Motorola Recycles Water Bottles and Releases an iPhone Competitor

7 01 2009

Motorola RecylesBelieve it or not that guy has the coolest phone ever… almost.  Motorola just announced their newest phone to come out of CES 2009, the MotoRenew.  The Renew is made from recycled water bottles, so hurry up and buy a case of Poland Spring because you might be able to drink your way to a new phone.  If you are a T-Mobile customer, then you are in luck since they are the only US carrier that will be selling the Renew.

On another note, it looks like Motorola will be releasing an iPhone competitor, the MotoSurf and will operate on 3G networks.  It will be available in several regions including Latin America and Asia.  So, will the MotoSurf be made of recycled water bottles or from Pee-Wee Herman’s giant tin foil ball? Whatever it’s made of, just make sure to tell em’ that Large Marge sent ya’.

[via taipeitimes.com]





My New Pozish, BlackberryNews Staff Writer

7 01 2009

It’s been a little while since I’ve posted here, but with good reason… I promise.  The reason is legit, not me just being lazy, getting wrapped up in the holiday cheer or dancing the night away celebrating the new year.  Truth be told, it really is a boring story.  So here it goes, and don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Now, for anyone that knows me, I had been with Verizon Wireless for quite some time, about 12 years to be exact.  Unfortunately, they just couldn’t entice me anymore with their phone lineup so I made the switch to AT&T and purchased a BlackBerry Bold in the beginning of December.  In an effort to attain some extra information on my newly purchased Bold I stopped off at my regular BlackBerry community at BlackBerryForums.com.  While browsing through the site I noticed they were looking for writers to help expand their news arm BlackBerryNews.com.  On a whim, I decided to submit some posts from this very blog just for kicks.  Twenty minutes of my life I thought I’d never get back.  About a month later, on the 8th day of Hanukkah I get an e-mail from the owner of BlackBerryNews offering me a freelance writing position for the site.  Out of the pool of applicants only two were selected, myself and another fellow, a good guy, Shaun.  

So there you have it folks, I am now officially a writer for BlackBerryNews.com and can be contacted at .  If you would like to view my contributions so far you can do so here.





BlackBerry Media Sync for Mac Preview is Finally Available

19 12 2008

Our buddies over at RIM finally heard the crowds and released a preview release of Blackberry Media Sync for Mac.  The download comes in at just over 13 megs and will only run on Leopard.  For those of you using the Missing Sync or Pocketmac, RIM has this to say:

After installing the Preview Version of BlackBerry® Media Sync, other software previously used to synchronize data with your Mac®, such as PocketMac® for BlackBerry® devices or Missing Sync, will no longer be able to connect to your device and will not work until BlackBerry® Media Sync is uninstalled.

Grab a copy and then check out the screenshot below.

Blackberry Media Sync for Mac





Twitter for Blackberry App Roundup

11 12 2008

Gearing up for the Engadget reader meetup/holiday party you are going to want to make sure you can update your tweets from your Storm/ Bold or other RIM device. (FYI Verizon lovers, last time I was @ the Hiro Ballroom for a tech event Verizon had pretty shoddy coverage down there, T-Mobile was solid and AT&T I am clueless to.)  In any case, today we’ll be putting on our cowboy boots and spurs and wrangling up four FREE Twitter clients for your tweeting pleasure.  Before you start reading, follow me @jarbro.

Twitterberry - http://www.orangatame.com/products/twitterberry/
Version 0.8 brings twitpic support to one of the more popular twitter clients.  With a new GUI it makes you slightly giddy when tweeting.  It supports a plethora of RIM devices and automatically detects what your best connection method is.

Twibble - http://www.twibble.de/
Billed as the first location aware twitter client for Blackberry, it will update your location based upon your GPS coordinates.  Definitely one of the more full featured twitter clients out there.  You can program quick text fields in for commonly used tweets or  post a snapshot of the crazy lady you saw on the train to Twitpic.  My one gripe is that its a bit slow and that when you start it you have to grant network access to the twibble api. (Which can be circumvented by turning on the internal device firewall.)   Overall it is the most feature rich Blackberry Twitter client.

TinyTwitter - http://www.tinytwitter.com/
They have the most minimalistic website I have seen in quite some time.  I only used their client a few times as I found it to be aesthetically unappealing.   It’s a little clunky, but then again it isn’t built specifically for Blackberry.  It’s build for any Java MIDP device.

Twitter Mobile - http://m.twitter.com
As barebones as it gets.  This is your basic twitter mobile site.  Allows you to view @replys, people you follow, your profile, and the public timeline.  It loads up in your browser and you post and perform all of your twasks from there.

In the end…
Overall, I prefer Twitterberry the best.  It’s fast, very intuitive, and downright easy to use.  Plus it seems that jaschroe is updating the software quite frequently.  However if you are looking for the full blown Twitter experience and don’t mind waiting a few extra ticks… twibble is your best bet.





Chase Launches Mobile Friendly Banking Site

8 12 2008

Chase finally steps it up late in the game with their own mobile banking site.  Before the launch of chase.mobi, users relied on clunky SMS based mobile alerts.  You now have almost all the features you would have oh the full blown site.  Just like the normal online banking site, users will still have to get an activation code for their device in order to access your account information.  Don’t get too excited just yet.  You still have to register your phone number with Chase for your account to be fully active. Get on banking over @ www.chase.com/mobile or hit it directly from your mobile @ www.chase.mobi.  Now, for them to release a quick launch program for Blackberry à la Bank of America.