The first day of the Consumer Electronic Show is here and it is just so overwhelming with new gadgets and shown off electronics in every corner.  There’s a lot of BlackBerry orientation of course here so make sure you stay tuned with us all throughout.  SplashData is announcing their merge today as they have acquired Iambic.  Iambic is another mobile application development company which SplashData is now taking over now.  So what does this mean for you, me, and the rest of the world of BlackBerry users?  Better applications, application integration, merge of applications, and much more.  Possibilities are quite endless. They will be making the announcements today letting everyone know at CES.  Continue reading for the full press release.

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BlackBerry smartphones are quite famous in the hands of celebrities these days along with a Grande or Venti Starbucks beverage.  In this clip, Jerry Seinfield explains how the BlackBerry always goes in the hand and becomes a rude gesture when he tries talking to his friends and coworkers while they slowly end up looking down at their BlackBerry.  In comparison he throws the fact that we have all become unaware of rude behavior and doing such an act is like holding up a magazine in your face flipping pages while someone is trying to talk to you.  As a Berry user I agree, and most of you would.  Watch this quick minute and a half clip of Jerry Seinfield putting down the Berry user on Conan.

-by Mac Jadalhack

Compatibility: BlackBerry Tour 9630

Price: Free

Source: Spirit Quest

OTA: 96xx |

-Posted by Mac Jadalhack

Whether you’re using a Windows or Macintosh platform, you’ll be able to use Clickfree.  Imagine being able to backup all your computer’s files onto a single microSD card in your BlackBerry.  Currently Clickfree comes in 16GB limiting you to that amount of backup.All data is encrypted on the Clickfree card and is accessible through a password you set.  Next you can easily plug in your BlackBerry via USB to your computer and just click to start the backup.  Prices have not been released yet, but expect to see the Clickfree backup system to make its debut sometime in April.  Head over to the Clickfree website today to check out all sorts of products and services they offer.

-by Otoniel Bruno

Source: CrackBerry

We’re just way too happy with the Avatar theme that made its launch by Jennifer over at Cool BlackBerry Themes.  It is definitely one of the best freebies out there.  So far we provided you with the Avatar theme for the Bold 9000/9700, Curve 85xx/8900, and Tour 96xx.  By popularity, the theme has been extended to the Pearl 81xx, Curve 8350i, and lastly the Storm 1 and 2.

Compatibilty: Pearl 8100/8110/8120/8130, Pearl Flip 82xx, Storm 9500/9520/9530/9550, Curve 8350i

Price: Free

Source: Cool BlackBerry Themes

OTA: Storm 95xx | Pearl 81xx | Curve 8350i | Pearl Flip 82xx

-by Mac Jadalhack

A lot of you have been using these while a lot of you were completely unaware.  Here are some AutoText shortcuts you can use to help simplify inserting device info and such when chatting, emailing, texting, etc.  All of these are not case sensitive so feel free to use uppercase or lowercase.

Legend: _=space meaning any time you see the ” _ ” push the space button.

• Local Date: LD_
• Local Time: LT_
• Your BlackBerry Pin: mypin_
• Pastes your Lock Screen Message into a Message: sig_
• Inserts your BB Model and OS into a message: myver_
• Inserts your device name (whatever you named it): usrid_
• Inserts your Phone Number into a Message: mynumber_

Hope you found this information useful.  Enjoy.

-by Mac Jadalhack

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PocketBerry reader Rob just sent this clip in moments ago and we had to share this with you all. We haven’t been getting enough info, news, videos, and images of the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 which was leaked well over a month ago.  It looks like Salomondrin isn’t the only one on the block rockin’ the device.  Other testers have been fortunate enough to show us clips like this just to get you hyped for the release.  Here we see the 9100 side by side with the 9700 as they both are really sexy.

-by Otoniel Bruno

Yesterday we talked about the new Viper StartSmart application for BlackBerry that will be shown off a bit a CES in the next few days.  A while back we told you about the Chevy Volt applcation for BlackBerry which will give you full control of the vehicle’s options.

Starting your car via BlackBerry is obviously one of the features included as well as seeing all sorts of battery levels of the hybrid.  You can lock and unlock your vehicle at the press of a button too which seems a bit scary if your device was stolen.  With that said, it’s time to start setting a password on your BlackBerry if you haven’t already.  There’s a lot of other cool features on the app you have to see for yourself, such as setting times to charge the battery and how you’d like to charge it.  The video shows the app get demoed on a BlackBerry Storm 9530 which is great to see it’s not only for the Storm 2 9550 and 9520.  Continue reading for more including the video link.

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We’ve been hearing bits and pieces of this for quite some time but could never confirm it properly until today.  So you need to present a PowerPoint slide show  or a picture collection to show to your employees but would rather do without the laptop and its accessories.  How about you just want to show slides and pictures just for fun.  Why not? The BlackBerry Presenter eliminates having to carry the whole laptop and whole bit around when traveling.  “Mobile professionals are always looking to carry less when travelling,” said Glenn Laxdal, Vice President, Product Management, Research In Motion. “BlackBerry Presenter equips mobile professionals with a simple, secure and convenient way to deliver presentations directly from their BlackBerry smartphone, giving them the freedom to leave their laptops behind.”

Specs:

• Conveniently small and light — 3.4″ x 2.4″ x 0.9″ and 140g
• Video Formats Supported: NTSC, PAL
• Video Cable Support: S-Video, VGA
• Power Connection: Micro USB
• Display Resolution Support: 640×480 (VGA), 800×600 (SVGA), 1024×768 (XGA)
• Bluetooth Version 2.0 + EDR, Class 1.5
• Carrying Case: Synthetic Leather
• Support for most PowerPoint animations and transitions
• No additional file processing required – present files directly without having to pre-process the file on the PC
• Languages Supported: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish

Continue reading to check out the full press release from Research in Motion.

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Here’s a really shocking video I came across over at BlackBerry Motion.  So the question is how long can a BlackBerry last underwater?  The video is about two minutes long, where you’ll see the BlackBerry survive and stay functional the whole ride through.  Take a look at the video yourselves and drop your jaws.  This video in no way convinces me to try the test at all as there is no solid proof if that is indeed water, rubbing alcohol, distilled water, etc.  I wouldn’t recommend any of you folks to try it either, especially with your primary BlackBerry.

-by Collin Sorp