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Another BBM Spam Message from Jim Balsamic !!

The PocketBerry Team — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:23:00 +0000

Jim Balsamic is back once again! For those who don’t recall or never had it in the past, a BBM spam message was circulating around stating that RIM would be charging money for BBM if you did not forward the message. The message was supposedly from a “Jim Balsamic” which is similar to the RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie. Now Jim Balsamic is back with a whole new spam message. This time it is suggesting to forward the BBM message due to an overload of the service. And if you decide not to, you’ll be kicked off BBM! Any who, here’s the full spam message:

Bbm is shutting down at. 12:00. 0clock tonight if you don’t broadcast this you’ll loose your contact. Message from Jim Balsamic (CEO of RIM. Blackberry) we have had an over usage of user names on Blackberry Messenger. We are requesting all users to forward this message to their entire contact list. If you do not forward this message, we will take it as your account is invalid and it will be deleted within the next 48 hours.

Please DO NOT ignore this message or blackberry will no longer recognise your pin. If you wish to re-activate your account after it has been deleted, a charge of 25.00 will be added to your monthly bill. We are also aware of the issue involving the pictures updates not showing. We are working diligently at fixing this problem and it will be up and running as soon as possible. Thank you for your cooperation from the blackberry team

So please, if you do receive this message, do not forward to other BBM friends. It is NOT real, and RIM would never propose such stupid polices anyway.

Are you in favor of a 10 inch BlackBerry PlayBook?

Kal Chebli — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:00:00 +0000

The other day a rumor arose stating that a 10 inch BlackBerry PlayBook is on the way. We heard this rumor a while back, but then later was said to be cancelled. Now that the rumor has started cooking again, it gets us thinking if it is at all necessary to go 10 inch. Surely it’s a nice alternative for those who desire a iPad sized tablet, but personally I find 7 inches to be perfect and ideal for travel.

Also, RIM should be focusing primarily on their new smartphone lineup which includes BlackBerry 10 devices, don’t you think? Let us know your thoughts!

A Good Place for BBM Animated Avatars!

Otoniel Bruno — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:31:00 +0000

A couple of years ago, it became fashionable to get these invisible BBM avatars which couldn’t really be seen until highlighted. All you would see is the outline of the default character. Any way, animated avatars on BlackBerry Messenger is the new fad since the last update of the app supports it. There’s a website made just for that! Head over to BBM-Animated.com and get all the animated avatars for BBM for free.

Source: BerryReview

How about themes for BlackBerry Messenger?

Jon Destouche — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:30:45 +0000

With BBM being updated to v6.1.0.49 it brings a long some new features such as supporting animated avatars, and longer status updates it brings to mind something else I would like to see come to BBM. Themes are great as is, and are very popular among BlackBerry users. We’ve seen in the recent BlackBerry Porsche P’9981 theme that the media player can be themed. How about other apps like BBM?

I would love to see, after playing with a friends Android phone, are themes on BBM. Not sure how many of our BlackBerry fanatics are familiar with apps like Handcent that is available on Android phones that allow you to customize your text messages in every way. These changes include:

Changing Themes
Changing Backgrounds
Customizing Fonts
Message Preview

BBM is already a favorite application amongst most if not all BlackBerry users, so it would be great to see something cool like this to BBM to really put your own flavor to BBM. We are seeing a lot of BBM Connected applications and I feel that this is something that will really add to the BlackBerry Messenger Platform. So tell us what you think, would you like to see BBM customizable with themes?

Satisfied with RIM’s Thank You Gift?

Kal Chebli — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Up until December 31st, all BlackBerry customers were able to download free applications in BlackBerry App World which RIM promoted for free as a thank you gift for staying a customer. This resulted after a major BIS outage which received negative publicity and even ended with RIM’s co-CEO apologizing on camera. In time of course, services were restored and we were all able to BBM and email just fine.

So as far as the outage apps go, RIM promised $100 worth of free premium applications for us to download. The list included a bunch of games and apps for BlackBerry smartphones. Some apps/games only supported OS 6 or lower which was a bummer for those rockin’ OS 7 devices. Towards the end, most of us were expecting more applications, then we got hit with DriveSafely Enterprise Edition which normally $79.99 but offered free as one of the Thank You Gifts. After that it was clear that would make up for the rest of the $100 worth of free apps.

