Tip: Smartphone – Spice Up Phone Photos with Zink

Zink, the company that hopes you'll print the photos from your phone on its new high-tech paper, offers a handful of free applications to enhance your digital phone-photography. You don't even have to download them.

Instead, send a photo from your phone to Zink and it will come back with the features you've requested. Get an image that's too dark? Send it in for image enhancement.

Like to spice up your shots with commentary? Use a template. Here's a before and after:

The steps are easy. Snap a photo. Insert it into a new MMS or e-mail message. For the "Caption 2" template that I used, type Caption2 (not case sensitive) as the first word of the body of your message, followed by a space and then the caption that you want. Send the message to pic@zink.mobi. You'll get a message back with your modified photo attached.

Check out all of Zink's mobile extras here.

Source:http://www.blackberrytoday.com/articles/2008/9/2008-9-24-Tip-Smartphone-Spice.html

Best Blackberry Theme Contest!!!!

BlackberryThemePark Theme Contest $300 Grand Prize!

No Purchase Needed, Get Fame

Do you know how to design themes? Want to be a winner? Want Fame? Simply fill out the form below and submit your theme. The winner will be chosen by the USERS of Blackberry ThemePark via Vote and Poll. The winner will be chosen on Janurary 1st, 2009 and final determination will be made by the Administrators of Blackberry ThemePark, all decisions are final, there will be a $300 Cash Grand Prize, and $100 2nd Place Prize. You must upload your Plazmic Theme File, For us to review and post to the website. All themes become the propery of blackberrythemepark.com, no hidden links are allowed, and we retain full rights to broadcast, market and control said themes. Each user is allowed to post a maximum of 5 themes, and minimum of 1 theme to be elligable you must also be at least 18 years of age. Each winner must submit their tax information, and will recieve their cash winnings via Paypal or Money order

To enter the contest click HERE

Opera mini, the only way to browse!

Opera Mini 4.1 lets you have the full Web everywhere. This newest release includes several new features, including automatic completion of Web addresses, making it easier to get to the sites you need; tools for attaching files to Web-based email; uploading photos to your blog or other site; downloading attachments from email for storage on your phone; and saving and viewing pages offline.

New in Opera Mini 4.1

Now even faster

Prior to this release, we upgraded our servers and Opera Mini now receives your requested Web pages up to 50% faster. So you can now access sites like Facebook, BBC, and any of your other favorite Web sites even faster, with Desktop-like speeds.

Find things faster

The new Opera Mini 4.1 lets you search for text within a Web page so you can get to the information you need even quicker than before.

Get to your Web sites faster

When typing Web addresses, Opera Mini 4.1 will recognize and suggest completions for you based on your bookmarks and browsing history, making address input faster, easier and much more intuitive.

Download and upload files

On phones with JSR-75, you can now upload and download files using Opera Mini 4.1, without being re-routed to your phone’s native browser. Update your blog while on the go. Upload photos to your Web site or social network. Add attachments easily to Web-based email, and download other non media-rich content to your phone using Opera Mini 4.1.

Save it for later

On phones with JSR-75, Opera Mini 4.1 lets you save pages for offline viewing so you can quickly access and read your desired Web content, even when you’re on a plane, in the subway, or in other places where you can’t get network reception. Depending on your phone, you may need to choose a destination folder for storing pages for offline viewing.

Existing Top Features

Sync bookmarks and Speed Dial

Opera Mini 4.1 features Opera Link, which allows you to synchronize your bookmarks and Speed Dial with a computer running Opera 9.5 or other mobile device running Opera Mini 4.

To use Opera Link with Opera Mini, simply choose “Synchronize Opera” from within Opera Mini and enter your current My Opera login details (or register a free My Opera account) to synchronize your bookmarks between your phones and computers. Access and edit the bookmarks from any other browser by going to the Opera Link page.

View pages in Landscape mode

To view the Web on a wider screen, just hit * # and flip your phone to the side to enjoy browsing in Landscape mode. Change your default view to landscape by turning “Landscape mode” on inside the Settings menu.**

Give your phone a mouse

Opera Mini gives your phone a virtual mouse, so you can easily scroll in any direction. Move the mouse cursor towards what you want, and then it quickly snaps your view to the link or content.

