Courtney Carlisle - BlackBerry Addict

Verizon takes San Francisco by Storm to give away 100 BlackBerry devices

According to the very well connected Boy Genius, Verizon is setting up a BlackBerry Storm challenge in San Francisco’s Justin Hermann Plaza downtown. For a chance to win, step inside the  BlackBerry Storm challenge station’s giant plastic box that shoots air from the bottom to create a whirlwind of Verizon business cards. If participants can pluck at least seven black BlackBerry Storm cards out of the chaos in the allotted time, they...

BlackBerry App center to launch in March 2009

While I’m certainly not thrilled about the wait, I am very excited about the new BlackBerry App store that RIM finally announced and dated this week. Beginning this December, developers will be able to submit their applications to be considered for the RIM storefront of the BlackBerry Application Center, which is set to launch in March 2009. Similar to the Apple model, RIM will take a 20% revenue share (10% less than Apple). RIM will allow...

Samsung lays down the beat

Samsung launched the Beatb and Beats, two new handsets centered around Motion Play, which lets users access and enjoy music with a couple of clicks.  Shake the phone to skip to the next track, tap it to pause the beats and flip it over to mute. Yes – the devices also comes equipped with the standard side keys, but if you can’t be bothered… Beats, the candy bar style phone slated for October, also comes quipped with Bang & Olufsen...

Samsung and AT&T: The perfect rugby match

AT&T released the Samsung A837, the bright colored new clamshell that can withstand shock vibrations, rain, humidity, solar radiation and dust and is duly dubbed, the Rugby ($129.99 after rebate). Certified to Military Standard MI-SID-810F, the device is built tough to withstand harsh conditions of all on-site jobs. The perfect gift for every outdoorsman or ski instructor in your life, it also comes equipped with integrated aGPS with...

HTC Dream gets release date

According to my friend, Greg Kumparek on the Crunch* team, we can expect HTC’s Dream out on T-Mobile as early as mid-October; in fact his post from this week says to expect in on October 20th if everything goes to plan for the carrier.  The company will be making the official announcement in a press conference next week on September 23rd in New York. If that’s the case, the HTC Dream will be the first Android-enabled phone to the...

JuiceCaster now available on BlackBerry

JuiceCaster, the photo/video sharing application, is now available for free on the Blackberry Curve. Users can sign up to receive the JuiceCaster beta from here. The free beta application is available to Curve owners on AT&T and Verizon and will soon be available for Blackberry Pearl users (and for Blackberry users in Europe). JuiceCaster is the social media application that lets mobile phone users capture pictures and videos and...

T-Mobile unveils the BlackBerry Curve 8320 in sunset

This week, to spice things up a bit, T-Mobile launched the BlackBerry Curve 8320 in Sunset Red.  Like it’s titanium and gold siblings, the Sunset version includes a 2 megapixel camera, music and video multimedia player, a microSD expandable memory slot that supports up to 4GB of memory and stereo Bluetooth® as well as HTML Web browsing at Wi-Fi speeds, personal and corporate email and built-in spell check. The device is also...

WordPress available on iPhone

WordPress, the most used blog tool in its category, announced this week that they are live for iPhone! WordPress for iPhone is now available for download from the App Store.  All iPhone blogging junkies have to do is go to the store, download it and start blogging on the go. The WordPress for iPhone open-source application lets users create and edit content on their WordPress blogs and comes complete with the following features: support...

New slydial services

We all do it. There is one call that you have to make that you keep putting off until tomorrow, and then the next day. Well, now, you can try Slydial, a new service that lets you connect directly with another person's cell phone voice mail, bypassing the traditional ringing process that often results -- sometimes disastrously -- with someone picking up on the other end. Users call (267) SLY-DIAL from either a cell phone or a landline, and...

Google Talk for the iPhone now available

A new version of Google Talk is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch browsers to let users not only communicate via Gmail but also keep in touch with quick bits via Talk. Users need to use Safari on iPhone to get to Google Talk. When you navigate away from the page on your web browser, status is set to unavailable, and the session restarts when you return. So, it’s not as integrated as a downloadable app, but it’ll do for a quick fix....