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The already available Sudoku Expert’s (Standard Edition, Christmas Edition and Martial Arts Edition) just got a new brother called Sudoku Expert - Porsche Edition - for BlackBerry.

Like its other brothers the Porsche Edition comes with nearly endless Sudoku puzzles and high resolution background images. There are a lot of other features which can be found in the list below. The gameplay didn’t change and so it is still very easy to use. There is currently a discount on the product which usually costs $12.99 but you can save $3 because of the game’s release.

• » Over one million unique puzzles
• » Intuitive user interface
• » Multiple difficulty levels - for beginners and sudoku experts
• » Partially solved puzzles are automatically saved to resume later
• » Sudoku Solver
• » Hints support
• » Undo support
• » Easy installation via BlackBerry Desktop Manager
• » Multiple integrated themes
• » Optimized graphics for all BlackBerry models

Related BlackBerryInsight articles:

• Sudoku Expert - Christmas Edition
• New Sudoku Game - Sudoku Expert Standard Edition
• Sudoku Expert - Martial Arts Edition - for BlackBerry

Related links:

• Standard Edition
• Christmas Edition
• Martial Arts Edition
• Sudoku Expert - Porsche Edition - for BlackBerry
• S4BB Limited

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I have just found some new BlackBerry EBooks for reading addicts. So here comes the list:

	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer for BlackBerry By MARK TWAIN (BlackBerry EBook Reader Included!) Date Added: Sunday 27 May, 2007 Manufacturer: BlackBerryBooks Price: $4.49
	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes for BlackBerry by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (BlackBerry EBook Reader Included!) Date Added: Sunday 27 May, 2007 Manufacturer: BlackBerryBooks Price: $4.49
	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn for BlackBerry By Mark Twain (BlackBerry EBook Reader Included!) Date Added: Sunday 27 May, 2007 Manufacturer: BlackBerryBooks Price: $4.49
	Sense and Sensibility for BlackBerry by Jane Austen (BlackBerry EBook Reader Included!) Date Added: Sunday 27 May, 2007 Manufacturer: BlackBerryBooks Price: $4.49
	Paradise Lost for BlackBerry By John Milton (BlackBerry EBook Reader Included!) Date Added: Sunday 27 May, 2007 Manufacturer: BlackBerryBooks Price: $4.49
	Opera Stories from Wagner for BlackBerry BY FLORENCE AKIN (BlackBerry EBook Reader included!) Date Added: Friday 04 May, 2007 Manufacturer: BlackBerryBooks Price: $4.49
	Life of Abraham Lincoln for BlackBerry By John Hugh Bowers, Ph.D., LL.B. (BlackBerry EBook Reader included!) Date Added: Friday 04 May, 2007 Manufacturer: BlackBerryBooks Price: $4.49

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Nearly all current BlackBerry models^* can take advantage of GPS capabilites. Most of them still need an external Bluetooth GPS receiver. Others (like the 7100i, 7520, 8703e and 8800) have a built in one. Of course, having a built-in GPS receiver is much more convenienct than dealing with an additional device. But RIM tried to make it as easy as possible and since the release of the BlackBerry Pearl it is really really easy going. One more interesting thing: The product descriptions of the older BlackBerry 7100, 7200 and 8700 series just list “Bluetooth Headset Capabilities”. To be honest: That is just not true. Every Bluetooth-enabled BlackBerry can also be paired with a Bluetooth GPS receiver. So if you are looking for a Bluetooth GPS receiver, we have collected some links for you:

If you are still on an old BlackBerry (e.g. the 7200 series does not have an intel processor and is quite slow for some applications) you can get of course get a new one. And if getting a new one, why not getting with already built-in GPS? Perhaps you like the smaller fancy ones, so a Pearl would be great for you:

I have read from some guys who would like to get a pink Pearl. Well … not my color, but the Cingular Pearl above would be the best fit for now

So we have a BlackBerry and some sort of GPS now. Which can be a Bluetooth GPS or a built-in one. So we just need GPS software to get the best out of our package. Quite a long time ago we wrote the best artcle about BlackBerry and GPS you can find on the web. (Try google it!) Being the No. 1 GPS article for the BlackBerry scene for such a long does not mean it is outdated. We, of course, update our articles regularily to provide our readers with the most recent information we can find. There are all important 3rd party GPS applications (Berryvine Companion, CaffeineFinder, Fastfoodfinder, MapQuest Find Me, Mobile Locator, Naggie, Spot for Blackberry, Telenav and Trimble Outdoors) listed. Some of them are better, some not. To rewrite the whole article here would be too much. So I suggest to take 5 minutes and check our guide: BlackBerry and GPS

To summarize a bit: There are a lot of ways to get GPS positioning working on your BlackBerry but there are only some ways to get it working pretty well. Now I will get back to track some of my routes and may be save some waypoints

P.S.: Don’t forget to check out our BlackBerryInsight Hardware Store for more gadgets.

^* BlackBerry 7100i, 7520, 8703e, 8120, 8800, 8830, 7100g, 7100r, 7100t, 7100v, 7100x, 7105t, 7130c, 7130g, 7130e, 7130e-v, 7130v, 7250, 7290, 7230, 7250, 7280, 7750, 7780, 8100, 8300, 8700c, 8700f, 8700g, 8700r, 8700v, 8703e, 8705g, 8707g, 8707h, 8707v, 8800, 8830, 8120.

