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SBSH Calendar Pro Enters Free Beta

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SBSH Calendar Pro for BlackBerrySBSH Mobile Software recently released Calender Pro Beta as a free download to the BlackBerry community.  Calendar Pro Beta has actually been available for a week or so, however, we’ve just learned about it and, from what we hear, it is a pretty good alternative to the native BlackBerry Calendar.

SBSH Calendar Pro Highlights

  • Calendar Views – Enjoy Daily, Weekly and Monthly views for your appointments!
  • Navigation Shortcuts – Switch views and move between dates using special keyboard shortcuts!
  • Innovative Dialogs – Tab based edit dialogs for appointments and tasks, full screen note editor and more
  • Integrated Interface – Integrated display and editing features for both appointments and tasks in one solution

You can download SBSH Calendar Pro beta  here…

3 BlackBerrys In Top 10 Among Best Selling U.S. Handsets In December

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Research in Motion’s stock price doesn’t show it, however, BlackBerry sales, compared to other U.S. based handset sales have been pretty good.  3 BlackBerry devices made the top list for December.

The BlackBerry Curve, once again, took the number one spot.  The Curve, accroding to AvianResearch L.L.C, has “dominated” the list going back to May of 2008.  The BlackBerry Storm, believe it or not, took the number 3 spot coming in behind the iPhone at number 2 and the BlackBerry Bold moved down one spot to number 6 on the list.

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$99 iPhone Sale For Best Buy Reward Zone Members

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$99 iPhone Sale at Best Buy

Granted, RIMarkable is a BlackBerry blog, however, we aren’t such BlackBerry fanboys that we wouldn’t let you in on a great iPhone sale when we hear about it.

Through then end of the month, Best buy is offerring $50 to $100 off the purchase price of an iPhone 3G for Best Buy Reward zone members with a two-year contract.  Regular members get $50 off and Reward Zone Premium Silver members get $100 off.  This means that you could get yourself an 8 gig iPhone 3G for $99.

I love my BlackBerry, however, a sub-$100 dollar iPhone is a heck of a deal.

[Via Best Buy]

Does The BlackBerry Curve 8900 Have Enough?

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BlackBerry Curve 8900

Over this passed weekend I got my first opportunity to really sit down and play with the BlackBerry Curve 8900 from T-Mobile.  I can honestly tell you that I believe that it is the best BlackBerry to come out of RIM in terms of form factor on a full QWERTY device.

I’ve been partial to SureType BlackBerry devices ever since the BlackBerry 7100T came several several years ago primarily because of their small size.  The BlackBerry Curve 8900 feels only slightly larger than the BlackBerry Pearl and sports a full keyboard.

Once you get passed the form factor, the  8900 has GPS, a better camera, and a better screen as compared to the old BlackBerry Curve, however, the question i kept asking myself was does the BlackBerry Curve 8900 have enough to make me shell out the cash for it if I already have a BlackBerry Curve 83xx?

Now, I would imagine that GPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera, and a better screen, along with an awesome form factor are enough to make a lot of people upgrade.  I would also gather that for many people, it’s not enough to make you shell out 200 bucks and sign up to another 2-year plan.

What side of the fence do you sit on?