I finally upgraded to the 8350i

What are some must-have apps

6/4/2009 12:28:52 PM

^Make sure you have tep on your bb. You will be bringing it to a service center multiple times.

6/4/2009 9:53:47 PM

no problems so far...wifi is pretty sweet

6/8/2009 6:05:26 PM

I just ordered an 8900. Tell me how to trick it out.

6/10/2009 10:55:13 AM

Since the 8900 has Wifi, I recommend downloading the Blackberry App World application which has links to a ton of other apps

Some I'd recommend are the AP News app, Transclick, Pandora, Google Mobile App, Radio Companion, NFL Mobile Live (might be Sprint exclusive, not sure), and Weatherbug

6/10/2009 5:57:03 PM

i like the AP news app a lot

6/10/2009 8:36:32 PM

Word

Does anyone have experience with the wi-fi? I'm pretty excited as I get terrible service at home with any provider. If the call quality is decent, I'll probably end up adding the unlimited option at some point.

6/11/2009 2:34:32 PM

To my knowledge, the wifi only affects any data transmitted, like web browsing, email, etc, but doesnt affect phone/radio reception

6/11/2009 6:34:45 PM

I got dat 190% UMA

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Access_Network

6/11/2009 7:30:59 PM

i just ordered

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=260413695398

6/11/2009 10:59:26 PM

Anyone use The Score app? Looks pretty bitchin.

http://www.thescore.com/scoremobile/blackberry.aspx

6/12/2009 3:06:19 PM

looks dope, i will have to check it out

[Edited on June 12, 2009 at 4:07 PM. Reason : D/Ling from app world now]

6/12/2009 4:06:07 PM

same here

i hope it works better than m.espn.com

6/12/2009 4:22:03 PM

im looking to get a blackberry and i am pretty close to getting the Curve 8900 but the lack of 3G is scaring me away and holding me up. Is 3G really that important? I am not a huge cell phone fanatic type person, but speed/quality is important. I have no patience.

Go 'head and get the 8900 or spend more $$$ and get the Bold, which has 3g?

6/12/2009 5:30:49 PM

I mean, do you do any web browsing? 3G really makes a big difference.

6/12/2009 5:39:27 PM

Are you going to be doing a lot of web browsing? Do you live in a 3G zone?

For me, the answer was no to both questions, so I went with the 8900.

6/12/2009 5:41:45 PM

i live in cary


i occasionally check MLB scores, i occasionally check e-mail, i occasionally check NCAA Football and Basketball scores....

that's about all the web browsing i do on a phone. e-mail and score updates.

6/13/2009 1:22:20 AM

You could easily live without 3G.

I've had my 8900 for almost 24 hours now, I live in bumfuck and the browsing speed has been just fine with the default browser. I downloaded the Bolt Browser and Opera Mini, Bolt is super fast and the pages are more readable, but I'm not crazy about the way it renders a lot of pages.

Other apps I've been playing with:

Google Mobile app / GMail / Google Maps are all awesome.
Slacker is great but the audio quality is sometime pretty shitty.
The Radio Companion app is maybe my favorite so far. It allows you to listen to streaming radio and view playlists. It lists WKNC as playable but it won't load for some reason. Most every other station is perfect with no buffering issues.
ScoreMobile that I mentioned above is excellent.
Facebook app seems pointless when the mobile Facebook site works great. I also noticed that Facebook syncs with my contact list to display contact pictures and work information, but it doesn't recognize some of my contacts.
Weatherbug and Viigo are sort of disappointing.

6/13/2009 3:12:48 PM

all i really will be interested in are the sports apps... best?

6/13/2009 6:56:43 PM

ScoreMobile I linked to above is great.

6/13/2009 9:04:07 PM

there are a ton of weather apps...i had one i liked but you couldnt change the temps from celsius to fahrenheit...the thing i like about weatherbug is having a home screen icon with the current temp, and the daily high and low, just from scrolling over it

6/14/2009 9:27:20 PM

Yeah, I like that. Sometimes it's pretty slow to update, though. I have to manually refresh the app to get the icon data to update.

[Edited on June 14, 2009 at 10:19 PM. Reason : the hover info on ScoreMobile is awesome too]

6/14/2009 10:18:53 PM

i haven't added any apps in a while, seeing as how I'm on a 1-2 month new phone replacement track now

stupid keyboards keep breaking

6/14/2009 10:24:29 PM

Downloaded the trial version of Podtrapper. It's great, but I don't know if I want to drop $9.99 on it. I can't believe there isn't a decent free podcast app.

6/16/2009 11:41:38 AM

JVM 545 error code can't get around it....

getting a new one shipped, but no loaner until it arrives

6/17/2009 7:40:06 PM

fuck yeh. i think i've fixed it

6/17/2009 10:03:57 PM

what's the card capacity for a 8330 with v4.5 OS



[Edited on June 20, 2009 at 8:16 PM. Reason : I knew I'd find it eventually. apparently 16 gb]

6/20/2009 8:15:06 PM

not sure what you did to fix it, but jvm/uncaught exception errors generally require a wipe/reinstall. that's the easiest way to do it anyway, assuming you have desktop manager installed and actually use it.

[Edited on June 22, 2009 at 1:31 AM. Reason : .]

