November 17th, 2009 
BBerryNews 
The press releases have gone out and the AT&T BlackBerry Curve 8520 has just been announced. The device will be available “in the coming weeks” and it will cost $99.99 on a 2 year agreement.
The press release doesn’t mention whether or not App World will come preloaded on the device, but it does say to expect Facebook and MySpace preloaded.
More of the usual details from the press release.
© Kyle for BlackBerry Cool, 2009
Posted in BlackBerry Cool 
Tags: Blackberry Curve, Facebook, Press Release, Press Releases 
Comments Off August 27th, 2009 BBerryNews 
We received a notification early this morning that a new version of the BlackBerry local search application, Poynt, has been updated and now includes restaurant information.
Poynt, since first coming out, has been, in my opinion, one of those must have free BlackBerry applications that no BlackBerry user should be without.
You can get Poynt on BlackBerry App World or download it OTA by pointing your device to http://m.mypoynt.com.
The official press release went out at 9:00 a.m. EST and is now posted after the jump.
Calgary—August 25, 2009—Multiplied Media Corporation (TSX:V MMC), an award-
winning, Calgary-based provider of mobile local search services, is pleased to announce the
addition of restaurant search for over 880,000 Poynt customers in Canada, the United
States and the United Kingdom.
Poynt’s restaurant search feature rounds out the already robust business, movie and
people search offering, while maintaining its ease of use and outstanding graphical user
interface. The section features enhanced restaurant listings and enables users to easily find
nearby restaurants, read reviews and book dining reservations. To enhance the user’s
experience, icons are displayed when restaurant reviews or dining reservations are
available for a restaurant listing.
.Dining and restaurant queries comprise approximately 50% of business searches in
Poynt,. said Andrew Osis, CEO, Multiplied Media. .With a feature this important to our
customers, it made sense to deepen their experience with a standalone restaurant module.
More restaurants to search, the added functionality of restaurant reviews and the ability to
book a reservation will satisfy a large segment of our customer base..
Once in the restaurant section, Poynt’s customers are offered three ways to search:
Restaurants Near Me, Restaurants By Name and Restaurants By Cuisine. Features that
users have come to expect such as click-to-call, mapping, driving directions, integration
with BlackBerry® Calendar, BlackBerry® Contacts and BlackBerry® Messages are all
standard within the new restaurant module. As with the existing sections, all search
results are based on the consumer’s location – whether acquired by GPS or cell-site, or
manually entered – and are sorted by distance.
Poynt is a free** application and is available for the BlackBerry® Pearl™ and
BlackBerry® Curve™ series smartphones, as well as the BlackBerry® Bold™, BlackBerry®
Storm™ and BlackBerry® Tour™ smartphones and takes advantage of capabilities
including locates by GPS* and cell-site, click-to-call, click-to-map and click-to-browse-
website. Poynt is available to BlackBerry smartphone owners in Canada, the United States,
Germany and the United Kingdom. The latest version of Poynt is available for download on
BlackBerry App World™ (www.blackberry.com/appworld) or by visiting
http://m.mypoynt.com from your BlackBerry® Browser.
Poynt is also in development for the iPhone with a private beta scheduled for Q3 and
a commercial release expected in Q4 this year.
*Requires a GPS-enabled BlackBerry smartphone.
** Wireless charges may apply. Please check with your wireless service provider.
About Multiplied Media Corporation
Multiplied Media (www.multiplied.com) has developed the award-winning
application Poynt (www.mypoynt.com), the mobile local search service available over
BlackBerry smartphones. Through agreements with directory and vertical content
providers in Canada, the United States and Europe, Poynt simplifies finding and
connecting with businesses, retailers and events wherever and whenever it is most
convenient for the consumer. Headquartered in Calgary, AB, Canada, Multiplied Media
trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol MMC.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies
of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and
trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.
###
For further information, please contact:
Andrew Osis
CEO & Director
Multiplied Media Corporation
403-444-4102
andrew.osis(at)multiplied.com
MEDIA CONTACT:
Margaret Glover-Campbell
Director, Communications
Multiplied Media Corporation
403-444-4105
margaret.glover-campbell(at)multiplied.com
Posted in RIMarkable Tags: Added Functionality, Blackberry Applications, Business Searches, Calgary, Coming Out, Customer Base, Graphical User Interface, Local Search, Nearby Restaurants, Osis, Press Release, Restaurant Search, Robust Business, Search Application, Search Feature, Search Restaurants, Search Services, Segment, Three Ways, Tsx Comments Off August 25th, 2009 BBerryNews Poynt is a free** application and is available for the BlackBerry® Pearl™ and BlackBerry® Curve™ series smartphones, as well as the BlackBerry® Bold™, BlackBerry® Storm™ and BlackBerry® Tour™ smartphones and takes advantage of capabilities including locates by GPS* and cell-site, click-to-call, click-to-map and click-to-browse-website. Poynt is available to BlackBerry smartphone owners in Canada, the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Press Release Excerpts:
Multiplied Media Corporation, an award-winning, Calgary-based provider of mobile local search services, has announced the addition of restaurant search for over 880,000 Poynt customers in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Poynt’s restaurant search feature rounds out the already robust business, movie and people search offering, while maintaining its ease of use and outstanding graphical user interface. The section features enhanced restaurant listings and enables users to easily find nearby restaurants, read reviews and book dining reservations. To enhance the user’s experience, icons are displayed when restaurant reviews or dining reservations are available for a restaurant listing.
