As you all know, CTIA starts tomorrow morning, and we’re all excited to see what pleasant surprises and releaes will be coming up.  For starters, we got the word from Bla1ze over at CrackBerry that Bolt Browser 2.0 will be officially launched tomorrow, adding tabbed browsing capability.  Pretty cool right? As Opera Mini goes into its official stage offering that same spec, Bolt Browser has stepped to the plate adding that too, plus their cool widgets.

Stay tuned for more tomorrow as Bolt Browser 2.0 gets released with tabbed browsing.

-by Mac Jadalhack

I’ll go ahead and say I agree with this tip.  It’s quite an assumption to make but Verizon clearly states everything in black and white, making it only obvious that this is true.  So here’s what’s going on exactly.  Push To Talk for Verizon BlackBerry smartphones requires OS 5.0.  March 30th is the release date for PTT for the BlackBerry Tour 9630.  Given that OS 5.0 is required, the assumption to be made is that OS 5.0 will be coming along with it, beforehand hopefully.  Is this too much to assume? Because the way I see it, it seems very straight forward.  I couldn’t imagine PTT to release for the Tour while OS 5.0 doesn’t release yet.  That would basically say that Verizon is urging its Tour owners to use leaked and other carrier OS 5.0′s.

-by Mac Jadalhack

Source: CrackBerry

Yesterday Ehab and I were in need of some navigation going to a barbeque.  He used the latest version of VZ Navigator which is Verizon’s GPS navigation application for BlackBerry, costing about $10 per month.  Something Ehab noticed was that advertisements displayed when viewing the turn by turn directions list.  It said “Sponsored Ad:” the it displayed some text about Bank of America.  At first I was confused, because it’s obvious that VZ Navigator is a premium month to month app, but by adding advertisements, why not be freeware? If you’re getting advertisements on your VZ Navigator, let us know how you feel and if you have taken this up with Verizon Wireless.

-by Mac Jadalhack

Never be unsure of how long it is to that next special event with ForgetMeNot. Count down the remaining time to any important event, down to the second. Allows you to name each event and include a short message description. Can also add a custom image to display as well as a custom alarm to sound when the time is reached. Events can be set to repeat daily, weekly, monthly by date, monthly by day of week, and yearly. They can also be filtered by the type of event or whether it was marked priority.

Features:

• Allows you to title each event and add a custom message
• Allows you to choose a custom image to associate with the event
• Allows you to choose a custom alarm sound to play
• Allows you to save up to three events
• Allows you to filter displayed events by type or importance
• Displays popup with event name and message at due time

ForgetMeNot is only $2.99 to purchase and download at the PocketBerry Store.

• Check out ForgetMeNot for BlackBerry >>
  

-by Otoniel Bruno

In celebrating this past weekend which was the first day of Spring (on Saturday), Here’s a free wallpaper pack containing three total of pictures to make your BlackBerry in the season.

Screen Resolutions Available:

• 480×360: Bold 9700, Tour 9630/9650, Curve 8900
• 480×320: Bold 9000
• 320×240: Curve 8520/8530/8350i/8300/8310/8320/8330, 8700 Series, 8800 Series
• 240×320: Pearl Flip 8220/8230
• 240×260: Pearl 8100/8110/8120/8130, 7100 Series

Check out the Spring Wallpaper Pack for BlackBerry >>

-by Otoniel Bruno

We don’t know how soon “soon” is, but that’s the word on the street.  Before BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express made its launch, we had some leaked details on the BlackBerry Shield service, which is a handy utility that will become convenient for everyone.

Features:

• Remote Device Wipe  – in case of loss of the terminal, just log in to BB Shield to remove all data from the device and / or memory card.
• “Lost & Found” Screen – you can customize the sentence on the screen to display that the BlackBerry is lost and show any information about the content (i.e. “I know you have my phone now“).
• The ability to remotely set the password on the BlackBerry
• A loud bell alarm – useful option, even if you’ve lost your BlackBerry (at home) – once you’ve activated this option, your BB will ‘behave’ loud sounding an alarm, which will hopefully prompt a passerby (or yourself) to pick up your lost BlackBerry.
• Tracking capability – based on the GSM transmitters and / or GPS position that is constantly monitored in the BlackBerry unit, and there may be the possibility of seeing it on the map (like Google Maps) from the BB Shield dashboard.
• Backup – create wireless backup and restore, which can be set automatically exercise in the given time intervals

The tip comes from a BlackBerry representative for Sprint, who emailed one of the store managers about the new service being offered in the near future.  Customers will feel safer using BlackBerry with the Shield services as the Sprint BlackBerry rep mentions “it will let people have a peace of mind when it comes to their data being safe.” We’d love to have more confirmation on a date, or a more specific tip of any kind, but all we have are the specs and the fact that it is “coming soon.”

-by Mac Jadalhack

Today’s Deal of the Day special goes to AddOnis.  AddOnis is an all in one utility for BlackBerry.  It has been nominated for the Best Utility App of 2009. AddOnis is very light on your BlackBerry, being small in file size and adds features normally added by multiple utilities. All of these extensions have been designed to work together perfectly. AddOnis extends system functionality, enabling features missing from the system that make your device easier and more efficient to use by adding all of the choices you always wanted to your menu selections.
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TeleNav has remained to be first in line when it comes to GPS apps for BlackBerry.  It’s available through many US carriers, such as AT&T which has rebranded it as AT&T Navigator, but we are all aware it is TeleNav underneath it all.  So what’s the news on TeleNav these days? It’s a big week for them and all their subscribers as they are officially launching version 6.0 of TeleNav GPS Navigator.  On March 24th (yes this Wednesday), AT&T users with the Curve 8900 and Bold 9000 will be able to get this newest version which will be AT&T Navigator as we mentioned earlier.  It will appear to be v2.0, but it is indeed TeleNav 6.0 at heart.

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We heard about this releasing a few months ago, but it looks like Adam over at CrackBerry has spotted it to be available today.  If you are currently a DIRECTV customer, this application will come very handy.  Let’s say you’re running around all day and need to record some television shows or movies airing while away.  The DIRECTV DVR Scheduler App for BlackBerry allows you to do so.  The app is free, so don’t worry about adding any extensions to your monthly bill.

• Download the DIRECTV DVR Scheduler App >>
  

-by Mac Jadalhack

Get in on the latest BlackBerry theme sale as Cocky Culture puts all their premium themes out on sale, giving you an instant 65% off.  If you’re not familiar with Cocky Culture, you’ll be glad to see that the variety is wide.  Be sure to check out Cocky Culture themes over at the PocketBerry Store as themes go on sale til the end of the month.

• Check out Cocky Culture Themes >>
  

-by Otoniel Bruno