One of the biggest drawbacks to having a cameraphone is that most of the pictures that you take rarely ever make it beyond your mobile. This is the case even with the BlackBerry Pearl and BlackBerry Curve.

Fortunately, iTookThisOnMyPhone, a free BlackBerry application that will automatically upload pictures that you take on your BlackBerry Pearl or BlackBerry Curve to the iTookThisOnMyPhone photo sharing site. Simply take a picture with your CameraBerry and iTookThisOnMyPhone will handle the rest.

I am still waiting for Verizon to release their BlackBerry Pearl 8130 so I cannot really test iTookThisOnMyPhone out. If you, however, decide to give it a go., leave us a comment and tell us what you think.

You can download iTookThisOnMyPhone here…

Free Photo Uploading Application For Your BlackBerry is a post from: RIMarkable

After almost a year after the release of the first CameraBerry, the BlackBerry Pearl, it is still unavailable to most BlackBerry users in the United States unless they are willing to switch carriers. I wonder just how much RIM has to do with that?

The BlackBerry Pearl is arguably one of the best selling BlackBerry devices to date, however, almost a year after it first debuted on T-Mobile, it, or any other CameraBerry for that matter, still has yet to be released on a CDMA carrier in the United States. Most device manufacturers, Research in Motion included, are very quick to say that all the power and decision making around device release dates lies with the the wireless carriers. The Apple iPhone release, however, tells me that this is not necessarily the case.

Could RIM exert a little bit more control than they do? I am guessing that they can.

It’s not all RIM’s fault, however…

Don’t get me wrong, the wireless carriers do have an awful lot of control, but, come on… You cannot convince me that RIM has nothing to say about it. No one understands what is going on over there at Verizon but they are probably big enough to do all sorts of crazy stuff that makes no sense whatsoever.

Sprint, on the other hand, is struggling. I cannot imagine that they are in a position to say, “You know what RIM, even though we are loosing share to just about everyone and don’t have any really compelling BlackBerry devices to offer our Nextel subscribers whose last device was the BlackBerry 7100i, we are going to pass on one of your best selling BlackBerry devices ever and continue to get our lunch handed to use by AT&T and T-Mobile“.

Actually, that does sound kind of like something that Sprint would say, but, I digress. The point that I am trying to make is that CDMA BlackBerry users may see newer devices sooner if RIM would just turn the heat up a little.

How Much Is RIM To Blame For No CDMA CameraBerrys? is a post from: RIMarkable

BGR has uncovered some of the specs on the upcoming BlackBerry Pearl 2, code named the Komet, and one things that stands out is the 3.2 megapixel camera. With an improved flash and a 6X digital zoom the BlackBerry Pearl 2 will take awfully nice pictures.

You still see the occasional digital camera in Best Buy or Target that is still only 3.2 megapixels and truth be told, most people never need to use a resolution higher than that as most home printers don’t even come close to printing at that resolution.

I hope these things come to Verizon sooner rather than later because I cannot wait to get my hands on one.

BlackBerry Pearl 2, BlackBerry Komet

BlackBerry Pearl 2 (Komet) To Have 3.2 Megapixel Camera is a post from: RIMarkable

CTIA Wireless 2007, the wireless industries largest convention of the year, just ened yesterday. Although Verizon unveiled several new mobile devices soon coming out on their network, a BlackBerry with a digital camera, didn’t make the list.

If T-Mobile or AT&T gets a second CameraBerry before Verizon gets their first, I am switching to whomever gets the 8300.

Can you hear me now?

CTIA Came And Went But No Mention Of A Verizon CameraBerry is a post from: RIMarkable

Dear Verizon,

It has been 6 months since the BlackBerry Pearl was first released on T-Mobile. We know that you generally take about a year or so for your CDMA versions of BlackBerry devices to come out after they first appear on your GSM competitors, however, I don’t know how much longer you can afford to play this game.