Power scrolling shortcuts

Scroll at warp speed using your phone keypad. Find your way around on the Web pages quicker by using your phone’s number keys. Press 2 to go up, 4 to go left, 6 to go right and 8 to go down. Hitting 5 zooms you in and out.

Create custom search shortcuts

Just like in Opera for your computer, you can create your own Web search from any search field on the Internet using Opera Mini 4.1. Simply click on the search field that you want to grab on a Web page and then choose “Create search” within your menu alternatives. Then you can enjoy making frequent searches without having to type in the site link again.

Tools and support for Web designers

We support Web designers who want to make their Web sites look even better to those browsing with Opera Mini. In Opera Mini 4.1, we have included all of the CSS support that Web designers need to make their Web pages look pixel perfect on in the mobile Web world. Read more.

* BlackBerry devices with firmware older than 4.2 don't have JSR-75 support. The firmware version can be found under Options > About (third line).

** Sorry, this feature is yet not supported on BlackBerry and some other devices.

Source:http://www.operamini.com/features/

RIM: Stock Down on News of Two-Month Delay in 3G BlackBerry

Research In Motion Ltd.’s (RIMM) 9000 series BlackBerry may be delayed by two months due to battery life, voice quality and other issues, RBC Capital Markets said on Friday.

BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 Clamshell Announced for T-Mobile

BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 Clamshell Announced for T-Mobile

Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:52 am

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion today unveiled the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 for T-Mobile, moving to increase its fast-growing share of the U.S. market with its first clamshell phone, the most popular format in North America.

The Pearl Flip 8220 features a chrome-finished frame surrounding its smooth, luminescent face. It features a high-resolution display on the outside, so users can preview emails, text messages and phone calls without opening the phone. A larger display on the inside lets users browse webpages, watch videos and read email.

The Pearl Flip integrates a 2.0-megapixel camera with flash, zoom and video recording. An advanced media player can watch videos and play music. It offers an equalizer with 11 preset filters - including Lounge, Jazz and Hip Hop.

A large QWERTY keyboard that makes typing messages convenient. It supports up to 10 email accounts. Users can edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. It also features a speakerphone and Bluetooth 2.0 for use with handsfree headsets, stereo headsets, car kits and other Bluetooth peripherals. Built-in Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g) supports UMA (unlicensed mobile access) for voice calls over home Wi-Fi networks.

BlackBerry Maps provides for step-by-step driving directions. The HTML browser displays webpages in either "Column View" or "Page View" with settings for desktop-style HTML content and the mobile version of webpages. The browser also supports RTSP to watch online streaming video from sites like YouTube.

It features a microSD/SDHC memory card slot that supports up to 16GB of storage. The removable/rechargeable 900 mAh battery provides four hours of talk time and over 14 days of standby time.

"The popularity of BlackBerry smartphones has grown tremendously around the world and the introduction of this exciting new flip phone will help extend the reach of the BlackBerry platform even further," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion. "The BlackBerry Pearl Flip is a full-featured smartphone with a unique and friendly design and it is a natural choice for flip phone users who want to start doing more with their phone than just talk."

The BlackBerry Pearl Flip (8220) will be available from T-Mobile beginning this fall.

Source:http://www.mobiledia.com/phones/rim/blackberry-pearl-flip-8220.html

Useful Blackberry Shortcuts

Here is a list of shortcuts that I personally find the most useful. Obviously there are more than I will show you and many other people may have different preferences but some of these I didn't realize until I had been a Blackberry user for some time.


!- Pushing this key will take you strait to reply in a message
1- Takes you to the top of any list
7- Takes you to the bottom of any list
3- Works as a page up Button
9- Works as a page down button
Del- Use this key just as you would the delete key on your desktop to delete a message
x-This one was new to me but it puts your browser into thumbnail mode, this isn't such a big deal for curve users but it makes browsing on the pearl much more user friendly

OTA Blackberry Themes: How To

This shows just how simple it is to download a Blackberry Theme via an over the air service such as http://www.blackberrythemepark.com/ without all the hassle of connecting to your computer and dealing with the desktop manager. This is the best way to download cool themes on the run.