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I’m not going to lie… it really annoys me sometimes that my Storm2 9550 is stuck on OS5 while so many others get to enjoy BlackBerry 6 (I’m sure the Tour owners can sympathize).  My annoyance hasn’t been helped by the fact the BB6 users have been able to get the Facebook 2.0 beta from [...]

Looking to install BlackBerry Bridge on your phone, but the App World isn’t cooperating with you?  Are you on AT&T and wish you could connect your shiny new PlayBook to your BlackBerry?  I just pulled the files off my phone and uploaded them for you to download.  You can get it at http://stormota.com/619.  Don’t let [...]

  LiveProfile for BlackBerry has just been updated to version 1.06 fixing a bunch of issues. LiveProfile is a hugely popular cross-platform messaging app. You get your own personal PIN similar to BBM and it actually functions much like it. LiveProfile is now boasting over 2 million users and is averaging 250k plus new users [...]

Earlier this week, democratic Senators Harry Reid of Nevada, Charles Schumer of New York, Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey and Tom Udall of New Mexico sent a letter to RIM, Apple, and Google asking them to stop making apps available in their app stores that enable people to find out where DUI checkpoints are on [...]

Back in October, I talked about BlackBerry Protect, RIM’s software that will let you remotely backup and restore your BlackBerry, as well as help find it if it is lost.  This morning, RIM announced that BlackBerry Protect has officially entered the open beta phase and can be downloaded by anybody from the App World Test [...]

Today, on the BlackBerry Help Blog, RIM announced Facebook 1.9.0.27 for BlackBerry smartphones.  Based on user feedback, this release mostly fixes issues that people were having with v1.9.0.20.  Check out the full list below: Email Notification Improvements Previously, if you turned on email notifications using the Facebook.com website, then logged out and logged back into [...]

My-Cast is a weather app often overlooked, and underestimated.   It is but one application in a line of mobile weather apps from Digital Cyclone (a Garmin subsidiary) which includes weather apps designed specifically for Pilots and Fisherman.  My-Cast is available through BlackBerry App World or from your carrier’s web site if your carrier offers it as a subscription service.  [...]

We have a few leaks out today for those of you who like to live dangerously. First up, we have BBM 6.0.  Last week, RIM announced the new features in BBM 6, and now there is a leak of it.  The bad news is that this will only work on OS 6 devices, which sucks [...]

Today, the Inside BlackBerry Blog posted 2 videos of what The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), has been working on since they were acquired by RIM last year.  I mentioned at the end of last year why I was excited about TAT, and now I’m glad to see what they’ve been doing.  The first one (shown above) [...]

Today, at Mobile World Congress, RIM’s Director of Developer Relations Mike Kirkup demonstrated EA’s upcoming Need for Speed title for the PlayBook.  This is exciting because it really shows off what a developer can do with the QNX native SDK, which will be made available to all developers at a later date.  It’s also exciting [...]