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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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Running through the comments of the past few days I found this one by Nick R.. He has an obnoxious globe logo next to his message icon, and wonders how to get rid of it. Honestly, I’ve never seen this logo before. Nick explained that he got it when he tried to load a webpage in a non-service area. His Bold prompted him to save the search so he could retrieve it once in a service area. Now he says it won’t go away. If you’ve had this problem, read on.

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One of the most common questions I hear about BlackBerry syncing is, how do you sync to your Thunderbird contacts? While there might be some workaround, I’ve found no direct way to do this. Same goes with your Thunderbird calendar. Now, with the new Google Sync for contacts, there’s a bit more flexibility. Let’s take a look at how you can use this improved application to sync your contacts and calendar from Thunderbird.

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Normally we reserve newsier items for BlackBerry News From The Wire. However, today I really want to share this. It’s a list, courtesy of RCR Wireless News, of the most popular handsets from the month of October. There have been some not-so-nice things said about the BlackBerry lately, from a study saying that the iPhone is more reliable to The New York Times’ not so great review of the Storm. Well, how about this one: The Curve was the most popular handset in October.

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Last month saw the official U.S. release of the two most hyped BlackBerry devices of 2008: the BlackBerry Bold and the BlackBerry Storm. These hit AT&T and Verizon, respectively, which happen to be the largest and second largest cell phone providers in America, also respectively. While many people will choose their provider based on the handset, others want to factor in the network before making a decision. Let’s take a look at the top U.S. providers to see what kind of service they offer.

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We love Gmail here at BBGeeks. It’s not only my primary email account, but I have most of my other mail accounts filter through it. Not only is it convenient, but it also offers excellent spam filtering. Problem is, it also becomes a pain. When you read your Gmail on you desktop, it still stays in your BlackBerry as a new message. This can mean a lot of marking messages as read. There’s a quick, well-known solution to this, just in case you didn’t know.

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Thanksgiving has passed, and that means one thing: Christmas music everywhere! Walk into any retail store in the country and you’ll hear about jingling bells and Santa Clause on his sleigh with Rudolph. So why not add the same holiday cheer to your BlackBerry? You can check out the Holiday Music pack, which has thousands of your favorites. You can be rocking the holidays BlackBerry style. You can take it so much further, too.

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It’s all Storm, all the time at the BBGeekcast. We’ve got news on the launch, the low supply, the OS issues, and the timetable for the online orders to ship. Plus, there’s news on the Curve 8900. Hint: you can order it today if you’re in Canada.

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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.

Read the rest of BlackBerry News From The Wire for the Week of 11/24/2008…

When there comes a new device, there come hackers who want to use all of its capabilities. We saw this last summer with the unlocking on the original iPhone. The BlackBerry Storm presents an excellent hacking opportunity because of its dual radios. Get the GSM radio working, and you might be able to get it up on T-Mobile or AT&T in the U.S. It appears that one Howard Forum member was able to get it done. A little description after the jump.

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