August 6th, 2010 
BBerryNews Marvellous forum, please can someone help I think i’m probably being a bit thick!
If I turn my BB off for the night and then turn it on in the morning, i receive text messages, but they show the received time as when i switch the phone on. I want to see when they arrived in real time. Is this a setting, or BB design?
many thanks in advance,
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Tags: Bb, Date Time, Many Thanks, Real Time, Text Message, Text Messages, Thanks In Advance 
Comments Off June 22nd, 2010 BBerryNews 
I was listening to the Tech News Today podcast and at the 25 minute mark of episode 14 they said something about RIM that almost made me fall over. Before I get into the story let me set the back drop.
Back in June 2009 RIM acquired a company called Dash Navigation. Dash had one great feature… The ability to update traffic patterns based on information aggregated from all Dash Navigation devices. As you were driving the Dash navigation unit would report back your traffic speed and GPS location allowing other Dash users to get real-time traffic information based on info from all other Dash users.
RIM has decided how they are going to leverage this technology. Becky Worley explained that the technology from Dash Navigation will be built into BlackBerry devices, allowing them to report back GPS data. By default all users will be opted into reporting the anonymized traffic/GPS data, I suspect there will be a BES setting for this, but should this be opt-out? I get the data is supposed to be anonymous, but, recall that Netflix had to cancel their contest when some anonymous data was linked back to individual people by the University of Texas.
I get the use of this in a dedicated navigation device but a Blackberry sending GPS data back will frequently be sending data back that is not traffic data. I would want to believe if the device is not on a known road the data won’t be sent back. I searched for some information on how this would function but failed to find any information. I cannot imagine RIM has not carefully implemented this to protect users privacy and security.
Coming from Apple, Microsoft, or Google this type of activity is just common place, but BlackBerry is the most secure platform so this seems strange. This is almost like having Google Latitude installed and reporting back to RIM by default. With all the recent concerns over Facebook privacy is this a miss step for RIM. Was Tech News Today accurate in what they reported. Does anyone care? RIM = Security, but, does that have a relationship to your privacy?
RIM To Collect And Share GPS Data From BlackBerry Devices With Developers is a post from: RIMarkable
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Posted in RIMarkable Tags: Anonymous Data, Apple Microsoft, Blackberry, Developers, Google, Gps Data, Latitude, Navigation Device, Navigation Devices, Navigation Unit, News Today, Podcast, Real Time, Rim, Time Traffic, Traffic Data, Traffic Information, Traffic Patterns, Traffic Speed, University Of Texas Comments Off May 26th, 2010 BBerryNews 
I recently received emails from both Tether and Smrtguard promoting each others’ application. Tether is a simple tethering solution for BlackBerry, and Smrtguard helps to protect your device from theft or loss. The two apps don’t have any overlap in terms of features or offerings, which makes it a great partnership to promote one another. As both apps have an incredible amount of downloads, the email list they’ve accumulated must be very significant and I’m sure this campaign resulted in a significant amount of downloads and sales for each other. If you have an application, this sort of marketing campaign could be really beneficial, and more developers should look to make these types of partnerships.
The email from Smrtguard looks as follows:
Dear SmrtGuard Users,
Stop Paying for Expensive Tethering! We found Tether.com!
We were recently at WES2010 and came away impressed with Tether, an application that allows you to access the Internet on your computer via your BlackBerry or Android device. The fast data connection speed and relative ease of setting up and use simply blew us away. We don’t think we can ever go back to paying for expensive WIFI hotspots and monthly carrier tethering costs when you can get Tether for a much better value that simply delivers.
If you don’t believe us – they have a free trial to see for yourself: http://tether.com/download?ref=smrtguard
The email from Tether looks like this:
Protect your smartphone!
We know you depend on your smartphone a great deal
At WES2010 (a mobile conference) we saw a lot of solutions out there. One thing that impressed us is SmrtGuard, a mobile security application. With SmrtGuard’s new feature SmrtSecurity, you can block annoying and unknown/private phone calls, filter and auto delete SPAM email, and scan for spyware. Oh, SmrtGuard also lets you real-time track your smartphone, backup data securely, and much more!
With this email, you can get 15% off TODAY, by clicking on here:
http://www.smrtguard.com/smrtdiscount/special.jsp
If not ready to purchase, try risk free: http://www.smrtguard.com/riskfree
So if you’re a developer and you have an app, consider partnering with another developer in a win-win marketing campaign.
© Kyle for BlackBerry Cool, 2010
Posted in BlackBerry Cool Tags: Apps, Backup Data, Blackberry, Connection Speed, Developers, Email List, Free Trial, Marketing Campaign, Mobile Security, New Feature, Offerings, Partnership, Private Phone, Real Time, Security Application, Smartphone, Tether, Time Track, Types Of Partnerships, Wifi Hotspots Comments Off April 19th, 2010 BBerryNews 
Tank Recon 3D is a cool new BlackBerry Storm2 game that uses some awesome 3D graphics. This game is graphically up there with PBA Bowling and Need for Speed and leverages the latest OpenGL ES graphics processing technology. Tank Recon 3D features:
Tank Recon 3D is a steal at $7.99, as their aren’t many games for the Storm2 that use such nice graphics. More infromation and screenshots available in the BlackBerryCool Store.
© Matt Cameron for BlackBerry Cool, 2010
Posted in BlackBerry Cool Tags: 3d Features, 3d Graphics, Blackberry, Bowling, Difficulty Levels, Enemy Units, Game Tank, Matt Cameron, Media Player Playlist, Missions, Need For Speed, New Game, Nice Graphics, Own Music, Processing Technology, Real Time, Sound Effects, Story Mode, Survival Mode, Time 3d Comments Off March 22nd, 2010 BBerryNews 
If you’re a college basketball fan and already engrossed in March Madness; then CBS has released an iPhone application for you.
CBS Sports NCAA March Madness on Demand comes in two flavors, paid and free. The extras in the paid application include live video, video highlights on demand, real-time bracket updates, on game match-ups, push alerts for your favorite teams, buzzer beaters, upsets, overtimes, and much more.
This application is featured in iTunes App Store for $9.9, just follow this link.
Posted in BlackBerryNews Tags: Buzzer Beaters, Cbs, Cbs Sports, College Basketball Fan, Flavors, Game, Iphone, Itunes, March Madness, March Madness On Demand, Match, Ncaa, Ncaa March Madness, Ncaa March Madness On Demand, Real Time, Time Bracket, Ups, Video Highlights Comments Off
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