This morning, Salomondrin.Net, posted eight pictures and one video of the Blackberry Stratus 9100, the next generation Blackberry Pearl. The video was removed from YouTube for violating its terms of use, presumably at the request of RIM lawyers. Sorry that it is too late to see the video. Head over to Salomondrin.Net to see the [Read More...]
Today Seesmic released a Twitter app for Blackberry and Android phones. I tested it on the Blackberry. It is a full featured Twitter client and an easy choice over Ubertwitter and Twitterberry. Brief review follows along with download barcode.
I have been avidly reading about the details of Google’s Chrome operating system. Initially, I was disappointed. In its early stages it appears that the Chrome OS will be simply a boot up to the Google Chrome browser (youtube video). After reading some commentary, including Ben Parr’s post on Mashable entitled “With Chrome OS, Google [Read More...]
The rumored Blackberry touchscreen plus physical keyboard device (codenamed “Mr. T”) is far along in development, according to Shaw Wu, a Kaufman Bros. analyst. The diagram to the right reveals one design possibility from a RIM patent. The device is expected to be released in 2010, according to Wu who claims to have contacts in [Read More...]
What’s that funny orange icon anyways? RSS feeds are present on almost every website, including Tech Bottle’s. RSS is an acronym for “Really Simple Syndication.” In a nutshell, it is a method used to send new website content to people who subscribe to the feed. Usually it is used to syndicate new posts and articles [Read More...]
It only takes a few page views for even a novice Blackberry user to find serious flaws with the pre-installed Blackberry browser. It is often slow to load pages even with EVDO Rev. A and renders web pages poorly. BitStream’s BOLT Browser 1.5 (free) is a must-have alternative. Images load at blazing speeds and even [Read More...]
Friday Dell announced the long-rumored Dell Mini 3 Smartphone which will run Android. It will launch in China and Brazil. Detailed specifications and pricing were not revealed but the Mini 3 is expected to hit the China market later this month and before the end of the year in Brazil. The Mini 3 has no [Read More...]
Nov 172009
Google Chrome is quickly gaining acceptance and users seem to like to like its simplicity and efficiency. Below are 10 tips and tricks that can be used to manipulate tabs to make you more efficient.
Radio-Frequency Identification (“RFID”) tags have been common for years in store security. A product is tagged with a code like the one on the right which can trigger an alarm from a store security system that reads the RFID tag. Many have predicted that RFID readers would come to cellphones in 2010 and it looks [Read More...]
Nov 162009
This demo video was posted to YouTube about 2 months ago and has over 75,000 views but I still think the Nokia N900 is flying under the radar, at least here in the U.S. It is a 5:33 video but I recommend watching, at a minimum, the beginning which demonstrates the home screen and widgets [Read More...]
There are a number of ways to store music on your Blackberry or other mobile phone. I have tried them all. They range from dumping media directly onto the MicroSD card to using media sync software that comes with the device. The best solution, however, is to use Winamp to sync (the free version). It [Read More...]
In the Blackberry world, the InPulse smartwatch is expected to be a big hit. The manufacturer is not RIM. It’s a start-up company named Allerta, located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It will probably be the first Bluetooth watch released, which is scheduled for February. It is available for pre-order now for $149, a bargain price [Read More...]
Will Google Wave enforce a quota system on users like Gmail? How can this be done? If you kicked the tires in Google Wave, you might have also noticed the image to the right which shows some ghosted options for transferring files to a wave. There are similar options under images, some of which are [Read More...]
Nov 152009
I have been using the Blackberry Tour 9630 since launch on July 12. Overall, I think it is a very good phone but I feel as if I were a guinea pig beta testing the Tour 2 which is expected to correct the two most significant problems with the Tour.
I want to hand it to Motorola and their creative team for putting together a terrific website to promote the Motorola Motoblur skin that will run over Android on the Motorola Cliq phone. On the website, you can select any of the phone’s features and scroll around and click as if you were tapping on [Read More...]
