Award-Winning Travel App Now Available to All

FlightView today announced the immediate availability of FlightView 1.4 – the BlackBerry app customized for the Storm. With this version, FlightView becomes the only travel app uniquely tailored for use on each BlackBerry device.

By fully understanding the intricacies of each BlackBerry device, FlightView has customized its app specifically to each model, providing users with the simplest and most productive app for day-of-travel assistance regardless of their preferred BlackBerry device. As a result, the provider of the most accurate and actionable flight information on the market consistently earns high marks from BlackBerry users for travel practicality, dependability and ease-of-use. BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Storm and BlackBerry Curve users can purchase the FlightView app for just $4.99 from BlackBerry App World, MobiHand Store and the Handango App Store.

FlightView’s version 1.4 gives Storm users the power to:

T-Mobile Celebrates Dads with Unprecedented, One-Day-Only Every Phone Free Event on Sat., June 19

To help celebrate Dad, T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announces the mother of all Father’s Day offers: on Sat., June 19, for one day only, every phone in every T-Mobile store is free. This first-of-its-kind promotion will “untie” families from giving dad the traditional, same-old gift, instead offering him something he craves — a new smartphone.

T-Mobile will break the traditional gift-giving mold by offering every phone in every store for free. This Saturday, starting at 8 a.m., simply visit a T-Mobile retail store and switch to any family plan, or add a new line to an existing family plan, and walk out of the store with a new phone for every new line with a two-year agreement — customer’s choice — while supplies last.

This one day only Dad's Day deal includes a couple of BlackBerry smartphones. Get a brand new Bold 9700 or a Curve 8520. 

So if you are a T-Mobile customer and are willing to add a line, or if you want to become a T-Mobile customer...FREE is a pretty good price !!  

Let us know how it goes Saturday....and if you really got it for your Dad ?

T-Mobile press release  

Let's face it, most of us love our BBM. Heck, I'm sure a lot of you have been sticking with BlackBerry simply because of BBM. It's a fantastic tool and can be very addicting. I have people all over the world that most likely I will never meet face to face, but it keeps me connected with them. BlackBerry Messenger in one word...Great!

Do you feel the same way? If so RIM is giving you a chance to win some nice prizes. All you have to do is tell RIM how you use Blackberry Messenger and you could win. There is a $5,000 cash grand prize, 2 $1,000 runner up prizes and one of 25 BB accessory prizes. Doesn't get any easier than that. Just click on the link below and fill out the entry form. After you finish, be sure to drop us a line in the discussion link and tell us how you use BBM as well. 

Good luck!

Submit your entry here

The OtterBox Commuter case for the BlackBerry Bold 9700 is a three-piece case: a plastic film for screen protection, a silicone layer for shock protection, and a hard plastic layer for drop protection. Each of these layers compliment each other in protecting the device.

In about a week of testing, I have found that this case protects my device very well. One of the things I really like about this is how the edges are raised as to protect the face of the device; this allows me to confidently place my phone on just about any surface face down without having to worry about scratching it.

The only two things I've found about his case that bug are that the tabs that protect the headphone port and microUSB plug are sometimes hard to insert properly; the the thing that bugs me is the bulk that this case adds.

So, overall, I would recommend this case to anyone needing a case for their Bold 9700 from everyday usage. For those of you in need of an extremely protective case, I would recommend checking out the OtterBox Denfender case.

 We know you follow the Internetz  so it comes as no big surprise when we tell you that Verizon Wireless today has selected OS 5.0.0.732 for the BlackBerry Tour 9630 (soon to be gone with the wind). In what Verizon is calling its MR3 (Maintenance Release), this very well may be the last OS that this device will receive since the BlackBerry Bold 9650 has been introduced to the lineup at Verizon.

And while the download link at Verizon's website is still showing OS 5.0.0.591 as the build that is available, links have been made available until Verizon's site is updated. Be sure to backup your device before you start to upgrade your Tour. 

Let's here what you have to say about this build. Do you notice any significant changes? Hopefully for the good.

• Download OS 5.0.0.732 for the 9630

Photobucket Mobile Gives BlackBerry Users Access To Their Images, Anytime, Anywhere

     Photobucket Corporation announced today that its “Photobucket Mobile” application is available now in RIM’s BlackBerry App World.  The service puts users’ images at their fingertips, allowing them to interact with their Photobucket albums no matter where they are right from their phone.  Users can upload and download photos to and from the site, browse Photobucket’s popular “Find Stuff” content categories, and search through over seven billion images and photos. 

