Alltel Wireless announced today the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone will now be available to customers. Developed by Research In Motion , the BlackBerry 8830 World Edition is the first BlackBerry smartphone to combine technologies that allow it to connect to both CDMA and GSM/GPRS networks.

Via mobilitysite

Unlike Verizon Alltel seems to bring its 8830 World Edition with an activated internal GPS receiver. That’s a good thing as we all like those kinds of gadgets that already built-in and so they can also be activated

So MobileTracker - one of my current favorite GPS applications can be used on this phone as well. Great!

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“Blackberry users who access their Yahoo e-mail account through their phones are having trouble making a connection with at least one wireless carrier Thursday afternoon.

Sprint Nextel confirmed that service is down for Blackberry users who want to connect to a Web-based e-mail account offered by Yahoo. There are apparently no problems with other Web-based e-mail services, such as Google Inc.’s Gmail service, according to Sprint.”

Via Chicago Tribune

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My inbox makes my work, nice!

Press Release

S4BB Limited is proud to announce the final release of “Wallpaper Megaplex for BlackBerry® Wireless Handheld 1.2″ (formerly known as “BBWallpapers 1.0″).

The new version comes with the following changes:

• Wallpaper library upgrade: 50% more high quality wallpapers available.
• Polished user interface: Simple. Stylish. Straight.
• New supported devices: BlackBerry^® Curve^™, 8820^™, 8830^™.
• Renamed: To indicate its huge library, we call it now “Wallpaper Megaplex”.

Wallpaper Megaplex for BlackBerry^® Wireless Handheld

Unlimited lifetime access to our wallpaper library directly from your BlackBerry!

We open our huge database of BlackBerry^® wallpapers for you. Get realtime access to all wallpapers we have collected yet. We are also steadily updating our wallpaper collection. Therefore you get free access to our RSS Feed which shows you how many wallpapers we have published yet. Wallpaper Megaplex automatically recognizes which device you are using and what optimized wallpapers are compatible with your BlackBerry^®.


RSS Feed - Wallpaper Megaplex Updates

Some Examples:

Easy installation via BlackBerry^® Desktop Manager.

Optimized for:

71xx Series 713x Series 72xx Series 75xx Series 77xx Series	81xx / Pearl Series 83xx / Curve Series 87xx Series 88xx Series

Wallpaper Megaplex requires an Internet Connection.

This program and service is brought to you by S4BB Limited.

Purchase at: MobileSoftMarket ($9.99) .

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Did you ever wanted to read more books? How about let somebody else read it for you?

Those things are called audio books and they are available for quite a long time already. However, it seems there are some of the classics created for your BlackBerry. It is very easy to just copy these audiobook mp3 files to your BlackBerry’s SD-Card and listen to them. It is some kind of convenient, if you are not in the mood to actually read something but don’t want to waste your time. So as of now you can have somebody else reading for you.

There are already some classics online. Some of them are splitted into 2 or 3 parts but there are also some that have only one part. An audiobook starts at $9.99. If there are more than two parts they cost $14.99. Here is a lost of the currently available audiobooks for BlackBerry:

• Audiobook: Around the World in 80 Days Part 1/ 2 for BlackBerry (by Jules Verne)
• Audiobook: Around the World in 80 Days Part 2/ 2 for BlackBerry (by Jules Verne)
• Audiobook: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas for BlackBerry Part 1/ 3 (by Jules Verne)
• Audiobook: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas for BlackBerry Part 2/ 3 (by Jules Verne)
• Audiobook: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas for BlackBerry Part 3/ 3 (by Jules Verne)
• Audiobook: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland for BlackBerry (by Lewis Carroll)
• Audiobook: From Earth to the Moon for BlackBerry (by Jules Verne)

Complete List at MobiHand

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Those who manage BlackBerry in the enterprise might be interested in some best practices on how to help prevent BlackBerry Enterprise Server downtime from Ahmed Datoo of Zenprise, maybe for your how-to section.

Here they are:

1. Ensure You Have Enough Exchange Server Capacity: Every BlackBerry user added to your environment can generate a significant load on your Exchange server. An Exchange server that is overburdened with users and doesn’t have enough capacity will cause availability problems for BES.
   
   
2. Co-Locate Your BES and Exchange Servers: There is a fair amount of network traffic between your BES and Exchange servers. Co-locating your servers in the same geographic location reduces risk of outages attributed to slow/unavailable network connections.
   
   
3. Consistently Monitor and Audit Your Active Directory Infrastructure: Changes made to permissions within Active Directory can cause users to no longer be able to send/receive e-mails.
   
   
4. Apply Patches on Exchange Server Judiciously as Such Patches Can Break BES: BES server requires the same version of files that can be found on the Exchange server. Patches applied to Exchange that update file versions will cause problems with BlackBerrys.
   
   
5. Monitor Your End-to-End BlackBerry Infrastructure: Set up a monitoring system to detect carrier-related outages or outages with the Research In Motion (RIM) network. This allows you to quickly identify whether the problem is external or within your infrastructure.
   
   

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Google News is a nice place for getting the most recent BlackBerry news. It popped into my mind that there are now a lot of articles about the BlackBerry in nearly every country. I have collected some of those for you:

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Maxis to raise individual BlackBerry user base
Philippines: Globe brings the curve up in promoting BlackBerry to Filipino …
Nigeria: Glo Wins With Blackberry
Jakarta, Indonesia: BlackBerry 8707v: Efficient, functional and friendly
Philippines: Globe releases BlackBerry Curve
China: Smuggled BlackBerry handsets popular items in China before …

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Finally!

Press Release

We are proud to announce the final release of “NextAction! 2.0 Falcon”.

