Posts Tagged ‘Blackberry’

MobileCheckbook For BlackBerry

It’s hard these days trying to keep your check book register up-to-date. A lot of people don’t even keep track and rely on remembering transaction and checking online banking.  You always see people with a mobile device in their hand and MobaTech seized the opportunity to release a great “checkbook” application that you will always have with you.

Mobile Checkbook allows you to handle your check book right from your BlackBerry with every transaction from depositing a check to a cash withdraw.

Mobile Checkbook allows you to send yourself an email with a list of the transactions from your BlackBerry in a plain text format or in a version designed to be imported into Quicken.

If Mobile Checkbook sounds like an application that might help you with your money management then follow this link to MobaTech’s website  and see what other features this application has. Mobile Checkbook is on sale for a limited time for $7.99.

Editors Must Have Apps: Poynt for BlackBerry

Poynt is an amazing application for BlackBerry users offered by Multiplied Media Corporation and is a personal favorite of mine. It is the most complete all-in-one local search application I have come across and I strongly encourage all BlackBerry users to have it on their device. Since the public beta release nearly two years ago in June of 2008, Multiplied Media has built upon Poynt’s strong foundation of capabilities offering an incredibly rich and user friendly experience.

Multiplied Media provides not only accuracy in their product, but efficiency. When entering a search based on name or location, the results give the user a comprehensive amount of information from the businesses, restaurants, or movies surrounding them. The results are displayed by proximity ranging from the closest listing to your GPS or cell-site based location. From here, you can expect an array of options from making a reservation, a phone call, purchasing tickets, or even viewing a movie trailer; all within a single application and all with the click of a button. Address book, calendar, and mapping integration offer seamless transitions to your next plan of action.

The ease of use sells itself. As does the other part that contributes to Poynt’s overwhelming success; its rich graphical user interface. In the latest revision, Poynt not only displays the temperature on the home screen, but adjusts itself based on the time of day and your current location. Once your position is determined, the application displays anything from the rays of a sun shining brightly, to gloomy clouds, and even a rain drops dripping off a window effect. Combine this with support from powerful and respected partners such as Citysearch, OpenTable.com, and Yelp, and there really needs no more to be said.

Disagree? Leave a comment and let us know why; but do not do so until you have downloaded and tried it for yourself. Head over to BlackBerry App World for your copy today. If you do not have BlackBerry App World installed you can also point (no pun intended) your browser to http://m.mypoynt.com from your browser.

To learn more about Poynt and its features you can follow this link

Jim Balsillie Announces RIM to Produce BlackBerrys in Brazil

Jim Balsillie announced that RIM have signed an accord with Singapore’s Flextronics to manufacture the Curve 8520 in Brazil. This is part of a greater market strategy at RIM to target Latin America, which Jim once described as an upcoming Western Europe. “It is extremely important for us to be here to manufacture locally and sell locally,” Basillie said in an interview in Sao Paulo, where he is on a visit. RIM currently manufactures devices in Mexio, which has helped them secure about 35% of the mobile phone device market in Latin America.

© Kyle for BlackBerry Cool, 2010



Latest comScore Data Shows BlackBerry Dominates US Market

Recent data from comScore suggests that RIM controls 43% of the smartphone market in the US. The data has been collected from November 2009 to January 2010, and suggests that there are 42.7 million smartphones users in the US. According to these numbers, you would expect over 18 million people to be using a BlackBerry in the US during the period recorded. Another interesting data point relates to the growth rate during this period.

According to comScore, BlackBerry grew by 1.7% from November to January, while Apple only climbed 0.3$. These numbers are vastly different than the global growth rates recorded by IDC. Analyst market share reports are continually coming out and it’s always important to take notice of how the data is collected before running to the bank with these numbers.

© Kyle for BlackBerry Cool, 2010



Formula 1 Timing App for BlackBerry with Circuit Data and Schedules

Formula One is here with the first races starting this weekend in Bahrain. With the Live Timing App for BlackBerry, you can track the progress of every driver, from their position and best lap time, to their latest sector times and lap count. The app also includes a track status indicator, informing you of yellow/red flags and safety car phases, plus straight-line speeds and text commentary.

The Formula One Timing App also gives you a circuit data screen that lets you know track conditions, with the current air and track temperatures, rainfall, air pressure and humidity levels, plus wind speed and direction. Graphs also allow you to see how conditions have changed throughout the session.

To download the Formula One Timing App, go to mobile.formula1.com from your BlackBerry and download the Live Timing App from the link on the homepage.

© Matt Cameron aka W4LNUT for BlackBerry Cool, 2010