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We went over how to change the wallpaper on your BlackBerry a while back, but today we’re going to talk about changing your theme as a whole.
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If there’s any knock on BlackBerrys, its that they all look the same. Well, unless you’ve got T-Mobile, or are planning to buy a red or pink Pearl from Verizon, Alltel, or Sprint. Well, now’s your chance to stand out from the crowd. Goldstriker, the company that will literally turn your gadgets into gold, is offering a custom BlackBerry donned in leather. No, it’s not diamonds and gold, but as you’ll see after the jump, it’s one sharp looking gadget.
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The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is a breeding ground for innovation. Companies tend to unveil some of their cornerstone technologies here. This is the case with Trimble, who announced the availability of three GPS applications for BlackBerry users. If you’ve got the 8830 or the 8130 with built-in GPS, you’ll be able to see what these programs can do for you.
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By this point, you’re using the home screen shortcuts like a pro and the navigation shortcuts for your BlackBerry messages like a pro. Now we’ll move on to sorting and filtering your messages.
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Down in Orlando at Lotusphere 2008, Research In Motion has announced a number of upgrades for the BlackBerry “that include enhanced messaging and collaboration, simpler management, enhanced security and expanded application development support.” Excuse me if I quote liberally, as this is a press release coming right from RIM.
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CRM is customer-relationship management, and Alltel, though Interchange Solutions, is now offering this software for its BlackBerry devices. It’s called, appropriately, SalesNow, and will help small business users “manage their contacts, deals, activities, and e-mails, and also share information with sales teams.” It kind of sounds like this should be able to be done on a BlackBerry without the software, so long as the business is using a hosted BES solution.
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Welcome back for the next exciting entry in our Feed Reader Friday series where we are reviewing all of the available feed reading options for BlackBerry owners. If you are just joining us here at BBGeeks.com, please make sure you go back and check out all of our previous reviews so that you can chose the feed reader that is best suited to your needs.

This week we are going to take a look at the RssNews! RSS reader which is produced by IMOBLIFE.

The RssNews! feed reading application is priced at $9.99, but is available as a free trial download.
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This seems like a nifty service, but I’m sure there are going to be plenty of questions about its security. Obopay has announced that their online banking application will be available to BlackBerry users later this month. In essence, Obopay is the PayPal of the mobile world. You set yourself up with an account and add funds to it via your linked checking account. You can then send and receive money from other Obopay users. So, in theory, you could send $5 to the dude sitting right next to you.
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So, now that you’ve learned how to use home screen shortcuts, we figured now is the time to teach you about one key navigating within the messages application.

If you’ve ever scrolled to the bottom of your email looking for something only to spend five minutes scrolling back up when you’re done, this post will save you some time!
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Hopefully the rest of the nation catches onto this, but for now, you can get real time traffic updates for one of the most heavily traveled roads in America, the Long Island Expressway. Drivers with web-enabled phones — yes, that includes the BlackBerry — can get actual photos of what it looks like up ahead. That will allow for some changes of plans, perhaps a side route that takes longer with no traffic, but is a viable option when faced with a gridlock.
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