Either way, I benefited from the applications and am sure many of you did. Drop us a line in the comments and let us know how you feel about RIM’s Thank You Gift. Did it satisfy you as a BlackBerry customer?

A BBM chain message I enjoyed..

Kal Chebli — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:17:31 +0000

Dear Owner,

I’m so lucky I’m your BlackBerry!
You hold me with both hands gently as u could be.
You ensure that I am always with you.
If I fall you are afraid of my injury.
I always have your undivided attention, you get upset if others disturb our time together.
U can never forget me in a taxi & u won’t let me go unlike my old friends nokia, sony and sammy that u would proudly just hand over.
When u eat, I’m beside u. When u r on the toilet, I’m with u. When u are asleep! my head is by ur pillow.When I scream u rush and pick me up like an egg.
When I feel low, you make every effort to recharge my battery. When I am hungry, you fill me with airtime. You buy me all sorts of clothes to cover my precious skin. And if I make u feel like a cowboy u strap me to ur waist or jeans.
Every month you ensure that you set aside the money, to buy me bundles (of love).
You upgraded me from my friends nokia, sony and sammy to a curve,bold & torch. You rush home from work and spend quality time with me; not really bothered to make a conversation with those at home. You can sit up with me for hours and smile at me, yet I have no humanly emotions; sometimes I make u laugh that ppl think u are mad. I watch your wife/hubby or your bf/gf who envies our time together.
But dearie…
I appeal to you.
Your life is wasted because of me. Take some time, leave me aside and Sort out issues that are important to you because I may love you as much as you do love me but I’m just a blackberry, nothing more!.

Kind Pings,
Your BlackBerry

Thanks laura michael for sending this in!

Themes category returns to BlackBerry App World on PlayBook

Kal Chebli — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:00:00 +0000

A few months back we noticed a Themes category surface in BlackBerry App World for the BlackBerry PlayBook. A few days ago, I noticed the category was back again. The only sub category in the Themes tab is “Holiday” and includes an app called “Christmas Tunes.” Not sure where they’re going with this one, but it definitely is a bit confusing and seems unnecessary as of now.

The Joy of Tech pokes at RIM again, this time with a Christmas cartoon

Mac Jadalhack — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:30:00 +0000

So Research In Motion is facing a lot of public negativity now with the delays of BlackBerry 10 smartphones. This cartoon by The Joy of Tech pokes at the idea that RIM’s BlackBerry devices are outdated and that there is no future for them. It’s a funny cartoon though but we still want our BB10 devices!

Source: CrackBerry

Need for Speed The Run featuring the BlackBerry PlayBook in car’s console?!

Otoniel Bruno — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:00:00 +0000

Sweet! We had the BlackBerry PlayBook come fresh out the box with Need For Speed Undercover for free. Now we see some inspiration went further as the new game Need for Speed The Run features the BlackBerry PlayBook in the car’s console. Good choice for a tablet I’d say. So it might not be the exact PlayBook, but surely looks just like it. What’s your take? Video after the jump.

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Source: BBin

The Ultimate Battery Kill: BlackBerry Bridge & Mobile Hotspot simultaneously running!

Kal Chebli — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:30:00 +0000

So the mobile hotspot feature finally leaked out last week in an OS 7.1 build for the BlackBerry Bold 9900. It’s still an early build and we hope to see better stability in the future. So I was curious to see how well it would do hotspotting to my PlayBook while having Bridge connected and using it as I normally would. That includes moderate email usage, BBM messaging (replies as they come) and web browsing. Oh yes, and I downloaded N.O.V.A. 2 HD which actually finished in under 20 minutes (impressive). My battery started off at full of course and in a matter of three hours I was in the red zone ready to charge again.

So lesson learned, I’m going to need to stack up on my 9900 spare batteries or get some kind of extended battery or charging case for the thing if I’m going to indulge in WiFi hotspotting and overdose on Bridge (as I do now keeping it on all day).

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