AT&T today released their myWireless Mobile application for BlackBerry devices on their network. With myWireless users can pay their bills directly from their device, view voice and data usage or add and remove features. The following BlackBerry devices (minimum OS 4.3) are supported by myWireless Mobile:

• BlackBerry® Bold™ 9700
• BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000
• Blackberry® Curve™ 8900
• BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520
• BlackBerry® Curve™ 8320
• BlackBerry® Curve™ 8310

AT&T customers can download the application by visiting att.com/mybb from their BlackBerry Browser. For more info visit att.com/mybbmobile or check out the press release after the jump.

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Software For BlackBerry® Bold (TM) 9000 smartphone
BlackBerry Handheld Software v5.0.0.860 (Multilanguage)

Package Version: 5.0.0.860
Consisting of:

• Applications: 5.0.0.509
• Software Platform: 5.2.0.50
• File name: 9000M_PBr5.0.0_rel860_PL5.2.0.50_A5.0.0.509_Wind_Hellas.exe
• File size: 121.51MB

Note: The Software Platform and Applications version numbers can be found under Options-About screen on the handheld.

• Download: OS 5.0.0.509 for the BlackBerry Bold 9000 from Wind Hellas
• How To:
  • Backup And Restore Your BlackBerry
  • Upgrade your BlackBerry Operating System (OS)

Please report any feedback/findings in the comments.

REMEMBER: It is recommended that you make a backup before attempting to upgrade your BlackBerry just in case something goes wrong during the upgrade process. *

New BlackBerry Smartphone Simulators have been made available by RIM. The Simulators are necessary for developers to test how their software would run on a BlackBerry device.

Use BlackBerry® Smartphone Simulators to view and test how BlackBerry® Device Software and the screen, keyboard and trackwheel/trackball will work with your application. With a BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator, you can run and debug applications as if they were on an actual BlackBerry smartphone.

I’ve included a list of the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulators after the jump. For more info visit blackberry.com/simulators.

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• Download via RapidShare:
  • OS 5.0.0.509 for the BlackBerry Curve 8900
  • OS 5.0.0.509 for the BlackBerry Bold 9000
• How To:
  • Backup And Restore Your BlackBerry
  • Upgrade your BlackBerry Operating System (OS)

Please report any feedback/findings in the comments.

DISCLAIMER: Install at your own risk. This is Leaked/Beta software that is not guaranteed to be stable, and therefore will not be supported by RIM or your wireless carrier should you run into some problems. As a precaution, if you decide to upgrade, it is highly recommended that you make a backup before using this software. If you are not comfortable using Leaked/Beta software you should probably wait for the next official release. *

The team over at Cellcrypt let me know that they have launched a WiFi version of their secure voice calling app for BlackBerry with a free, 90-day trial.

Cellcrypt Mobile provides end-to-end voice encryption on BlackBerry smartphones, ensuring that important mobile phone conversations remain confidential. Utilising the IP data channel it supports cellular (2.5G, 3G, 3.5G), Wi-Fi and satellite networks and delivers government-grade security in an easy-to-use application that makes highly secure calling as easy as making a normal phone call. It is compliant with FIPS 140-2 when used on a FIPS validated BlackBerry smartphone and configuration.

The free for 90 days offer is available for up to 10 handsets per company for use over Wi-Fi, using a Wi-Fi-enabled BlackBerry smartphone. A full Cellcrypt Mobile licence can be purchased at anytime which also includes secure calling over cellular networks (including 2.5G, 3G and 3.5G).

If you’re someone who’s worried about how secure your phone conversations are, or you’re looking for more security because you’re a corporate or government employee, Cellcrypt is something you may want to look in to. Supported BlackBerry devices include the Pearl 8120, Curve 8320, 8520 and 8900, Bold 9000 and 9700.

For more info check out the press release after the jump or visit cellcrypt.com/promolanding.aspx. You can also find info in this Cellcrypt datasheet PDF for the BlackBerry version.

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Software For BlackBerry® Bold (TM) 9000 smartphone
BlackBerry Handheld Software v5.0.0.771 (Multilanguage)

Package Version: 5.0.0.771
Consisting of:

• Applications: 5.0.0.464
• Software Platform: 5.2.0.41
• File name: 9000M_PBr5.0.0_rel771_PL5.2.0.41_A5.0.0.464_Zain_Kuwait.exe
• File size: 119.27MB

Note: The Software Platform and Applications version numbers can be found under Options-About screen on the handheld.

• Download: OS 5.0.0.464 for the BlackBerry Bold 9000 from Zain Kuwait
• How To:
  • Backup And Restore Your BlackBerry
  • Upgrade your BlackBerry Operating System (OS)

Please report any feedback/findings in the comments.

REMEMBER: It is recommended that you make a backup before attempting to upgrade your BlackBerry just in case something goes wrong during the upgrade process. *

Thanks Thomas!

