and download the Blackberry song at Blackberry.com: Download. You can get it to your Blackberry or in your computer.

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