BlackBerry Bold browser in action (video)

Want to see the BlackBerry Bold browser really fares? Come and take a look!

One of the bigger upgrades with the BlackBerry Bold is the browsing experience, which you can see clearly in this video from Boy Genius. You get a look at the general rendering capability of OS 4.6, as well as speed differences between EDGE and Wi-Fi. I’d be curious to see how 3G compares… On the whole this is a much needed update - the poor BlackBerry browser has been a point of contention for plenty of users for a good long time. You guys happy to see the problem fixed? What’s the next biggest issue RIM needs to tackle?

(via BGR)

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Thanks for the ideas.

Tried all channels, and Beacon combos. No Dice.

AARRggghh.

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Re: WRT54GX4 - Blackberry

I was SO hopeful.

Sadly - same error. Network recognized immediately.

Is there a way to manually assign an IP to a specif MAC address (ie my BB)?

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Preorder BlackBerry Bold available for $649.99

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The BlackBerry 9000 is available for preorder from Tiger Direct, but don't expect it in your mailbox until September.

The Bold hype is truly coming to a boil, what with launch parties, enterprise offers, rumored release dates, and now that Tiger Direct is offering the BlackBerry 9000 for preorder with a reasonably chunky $649.99 pricetag. Unlocked and unbranded, of course, so the price isn’t exactly uncalled for. The real downer here is that Tiger Direct’s ETA for the BlackBerry Bold is September. Aw, c’mon. Hopefully carriers will have better luck offering it sooner, but Tiger Direct is a solid option for folks who haven’t heard anything about a release in their area.

(via IntoMobile)

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TSA Confiscates Homemade Battery and Water Bottle, Declares Victory Over Terror

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...he should have known they would have an issue with this. If you can't bring a bottle of Sprite on the plane, 20+ rechargeable battery packs wired together should be pretty much a given as no-go.

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@hagrun: I never said it was cool. But it's an open and public forum. Obviously, a post tangentially related to Iraq can be expected to have some political discussion involved.

You and I can disagree. So be it.

Back to you Beetle: If you want to play by rules, I'm on board with that. Which is why we should play be the rules in the Constitution and declare wars the old Article I way: through Congress.

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