Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Java Jazz Festival is on Blackberry!!!

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I heard few days ago that one of Indonesian Blackberry developer just released a new application. The application is for Jazz lovers, Java Jazz Festival, an annual Jazz event in Indonesia where all locals and International Jazz musicians perform live. The application, is called JJF (Java Jazz Festival), gives a thorough information, from schedules, tickets, artist and much more.

JJF Homepage

The information inside JJF app is a push-content. Every time you open the JJF, it highlights the new content with  .
You can set the notification update interval by going to Options >> JavaJazzFestival. Set to the desired interval and save.

Overall, this is a must-have app to accompany you to the Java Jazz Festival so you will not miss a show.

You can get it from here Java Jazz Festival Blackberry app

Blackberry Storm 9500 get an official update 5.0.0.451

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Yup, there is another official update for Blackberry Storm 9500, it is 5.0.0.451. It is released by Vodafone Australia & Fiji. You can download it from here
Blackberry Storm 9500 5.0.0.541 Official Update

I will update my Storm with this new OS and will come back with a short review.

Remember: Don't forget to backup your Blackberry before the update. Delete the vendor file if you come from a different carrier. Good luck

Friday, January 22, 2010

Blackberry Bold 9700 get an official OS update 5.0.0.442

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Carrier Zain Jordan has released an official OS update 5.0.0.442 for Blackberry Bold 9700, you can get it from here
Blackberry Bold 9700 5.0.0.442 Official Update

Remember: Don't forget to backup your Blackberry before the update. Delete the vendor file if you are from different carrier.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Blackberry Storm 9530 get an official OS update 5.0.0.419

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Carrier Bell Mobility has released an official update 5.0.0.419 for those using Blackberry Storm 9530. So, what you are waiting for, grab it here
Blackberry Storm 9530 5.0.0.419 Official Update

Remember: Don't forget to backup your Blackberry before the update. Delete the vendor file if you come from another carrier. Good luck :)

Blackberry Tour 9630 get an official OS update 5.0.0.419

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Blackberry Tour 9630 finally get an OS 5 official update from MTS Mobility after the leaked few weeks back.
you can download it from here
Blackberry Tour 9630 5.0.0.419 Official Update

Remember: Don't forget to backup everything before you update. Good luck :)

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Blackberry gives 35 cents for Haiti

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I received a broadcast message in my Blackberry Messenger from a friend
"Because of what has transpired in Haiti recently, Blackberry has
decided to help out and give 35 cents for the cause when you pass that
message along to your friends on BBM"



This is a hoax for sure, how can RIM track down this. Unless there is someone who has reliable source confirming this, I will not forward this kind of message. If you want to help Haiti, it is better to donate directly to those foundations that do real help in Haiti.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Free Wallpaper for 95xx

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Some nice free wallpapers for 95xx
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39761591@N06/
These are some examples I take from there


Local App: Domikado ver 1.6.1

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Domikado is a local app that provide access to Indonesian Stock Market, Forex, Headlines, Sports news mostly from Local via RSS feeds, Entertainment, Restaurants, Directories and Twitter. You can download it from www.domikado.com via your Blackberry browser.

I installed Domikado few days ago and here are few things I like to point out:
1. You can add stocks to WatchList by adding the stock code. Hit Refresh to get the most recent
For first time, you need to create user that will bring you to domikado site to complete the registration and after you activate the account from your email, you are good to go.

2. Restaurants, you can get phone no, serving time, address, and price range. Very useful I say. But it could be better if it can show in the map

3. You can get TV schedule and also movies schedule from 2 major cinemas. You first start choosing the city, the cinema then it will open the schedule in your browser

4. First twitter app made in Indonesia, nice. It can do what other Blackberry twitter app does, except there is no option for auto-refresh, so you need to do it manually.