I call it a game because, according to RIM President and co-CEO, Mike Lazaridis, the java based nature of the BlackBerry allows it to be “quickly ported over” to CDMA hardware. If it is easy to do, the only reason I can see that you don’t is because you are trying to gage the amount of time you can make your subscriber base wait without bolting along with the decreasing licensing fees you pay to RIM for new devices the farther you get away from their initial launch.

I understand that this is smart business in the corporate world. It won’t, however, work in the consumer world.

Consumers are fickle. They want what they want when they want it and when they want it is always now. They won’t view devices like the Pearl or the 8300 as a business device, but as a cool new phone that they can take pictures with and send and receive email on. I am a die-hard Verizon user and truly believe that you have the best network out there. I can honestly tell you, however, that I would switch to T-Mobile in a heartbeat to get the Pearl if it were not for the fact that my company pays for my Verizon service.

Why would I switch when I am a die-hard Verizon subscriber? Simply because they have the phone I want, you don’t, and their service is good enough. In fact, where I live, T-Mobile service is actually pretty good and although I hate Cingular, their service around here is not too bad either…. Their customer service just sucks.

The problem for you is that if a die-hard network loving Verizon user like me would leave because you don’t have the phone I want, what do you think your chances are of signing up new consumers who want the latest greatest BlackBerry devices as soon as there leaked, let alone come out on your network a year after everyone else gets them.

Don’t make the mistake of letting T-Mobile and AT&T come out with two CameraBerrys before you come out with your first. It’s time for you to come out with a CameraBerry now.

Verizon Needs To Release a CameraBerry Now! is a post from: RIMarkable

You are looking at a picture of a BlackBerry 8300, code name “Daytona”. This could quite possibly be the most perfectly designed BlackBerry to date. We will get to the features in second, but first, take a look at the design of this puppy. It has the BlackBerry 8800 form factor, however, the keyboard is absolutely beautiful. One of my biggest gripes about the BlackBerry 8800 is that the keys are too close together but the 8300 has a country mile in between each key in comparison.

We’ve got more BlackBerry 8300 pictures and it’s features after the jump.

The BlackBerry 8300 has all the bells and whistles of the BlackBerry 8800 and includes Wi-Fi and a 2.0 megapixel digital camera with an LED flash. Please let this come out on Verizon. Please let this come out on Verizon. Please let this come out on Verizon…

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BlackBerry 8300, BlackBerry 8300 pictures

BlackBerry 8300 “Daytona” is a post from: RIMarkable

I was just thinking about what RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie said about the BlackBerry soon becoming the MP3 player of choice for consumers and even though I think that this is a bit unrealistic, Research in Motion could make some legitimate noise if they are smart about things.

We all know that Apple and Cingular will release the first version of the iPhone sometime around the June time frame. Even with the extravagantly high price tag the iPhone will be a big hit for Cingular and Apple. It will probably crush whatever estimates Apple is putting out there for sales and will undoubtedly be one of if not the big story this year in the mobile phone industry, at least in the United States. Research in Motion, however, if they are smart about things, can capitalize on all of the hoopla that has and will continue to surround the iPhone.

Jim Balsillie was exactly right when he said that “Apple has done us an enormous favour by saying you should expect music on your cellphone.” With the announcement of the iPhone, Apple changed the perception of a built-in MP3 player being a “cool to have” to a built-in MP3 player being something mobile phones just “should have”.

If RIM is smart about things and does something like come out with a new BlackBerry that plays MP3s and takes pictures right before the Apple iPhone is released, they could capture the attention of consumers that may have been looking at the iPhone. If Balsillie was serious about the BlackBerry becoming the MP3 player of choice for consumers they need to start now before Apple gets a stranglehold on the market. They need to start letting people know that a new picture taking MP3 playing BlackBerry is getting ready to come out. They need to get these devices into the hands of celebrities who love getting their picuture take while holding their BlackBerry. They need to start marketing BlackBerrys to consumers that read magazines like People and not only to ones who read Forbes… They basically need to do a lot of the things that Apple is doing with the iPhone.

