Solution Technology said it will debut an all-in-one integrated ArmorPlus for BlackBerry 7200 utility.
To be rolled out at the upcoming Emergency Technology Business Showcase in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a week from today, the application will include functionalities for for Barcode Scanning, GPS, Touch Screens with eSiguature and Secure Data Memory Card capability.
Specific components include:
Class 2 laser barcode scanner from Symbol Technologies;
ArmorPlus for BlackBerry GPS, with off-road and off-net capabilitiesm abd
Touch Screen Window option with signature capture capabilities and a touch-sensitive window;
You'll find information about Antenna Care, operating and storage temperatures (as shown above), electronic
equipment that could evoke reception interference issues, dangerous areas you don't want to go to with your BlackBerry,
what type of repairs you should not attempt, radio signal exposure risks, and absorption rate data.
For $45.00, a Web-based service called GSM Phone Source will remotely
unlock your Cingular BlackBerry 8700c, 7290, 7280 or 7100g.
After you pay thru the site, you submit your order. When you submit your order, you should include the
IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number and model
number for the Blackberry you are unlocking in the notes section.
You can get the IMEI number when you enter *#06# from your phones keypad. A 15-digit IMEI number
will display on your screen.
The service usually takes 24 hours to unlock your Blackberry, or other handset.
According to research firm Gartner, BlackBerry PDA shipments grew by 52.6 percent in the third quarter of 2005.
Insofar as what Garnter terms a "PDA," they set the standard as a data-centric handheld computer designed for use with both hands, equipped with instant on-off capability and a variety of third-party applications.
That covers the BlackBerry 7200 series (like the 7270 you see over there) but not the 7100, which is more like a cellphone.
Insofar as leading operating system vendors, Microsoft leads with 49.2 percent of worldwide shipments. BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion is second with 25 percent, followed by Palm OS with 14.9. Symbian and Linux brought up the rear.
On the BlackBerry section of the HowardForums mobile phone site, Forums MemberBriBri99started a thread with a common concern of those of us who remember computing wa-a-a-a-y back when. BriBri named the thread, Will my 7290 screen burn in?
"Might be a very stupid question," BriBri writes, but I know that there is a constant picture in
the background, will this cause burn in?"
Well, BriBri, there are no stupid questions, just stupid answers.
And neither answer filed by subsequent HowardForums posters is stupid. In fact, the reply posts are helpful.
"LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) doesn't suffer from burn in," writes BlackBerry 7280 userPennywise. "In fact, I don't think that exists on anything
newer than the a 1980's CRT
"I've never had it happen on an LCD," BlackBerry 7250 user jase88 writes. "If (the thought of burn-in) concerns you, use an OEM
(Original Equipment Manufacturer) holster--the Blackberry screen turns off while in these holsters."
These apps, which include business software, games, and much more, will be available via Handango InHand configured for BlackBerry 7100, BlackBerry 7280, BlackBerry 7290 and BlackBerry 7780 devices sold by Dobson through their online and retail channels.
BlackBerry-enthusiast site BlackBerry Coolhas named the five winners in its "Favorite BlackBerry Model" contest.
Two of the five winners named the BlackBerry 7100t their favorite model.
Here's a bit about what each winner had to say about their favorite model:
Alex D. likes the BlackBerry 7100t for its cell phone utility, Bluetooth capability, and ease-of-type.
Brian O'Neill also votes for the BlackBerry 7100t because he doesn't feel he is holding a calculator up to his ear when he is making a call.
Jonathan Newman votes for the BlackBerry 7280 becaue of its "cool screen" and "wonderful shape."
Ronald S. is partial to the BlackBerry 7250 because of its Bluetooth and wireless headset. He says owning a 7250 "is like having a Pocket PC."
Hugh McKerrow votes for the BlackBerry 7100g. He likes the device's BlackBerry capability within a handset the size of a cell phone. Each winner gets a free copy of the new Medieval Kings Chess 2 game from Magmic Software.
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.
U.K.-based Cable & Wireless has expanded its list of BlackBerry Data Roaming locations available to its subscribers.
Sometime in August, BlackBerry-using C&W subscribers will be able to data roam in Switzerland, Venezuela,South Africa, Hong Kong and Spain.
Those locations join the current list of Data Roaming options. These include the U.S., the U.K, Canada, Italy, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, Puerto Rico, Panama,
Austria, Antigua, Anguilla, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent &
the Grenadines, Turks and Caicos & Guernsey.
Cable & Wireless' BlackBerry offerings include the BlackBerry 7100g, BlackBerry 7280 and BlackBerry 7290.
Bill writes that the magnet for his BlackBerry 7280 case has disappeared. "No wonder the battery has been used up quickly lately!," he laments.
Then, Bill asks if any fellow Forum members know where you can just purchase another magnet, and just clue it in to the case.
Cincinnati-based attorney David McPherson (for whom the word "case" presumably has more than one meaning) responded that he found a small, rare-earth magnet at Radio Shack that seemed to do the job. He posts that he "clued (the magnet) into a soft case to trigger the (BlackBerry sleeper switch."