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That’s the question Andy O’Donovan (managing director, Relay Express Couriers) just threw out.

He is right. Or to be more concrete: No one needs a PDA! Well, a PDA has these fancy touchpad which allows us to drag, drop and draw nearly everything we can imagine. But that’s not so important. The Windows Mobile PocketPC line started with a huge hype is now going down. Killed by smartphones like the BlackBerry and Motorola Q PDAs will not survive the next years. It will not be a going down for Windows Mobile as there are still the Smartphones which are really popular. Anyway, the PDA is dead!

Want to switch to a BlackBerry? You can get one here.

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Well, some news that came along by browsing. It was not easy to find news about the 8120. BGR reported the 8120 will replace the current Pearl 8100 and come with built-in GPS. So I browsed a bit and I found a very hard to find link at the Spot site. If you open the “All Devices” drop down box you’ll see the BlackBerry 8120 listed with the other GPS-BlackBerry devices (7100i, 7520, 8703e, 8800, 8830).

There is also a site already set up which covers the compatiblity with the 8120’s built-in GPS receiver as well as SD-Card support and the other features that already available on the Pearl. I love my Pearl but if could get the same device with built-in GPS I would immediately switch to it!

Spot for BlackBerry 8120

P.S.: Sorry for the huge amount of Skylab reporting in the last time but there happened just so much I couldn’t hold back.

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Perhaps you already mentioned that BlackBerryInsight is beta testing our NEW & FREE wallpaper service since several weeks. Our philosophy to provide you with free services including news, howtos, discounts & deals, free products like ebooks, programs, wallpaper packs and so on … just showed us the way we have to go. This path lead us directly to a service made for you. Made for BlackBerry users who would like to pimp their BlackBerry, personalize it. The easiest way to do that is adding a custom BlackBerry desktop background a.k.a. wallpaper.

There is no limitation in the amount of images you create and send to you or your friends. Feel free to use our service as often as you want and recommend it to your friends. Please see it as a gift of us to the BlackBerry community to provide such a great service with a nearly endless database of images.

I will give you a short introduction in how that works:

Other free and discounted stuff can be found in Category: Discounts & Deals

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As a courtesy to you, we have again pimped our hardware store and do now have micro SD-Cards on stock!

So if you need a new one you can take a look.

Besides the BlackBerryInsight Hardware Store also comes with the following categories:

• BlackBerry Batteries
• BlackBerry Books
• BlackBerry Cases
• BlackBerry Devices
• BlackBerry Gadgets
• BlackBerry SD-Cards
• Bluetooth GPS Receivers
• Bluetooth Headsets

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I just got a press announce email from the folks at Skylab Mobilesystems Ltd. who told me what I already knew and already blogged

But, there was a discount attached to this email which provides a 15% discount to all BlackBerryInsight readers. So I don’t want you to miss that!

P.S.: Don’t forget the 80% discount on BlackBerry 8800 sales at our BlackBerryInsight Hardware Store!

Related links:
MobileTracker for BlackBerry Video
Software Review: MobileTracker for BlackBerry 8800 and BlackBerry 8830

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Just found this one on YouTube. A demo video of the MobileTracker for BlackBerry which shows how a tracklog that has been recorded using the MobileTracker can be used in Google Earth.

A software review of the MobileTracker for BlackBerry can be found here.

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As you might know, I am dealing a lot with videos (from files or YouTube), testing a lot of Software on my BlackBerry, synchronize my Pearl, doing some ringtone stuff, export GPS waypoints and so on. So my 1 GB micro SD-Card (btw: I paid more than $40 for mine - prices are dropping so fast) is used quite often. Well, as most USB mass storage devices it has been formatted using FAT32 (which honestly is not the best file system). Windows itself loves to check those “drives”. Today, after I rebooted my Windows machine I was surprised that before Windows has been started my BlackBerry Pearl must have been mounted already. Therefor, Windows thought it might be a good idea to check on the Pearl’s SD-Card if there are any defects. I got the resulting output:

Checking file system on G:
The type of the file system is FAT.

One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. You
may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended
that you continue.
Windows will now check the disk.
Volume Serial Number is FC30-3DA9
Removing nonvalid long folder entry from \blackberry…
Removing nonvalid long folder entry from \blackberry…
Removing nonvalid long folder entry from \blackberry\pictures…
Removing nonvalid long folder entry from \blackberry\pictures…
Removing nonvalid long folder entry from \blackberry\pictures…
Windows has made corrections to the file system.

998440960 bytes total disk space.
770048 bytes in 2 hidden files.
114688 bytes in 7 folders.
547930112 bytes in 147 files.
449626112 bytes available on disk.

16384 bytes in each allocation unit.
60940 total allocation units on disk.
27443 allocation units available on disk.

Well, unfortunately I didn’t want Windows to check my and even automatically(!) repair something. Why the hell does Windows “think” it can remove some directories from my card?!?

So here is my advice: Don’t trust Windows! Don’t have your BlackBerry connected to a Windows machine when you boot it!

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