Services in vehicles such as On-Star by GM and Road Side assist by Mercedes-Benz have been looked at the be the most convenient methods of seeking help while on the road.  Mini has just introduced road side assitance through quite differently.  Last week, Mini has developed an application for the BlackBerry and iPhone platform for roadside assistance.  This eliminates having to talk to a human being or wait on hold with AAA services.  The app is being offered free for BlackBerry and iPhone users who currently own Mini vehicles.  Here we’re going to hook you up with some screnshots of the application to get a rough idea as to how it is.  Of course we can’t walk you through the whole application as it does need a VIN # for a Mini vehicle.

To download this application, click here to have a link sent to your phone.

Current Supported Devices: Curve 8300/8310/8320/8330, Bold 9000

Click below to check out interactive screenshots, video review, and press release.

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It’s been confirmed that a wireless update will be available on August 25th for the latest BlackBerry Bold 9000 OS via AT&T Wireless.  The OS version will be a 4.6.0.508 being titled a “Maintenance Release” as we all hope it will fix many lags, memory leaks, and overall enhance the whole device’s performance.  It will be available to download via Desktop Manager and over the air via BlackBerry.  Should we not expect OS 5.0 to release officially anytime soon?  There were rumors leaking around for a few days for a new update, but it looks like it has been confirmed to be a wireless update as well, being AT&T’s first time.

-by Otoniel Bruno

We were given the opportunity to chat with Adil Lalani, one of the founders of TwitVid.com.  So what’s TwitVid?  It’s a Twitter website that gives users the unique ability to “tweet” videos.  Recently they released a TwitVid application for the BlackBerry handheld, enabling Twitter users across the world to share and view videos.

UberTwitter, one of the most famous BlackBerry Twitter applications recently provided their users with the new ability to send videos via Twitter, as they have embedded TwitVid into their  mobile application.  Lalani emphasized though, that although UberTwitter was using TwitVid’s service to enhance their own, there is no intention on forming a business partnership.

Unfortunately, the minds at TwitVid were unable to comment on any future upgrades due to the relative newness of the application, but they did tell us that improvements to the application’s features are coming.  UberTwitter’s recent offering of a premium version of their app naturally brought up the question of monetization as far as TwitVid is concerned.  Lalani said “at this time our mission is to make consumers happy as we have no plans to monetize.  We are focused right now on growth.  We want to be the kings of video tweeting.”

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It has been brought to many people’s attention that AT&T is emphasizing the “Black” color in the item description on the website as it never has before.  BGR leaked an image showing a completely white BlackBerry Bold 9000 but it was not confirmed whether or not if it was indeed going to become a standard.  How do you guys feel about a white BlackBerry Bold?

-by Mac Jadalhack

Source: CrackBerry

With the launch of the BlackBerry App World in Latin America, it makes it available in 18 countries.  The countries included are S, Canada, UK, Ireland, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Portugal – and now Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, and Mexico.  Different languages including French, Italian, German, and Spanish are all supported as well as currencies such as the Euro, GBP, CAD, and of course US Dollars.  Congrats to all those who are now BlackBerry App World enabled.  Head over to the BlackBerry App World site to download your copy OTA.

-by Otoniel Bruno

Following the release of BlackBerry Tour 9630 themes support, the BlackBerry Curve 8520 has made its way to getting incredible themes.  All of Elecite.com’s themes are unique themes unlike any other you’ve seen as you won’t believe you’re on a BlackBerry anymore due to its incredible designs.  The going rate for the themes are $6.99 to buy once and it’s yours to keep forever.

Click here to check out Elecite Themes

On the BlackBerry Developer Blog that opened not too long ago, they listed some useful links for getting startedi n BlackBerry development.  It’s not your average “pick up and learn” easily material but for those in the field to do BlackBerry development, this links will indeed come very handy.  Within the links, you’ll find many specific and general development guides and a bunch of “how to’s” included as well.  In addition you’ll find great 10-15 minute video clips showing you various tips and tricks in your application development.  Here we are providing you all the links as shown on the BlackBerry Developer Blog.

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Everyone went mad when UberTwitter put out advertisements on their Beta 4 update.  In reality, the software is free, so there really is no reason not to expect ads or some way for the creators to monetize accordingly from it.  The good news is that if you don’t like the ads, you can go ahead and download a premium version for a one time fee of $4.99 without all the ads.  When purchasing the application, you have a year free of updates and will not get prompted to purchase after that year.  With that said, it is assumed that you will have to purchase another copy of it in a year if you would like to continue receiving application updates.

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It figures that after the whole spyware patch that the United Arab Emirates carrier Etisalat put out for its BlackBerry devices is now dropping prices of their devices.  We could all imagine how many people easily dropped the BlackBerry as a device or even as a carrier after the incident.  Etisalat has announced that it will be dropping the BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Curve 8900 prices, definitely in best hopes that customers will come back and join their network.

-by Mac Jadalhack

Here’s a nice theme that the folks over at CrackBerry spotted and were nice enough to share.  It’s called Priority as it looks like the best case scenerio for a businessperson.  The theme is absolutely free with an OTA link below.  This is only for the BlackBerry Tour 9630 and not any other device.  Head over to Socksinsideout for more themes. Enjoy.

<<Free OTA Download>>

-by Mac Jadalhack