Daniel Black is the President and CEO of MobiMadness, Inc. Over the last 4 decades Dan has been an IT Director, Project Manager, Firefighter, EMT, and Army Staff Sergeant (retired).
I’ve been salivating over the Slingbox devices for quite some time now and yesterday I took the plunge. If you aren?t familiar with Slingbox, well they are a company that makes a device that you connect to your cable or DirecTV satellite receiver and it transmits the show to any PC on the web and [...]
Are you one of those iPhone owners that likes the additional functionality that jailbreaking it allows? Well recently this has been made much easier through and exploit with PDF handling. Apple quickly released a fix, but if you have a jailbroken phone and attempt to load this, it will effectively eliminate the jailbreaking. Now thanks [...]
Unfortunately the high volume of hack attempts originating from China has forced us to block all access from the country. This bad behavior has gone on for several years and now we have taken steps to eliminate the threat. According to several articles on the internet (http://www.china-defense-mashup.com/?p=5728) there is growing evidence that the government of [...]
We were recently sent an OtterBox Defender series case for the Apple iPad and I gave it to a local Firefighter to review. Below was his feedback regarding the case. Hi Daniel, Nice to meet you the other day. I have had my Otter Box Defender for a week now and love it. I am [...]
** 08/18/10 ** Update: Wow I thought my assessment was harsh, but Mark Raby at Tom’s Guide just threw a bucket of water on the Torch. Read it here: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Blackberry-Torch,review-1573.html Research in Motions latest addition to the BlackBerry family the Torch was recently announced and before it’s even released I’m going to do a bad [...]
You wouldn’t think of going into combat without body armor, so why would you put a cheap flimsy case on your iPad? The simple answer is don’t! The folks at OtterBox were kind enough to send us two of their brand new line of cases for the Apple iPad, the Commuter and the Defender series. [...]
This may come as a huge surprise to my faithful followers, but I have made the decision to shift our focus here at MobiMadness away from the BlackBerry platform and instead write about news and reviews that pertain to all the latest type of smartphones, with an emphasis on Droid and iPhone. We will however [...]
Today MobiHand released a vastly improved version of their native appstore for BlackBerry. They call this new store design a “Superstore” because it’s essentially four stores in one. Within the Superstore there are dedicated stores for apps, games, themes, and accessories. With a single click, customers can enter their store of choice and see [...]
Only 18 short months after the LinkedIn app was released for the iPhone it is now available for the BlackBerry smartphone as well. The reason for the delay, as reported by LinkedIn, was so they could perfect the integration with the BlackBerry functions, specifically Calendar, Contacts, and Email. LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site. [...]
If you haven’t seen this one yet, Engadget is reporting that Lego artist Nathan Sawaya was commissioned to produce a giant BlackBerry Tour made out of Legos. Add in the fact that it has a working screen and the cool factor is doubled. [source: Engadget]
BlackBerry theme based off of Tim Burton’s version of Alice in Wonderland. Free OTA Download for BlackBerry Tour 9630 Free OTA Download for BlackBerry Bold 9700
According to an article on PCMag.com, when Steve Jobs was recently asked whether the iPad would support tethering with the iPhone, his answer was curt and to the point, “No”. Of course BlackBerry owners have been able to tether for quite some time now and it works remarkably well. Sadly the only way you can [...]
Ok this is by far one of our favorite applications for the BlackBerry. Simply hook your smartphone up to your computer and in pours the internet. I personally use this application on trips and wouldn’t be without it. Now today you can get it for 50% off and there’s no excuse not to buy it [...]
With all the hype going on these days surrounding the recent acquisition of Handango by PocketGear, I thought I would take a look at possibly putting some of our themes and games there to sell. Now don’t get me wrong, I love the service and support that having a MobiHand store provides, but as they [...]
According to an article on The Street, rumor has it Verizon will soon be parting ways with arguably the most controversial BlackBerry ever, the Storm. The article states that orders for the Storm are either being cut or canceled altogether. It’s no secret that here at MobiMadness we aren’t exactly fans of the Storm. (BlackBerry [...]
