I absolutely hate the blackberry browser. It is amazing just how slow it is. I can see how some people can tolerate it if they’ve never used opera mini, but I really can’t see how anyone would ever use default over opera. I wish RIM would scrap their joke of a browser and package opera into the os. I would love to have the option to at least set opera as the default browser for email links and such. Everytime I click on one and the bb browser pops up I am reminded of why I stopped using it. Maybe RIM should look into some futures trading
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After some searching I have finally stumbled on an RSS reader worthy of being on my blackberyy. Viigo. It does pretty much exaclty what i was looking for, customizable channels, audio notifications on update, runs in background. Pretty killer. Tho it is a little rough around the edges and takes a bit to update, but considering i usually wont be staring at it when its fetching going “wtf hurry up”, it will do just fine updating while in my pocket. I also tried google reader mobile as well as piconews and well…they sucked da balz. Now i can add my feed about home theater seating and instantly be notified! woot!
I have been looking for a rss notifier for blackberry, but havent really found anything good. I would be happy with something that would just email me when something is updated so i can go to the actual site to check it out, but the closest thing I found was Yahoo! Alerts. Much like everything else Yahoo, it sucked major balls. Half the sites I had set up never notified me, while others, including my sisters, constantly emailed me of the same content. Fail. So the search continues. If anyone knows of a nice free app be sure to let me know, I’d hate to miss anything new from the wine of the month club.
Me and Jen are both rocking a blackberry 8800 now, and I must say it is easily the best phone I have owned so far. Considering how many handhelds and PDAs I have owned, that means quite a lot. The only thing it is missing is a camera, but i NEVER take pics. I love the keys, the bright screen, and all the other great stuff that comes with owning a blackberry. I don’t see me switching phones for a while, and when I do it will probly just be to another 8800.
So it looks like the new iphone will be out tommorrow morning. I don’t really care cause I have tmobile, but it makes me wonder if this is part of the reason why the Blackberry bold isn’t coming out yet. Sounds like AT&T is trying to ride the hype for both phones rather than blow it all with a double release. I guess it’s not a bad idea, tho I’m sure most people know whether they want the Iphone or Bold without a ton of advertising shoved down their throats. I saw the new iphone commercial today actually. It was pretty lame. They could have saved some cash and just made some promotional pens or something.
So the Suretype keyboard of the Pearl has finally gotten to me. I think my fingers are just too big for that phone. I cant get off more than a word or two without screwing up, erasing, and trying again 3 or 4 times. This proves once again I have to have a qwerty keyboard. With that said I will be swapping for the Tmobile Dash. I loved my blackjack and it is practically the same phone. The only thing I will really be loosing is BB messenger and the awesome BB battery life, but its worth it to get the full keyboard back. Not to mention Windows Mobile is the shiznay. So many people moan and complain about it, and its mainly cause they are noobs. Movies, NES, SNES, GBA, and a bajillion other kickass apps for it, not to mention the endless customization through the registry. Ah ya. So much more than just a pocket watch.
OS 4.5 has finally come out for GSM blackberries. I was about to toss on the beta, but for some reason decided I would check the forums to see if I had the latest, only to find the official 4.5 was out. Woot. I backed everything up and tossed it on. It took a lot longer than any of the other OS’s I’ve put on my blackberry. Maybe cause its so chock full of awesome. After it loaded up and everything was restored how I had it, I gave it a spin. Holy slowness. I was getting the hourglass every time I tried to load something new. It was pretty frustrating. But I assumed it was just a temporary thing.
I made my way straight to the browser to see how youtube was over Edge vs. 3G. Not too shabby. The video seemed to stream just as well as it did with Verizon, and it seemed to fit the screen better. Unfortunately the Pearl has a pretty soft speaker, but it sounded fine with the headphones. Tho my phone did crash upon exiting the video, I remeber my curve did the same thing the first time I watched a youtube video on it and never gave me another problem.
The OS seems to have sped up considerably after the next restart as well. I havent checked out any html email on it yet, mainly cause I hardly get email, but I do like the new Suretype system a lot. I was also excited that the forbidden AIM client that has been been on the blackberry site for so long was incorporated into the OS, unfortunately when I tried to log in it said it was enabled for that device. Bummer.
The media features on 4.5 have a nice new look to them, and the media player has a few lil features added, tho nothing very different than 4.3 on the Verizon Blackberries. It is still to early to tell wether or not I will keep it on my Pearl. As long as there aren’t any more crashes, and the speed stays at a non frustrating level I will keep it. Otherwise its back to 4.2 till the next release. Now I will get back to checking out these Guess watches I found.
Still pretty pleased with the Blackberry Pearl. There are times i miss the full qwerty keyboard, but I am digging the smaller form factor, as well as the ability to use the numeric keypad for games and opera mini. I just need to get used to the Suretype. The biggest thing seems to be learning which words to replace so that it will default to them, rather than having to constantly pick a word. I haven’t really seen a huge difference in browsing speeds from Tmobile to Verizon either, other than when downloading something. Opera mini really flies even on a slower connection. I thought it was pretty cool that tmobile has games available for the pearl too. Usually theres not much to choose from on a Blackberry when it comes to gaming. Still wouldn’t mind another curve, not to be a cell phone repeater or anything. Can be frustrating when you cant type what you want to say without editing a million things.
After a lot of back and forth with phones at Verizon, I wondered why Kelley, Jen, and I never got on a family plan in the past. I ran the idea by my sister and she thought it was a good idea as well. Soooo we went back to Verizon to take back the phones and cancel our service. They fought us on the return, but offered to comp the majority of our first bill, and let us swap our phones to reduce our monthly bill. The problem is tho, we didn’t want those phones, or their Anoretix service, hehe. After getting the phones with kelley at Tmobile, we took the new phones back to Verizon, and were not taking no for an answer. Luckily they didn’t put up much of a fight, and we got most of our money back. Tmobile is so much clearer, not to mention cheaper especially with us sharing the bill. Dunno why we never thought of this sooner.
We recently decided to try out a different wireless network, and ended up going with verizon. Tmobile’s internet is extremely slow, and for some reason they keep holding off on the 3g speeds. Verizon’s hauls, and we even get a 15% discount from my work. I was finally able to get a curve at a decent price, and i think Jen may get another one as well. Dunno why else it would all be sitting on the dining room furniture.
