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Vodafone is planning changes to its mobile data pricing that it says will mean there will be no barriers to experiencing the mobile internet.

However, Vodafone’s general manager of products and services, Kursten Shalfoon, was not prepared to expand on the plans apart from saying they would not be “free”.

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Vodafone New Zealand has launched a Navman-like service called Compass on the Blackberry using technology from Australian mobile developer Yapp Mobile.

Via ComputerWorld NZ

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Venturebeat reported about the setup of a $150 million fund to boost BlackBerry application development. Unfortunately, the post has been taken down and we do not know why.

It is obvious that RIM has to respond on the iFund plans for iPhone applications. Following the example of many similar programs RIM’s appearance in the market as well as the functionality of the BlackBerry will increase dramatically. Just take a look to Facebook with its “Facebook Apps”. They became very attractive to their users and put the platform to another level. Moreover, Google is also doing something similar, but a more “community thing”: The Android Developer Challenge is a price competition where 50 round one winners get $25,000 each and even go on to the next level. The money is to give developers the freedom for their development of cutting edge mobile applications.

It will be interesting what kind of applications developers will bring if they are somehow more motivated. We see a lot of change in the software market for BlackBerry devices as there are coming more and more applications for BlackBerry right now. However, compared to platforms like Windows Mobile or Symbian those amount of applications is still not that much.

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I got a note that the folks over at CIO.com prepared a really good article about five essential keyboard tips and tricks. Those are:

1. Rapidly Switch Back and Forth Between BlackBerry Applications: Hold ALT + Press ESCAPE
2. View Event Log Details, Free Up Memory by Clearing the List: Hold ALT + Type LGLG
3. Reboot Your BlackBerry Without Removing the Battery: Hold ALT + Hold RIGHT SHIFT + Press DELETE
4. Change Your Signal Strength Display from Bars to Numbers: Hold ALT + Type NMLL
5. Bring Up “Help Me” Screen for Device, System Data: Hold ALT + Hold SHIFT + Press H

Actually all of this has already been published at BlackBerryInsight in our BlackBerry Shortcut Collection some time ago. Anyway, there are new BlackBerry users and even more new BlackBerryInsight readers. So enjoy it!

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We were just informed that the famous BlackBerry applications BerryDialer and TaskMaster will be updated soon. TaskMaster will just come with some bug fixes and minor improvements like a time zone issue that ocurred when creating a new task. BerryDialer is supposed to be released with a lot of improvements which include:

• Multi Language Support: English and German.
• Dial at Once Support: Pauses can be omitted between numbers. This increases the compatibility with even more calling cards.
• Phone Log Manipulation: The real contact name or number will appear in the phone log when the call is finished.
• Polished User Interface: Better look (whatever that means? :))
• Detailed Manual: Everything is tectually and visually explained.
• Free Bonus Program: BerryQuery application will be provided to all users for free.

The good thing: Customers who purchased their license at MobileSoftMarket are eligible for free life-time updates of those applications. If you want to check them out now go over here: BerryDialer, TaskMaster

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The official idea of BlackBerry Unite!: “users can access a shared calendar, shared contacts, documents, and other desktop content in addition to email access and web browsing.”

The free download runs on a PC and then up to five BlackBerry smartphones can access email, web browsing, a shared calendar and more. This can all be done through a web-based interface. BlackBerry Unite! steps in where users do not have access to a centralized mail/messaging server. This software “extends the proven power and security of the BlackBerry platform in a simplified package that is optimized for small groups of people.” You’ll need a data plan, but there is no additional charge for clients with BlackBerry Email and Internet 25 and above rate plans with Bell.

Here is the site of Bell Mobility in case you want to check it out: http://www.bellmobility.ca/home/
RIM’s official BlackBerry Unite! site: BlackBerry Unite!

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Verizon Wireless just released the new CDMA Curve 8330 for their customers.

The facts:

• 2 megapixel camera
• QWERTY keyboard
• EVDO data connection
• GPS receiver
• Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
• microSD card slot
• Price: $170 (after 2-year contract and rebates)

Unfortunately, it does not come with WiFi support.

Source: IntoMobile

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TaskMaster is a task management program which makes it really easy to access tasks from a category. This is very complicated with the BlackBerry’s internal task application as you first need to setup an filter to access tasks from a category. There is currently a $10 discount on this nice application, so check it out!

Features

• FAST one click category switching - famous from NextAction!.
• Full featured task support: due dates, priorities, notes, status, etc.
• Synchronizes with Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Act!, Novell Groupwise, iCal, Entourage, and more.
• 100% compatible with internal Blackberry Task Application and NextAction!.
• You can use them simultaneuosly if you want.
• Enhanced for implementing GTD® (Getting Things Done).

Get it at: TaskMaster for BlackBerry

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RIM is very restrictive in matters of specific numbers of BlackBerry users. Even as a BlackBerry Alliance member you cannot get information about their customer base in a country. India’s government now stated that there are just 114,000 BlackBerry subscribers.

The government claimed that the country has just about 114,000 Blackberry subscribers in the country. This was stated by the Minister of State for IT and Telecommunication

Source: Telecom Tiger

With a mobile subscriber base of 260 millions there seems still to be a lot of potential. And when you start to look on India’s whole population (1+ bln.) you can imagine what’s up for us over ther!

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[…]

I always found BlackBerry users kind of, well, rude, to tell you the truth. You’re sitting at a meeting and there they are, clackety-clacking on their BlackBerrys and not paying any attention to what’s going on. Or they’re talking to you at a networking event and checking their e-mail at the same time. I even saw a guy the other day checking his e-mail while he was putting on a presentation. There was a lull during the Q & A and he slipped a few e-mails in. I also caught two people texting during midnight mass last Christmas.

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Well, time is money man and we need to use every second of our live to get more productive and get more things done. However, it seems he got used and now knows the advantages of a BlackBerry:

When you integrate your BlackBerry with your office applications, it becomes a very powerful tool. I have it set up to synchronize with Microsoft Exchange (our corporate e-mail system), which is integrated with Outlook, which in turn synchronizes with our corporate Client Relationship Management system. That way I have with me at all times the names, addresses, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of all my contacts.

That’s why it very important to synchronize your BlackBerry with your desktop or enterprise applications. We already have Mac OS X and Windows synchronization howtos available for free!

Source: The Chronicle Herald

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