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What do you need to know about using (or not) your BlackBerry on an airplane? The short answer is that you will be directed to turn off your cellular telephone shortly before take-off, and you will be allowed to turn it on shortly after landing. But…your BlackBerry is a smartphone, not just a cellular telephone! There are different rules for “portable electronic devices” (e.g., laptop computers, handheld games, MP3 players, video cameras, and PDAs). What if you want to use your phone like a portable electronic device to listen to music, watch a video, compose a message to send later, take pictures, play a game, run an application, etc.? This post digs a bit deeper into the issue than your airline crew or their in-flight information magazine will explain. Read more »

When one of your contacts calls, you can be alerted to their identity through a custom ringtone, and/or with name and photo flashed on the screen of your BlackBerry.

But what if your contact sends your BlackBerry an email or text message? Your phone can alert you that a message has arrived, but can’t help you identify who the sender is until you actually open the message.

Aerize Email Alerts brings the convenience of Caller ID to email and text messages (SMS).

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Ever needed to send a message to someone, a group of people, or even yourself, but were driving and didn’t want to take your eyes off the road? Ever wanted to broadcast a message from your phone to a large group of subscribers in a way that brought them all into one conversation? If you ever thought your cell phone was not a messaging powerhouse–you were wrong. Just wait till you see what these products will let you do. Read more »

The Qik home page heading says it all: “Equip your phone with free live video sharing.”  Let’s pick that phrase apart:

• Equip your phone: works with your BlackBerry (several models supported, more sure to come)
• Video sharing: lets you share videos shot with your BlackBerry
• Free: costs nothing–the app is free, the service is free
• Live: your video is not just shared on-demand, but broadcast live

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