   "Photobucket Mobile puts a massive amount of content right in the palm of your hand," said Luke Swanson, VP of Engineering at Photobucket. "We made it extremely simple to upload images from your phone to Photobucket so that you can easily share them with friends and family anywhere, anytime. It’s like having a scrapbook in your pocket with every image you’ve ever taken."

With Photobucket Mobile you can:
* Search Photobucket's huge media library
* Download any Photobucket image directly to your phone
* Upload photos to your Photobucket account
* View all your albums
* Pause the upload queue and resume when your signal improves, or your airplane lands
* Change settings to adjust the default title and description for uploaded images.

The day many Storm2 owners have been waiting for. TBayTel has selected OS 5.0.0.713 for its official build for the BlackBerry Storm2 9550 and not a moment to soon I might add. 

The carrier released this build for download on June 8. May have taken some deep searching to stumble upon this but nevertheless, I for one am glad to have a new Storm2 build to install.

Be sure to backup your device and after you get a chance to load this onto your 9550, check back in here at The BlackBerry Zone and let us know what your think.

Big shout out to Lyricidal for the Tweet!

Download OS 5.0.0.713 for the BlackBerry Storm2

CONTEST IS NOW OVER! Congrats to Bimmahh for guessing Sandbridge Beach in Virginia Beach. And thanks to all who participated. More great contests and giveaways to come!

OK kids, hold on to your hats, cause we're going to have some fun here!

You see that list above? That can all be yours! Pretty bad ass huh? What's that? Shut up and tell you how to win? Alrighty...

If you follow me on twitter then you will know that I'm headed off on vacation this weekend... and no one knows where I'm going! So we're going to turn that little fact into a game... a game called Wheres BT!
It's pretty simple, it will work like this:

Over the next 7 days while on vacation I will post clues in the comments to this post. Clues to where I am going to be on vacation. These could be anything... pictures, riddles, puzzles... you name it... All you have to do, is be the first person to guess my location and post it as a comment! Pretty simple don't ya think? Here's a quick run down of the rules:

The Bellshare giveaway has been a huge success! This is a trend that is going to continue here at TBZ. We have some great giveaways lined up for you guys in the next few weeks. Also we would like to give a huge shoutout to Bellshare for giving us the apps to pass along to you guys. I encourage you to drop by their site and pickup some apps. You will not regret a Bellshare purchase. 

So with with that said....the winners are.......

roscopcoletrain - BerryBuzz

HardcorePooka - BerryWeather

koukoupe - BerryWeather

DonNguyen - BerryBuzz

tavella - BerryWeather

chazmat5 - BerryWeather

BMNAndyR - BerryWeather

tina8711 - BerryBuzz

artmon - BerryBuzz

maiiax - BerryBuzz

I will be PM'ing the winners with their coupons in the next day or so. Be on the lookout and congrats!

Not a bad way to end the work week. Just to confirm what has been talked about for a day or two now, Verizon Wireless has selected OS 5.0.0.732 as its official build for the latest device Verizon has debuted in the BlackBerry line of smartphones. 

Crackberry has signaled that Desktop Manager and an Over The Air (OTA) upgrade has been showing up for the 9650 owners. As of now the download link has not been made available through the BlackBerry Desktop and Device Software Downloads site. 

Most of you know to backup your device and we are normally around to help out just in case you get sidetracked. Once you have this onto your 9650 share your comments or observations.

**Edit** Verizon Wireless now has this OS available through its BlackBerry Software Updates page

• Download OS 5.0.0.732 from Verizon Wireless

 Last night we had a 9700 device leak. Well...it was a leak for a couple hours at least. Fast forward to this morning and now we have another. This time it's for the unreleased Kepler 9300. BBleaks has just dropped OS 5.0.0.758 for the upcoming Curve device. While it won't be needed by most of us, the hybrid builders are sure to be including this into new builds. 

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BlackBerry App World has updated to v1.1.0.35

This is probably not much of an update as the current version is 1.1.0.33  I would guess this is simply internal stuff as App World  2.0 is rumored to be on the horizon.

But, if you are like me, I will always update every app to the most current version, and as this doesn't cost a penny...update it !

BlackBerry App World update