Entries tagged with “Top Ten BlackBerry Storm Applications” from WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

The sun is shinning, the kids are out of school. If you are lucky enough to have a job and go on vacation with your BlackBerry Storm here are some fun and useful apps for your BlackBerry Storm for summer fun.

• bWatchDoggy - if you leave your BlackBerry Storm on the chez lounge while you are in the pool or making maragaritas, first install and then turn on bWatch Doggy. Once this app is activated if some on picks up your BlackBerry Storm, A loud dog-barking sound is played when the device is moved a barking dog sound is played. To stop the barking, swipe your finger on the screen to the right. The app description states, "This will surely scare the person away who touches your BlackBerry Try it, it's fun and free!

• StormTorch: this handy free app brings clean white light and turns the BlackBerry Storm into a flashlight. StormTorch will turn on your screen as well as the led light very brightly.

• Shortcovers eBook Reader -  this cloud-based reader app gives you access to the Shortcovers service with an eBook store that offers some free eBooks. The Shortcovers service allows readers to read thousands of bestselling books, chapters, news and magazine articles, short stories, blog posts and more, online and on your BlackBerry. Members  can bookmark and save books, chapters, articles and stories, plus build a digital library and rate, comment and share favorite reads with your friends and family.  (Available for Storm, Bold, Curve, 8000 Series Blackberry devices.)

• Audible - users can shop, sample, download, and playback audio from Audible's catalog of over 60,000 titles, right on a BlackBerry.  When you download the BlackBerry apps for a limite time, you get a  free download of Hot, Flat, and Crowded," the best seller by author and syndicated columnist Thomas Friedman.

A cell phone stopped a bullet shot at a Sidell, Louisiana’s man’s chest. R.J. Richard, 68, felt the impact of what he thought was a rock while he was mowing his lawn.

When he looked, a bullet fell out  in his Motorola cell phone.  He thinks that it came from a hunter’s stray shot. 

“I look at this as God telling me to put my cell phone in that pocket,” said Richard. “I’m grateful and humbled.”

Now that is something to be thankful for.

The folks over at MySafetyShield.com warn that recent scare of the potentially deadly virus MRSA seems to enjoy the coziness of a cell phone; in fact, they thrive on it.

They suggest their Bacteria Killer, which disinfects cell phones and kills MRSA. MRSA can cause a very serious skin infections and become fatal in some instances.

In a previous UK study, it was found that cell phones are filthier than toilet seats. Phones can spread the dreaded staph bacteria, which can cause everything from skin infections to meningitis. The germs come from faces and hands.

This holiday season, many consumers rang in the holidays with new wireless phones,. Rather than throwing old phones into a drawer or into the trash, Verizon Wireless reminds consumers to donate their no-longer-used wireless phones to the company’s HopeLinephone recycling program to support victims of domestic violence.

HopeLine collects no-longer-used wireless phones, batteries and accessories in any condition, from any wireless service provider, at the company’s Communications Stores across the country. Phones that can be refurbished are sold for reuse and those without value are disposed of in an environmentally sound way. Proceeds from the HopeLine program are used to provide wireless phones and cash grants to local shelters and other non-profit organizations that focus on domestic violence prevention and awareness.

A new larger screen Sidekick LX that swivles to reveal a keyboard will be offered by T-Mobile starting October 13, for $300 with a two year contract. Geared for older more sophisticated users the LX also has the ability to send pictures with text messages.

Manufactured by Motorola, the new smaller text-oriented Sidekick Slide's screen slides instead of swivels. The Slide is priced at $200 with a two year contract.

Sep 14, 2007, from GovTech News Report

Thursday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed SB 33 by Senator Joe Simitian which bans teenage drivers from using all electronic devices -- such as cell phones, pagers and laptops -- while behind the wheel.

Currently, fifteen states and the District of Columbia have laws restricting the use of wireless communication devices by new and inexperienced drivers. The National Transportation Safety Board has urged all states to enact legislation to prohibit inexperienced drivers from using cell phones and other mobile service devices while driving.

SB 33 takes effect on July 1, 2008 along with the ban on talking on cell phones without a hands-free device-- Read more.