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).
Have you ever been surfing to a website on your BlackBerry using the default browser and a certificate error pops up? Well if this happens be sure to pay close attention before clicking continue. According to a Research in Motion (RIM) security warning [Click Here] on some BlackBerry Operating Systems (OS) the system allows web [...]
Well if our friend Alejandro Salomon (Salomondrin) is correct, then Research in Motion is working on a touchscreen phone with a real keyboard codename Mr. T. The details are a little light, ok almost nonexistent, but that’s good enough for me. A touchscreen BlackBerry with a full keyboard is my dream phone and I will [...]
How fast does something have to be before it’s almost incomprehensible? That’s the question I asked myself as I read the announcement from Alcetel-Lucent that the scientists at Bell labs had broken the transmission speed record of more than 100 Petabits per second. If you are like me you are asking, “What the heck is [...]
Remember back in the day when you were in elementary school and you told on someone? The next day you ended up facing his or her best friend and that’s the same childish mentality that is driving the latest move by AT&T to retaliate for the media black eye that Google recently dealt out to [...]
Chris Esparza at the Dallas Examiner made an interesting find. Amosu, maker of luxury phones, has apparently tricked out a BlackBerry Curve 8900 with 18k Gold and adorned it with 4500 diamonds for a total weight of 28.43 carets. According to the article each one takes over 350 hours to make. All of this opulence [...]
Well it might not directly cause you to be suicidal but if you work for France Telecom it could be that trigger that pushes you over the edge. Since the beginning of 2008, 22 workers have committed suicide and 13 have attempted it at the newly privatized French company. These aren’t just people going home [...]
According to a report by the Automobile Club of Southern California the Jan 2009 ban on texting has resulted in a 70% drop in texting while driving. California was the sixth state to enact such a ban. The decline indicates that laws do have the potential to change the behavior of motorists and reduce potentially [...]
Normally I would chalk this up to some nut job getting belligerent with Police and then trying to tape them as they “subdue” him, but in this case the person (Michael O’Brien, 29) who filed the lawsuit is a corrections officer and a member of the Army National Guard. According to O’Brien the incident revolved [...]
What is DriveSafe.ly? DriveSafe.ly (www.drivesafe.ly) is a mobile application that reads text (SMS) messages and emails aloud in real time and automatically responds without drivers touching the mobile phone. DriveSafe.ly is the solution to texting while driving. I gave this a shot and I have to say it’s a really slick application. The female voice [...]
Edward Cullen from the book and movie Twilight.
Recently Palm released the Pre smartphone phone that looked and acted very similar to another smartphone, namely the iPhone. It even did something no other smartphone has been allowed or able to do and that was (past tense) connect to iTunes. Well as you can imagine that went over like a fart in church with [...]
Have you ever taken a photo on your BlackBerry and thought, “Hey, that would make a great postcard!”. Well you are in luck, because a new service called shoot it! (www.shootit.com) makes it a snap. Just download the free app to your BlackBerry, take a picture, dress it up and send it on its way. [...]
Have you made the connection between fitness and health? If you have made the connection (and the commitment) to a healthier lifestyle and if you own a Blackberry, then you’re in for a health and fitness treat. You have access to dozens of health and fitness apps, but we’ve picked twenty-five essential apps that cover [...]
Do you have crappy 3G wireless coverage in your home or office and your carrier is AT&T? Well you are in luck! AT&T announced today [AT&T 3G MicroCell] that they have the answer. All you need is to do is buy the AT&T 3G MicroCell ($150) and then connect it to a broadband internet connection [...]
Michal Ran at Nobex, Inc. makers of the Nobex Radio Companion, sent us an email this morning letting us know that their very popular application had reached the one million download milestone. In the world of BlackBerry applications, one million downloads signifies that you have arrived and I’m proud to announce it today for the [...]