6/22/2009 1:30:45 AM

Should it take 10 minutes for my 8900 to restart? This shit is annoying.

6/22/2009 12:46:16 PM

I wouldn't think it'd take that long unless you have your phone absolutely loaded down with crap since a blackberry runs through everything while it's booting.

6/22/2009 3:28:51 PM

if you were forced to get a blackberry on sprint which one would it be and why - i'll be getting one for work in 2 weeks but i'm not sure if i'll have a say in which one or not yet - if i do i want to have an answer

alternatively - has anyone used blackberry connect on windows mobile - is it basically the exact same as having a blackberry (as far as messaging goes)

6/22/2009 3:41:18 PM

what options are there?

[Edited on June 22, 2009 at 3:45 PM. Reason : 8330 or 8830 is all i can find.. either one is fine, not a lot of differnce imo]

[Edited on June 22, 2009 at 3:46 PM. Reason : just don't get the pearl or whatever the small one is.. it's f'ing annoying]

6/22/2009 3:45:10 PM

anybody tried the Y! Fan Professional app? They had it on BlackBerry App World but I don't see it now

Supposed to be able to manage all your Yahoo! fantasy sports teams...I'm having some kind of issue behind a firewall though...but supposedly theres going to be a new release in the next week or so that allows you to bypass a firewall and go through the regular BB browser...app looked cool though...change your lineups, add/drop players, trade players, and if you bought stat tracker you can get up to the minute stats of your players

http://www.yfanapp.com/

6/22/2009 4:41:55 PM

^^^ The 8330 is probably your best option. Less bulky and has a camera. If they use direct connect there's the 8350i that comes with wifi and everything. Too bad they're not waiting til later this summer. The tour(replacement for 8830 world edition) will be coming out and it's supposed to be pretty nice.


[Edited on June 22, 2009 at 4:55 PM. Reason : ]

6/22/2009 4:52:59 PM

BB Tour launches July 12th on Sprint!

7/4/2009 10:45:39 AM

Anybody think Ill have trouble walking into a Verizon store on the 13th, and nabbing one of these? Or is it the type of popular device that might get sold out?

7/7/2009 11:09:42 AM

You shouldn't have any problems. It's a blackberry, not an iphone.

7/7/2009 11:45:12 AM

The demand will probably be fairly high but I doubt there will be a shortage. There was a lot of hype around the device on internet forums so it should sell well.

7/7/2009 2:01:14 PM

I would go early to the verizon stores, worst case order it online before dark and get free overnight shipping for the next day, you will get it a little after lunch.

7/8/2009 9:12:19 PM

i just bumped the messenger thread in chit chat

anyone else using messenger 5.0? it got leaked over the weekend. i've been running it on a curve 8310. i don't like how "big" it is; there's less lines of chat on the screen at a time. the barcode thing is neat, although i don't really need it. i guess we'll have to wait to see how the promixity feature works in a final version

7/21/2009 8:30:46 AM

add: ok so at least it's a functional scanner if the barcodes ever catch on



[Edited on July 21, 2009 at 9:14 AM. Reason : Ø]

7/21/2009 9:11:37 AM

I tried scanning that using my storm and BB5 and it didn't work...it opened the browser, but said something about an invalid address or something.

7/21/2009 11:46:10 AM

...yeah that was my fault. by the time i realized it, it was too late to edit out



also:



[Edited on July 21, 2009 at 12:06 PM. Reason : Ø]

7/21/2009 12:04:26 PM

I am using BBM 5.0 with my Sprint 8330/4.5. It works perfectly.

7/21/2009 1:17:52 PM

Installed the 5.0.0.140 leak for the storm and it seems pretty good. The facebook app doesn't work and it seems that message alerts don't work with 3rd party themes. 5.0 now has tabbed browsing with the stock BB browser and the animations for opening/closing apps are pretty nice. Also looks like the storm 2 is nearing production and should be released around november.

[Edited on July 27, 2009 at 10:23 AM. Reason : ]

7/27/2009 10:22:14 AM

just got a tour at work, can definitely recognize more fluid functionality to the UI i assume due to more processing power....much higher screen resolution and brighter colors. probably kills the battery quicker but so far it's not terrible, only marginally worse than my curve, which is my personal phone

i still am not sold on the storm, which my brother has and ive played with on occasion. maybe storm 2 will get me to switch. im due for an upgrade on the curve in oct

8/1/2009 9:20:50 PM

I couldn't deal with a storm. the clicking felt gimmicky too

8/1/2009 10:06:38 PM

does anyone know how to make my pin messages make a beep sound when my ring profile is set to normal on my curve? all mine does is flash the new message light, no sound

but if its on vibrate, it will vibrate the phone like any other new message

8/1/2009 10:07:26 PM

Should be able to select ringtones/alerts from the sound profile and change it there.

And I've grown to like the storm especially with the newer OS's. I don't think I could go back to a pure resistive or capacitive touch screen.

[Edited on August 1, 2009 at 10:17 PM. Reason : ]

8/1/2009 10:16:35 PM

^^In Messages / Options / General Options, set "Make PIN Messages Level 1" to Yes. Then edit your Profile, and select the desired sound for Level 1 Messages, both In and Out of Holster.

8/1/2009 10:20:34 PM