Archive for July, 2009

Top 6 business apps for BlackBerry

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

We all know that BlackBerry phones are touted as some of the best business devices out there. Many of the perks for corporate cogs are baked into the operating system, body design, and secure BES Exchange server. Many more come to the BlackBerry through third-party applications, many of which are …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Slacker Radio goes on (BlackBerry) Tour

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Slacker Radio logo

In mid-July, Verizon began automatically pushing Slacker Radio to BlackBerry Storm phones. Starting Tuesday, Verizon’s partnership with Slacker Radio begins extending to BlackBerry Tour devices in its U.S. network as well.

As part of the agreement, Slacker Radio will hook into Verizon’s V Cast store (which itself …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

T-Mobile Sidekick LX gets Microsoft Exchange support

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

(Credit: Corinne Schulze/CNET)

As promised back in May, T-Mobile is bringing Microsoft Exchange support to the T-Mobile Sidekick LX 2009. Starting Tuesday afternoon, Sidekick LX owners will be able to download the Sidekick Sync app from the handheld’s Download Catalog and get real-time push e-mail, attachment viewing, and …

Originally posted at Crave

Skyfire halts BlackBerry browsing alpha

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Updated July 28 at 9:45 a.m. PDT with more information about the leak.

On Monday afternoon, Skyfire announced it would put a temporary halt on its alpha program for BlackBerry. The makers of a popular alternative mobile browser for Symbian and Windows Mobile phones pulled the private testing …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Microsoft kicks off Windows Mobile app store challenge

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Windows Mobile logo

At long last, Microsoft is publicly getting its Windows Mobile application storefront under way. On Monday, Microsoft opened the door to submissions from developers in 29 countries. To sweeten the deal and to drum up excitement, Microsoft has also announced the Race to Market Challenge, a contest of superlatives that …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Time.com brings news to BlackBerry

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Time.com BlackBerry app(Credit: CNET/Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt)

Time.com news content has never been farther away on a BlackBerry phone than a good RSS reader like Viigo. On Monday, Time launched its own reader, for the brand’s content alone. Time.com for BlackBerry is a free, ad-supported application that mimics …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

How to load music onto a mobile phone

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

As CNET’s Senior Editor for MP3 player reviews, you’d think I’d be losing sleep over the fact that the majority of the mobile phones on the market include some form …

Originally posted at MP3 Insider

Sync devices to your iTunes collection

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Up until last week, Palm Pre users could manage their media content on iTunes. Apple’s iTunes update swiftly put an end to the openness. Yet Pre users and owners of other mobile …

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Google Maps for mobile lays on layers

Friday, July 24th, 2009
Google Maps for Mobile gets layers(Credit: CNET/Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt)

Google Maps for Windows Mobile and Symbian Series 60 phones can plot you, your friends, and businesses on a map. Now it can also layer on transit lines, traffic, and points of interest that correspond to Wikipedia articles.

Google Maps for Mobile 3.2′…

Originally posted at The Download Blog

Verizon tunes Storm into Slacker Radio

Friday, July 17th, 2009
Slacker Radio on the Storm(Credit: Slacker Radio)

Don’t have a streaming radio application on your BlackBerry Storm yet? If you’re a Verizon user, all you have to do to get one is wait.

On Thursday, Verizon started rolling out the Slacker Radio application to every BlackBerry Storm user in its U.S. …

Originally posted at Crave