Once in the restaurant section, Poynt’s customers are offered three ways to search: Restaurants Near Me, Restaurants By Name and Restaurants By Cuisine. Features that users have come to expect such as click-to-call, mapping, driving directions, integration with BlackBerry® Calendar, BlackBerry® Contacts and BlackBerry® Messages are all standard within the new restaurant module. As with the existing sections, all search results are based on the consumer’s location – whether acquired by GPS or cell-site, or manually entered – and are sorted by distance.
To get Poynt OTA from your BlackBerry go HERE!
Or from the Desktop Version of BlackBerry App World HERE!
Posted in BlackBerry Sites Tags: Blackberry Curve, Blackberry Pearl, Capabilities, Cuisine Features, Desktop Version, Driving Directions, Excerpts, Free Application, Gps, Graphical User Interface, Local Search, Nearby Restaurants, Ota, Press Release, Restaurant Search, Robust Business, Search Feature, Search Services, Smartphone, Three Ways Comments Off July 22nd, 2009 BBerryNews Have you ever forgot where you parked your car? At the airport, sporting event or at a downtown event?
Xpressions Inc. created VQ CarFinder to solve this very issue. Now most people would never admit to “somewhat forgetting” where they parked. Myself being one of them. However I do know OTHER people that have forgotten where they have parked their vehicle at some point. You do need to check what other hardware you may need if any for this application to work, so I have included most of the Press Release so you have all the details.
“VQ CarFinder seems so simple in thought, yet it can produce amazing results when needed.”
Press Release Excerpts:
VQ CarFinder™ the only vehicle locating smartphone application that AUTOMATICALLY remembers where you parked, is now available on BlackBerry App World™ for GPS-enabled BlackBerry® smartphones. A free trial of the FULL version of VQ CarFinder is being offered to users to promote the launch of this innovative new application.
With VQ CarFinder, you don’t have to do anything when you park. Then, when you want to find your car, you simply click the VQ CarFinder icon on your BlackBerry smartphone and BlackBerry® Maps guides you back to your car (with the map and directional arrows continuously updated as you walk toward your car).
“With other car locating applications, you have to launch them when you park so they can mark where your car is. If you forget to do this, those apps have no way of knowing where you parked… so when you really need them – when you’re distracted and not thinking about where you parked – they can’t help you find your car,” continues Korn. “VQ CarFinder doesn’t have this issue because it automatically remembers where you park every time, so you don’t need to remember to do anything until you want to find your car.”
BlackBerry smartphone users can download a free trial of the FULL version of VQ CarFinder on BlackBerry App World, or from the VQ CarFinder site. After the trial period users can purchase a VQ CarFinder license for the special introductory price of just $9.99 (regular price is $24.99).
VQ CarFinder software uses the capabilities of a GPS-enabled BlackBerry smartphone along with in-vehicle Bluetooth® (or a VQ Bluetooth Car Charger) to determine when and where the car is parked (when the user starts their car, VQ CarFinder notes the existence of the Bluetooth signal and automatically launches the GPS; when the user turns off their car, VQ CarFinder notes the loss of the Bluetooth signal and stores the last GPS waypoint as the location of the parked car).
To purchase a VQ Bluetooth Charger for just $19.99 plus shipping & handling (regular price is $39.99), users just launch their purchased copy of VQ CarFinder software, click Select BT Device, then click Purchase. Purchases are securely processed using PayPal®. The VQ Bluetooth Car Charger comes with both micro-USB and mini-USB adapters and works with all BlackBerry smartphone models.
VQ CarFinder works on BlackBerry smartphones that have built-in GPS, including the BlackBerry® Storm™, BlackBerry® Bold™ and various models in the BlackBerry® Curve™ series.
You can get the Free Trial Download at BlackBerry app World.
Or you can go to VQ CarFinder Home Page HERE!
Full press Release HERE!
Posted in BlackBerry Sites Tags: Apps, Blackberry, Carfinder, Directional Arrows, Download Free, Download Full, Download Trial, Excerpts, Free Trial, Gps, Icon, Korn, Launch, Map, Maps, New Application, People, Press Release, Xpressions Comments Off July 22nd, 2009 BBerryNews Viigo and Treedia Labs partner to deliver tens of thousands of Podcast.com audio podcasts to BlackBerry® smartphones.
Press Release Excerpts:
“Treedia Labs is excited to be adding Viigo as a way for our mobile device audience to access our aggregated podcast content,” said, Duncan Perry, CEO of Treedia Labs. “Viigo provides us with a large audience and reach, making it an ideal new channel in our growing list of device and application partnerships.”
By adding the Audio & Podcasts service to complement a platform that presently includes News & RSS, Weather, Sports, Stocks & Finance, Local Interest, Shopping, Social Networks, Entertainment and Flights & Travel services, Viigo has further advanced its position as the one application smartphone users will never want to be without.
“The Audio & Podcast feature is turning out to be one of the most popular services on Viigo ,” said Mark Ruddock, CEO, Viigo. “Our users can listen to a wide range of high-quality audio content, including news, politics, sports, current affairs and even comedy, anytime and anywhere.”
Presently the Audio & Podcast service is available immediately to individuals running Viigo for BlackBerry.
Dont have Viigo Yet? Download from your BlackBerry by going HERE!
Download Viigo via Desktop by going HERE!
Full press release HERE!
Posted in BlackBerry Sites Tags: Audience, Audio Content, Blackberry, Ceo, Comedy, Current Affairs, Excerpts, Including News, Mobile Device, Partnerships, Podcasts, Popular Services, Press Release, Ruddock, Smartphones, Social Networks, Tens Of Thousands, Travel Services, Viigo, Weather Comments Off
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