Back in October of 2009 I posted about a RIM Knowledge Base (KB) Article that detailed which BlackBerry devices would be compatible with OS 5.0. Soon after that post they removed the KB for unknown reasons (maybe people were unhappy with the list), but today I found that the same KB Article is back with a few changes.

The old compatibility list showed listed the following devices:

• BlackBerry® Pearl™ Flip 8200 series smartphones
• BlackBerry® Curve™ 8330 smartphones
• BlackBerry® Curve™ 8350i smartphones
• BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 smartphones
• BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000 smartphones
• BlackBerry® Storm™ 9500 series smartphones
• BlackBerry® Tour™ 9630 smartphones

The new one lists these:

• BlackBerry® Curve™ 8350i smartphone
• BlackBerry® Curve™ 8520 smartphone
• BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 smartphone
• BlackBerry® Tour™ 9630 smartphone
• BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000 smartphone
• BlackBerry® Storm™ 9500 smartphone
• BlackBerry® Storm™ 9530 smartphone

See what happened there? The Curve 8520 and Storm 9530 were added, the Pearl Flip 8200 series and Curve 8330 were removed. If you recall OS 5.0 did in fact get released for the Curve 8330 and the Bold 9700 ships with it so I’m not sure why they’re not listed. As for the Pearl Flip getting removed…I don’t know what to tell you :-/ .

You never know, maybe RIM will remove and repost it again with more changes. Check out KB17984 for more info.

• Download via RapidShare
  • OS 5.0.0.461 for the BlackBerry Curve 8900
  • OS 5.0.0.464 for the BlackBerry Bold 9000
• How To:
  • Backup And Restore Your BlackBerry
  • Upgrade your BlackBerry Operating System (OS)

Please report any feedback/findings in the comments.

DISCLAIMER: Install at your own risk. This is Leaked/Beta software that is not guaranteed to be stable, and therefore will not be supported by RIM or your wireless carrier should you run into some problems. As a precaution, if you decide to upgrade, it is highly recommended that you make a backup before using this software. If you are not comfortable using Leaked/Beta software you should probably wait for the next official release. *

Thanks @JSingr!

It seems like BlackBerry Twitter applications are popping up out of no where lately. New to the game is Tvider, a BlackBerry application that allows you to send Tweets containing pictures, videos and audio.

Features:

• Support for all 3 types of media – VIDEO, AUDIO, PICTURE.
• Tools to instantly generate media using webcam and mobile camera.
• Option to publish a pre-recorded media tweet from your HDD or mobile SD Card memory.
• Instant Micro Media Tweeting experience designed by limiting the media length to 60s in case of video and audio.
• Reply and Re-Tweet the media Tweets in your timeline.

I’ve played with this application on my Bold 9700 (using the 9000 version) and it works quite well. The user interface is very nicely designed, it’s simple to use and fast in terms of media retrieval.

• OTA Download Links:
  • Tour 9630, Bold 9000, Curve 8900
  • Curve 8520
  • Pearl Flip 8200, 8220, 8230 and 8800, 8820,8830
  • Curve 8300, 8310, 8320, 8330
  • Pearl 8100, 8110, 8120, 8130
• More Info: tvider.com/u/mobile

Side note: Even though they use a Storm in the sample photo there is no Storm version available for download.

NikkiSoft has updated QuickLaunch with support for more applications as well as some new features. Version 2.17.1 is available for the BlackBerry Curve 8900, Bold 9000 and version 2.18 for the Bold 9700, with support for other devices coming soon. Here’s what’s new in 2.17.1:

• Check for Updates function
  • Get updates from within QuickLaunch
• Shortcuts shown in menu item
• BBM5, Brickbreaker & Pandora Support
• Yahoo, Google Talk and MSN msngr Support
• BBM5 Support
• Auto Backup
• Sound Profile Selector
  • Quickly select a sound profile
• New Memo shortcut
  • Open a new notepad memo
• Camera Mute
  • Turn off the camera shutter sound
• Homescreen Hotkey Launching
  • Start QL by typing ‘Q’ from your homescreen

New in version 2.18:

• 3 Letter Shortcuts – You can now assign shortcuts with 1-3 characters. For example:
  • DI = Device Info
  • CNY = Call New York
  • BT = Bluetooth Toggle
  • etc…
• Web Search – This is added functionality to the already existing Google, Wikipedia and Dictionary search included in previous versions of QuickLaunch. Now with Web Search you can quickly search using the following sites:
  • Google, Yahoo, Bing, Amazon, eBay, BBC, Google News, Google Images, YouTube, iMDb, Dictionary, Thesaurus, Wikipedia
• PNG format Screen Capture
  • The QuickLaunch screen capture function now saves images in .png format for higher quality images.

QuickLaunch is available for all BlackBerry devices running OS 4.5 and higher. While version 2.17.1 or 2.18 aren’t available for all devices yet you can still get it for $4.99 in the store and upgrade to the new version for free once it’s out. I highly recommend this app!