That is if RIM is smart about things…

If RIM Is Smart About Things… is a post from: RIMarkable

Hey Verizon,

We know that it takes you a year to get the CDMA version of BlackBerry devices after everyone else gets the GPRS ones, so I make this request on behalf of the all the BlackBerry 7250 and 8703e users that would like to go to a CameraBerry with a full QWERTY keyboard but don’t want to wait until 2008 to get one.

Can we skip the BlackBerry Pearl and go straight to the BlackBerry 8800 Crimson?

We know that you have a lot of BlackBerry 7130e customers that are happy with SureType. Heck, I am one of them, however, it is more about the size of the 7130e and not so much the SureType keyboard that attracts people to it. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t have a problem with SureType and actually think it is kind of cool. I, however, don’t have a problem with full QWERTY keyboards either so long as the device that I am using it on isn’t the size of pocket calculator from 1984.

I imagine that most folks that like SureType would trade it for a full QWERTY keyboard Crimson a lot quicker than 7250 or 8703e users who hate SureType would do the visa versa. So Verizon, why don’t you guys put the CDMA Pearl on the back burner and go all out trying to get a BlackBerry 8800 Crimson ready by this time next year. Your BlackBerry subscribers will love you for it.

BlackBerry 8800, BlackBerry Crimson, Verizon

Verizon… Can we skip the BlackBerry Pearl and go straight to the BlackBerry 8800? is a post from: RIMarkable

As you have probably heard the rumors by now, Research in Motion will soon come out with it’s next-generation, full QWERTY keyboard, MP3 playing, Wi-Fi enabled, Razr thin smartphone called the BlackBerry 8800. There will actually be two versions (at least two) of the 8800, one without a digital camera code named “Indigo” rumored to come out late this year, and one with a digital camera code named “Crimson” rumored to come out Q2 of 07.

The question of the day is will the BlackBerry 8800 be even more popular than the BlackBerry Pearl? As you can see from a poll over on BlackBerry Forums, almost 60% of the poll takers say that they are 100% sure that they will get a BlackBerry 8800. Based on this I would have to say that the 8800, at least with existing BlackBerry users, could be more popular than the Pearl.

Research in Motion’s stock price is sitting above $110 per share at the time of this posting and one of the main factors for this is the BlackBerry Pearl. The Pearl is selling like crazy right now even though one of the biggest reasons for not buying a Pearl is it’s lack of a full QWERTY keyboard. Another big reason not to buy a Pearl is it’s lack of Wi-Fi support. The BlackBerry 8800, depending on which version you buy, will have both.

Will the BlackBerry 8800 sell better than the Pearl? Only time will tell. One thing we no for sure, however, is that the BlackBerry 8800 will be popular with BlackBerry Forums members.

Read more…

BlackBerry 8800, BlackBerry Pearl

Will the BlackBerry 8800 be even more popular than the BlackBerry Pearl? is a post from: RIMarkable

I while back I wrote a post about why Bluetooth Blackberry keyboards are not that practical and if I had a digital camera in my BlackBerry I would have taken a picture that would have illustrated this point perfectly.

I saw a guy trying to use a wireless keyboard with what looked like a BlackBerry 8700c. We were sitting on a bus from the airport terminal to the car rental place and as the bus moved, the gentleman found it increasingly difficult to balance the BlackBerry on one knee while trying to type on the keyboard on the other. Finally, he reached into his bag, pulled out his laptop, and used the laptop as a tray to hold the keyboard and the BlackBerry so that he could type his message.

This was funny to me and I thought that I’d share. You would probably would have thought it was funny too if you were looking at a picture of a dude using a laptop as a tray for his BlackBerry and wireless Bluetooth keyboard.

Please Verizon, come out with BlackBerry with camera in it soon….

Why Verizon really needs to come out with a CameraBerry soon is a post from: RIMarkable