David was not sure of the part number, but I've searched the Radio Shack website and found a listing for Catalog #: 64-1895: a 1/8 Button Rare Earth Super Magnet. Costs $1.89, and seems to be the type of magnet David referred to.
Just a little while ago, I got an email from Cingular Wireless subscriber, BlackBerry 7280-wielding and BBHub-reading (bless you, my son) Curtiss Petersen.
Rather than answer his question directly, I thought that I would kick it out to the broader circle for discussion. That means y'all.
Curtiss writes:
"I am using a Blackberry 7280, syncing with Outlook 2003 via BES v4 and
Desktop V4.
When I delete an email out of my Outlook inbox, it deletes off the
Blackberry. However, when I move it out of my inbox into an archive folder (into
the .PST file) it does not delete off the Blackberry."
Curtiss wants to know if he is stuck with this solution, or is there a workaround?
Any of you have workarounds, submit a comment. When we get a few, I'll put up a new post with your suggestions.
You'll help a fellow BlackBerry user! Plus, you know, what comes around goes around.
Pix2Phone is one of the coolest PC-to-BlackBerry digital photo import tools I've seen. Plus, its free.
Here's how it works.
Point your PC Web browser to the Pic2Fone website at (you guessed it!) www.pix2fone.com.
Download and install the Pix2Fone browser extension. The extension works with Internet Explorer and Firefox.
When you are ready to import a photo from your hard drive to your BlackBerry, open the folder on your PC where your photos are stored.
Right-click on the file name of the photo you want to export to your BlackBerry.
A drop-down menu appears. Select Save Picture to Mobile Phone. Your chosen image is sent from your PC to the Pix2Fone Web service.
The Pix2Fone service will process your request and format the image you have chosen for optimum display on your BlackBerry. (If you are using the Pix2Fone service for the first time, you will be asked to enter the name and model number of your device.
After the photo is formatted, a download code appears on your PC.
Print out the download code, and then point your BlackBerry Web browser to: wap.pix2fone.com.
When your BlackBerry browser calls up that address, enter the download code you received on your PC. The picture then loads to your BlackBerry.
Pix2Fone is compatible with BlackBerry 7100 series models, as well as BlackBerry 7230, BlackBerry 7280, BlackBerry 7290, BlackBerry
7730, BlackBerry 7750 and BlackBerry 7780.
On the mobile device HowardForums site, ever-present mobile forums moderator and participant Mark Rejhon reposts six "BlackBerry myths" intended to negate stereotypes about BlackBerry.
The types of knocks you may hear from palmOne Treo users unfamiliar with, as Mark puts it, "the modern 2005-era BlackBerry," which, he correctly maintains is quite superior to BlackBerrys released in 2003 and 2004.
Mark copied this post from one originally posted on a Brighthand discussion board.
But enough of where the post came from. Time to list the highlights of what Mark says:
In his view, these persistent myths once were true, but no longer are:
RIM is only good for email. He says that while that once was true, RIM has caught up with its competitors in so many other areas, the "only good" admonition doesn't hold true any more.
BlackBerry has poor quality screens. He points out that the bright-screen BlackBerry 7520 (shown at upper right) is vastly superior to predecessor 7510. Ditto the BlackBerry 7290 vs. its forebear BlackBerry 7280.
BlackBerry has poor PIM. Multiple addresses and category capabilities on supported PIM apps render this stereotype no longer true. Mark also says that updating information is faster on a BlackBerry PIM than on a palm OS or PocketPC device.
BlackBerry can't do Internet apps. With the arrival of BlackBerry OS4, that's no longer the case.
BlackBerry does IM poorly. No longer the case, specifically because of Verichat, a third-party program that in Mark's view, works better on BlackBerry than on Treo. (There is) not much BlackBerry software. He now counts more than 1,000 programs, plus support for mobile video game-friendly Java J2ME MIDP 2.0.
That's the BlackBerry Electron over there on the right.
We've come to believe that the device will make its debut in the next couple of months, probably first as T-Mobile's replacement for the BlackBerry 7290.
The Electron has been widely discussed in several online venues, including BlackBerryForums.com. Today, Mark Rejhon, who runs the Forum, posts that although he doesn't think the BlackBerry 7290 will be cashiered, it probably will achieve a sort of senior status as the replacement for the BlackBerry 7230 and BlackBerry 7280.
"And the Electron," says Mark, becomes the replacement for
(the) 7290.
According to research firm Gartner, BlackBerry PDA shipments grew by 52.6 percent in the third quarter of 2005.
On the BlackBerry section of the 
BlackBerry-enthusiast site 
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.
U.K.-based 
On the 
Just a little while ago, I got an email from Cingular Wireless subscriber, BlackBerry 7280-wielding and BBHub-reading (bless you, my son) Curtiss Petersen.
Pix2Phone is one of the coolest PC-to-BlackBerry digital photo import tools I've seen. Plus, its free.
On the mobile device 
That's the BlackBerry Electron over there on the right. 
