Ned Johnson and Martin Trautschold are consultants with more than eight years of combined experience working with BlackBerry using corporate and individual clients. Trautschold, in fact, has presented at the Annual RIM BlackBerry Wireless
Enterprise Symposium.
Now, Trautschold and Johnson have combined to write two BlackBerry Made Simple 150-plus page PDF formatted e-books for BlackBerry users.
Ned Johnson and Martin Trautschold are consultants with more than eight years of combined experience working with BlackBerry using corporate and individual clients. Trautschold, in fact, has presented at the Annual RIM BlackBerry Wireless
Enterprise Symposium.
Now, Trautschold and Johnson have combined to write two BlackBerry Made Simple 150-plus page PDF formatted e-books for BlackBerry users.
I've just noticed that BlackBerry Ring Tone Megaplex has just passed 23,000 downloads on Handango.com.
Given that many other fun and useful utilities do well with amassing 100 downloads, the popularity of the Ring Tone Megaplex is that much more amazing.
For that one price, you get unlimited download access to the more than 1,000 tones in the Ring Tone Megaplex library. The library inventory is updated at least once a week, sometimes more.
Ring Tone Megaplex is compatible with most 7xxx series BlackBerry devices. Once you purchase, download and install Ring Tone Megaplex, you access the service via their proprietary interface, not through an open Web site.
RingTone Megaplex' list price is $19.95, but I found it listed on mobile software site Handango.com for $17.96. That's 10% off.
As you might suspect, the Read link below this post takes you to the main BlackBerry Ring Tone Megaplex page on Handango.
A new downloadable game for BlackBerry rates your skill on the amount and numerical value of balls you can make disappear on the playing board (shown at right).
Players get points for each ball that they disappear. Generally speaking, if you move one ball to an adjacent box with a same-colored ball already there, one ball disappears and you get points for it. You can move balls horizonally, vertically or diagonally.
Designed for the BlackBerry 7700 and 7100 series, KoLines costs only $2.95 and is downloadable from the Web site of mobile device software developer Handango.com. I've placed a hotlink to KoLines' download page in the Read link directly below this post.
Sendia Corporation's Hardhat application is a customized flavor of its BlackBerry-compliant wireless business application platform.
Hardhat enables home construction and home improvement contractors to collaborate on projects with administrators and field personnel.
When you talk about home improvement projects with major exposure, it would be inexcusable to overlook ABC-TV's hit series, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." The show's title defines its mission.
Recently, Sendia teamed up with homebuilder Pardee Homes and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to enable construction of a new, energy efficient home in Santa Fe Springs, Calif.
With Sendia's Hardhat application running on the BlackBerrys of Pardee Homes project managers, the whole undertaking took 7 days.
Yes, you read that right. Not 7 weeks. 7 days.
That's got to be shorter than it would have been if - as in so many other construction process - paper memos, lengthy hard-copy printouts, faxes, phone calls and email were the primary means of coordination.
Sendia's platform is compliant with the BlackBerry 7200, BlackBerry 7700, and BlackBerry 7500.
When I went there today, the second-most viewed item was a collection of "Favorite Shortcuts" tips.
There are tips for various keys and key combinations that allow for quick switching between apps, assigning a Speed Dial to a letter, applying bookmarks, as well as multiply or divide two numbers.
You probably already know some of these shortcuts. But could it be that you"don't know what you don't know?"
As one who is big on headsets for all my mobile devices, I was curious to see what was being offered. Curiously, there's only one headset - a lightweight $13.99 branded BlackBerry Headset with a miniature clip that keeps the cord in place.
If you've ever dangled headphone cords, you'll want such a clip.
Much more important, this Headset works with just about every BlackBerry on the market.
Taking a subway ride in New York, London, Paris or Berlin?
You might want to try out ClockLabs' brand new PocketMetro 2.1. It has a built-in mapping function and trip-time calculator for the subway system in each of these cities.
The coolest thing about PocketMetro: when you install it on your BlackBerry, its entire database for the city you purchase "lives" on your device. That way, you don't have to hope for a signal before you access the function. That in-device capability is especially welcome considering that acquiring a wireless signal can be somewhat problematic in the subway.
PocketMetro 2.1 is compatible with most BlackBerry models. It costs $19.99 per city, and is available via download right here.
I've been spending time at the BlackBerry Accessories store. It opened for business earlier this week.
Here, you can shop for BB accessories by device or by accessory type.
In the Batteries & Battery Accessories area, for example, you can find battery covers, battery doors, and well, duh - replacement batteries. Need a new battery? There's a $29.99 battery for the 7700, 7500, 7200, 6500 and 6200. What about a real robust battery for your 7510 or 6510? Costs 'cha $43.49. And, if you need mobile power for your 7100, that's a separate $29.99 product.
Tomorrow, we'll look at the selection in the Carrying Solutions section.
Mobile software and applications provider Handango has a product called
InHand. When the software program is downloaded and installed on a portable device, it can facilitate software, games,
ringtones, and all sorts of cool stuff.
InHand was not available for the BlackBerry. But as a friend of mine steeped in East Asian spirituality says, “that
was Zen. This is Tao.”
Which is a way of saying that yes, InHand for
BlackBerry is now available. It’s compliant with all 3.8 OS Berries and above - including the 7100, 7200, 7500 and
7700 series.
Ned Johnson and Martin Trautschold are consultants with more than eight years of combined experience working with BlackBerry using corporate and individual clients. Trautschold, in fact, has presented at the Annual RIM BlackBerry Wireless
Enterprise Symposium.
I've just noticed that BlackBerry Ring Tone Megaplex has just passed 23,000 downloads on Handango.com.
A new downloadable game for BlackBerry rates your skill on the amount and numerical value of balls you can make disappear on the playing board (shown at right).
Sendia Corporation's Hardhat application is a customized flavor of its BlackBerry-compliant wireless business application platform. 
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