Are you a scanner junkie?  Do you find yourself listening to your police scanner for hours at a time?  If so, BBScanner is the application for you.  This lightweight app (about 100 KB) is quick to install and easy to use.  When you launch BBScanner, you can choose either the “Popular Scanners” list, or one of 5 countries: Australia,...

Recently there has been a little more buzz about the rumored Storm 2. The initial rumors that caused a lot of stir, were around the SurePress technology. If you are not familiar with SurePress, it is what gives the Storm it’s unique “click” function. Some people love it, some hate it. The word was that SurePress would not be on the Storm 2, but according...

Corporations looking to increase productivity among their mobile workforce have long been questioning what platform is the most secure.  Recently Maribel Lopez (a formally of Forrester Research) did some detailed research and posted the results for the world to see.  The comparison was done between the top three mobile platforms in the field today: Apple’s...

  May 28th has come and gone, yet no update to the Facebook mobile client.  Several sites and blogs were reporting that Facebook 1.6 would be available on Thursday, but it seems that once again, it just didn't happen.  I am a Facebook user and love having access to it on my Berry.  I was impressed with some of the new features in the last update,...

There are a lot of articles out there listing the top x number of must haves for BlackBerry users, so I’m going to try something a bit different. Since everyone’s needs and tastes are different, I want to give a list of application categories instead. I’ll list some of the most popular applications for each, and throw in my $0.02. So let’s get...

Reuters is reporting that Research In Motion’s co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are making arrangements to donate an estimated $253 million in RIM shares to thier charitable foundations.  Part of Balsillie’s contribution will be going to , an Ontario-based think tank, Center for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).  According to Reuters,...

  The first quarter numbers are in and the BlackBerry Curve outsold Apple’s crown jewel, the iPhone.  Is this the beginning of the decline for the iPhone?  I seriously doubt it.  Tom Kaneshige over at CIO.com gives his take on the news.  While these numbers surprised a lot of folks, others dismiss is as a continuing trend.  So what caused...

So what does Research In Motion have up its sleeve next? Judging from an Al Sacco interview with RIM’s VP of Advanced Accessories, Antoine Boucher, during this year’s Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES), it would seem they have a few goodies in the works. It seems RIM is working on its own version of a Bluetooth headset. Sounds simple and sleek like...

According to an AccessHollywood.com article, “Bacon’s BlackBerry was allegedly stolen at the B, D and E station at 53rd Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan at 10:50 AM on Thursday.”  I know how disoriented I become when I can’t find my Berry, so I can’t imagine what I would do if it was stolen.  So what did Mr. Bacon do? ...