The new version of NextAction! has been completely redesigned according to the great feedback of our current NextAction! customers. The interface is more easy to use and you can do nearly every action with a shortcut on your BlackBerry’s keyboard. As the one and only GTD application for the BlackBerry platform NextAction! now allows you to improve your productivity more than ever!

Please find a description of the new version and its improved or added features below as well as a link to the new version. For your convenience we have also added a short list of recommended productivity products at the end of this email.

NextAction! 2.0 Falcon

Features | Synchronization | Screenshots | Get It Now!

New Features:

• Enhanced native support for new BlackBerry^® models.
• Performance: Significant performance boost; can handle thousands of tasks.
• Reliability: Passed the longest beta test we ever made; highly stable; ensures data consistency.
• Desktop compatibility: Contexts and projects synchronize to all desktop applications; compatible with programs like Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Act!, Novell Groupwise, iCal, Entourage, and more.
• On-Device Compatiblity: Coexists with other task applications; no interference; works seamless with internal task application.
• Notes: Full task note support.
• Enhanced usability: Easier, more intuitive and faster usage; improved productivity.
• Project support: Projects (identified by a “p:” prefix) are handled according to GTD.
• Added user requests: Hide completed tasks; full project support; several minor bugs (thanks a lot to you!) removed.
• Multi-Language support: Interface is now available in English, German and Chinese.

Synchronization:

As Falcon is operating on your BlackBerry’s internal task database you can synchronize your tasks with your desktop computer. It does not matter if you are using Microsoft Windows (2000, XP, Vista) or Mac OS X. Setting up your desktop to synchronize with your BlackBerry (and vice versa) is very easy. A Windows setup guide for this is covered by your BlackBerry’s manual. Anyway, there are two very good manuals available that cover this topic: BlackBerry - Desktop Synchronization (Mac OS X) BlackBerry - Desktop Synchronization (Windows) By setting this up all of your tasks in NextAction! can be synchronized to your installation of Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Act!, Novell Groupwise, iCal, Entourage, etc.

Screenshots:

  

  

Get it now at: MobileSoftMarket ($39.95 $29.95) (enter NA20FALCONDISCOUNT at the end of the purchase process to get the discount!).

Free Demo Download:

Documentation Download:

S4BB Limited provides more interesting products as well!

Productivity Solutions:

	HabitMaster: Helps you to develop new good daily habits and to keep them.
	BerryDialer: Use Calling Cards with your BlackBerr® Wireless Handheld.
	vCardMaster: Send and receive vCard, vCal and iCal items on your BlackBerry®.

Productivity EBooks:

	Productivity EBook Pack for BlackBerry: Includes “Acres of Diamonds: our every-day opportunities”, “The Art of War”, “The Power of Concentration”, “Origin and Nature of Emotions”, “Master of Self for Wealth Power Success”, “Increasing Human Efficiency in Business”.
	Think and Grow Rich for BlackBerry: Also known as the 15 laws to financial success.

Security Solutions:

	EmergencyWipe for BlackBerry: Emergency data wipe tool to protect your data and privacy.
	BBBatteryWatch for BlackBerry: Get a quick overview on your BlackBerry’s battery state.
	Flashlight Pro for BlackBerry: Use your BlackBerry as a flashlight and emergency morse-device.

Your mobile software experts at S4BB Limited.

Sorry for pasting the whole press release, but I thought every piece of information is important here.

If you are interested in GTD you should take a look to Implementing GTD on your BlackBerry.

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“Beach, Palms - Party Time!”

T-Mobile Germany and BlackBerry presents a new summer event on an 80 meter freighter. There is enough space for a beach “landscape” that can handle up to 350 guests. Besides drinks, snacks and music you can also attend at the sweepstake and win nice prices like current BlackBerry devices and other tech gadgets. More information can be found at: http://www.t-mobile.de/beach/ (German).

Dates:
13. - 19. August - Köln / Cologne, Rheinterrassen
25. / 26. August - Magdeburg, Petriförder
01. - 06. September - Berlin, Am Badeschiff
14. - 16. September - Hamburg, Landungsbrücken

Opening hours:
Mon.-Thu.: 5 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Fri.: 5 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Sat.: 11 a.m. - 2 a.m.
Sun.: 11 a.m. - 1 a.m.

Via: de.blackberryinsight.com

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It seems this BlackBerry MP3 Ringtone Generator is really famous among BlackBerry users.

The BlackBerry Ringtone Generator is a comprehensive tool that provides the complete ringtone generation process. It is designed to be easy to use to create your own BlackBerry ringtone from a MP3 file.

A complete list of its features can be found here. Thera are also some demo ringtones from a quite talented band which can be downloaded for FREE here (BlackBerry browser compatible).

BlackBerry MP3 Ringtone Generator $24.99 (@handango) $14.49 $11.59

Just enter the following discount code at the end of the purchase process: bbinsight20

More discounted applications, games, wallpapers, ebooks can be found at our BlackBerryInsight Software Store.

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Once more BlackBerryInsight can present a secret gadget / information / intel / however you wanna call it.

I guess it is still a draft but it looks like this can be the final version. Well, as an exclusive beta tester for the Falcon I know the interface and its behavior for quite a long time. However, you might be interested in that as well

I like the shortcuts and the incredibly increased performance of the application very much. Especially the performance is very important as that’s what GTD is about: Performance, Productivity, Time-Saving!

You can download it here: NextAction! Quick Guide

Related links:
www.next-action.com
Buy NextAction! now and get NextAction! 2.0 Falcon for free!
Top 5 Best Selling BlackBerry Products at MSM
NextAction! 2.0 on its way

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