Today is day 5 of BlackBerry Tour week and it’s Friday, which means a special Deal-of-the-Day for everyone!

Today’s Deal-of-the-Day is for the SmrtGuard (Yearly Service) application for BlackBerry, an app that allows you to protect your data by remotely backing up, restoring, wiping and more!

Here’s a full feature list:

• Remote OTA Backup (manual or scheduled) PIMs, Call logs, Emails
• Remote OTA Restore PIMs, Call logs, Emails
• Remote Data Wipe (including microSD)
• Remote Tracking (lowjack) and Locating – see it on our companion website that comes with the account
• Remote Listen – Listen to your thief or be a spy
• Remote Lock
• Remote Audio Ping (to help you find the device)
• Personal Guardian (send out distress call with push of a button)
• SIMCard Guardian – alert send out when unauthorized SIM is used (GSM based phone only)
• Loved-one Tracking – Great for couples and families with smartphones to track each other

If you’re looking for security for yourself or for your family, this is a great application to have. Cell phones get stolen every day, especially smartphones because of their known value. An app like this would give you options if your BlackBerry was stolen rather than just sitting around worrying about your private data being accessed by a stranger.

SmrtGuard is normally priced at $44.99 per year, but for today only you can get it at 50% off for $22.49 a year. This app will work on any BlackBerry running OS 4.2 and higher.

Don’t forget to download the on-device Mobile App Store to get these great deals right on your BlackBerry!

Calling all developers! The BlackBerry Java Development Environment (JDE) v5.0 Beta is now available for download. This is great news because that means OS 5.0 is that much closer to being released!

The latest release of the BlackBerry® Java® Development Environment (BlackBerry JDE) provides an end-to-end set of tools for easily developing robust wireless applications:

• New APIs and enhanced capabilities
• Simplified wireless connectivity to the Internet or corporate intranets
• Easy to customize user interfaces
• Client-side logic
• Support for push content
• Local integration with email, Personal Information Management (PIM), multimedia and BlackBerry® smartphone applications
• Location-based services

Develop Superior Wireless Applications

The new BlackBerry JDE v5.0 beta:

• Increases developer productivity
• Simplifies application development
• Provides end-to-end tools and enhanced Java® APIs
• Communicates with most programming languages, protocols and data formats

If you’re a developer who wants to share your applications, themes or games send me a message. Should you create some apps with the BlackBerry JDE v5.0 Beta and are in need of some beta testers, we’ll work something out for that too .

• Info: BlackBerry Java Development Environment (BlackBerry JDE) v5.0 Beta Release

It looks like every BlackBerry is supported, except for those on Verizon. Way to win the consumer’s heart, Verizon. Here’s why:

Verizon is the only carrier blocks LifeInPocket (and other 3rd party applications) access to BlackBerry internal GPS**, unless a “business agreement” is established. That means we will have to charge users for our services and split revenue with Verizon just like VZ Navigator ($9.99/month), SocialLife ($1.49/month), Chaperone ($9.99/month), WeatherBug($2.99/month), Wireless Sync Email ($19.99/month) etc. ———— While our preference is to offer our services to end users for free. ———— In order to do so, the alternative way is to use external Bluetooth GPS receivers just like Telenav’s $9.99/month service. More…

Some highlights from the press release:

• Building on the success in the one billion units per year Java phone market, RoadComm, Inc. today made available its LifeInPocket mobile suite, http://LifeInPocket.com to RIM’s BlackBerry smart phones.
• Free of charge, LifeInPocket will upgrade Blackberries with a greater array of functionality than the iPhone. Those features include GPS, navigation, location messaging, friends/family locator, and much more.
• Unlike iPhone’s limited sync capability, LifeInPocket™ enables address book sync/import/export with Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, Hotmail, Outlook Express, Palm Desktop, etc. Users can one-click on those synced contacts to “call”, to “mail” and to “navigate” via their phones.
• The only mobile application/services platform of its kind, LifeInPocket™ symbolizes the next generation of application and services that offers power of top of the line smart phones to regular cell phones and making smart phones smarter.

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Some highlights from the press release:

• Notify Technology Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: NTFY), today announced the availability of NotifySync(TM) for BlackBerry(TM) which incorporates Microsoft’s Exchange ActiveSync protocol technology.
• The NotifySync for BlackBerry solution is ideal for organizations or businesses that require ActiveSync for their mobility solution such as the Microsoft Exchange Server, the Kerio MailServer, the Zimbra Collaboration Suite, and the CommuniGate Pro Server.
• The NotifySync for BlackBerry product is available. For more information about the NotifySync for BlackBerry please contact Notify directly at (408) 777-7930 or send an email to sales@notifycorp.com or visit our website at http://www.notifycorp.com.

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Some highlights from the press release:

• O3SIS AG, a leading provider of mobile email and synchronization solutions, today announced the launch of its new Device Client Suite. Based on OMA DS (SyncML), Java and IP-Push industry standards the brand new Clients enable users to synchronize all types of multimedia contents from and to mobile devices. The Clients also fully support Push Mail capabilities of today’s primary Smartphone platforms in the market, such as iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian Smartphones.
• Forecasts indicate rapidly emerging markets for groundbreaking services to restore content to any phone whenever required, to share and distribute content to a second phone or publish user generated multimedia in communities and social networks.
• With O3SIS Clients, operators are able to strengthen their value proposition towards their most valuable target groups, and can now position their brand on the latest state-of-the-art Feature and Smartphones.
• O3SIS Clients also can leverage the significantly growing Mobile Advertising landscape.

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