Perhaps a bit steep at $6.99 just for a theme, but Elecite has a HTC Hero, Sense UI theme for your Blackberry Bold, Storm, Tour and 8900 series device. But if you’re locked into a Blackberry for the foreseeable future, this might be the only way to get your Android fix. Here’s the full details on the theme, and check out the video below for a full demo of what you’re dishing out 7 bucks for:
The massive homescreen allows for 5-6 customizable icons, profiles/manage connections buttons, a Today page with hidden today items for phone log, messages and calendar icons, a Media page with quick access buttons to music, media and pictures, and finally, a dedicated menu for quick access to your options, contacts, and more.
An early Alpha version of the popular Qik live-streaming application is now available for Android devices, downloadable from the Android Market. For those of you not familiar with the service, it’s been available for Windows Mobile and Symbian devices for quite some time, and more recently Blackberry devices. You can stream live video from your mobile device to the web, share your videos on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. And all your videos are archived for later viewing, and you can also live-chat while streaming.
I would like to mention they made it clear it’s a very early Alpha version, so expect issues and drop a line to android@qik.com with any bugs or feedback.
And of course, let us know in the comments how it’s working for you.
The Brightkite application that was demoed at Google I/O is now out in public beta announce via Brightkite’s official account on Brightkite. For those that are not familiar, Brightkite is a location based social network that lets users share with their friends their location, notes, and photos, all in real-time via the web, applications, email or even SMS.
With applications out for Blackberry and iPhone platforms, it was only a matter of time before they gave us more Android love, the most recent being the addition of Google Gears support on i.brightkite.com. Those of you that have been using i.brightkite.com on the web or have used the iPhone application are going to love the Android version. Even in Beta form, the interface is very slick and polished. All the features are there, including guessing your location via GPS or cell towers. Viewing placestreams and friends is all just a click away. It’s also very easy to upload photos from the phone or take a photo and post instantly to your Brightkite stream. And for those of you that like privacy, there’s an easy one-click button to hide your location right on the home screen. You can also search the public Brightkite universe easily.
If this is the Beta, I can’t wait to see what other goodies they’re going to add for us in later releases. After all, there already is a project that lets you auto check-in via Google Latitude.
The application is not in the Android Market yet. You can download it here, or scan the QR code below with Barcode Reader on your Android handset:
Yeah, I got this from one of the Blackberry blogs I still read. But it’s good all around advice for owners of expensive phones. I know first, second, and third-hand how horrible it can be if your $400+ smartphone gets water (or other liquid) spilled on it. Or even worse, dunked in water.
1. Pull out the battery. (Some also recommend pulling the SIM)2. Put your device near sunlight.3. Rotate your device so all sides get sunlight.4. Leave it near sunlight for 24 hours. Some suggest in a bowl of uncooked rice or with silica gel packs.5. Do NOT put your battery back until the 24 hours are up.6. After 24 hours, put the battery back in and power on.
Yes, the bowl of rice trick does work. A friend of mine got drunk and dropped her Blackberry in the sink, over night in a cup of uncooked rice brought it back to life. If this doesn’t work for you, hope you have insurance on your phone, suck it up and pay the deductible. And don’t try and sucker you way out with a warranty claim, your carrier will find out. It’s not hard to tell if a phone has been water damaged. And above all, just be careful around water!
Another in the long line of one smartphone trying to look like another. Available in 3 different versions for the Blackberry Storm, this theme does a pretty good job of imitating Android from the screenshots. So if you’re a Storm user, and you like the Android style, check out this theme over at the CrackBerry Forums.
Really wish you had an Android phone but stuck with that shiny new Blackberry Bold? Now you can satisfy your Android craving a little bit with a cool theme from Jason Calhoun and available at Crackberry.
Product description:DroidBerry is a Google Android style theme for your BlackBerry Bold. All of the notification, battery and signal icons are the exact icons from the Google Android operating system. The application icons resemble the stock icons from Android and the menus are sleek and pleasing to the eye.
The 5 home screen icons are user customizable so you will always be able to keep your favorite apps right on the main screen.
It’s probably going to be a bit disappointing to most that the clock does not work. Android widgets, FTW.
An early Alpha version of the popular Qik live-streaming application is now available for Android devices, downloadable from the Android Market. For those of you not familiar with the service, it’s been available for Windows Mobile and Symbian devices for quite some time, and more recently Blackberry devices. You can stream live video from your mobile device to the web, share your videos on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. And all your videos are archived for later viewing, and you can also live-chat while streaming.
Really wish you had an Android phone but stuck with that shiny new Blackberry Bold? Now you can satisfy your Android craving a little bit with a cool theme from Jason Calhoun and available at Crackberry.