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Feeling overloaded with BlackBerry news and rumors? We know the feeling. We hear new things almost every day, and it can be tough to keep up with it all. that’s why we’re bringing you BlackBerry News from the Wire every Thursday.

We’ll catch you up on everything ‘Berry that happened over the course of the week. Not only that, but we’ll rank ‘em by importance, so you can more easily skim the items and read the ones of most significance. If you only have time to read one article, for instance, you might want to head down to our 5-star section. It’s All the BlackBerry News Fit to Geek.

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Almost a year ago, Google introduced Google Sync. This allowed for a wireless reconciliation of your BlackBerry and Google calendars. Like many other Google/Berry users, I’ve found this to be an essential BlackBerry application. This, combined with the awesome IMAP capabilities on Gmail, means that I can sync most of my Google suite with my Berry. Except, of course, for contacts. We knew this day was coming, and it’s finally here. You can now sync your Google contacts with your BlackBerry. Freaking. Awesome.

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We’ve talked plenty about Gmail and BlackBerry, but what about some other free email services? Once upon a time, you had to pay for a premium service to sync up your Yahoo! Mail, but those days are gone. Now you can sync this your @yahoo.com address with your BlackBerry just as seamlessly as your Gmail. Today we’ll walk you through the steps. BIS users ahoy!

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One of the great things about having a multimedia-capable BlackBerry is seeing where all these functions come into play. Some of those things many of us take for granted. For instance, I had a friend email me today asking if they could add a picture to their caller ID. Of course you can! And it’s rather simple. Here’s the quick way to do it.

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As we learned on Saturday in the New York Times, President-elect Barack Obama faces the possibility of losing his BlackBerry privileges once he takes office on January 20. Obama has been pictured several times with Berry in hand, and it seems he’s as connected to the device as many in our BlackBerry community. You might even say that he’s addicted to it. Yet I don’t think he’ll have much trouble giving it up if he’s instructed to. Is there a person in this country who wouldn’t turn in a BlackBerry to become President of the United States? This got me thinking: Under what circumstances would you give up your BlackBerry?

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A while back, we talked about SnapScreen, a premium application which can take screenshots of your BlackBerry. This is an alternative to the awesome BBScreenShooter, which is available only to PC users running the JavaLoader application. For us Mac users, SnapScreen looks like the best deal. If you’re in the market for a free application for your screenshots, though, you can check out CaptureIt, available from TechMogul Industries (hat tip to Ronen).

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BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.0 Beginner’s Guide
Whether you are a novice BlackBerry user who is only concerned with receiving your business email on your mobile device or an experienced high-tech enthusiast, expert in every aspect of the devices’ features, you are most likely familiar with Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES). Our BES Beginner’s Guide will help you to get a better understanding of key features of BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.0. integrated with Microsoft Exchange Server as a hosted service enabling mobile workers to use their BlackBerry as a critical business tool.

BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 4.0 continues to build on many of the core features & benefits seen previously in BES 3.6.

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With the announcement (finally) of the release date and pricing for the BlackBerry Storm, you just knew there would be a ton of articles out there talking about how the Storm is a BlackBerry Killer — and from the Apple fanboys, how it won’t stack up. We get a few of them today. One in particular has been linked everywhere, but there are still other insightful ideas as to why the Storm will triumph over the iPhone. We’ll share them after the jump.

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We cut things short today. Why? Because all the news revolves around the BlackBerry Storm, and we’ve talked about this ad nauseum for the past, oh, three months. It’s dropping on November 21, and that’s official. A couple hundos and a fifty-spot will do the trick, though you’ll get the fifty-spot mailed back to you–if you’re not forgetful or lazy, that is.

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Ronen at BerryReview points us to a neat little application for your BlackBerry: BerrySpeedy. It is an application from DeltaTech which measures the connection speed of your BlackBerry. So now you can know if yours runs faster than your buddies in the next town over. Using BIS-B at 500K, Ronen hit 8 KB/S with a BlackBerry Bold in New York City. Thomas at Berry Reporter got 13 KB/S with his T-Mobile Curve and 20 KB/S with his Bold. No idea where he got those speeds, though. Find out mind after the jump.

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