July 11, 2011

Video: BlackBerry OS8 Vision



Interesting video on how BlackBerry OS8 should look like. A bright new concept for homescreen, media apps, context menu, App World...new user interface design for BlackBerry smartphones!

July 9, 2011

Official OS 6.0.0.600 For The BlackBerry Bold 9800


Official OS 6.0.0.600 All Languages (191.3MB), Multilanguage (168.1MB), and Asia (160.91MB) for the BlackBerry Torch 9800 by AT&T.



Click here to download

    July 7, 2011

    July 5, 2011

    PhotoStudio For BlackBerry v0.9.1.10 Beta


    BerryBlow has just made PhotoStudio, a slick photo editor for BlackBerry smartphones (OS 5 and higher with 480x360 screen dimensions). You can edit photos, add effects, clips, and more...directly from your BlackBerry smartphone.


    PhotoStudio packs a lot of features including:
    • Base photo operations: brightness, contrast, RGB color adjustment, hue, saturation etc.
    • Transform operations: resize, rotate, crop.
    • A set of clips. Apply set of beautiful digital frames to your photos.
    • A bunch of effects. Grayscale, Ocean, Sepia, Mystique, Pink, Disco 80s, Old style, Old newspaper, Rainbow, Office style, Behind the glass and so on…
    • Combine operations: Apply single or multiple effects to one image.
    • Several output formats: Save the result in two formats: you can save a result as screen dimensions photo or you can apply all stored operations to an original photo.

    Download link for PhotoStudio:

      June 30, 2011

      RIM In The Midst Of A Major Transitional Period


      Anonymous letter sent to the RIM senior management team...to seriously evaluate and make major changes. Read the open letter below:

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      To the RIM Senior Management Team:

      I have lost confidence.

      While I hide it at work, my passion has been sapped. I know I am not alone — the sentiment is widespread and it includes people within your own teams.
      Mike and Jim, please take the time to really absorb and digest the content of this letter because it reflects the feeling across a huge percentage of your employee base. You have many smart employees, many that have great ideas for the future, but unfortunately the culture at RIM does not allow us to speak openly without having to worry about the career-limiting effects.
      Before I get into the meat of the matter, I will say I am not part of a large group of bitter employees wishing to embarrass us. Rather, I believe these points need to be heard and I desperately want RIM to regain its position as a successful industry leader. Our carriers, distributors, alliance partners, enterprise customers, and our loyal end users all want the same thing… for BlackBerry to once again be leading the pack.
      We are in the middle of major “transition” and things have never been more chaotic. Almost every project is falling further and further behind schedule at a time when we absolutely must deliver great, solid products on time. We urge you to make bold decisions about our organisational structure, about our culture and most importantly our products.

      While we anxiously wait to see the details of the streamlining plan, here are some suggestions: