The whole idea behind BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express is that if you have any BIS plan on your BlackBerry, you’ll be able to use it.  Verizon seems unhappy with BESX and have decided to force users who user BESX to upgrade their data plans to the corporate rate.  I couldn’t imagine RIM approving of this at all, and I sense some dispute will be occurring over this.  Hit the jump to check out the official memo from Verizon.

(more…)

Not so long ago I did an in depth review on SmrtGuard. Given that I loved the app, I decided to try a similar one, smaller and more basic.  Everyone’s issue is memory these days.  Not everyone, but those who have their BlackBerry smartphones crunched with lots of emails and apps.  Memory becomes less of an issue these days with the newer BlackBerry devices out with their extended memory.  So BuddyGuard is pretty much a lighter version of SmrtGuard doing some similar taskts.

(more…)

We’ve had one hectic week of BlackBerry OS leakage and here’s a great way to end it off.  Here’s for all your angry BlackBerry Tour 9630 owners who are mad Verizon still hasn’t released an official OS 5.0.  If you’re on the Sprint network, then I guess you can try this for you know what and giggles.  So here’s OS 5.0.0.548 for the BlackBerry Tour 9630.  It is a leaked version so download and install at your own risk.  Special thanks to the folks over at BBLeaks for this good find.  Enjoy!

• Download OS 5.0.0.548 for the BlackBerry Tour 9630 >>
  

-by Otoniel Bruno

Based on the recent OS updates out there (OS 5.0 and up) and Bla1ze’s speculation on the matter, the mute button no longer puts the BlackBerry in standby when pressing it down for a few seconds.  Will standby forever be missed? I don’t think so.  I’m another one of those people who never understood its true purpose.  Although I did see people use standby a lot instead of traditionally locking it, but for me it didn’t make any sense.  So goodbye to standby mode.  I’m proud of RIM for taking out the unnecessary feature.

-by Mac Jadalhack

It annoyed most folks trying to figure out how to use the all new leaked emoticon and smileys for BBM.  Sure there’s the traditional ones but a couple weeks ago we showed you the exclusive and unreleased ones ranging to about 300 in variety.  Copying and pasting them was a pain as they appeared to be blocks in any other app besides BlackBerry Messenger.  You could surely add them to AutoText, but it’s not so convenient remembering all your custom words you added for each smiley and picture icon.  Picticons is a new add-on application for BlackBerry Messenger 5.0 that lets you select all these exclusive picture icons and smiley at the press of a button just like you usually do for regular ones that come stock.

(more…)

Do you use Google Sync?  If not, here’s an awesome alternative to it. Wifi Sync is a third-party version of Google Sync that allows you to sync over WiFi. Usually, I use Google Sync to keep all my contacts and calendar info backed up and synchronized on Google. I could throw my BlackBerry in the bin and within 5 minutes I will have all my contacts back onto a new phone without having to connect to a PC.  How convenient is that?  Obviously all you really need is a Google email account and the Google Sync app to use this properly.

(more…)

Now I’m not an aftermarket theme kind of guy, but if  I wanted to use a one it would have to be a simple and responsive theme. One of which would not slow down the running of my BlackBerry which brings us to Oneliner. This is a 5.0 os theme which on the front screen looks like a command prompt. It takes all the items from the application list and shows one at a time on the home screen.

(more…)

I’m not such an interactive Foursquare user, but I did realize a few hours ago that there was a new update available.  Being that I don’t use it much, I don’t see any changes so based on that I’m going to go ahead and say that this version just has some bug fixes.  If you’re a big Foursquare user and see any other changes, drop us a line and let us know.  There is no update log for this either.

• Download the Latest Foursquare for BlackBerry Update >>

-by Collin Sorp

Over at the Official BlackBerry Blog, we found that MyBlackBerry has gone through some major official changes today.  For those unaware, MyBlackBerry is an official forum/social network by RIM made for BlackBerry users, giving you the opportunity to get more familiar with your device and connect with other users like you.

Firstly, RIM mentions languages.  The MyBlackBerry team is looking to extend its language support beyond English, to reach out to its users all over the globe.  This is something they are still working on at the moment but will be coming soon.

Now as for the changes, the whole layout has been transformed as mentioned earlier and definitely has a more user friendly interface.

(more…)

We haven’t had giveaways in awhile, but this week we put out the uBBuntu theme, Tether for BlackBerry, and now the Super Mario Theme.  We’re putting out 50 free copies, first come, first serve as we are posting the coupon code right here.

To get the theme:

• Point your browser to the Super Mario Theme page via PocketBerry Store
• Use the coupon code “BGTFREE” at checkout and you’ll be good to go!

Compatibility: 9700, 96xx, 9000, 8900, 85xx, 95xx, 83xx, 82xx, 81xx, 8350i, 88xx, 87xx

Prepare yourself for a very exciting theme as your homescreen will look just like the hit video game.  If you missed the giveaway, feel free to check it out at the PocketBerry Store as it is on sale for only $3.99 until March 12th where it’ll then get bumped back up to $5.99.  Enjoy and good luck to all!

-by The PocketBerry Team