Monday, January 11, 2010

Update OS 5.0.0.425 finished

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I have just finished the OS update last night, and have time to play with the new OS this morning.
Here are few points from my review:
  • From what I notice, the memory leak is very very small :) (from what the device came from, I used 5.0.0.402 before). Almost full day and my memory still reading 23.xMB with my normal usage.
  • Battery wise, no major improvement, I think (could be biased) the battery stays longer, I think.
  • There is a small issue, not sure whether I'm the only experienced this, the Yahoo Messenger comes with the OS doesn't work. I cannot connect to Yahoo Messenger server. This is easily fixed, remove the Yahoo Messenger and download the newer version. Anyone experiencing the same thing?
  • The OS comes with Blackberry Messenger 5.0.0 so soon after it finished restoring, it will ask for an update to 5.0.57
  • Typing seems more responsive, I can type faster and the OS can keep up with the speed very well
  • Still no support to play Divx codec :(
Anyway, I will update my storm with the hybrid 5.0.0.425/436 to see whether there are major improvements in the hybrid.
Will post the review later on.


Sunday, January 10, 2010

Leaked Gemini 5.0.0.411 is Available

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While waiting for my Storm to finish upgrade, I'm currently downloading the leaked OS for Gemini 5.0.0.411. The news I received, there are few facelift here and there, including SMS threads for those who love to text :)


Disclaimer: Remember, updating with an unofficial OS with your own risk.

Happy trying
I'll post some screenshots when I finish upgrading my wife's Gemini

Official Storm 5.0.0.425 is available for download

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Get the new official Storm OS version 5.0.0.425 here http://na.blackberry.com/eng/support/downloads/download_sites.jsp and choose Vodafone Australia as currently only available in Australia :)

I'm currently upgrading my Storm, I'll be back with report how it goes and what's new in this version.


Thursday, January 7, 2010

ÜberTwitter get updated to beta 6

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ÜberTwitter just get updated to beta 6, you can download from your Blackberry http://www.ubertwitter.com/bb/download.php or you can go to http://www.ubertwitter.com directly from your PC.

I have updated mine and from the first look, it looks promising, lot of new features.
What I love the most are
  1. From my first few tries, now it definitely loads twits faster (from my perception) and hopefully this will save up more battery power :)
  2. Redesign. Yup ÜberTwitter get a facelift. Looks sweet.
  3. 'TwitLonger' yeah!!! you can twit more than 140 chars now...yippie
  4. and other tons of new features
below are the new features in beta 6 (I take it directly from the site)
  • Lists, Lists, Lists!!! - You can create, delete, subscribe, add members, view members, all the functionality you would expect of an Über mobile client!
  • Find People - You can search for people, just like the 'Find People' link on Twitter's home page.
  • New Icon - We love it!
  • Über Bar - We couldn't resist the name! This is a tab bar at the top of the screen, the neat thing is that you can add your own tabs! A list can be a tab, users timelines, and soon saved searches
  • Retweets - We support the old method and new method, you decide!
  • Update Twitter Profile - Yes, you can update your Twitter profile directly from your phone.
  • Profile Picture - We have heard you, upload a picture for your Twitter avatar right from your phone!
  • Report Spam - One menu selection to report a tweet as a spam.
  • Twitter Geo-Tagging - We provide support Twitter's new geo-tagging capability. You can decide whether to use myloc.me URLs, Twitter Geo-Tagging, or both!
  • Friend Picker - Type '@' and a list of your friends automatically pops up allowing selection
  • Larger Avatars - Click the profile picture, and view a larger version! You can even email that larger version!
  • TwitLonger - Yes, you can tweet MUCH longer tweets now, thanks to the folks over at TwitLonger.com, we have fully integrated this capability into both sending long tweets, and automatically retrieving long tweets. We love it!
  • What The Trend? - Ever wonder why certain topics were trending or what they meant? No more! We have integrated with the folks over at WhatTheTrend.com to allow you to see the explanations for trending topics, and also for you to provide your own explanations!
  • Choice of timeline layout - Choose the new 'bubble' layout or the original 'bar' layout.
  • Verified Users - We show a small blue check-mark icon in the timeline to denote verified users
  • Network Connection Logic - We re-worked the network connection logic, things should be alot smoother.
Tell me what you think :) love it or hate it