Howard Stern picks the BlackBerry Bold over the Palm Pre

Posted by Mauricio on Apr 6, 2009 at 12:10 PM | Comments

howard stern Howard Stern picks the BlackBerry Bold over the Palm Pre

The popular shock-jock Howard Stern has decided to go with the BlackBerry Bold over the Palm Pre!

Since Stern has been a long time Palm user (up till now owning a Treo), Palm decided to give him a Pre to play with and see how he’d like it. Palm was expecting Stern to like the Pre, but after the trial he decided to go with the BlackBerry Bold.

Why you ask? For Stern it was one important detail: the Palm’s inability to connect to Lotus Notes.

BlackBerry 1 – Palm 0

Not sure who Howard Stern is? Check out howardstern.com

Source: ZDNet via IntoMobile

BlackBerry Pearl freaks out a rechargeable flashlight

Posted by Mauricio on Mar 29, 2009 at 9:57 PM | Comments

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This is weirdly interesting.

My Pearl is about 2 years old.. and a refurb. It’s always done weird things when too close to speakers – makes them sputter out all kinds of noise due to its radio antenna signals. Last night I discovered a new.. “trick” this thing has. I put it next to a rechargeable LED lantern/light and suddenly it started blinking WILDLY. When I moved the BB away, it stopped. The light is controlled by a physical button, and to my knowledge does not have any radio controls.

Has something like this every happened to anyone?  I get the radio and speaker thing all the time, but never has my BlackBerry freaked out another electronic device let alone turn it on.

Source: BlackBerry Blast

MIT team creates finger-controlled 3D phone projector

Posted by Mauricio on Mar 13, 2009 at 9:42 AM | Comments

Ok this has to be one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. A MIT team of developers have created a finger-controlled 3D phone projector. I’m not sure how recent this is, but it’s new to me.

Right now it’s a bit bulky with all of the components, but imagine when it can be as small as a Bluetooth! You definitely have to check out the video. All the components used to create this gadget come to a total of only $350!

This is too awesome.

BlackBerry Storm, Lewis Hamilton and the RC Office Grand Prix

Posted by Mauricio on Mar 10, 2009 at 3:11 PM | Comments

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How awesome is that?! An F1 car controlled by a BlackBerry Storm!

Source: CrackBerry

U2 360 Tour Presented by BlackBerry, Revolutionary Production Design Revealed

Posted by Mauricio on Mar 9, 2009 at 10:32 AM | Comments

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This is completely random but still related :-D . BlackBerry is sponsoring the U2 360 Tour, U2’s first stadium outing since the Vertigo Tour in 2005/06. European and North American tour schedules included after the jump.

Who’s going?!

Press Release

LOS ANGELES, March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — U2.com today confirms that the U2 360 Tour will open at the Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona on 30th June. The U2 360 Tour is sponsored by BlackBerry(R) and is the band’s first stadium outing since the Vertigo Tour 05/06 and follows the release of their acclaimed album, No Line On The Horizon. Their 12th studio album, No Line On The Horizon is already number 1 in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Japan and the Czech Republic with further chart positions to be announced this week.

Produced by Live Nation Global Touring, U2 360 will visit 14 cities across Europe including dates in Milan, Gothenburg, Amsterdam, Paris, Nice, Dublin, Chorzow, Berlin, Gelsenkirchen, London, Sheffield and Glasgow before finishing at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 22nd August. The European tour will be followed by dates in North America beginning at Chicago’s Soldier Field on September 12th, 2009.

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Barack Obama is addicted to BrickBreaker

Posted by Mauricio on Feb 21, 2009 at 9:31 AM | Comments

obamaberry Barack Obama is addicted to BrickBreaker

So the truth comes out about the real reason Barack Obama wanted to keep his BlackBerry…BrickBreaker!

Well that’s what some people are saying. I wouldn’t doubt it either. According to the article:

Star Magazine reports that the president plays BrickBreaker to unwind every night before bed. This is an executive decision I can totally understand.And he apparently has a high score of 15,000. Not too shabby.

How cool is that. “President and gamer-in-chief” indeed :-D .

Steve Wonder: ‘Gadgets Should Be More Accessible To Blind People’

Posted by Mauricio on Jan 30, 2009 at 10:31 AM | Comments

steviewonder Steve Wonder: Gadgets Should Be More Accessible To Blind People

*UPDATE* Wouldn’t it be cool if mobile phones had some sort of braille audio output, like morse code? That might be an idea. Slightly audible to people with vision but clearly audible to a blind person.

What do you think? I agree with him, but how would that work?

I guess if you can get a touch screen phone to verbally tell the person what their finger is pressing on in terms of icons, letters and numbers, it would work.

It would be interesting and actually pretty cool to see Stevie Wonder (or any other blind person) playing with a BlackBerry Storm. I mean, blind people learn how to play instruments and do other things, why not be able to use a mobile phone?

Get on that RIM! :lol:

By Jason Gregory:

Stevie Wonder has called for gadgets such as touchscreen mobile phones to be made more accessible for blind people.

The soul star, who was born blind, said it would take “very little” for manufacturers to improve their products.

“When you can … make it accessible and make it possible, you should just include that in the overall picture,” he told the BBC.

Read more @ GIGWISE.com

Making of the T-Mobile dance

Posted by Mauricio on Jan 26, 2009 at 12:16 PM | Comments

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Remember that awesome advertisement T-Mobile UK did last week? This is the making of the T-Mobile dance for that advertisement.

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVFNM8f9WnI

CNN Video on Obama and his smartphone situation

Posted by Mauricio on Jan 26, 2009 at 12:03 PM | Comments

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I thought this video was worth sharing.

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNx0ANZQono

Barack Obama on his BlackBerry after parade

Posted by Mauricio on Jan 21, 2009 at 4:02 PM | Comments

obamaonberry Barack Obama on his BlackBerry after parade

Newsweek has an “Obama, Off Stage” gallery that has a bunch of pictures of Obama in the White House, back stage, after and before the parade.

Check out the caption for the picture above:

Still connected, Obama checks his BlackBerry after the parade.

Oh yeah! Once you plug in with a BlackBerry it’s hard not to stay connected.

Check out the full gallery: http://www.newsweek.com/id/180602

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