Saturday, June 9, 2007

ACT! on BlackBerry

Blackberry is working feverishly to integrate various contact management systems with their devices. ACT! is one of them. See the article below from Simon Sage
Happy reading

Matt

ACT! on BlackBerry BlackBerry Cool:
Posted Jun 08 at 7:24 am by Simon Sage

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

BeamBerry Now Available For Your BlackBerry - BBHub

BeamBerry Now Available For Your BlackBerry - BBHub: "BeamBerry Now Available For Your BlackBerry
Posted Jan 31st 2007 10:03AM by Melissa Oxendale"

This is great software to view, save and print documents with your Blackberry!

Pearl users will have a to wait a bit long for this but stay tuned.

Matt

Monday, June 4, 2007

Blackberry - Noun, Adjective or a Verb?

I’m sure we can all relate to this…you are having an important discussion or meeting when you notice someone diverted by an e-mail on their Blackberry device. As they begin thumbing their response, you realize you are no longer interacting with this individual.

What should this impolite act be called? A “Blackberry”? Not the device, but rather the treatment you just received…

I feel like I’ve just been Blackberried … or I just got a Blackberry treatment by someone…

It’s amazing how one piece of technology has had such an impact on people’s manners. The cell phone has come a close second…but think about it, the many years of civilized behaviour has been diminished with one device - The Blackberry.

The next time you look down at your belt harness during family dinner, think again…is it really important that you respond right then and there?

Matt

Sunday, June 3, 2007

Plastic Sheet takes the brunt of Blackberry abuse

BlackBerry Cool » Review - Proporta Advanced Screen Protector

With the amount of wear and tear your Blackberry takes on a daily basis, here is a great plastic sheet that will protect your PDA screen. See the review below.

Matt

Friday, June 1, 2007

BlackBerry Trade Up Program

RIM is offering a trade up program for existing Blackberry customers and Palm customers. You can read more below.

Matt

BlackBerry Trade Up Program: "Take your existing wireless device and turn it into a brand new, slim and stylish BlackBerry® smartphone. The BlackBerry Trade Up Program gives you the fair market value of your existing wireless device to use towards the purchase of the BlackBerry smartphone of your choice."

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Can Blackberry Devices Help Deaf students?

A research project is underway at the Toronto District School Board. The pilot is intended to improve communication between deaf or hearing-impaired students and their families, teachers and schoolmates using text messaging technology.

The project is part of TOILS (Toward Optimizing Independent Life Skills).TOILS began in 2003 in response to the social isolation some deaf and hard-of-hearing students experience compared to students without hearing disabilities. Text messaging is thought to improve both reading and writing skills for deaf childrenwhile also giving them access to a communication system so they can keep in touch.

GE Capital Solutions donated 50 used Blackberries to the inititive TOILS (Toward Optimizing Independent Life Skills).

This is another way that technology can enable people to make the best of life.
Matt

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

BlackBerry Reveals Bank's Secrets

BlackBerry Reveals Bank's Secrets: "BlackBerry Reveals Bank's Secrets"

This article should act as a reminder that you should monitor what is on your Blackberry before you sell it to someone or destroy it.

Interesting reading.
Matt