If you’ve been following QB, you know we’re one piece of a media network puzzle. Our company does a BlackBerry industry site called BlackBerry Cool, as well as a Windows Mobile site called Windows Mobile Cool. The two sites combined with this smorgasbord of mobile entertainment, we’ve got all your mobile needs covered. The editor in chiefs of the other 2 blogs have chosen their 3 favorite articles from this week which I would like to share with you. Click through for more some great linkage from the past week
Mmmm, turkey, NFL football, and Black Friday. This can mean only one thing: US Thanksgiving. In celebration of this hallowed occasion (and the drubbing the Lions will receive at the hands of the Titans), the BlackBerry Cool Store is offering a MobileHeist of sorts, carried out by The Crazy 48. That’s right, starting TODAY, the BlackBerry Cool Store is OFFERING 48 OF OUR BEST SELLING BLACKBERRY APPS FOR 50% OF UNTIL DECEMBER 1ST.
You can see a few of our favorite BlackBerry apps being offered below, with links to their reviews. However, you must purchase your BlackBerry app from the MobileHeist page to receive the discount price — no coupon code is required !
I’ve been getting some of our less technically-inclined readers emailing me asking “how do I download mobile games from my AT&T BlackBerry?” It seemed like too easy of a question to answer so I’ve been avoiding it but there is no such thing as a stupid question and I’ll happily respond.
For this how-to, I’m using an AT&T BlackBerry Bold courtesy of Research in Motion (RIM). The first thing you’ll notice about the Bold is that it has 6 icons on the lower section of the screen. From that list you have (or at least on my Bold): messages, email, address book, calendar, MEdia Net and media. Click through to read about how to get games on your AT&T BlackBerry
A recent NPD Group research paper says that not only are people using their smartphones more, but they’re playing games more often than using enterprise and productivity software. The findings come from a portion of the report aimed at discovering what features and functions consumers are most aware.
Smartphones are still being used primarily as a communication device, with phone calls, email and text messages occupying the majority of a smartphone user’s time. This is changing due to a trend that has been primarily pioneered by the iPhone. Mobile gaming on the iPhone has steadily increased over the last three months and the trend is perpetually growing.
If mobile gaming, applications and web browsing are becoming an increasingly larger percentage of device usage, I’m anticipating a time when our phones are using 100% data. Phone calls will be made over VoIP and the majority of social interaction will be done via social networking and messaging programs. At this point, I feel we will truly have left behind the archaic and soon to be obsolete telephone.
Super popular BlackBerry entertainment company Bplay has updated their incredibly popular iBerry theme with two new variants: iBerry Neo and iBerry Neo Zen. In addition, Bplay has also made two other popular BlackBerry themes available for the BlackBerry Bold: Crossbar and FlowBerry. You can download them at the links below!
Our Windows Mobile sister site has compiled some great posts for you to get caught up in the world of WinMo. Windows Mobile Cool is our one stop shop for news, reviews, how tos and opinion in the Windows Mobile space. Its editor in chief, Bambi Blue, has a unique style of blogging and she’s really great at communicating with her readers. Check out here site and feel free to drop her a line on any of the social networking tools out there. Click through to get news, reviews and how tos in the Windows Mobile space
Graham Stewart, a software consultant from Boulder, CO., developed an Android proxy app that allows you to browse the web via a USB connected T-Mobile G1. The connection is fairly slow when relaying the EDGE data nework, and it should work with 3G. I should also clarify that this isn’t a typical “tether” in that you’ll have full Internet access, but rather this only allows web access.
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QuicklyBored exclusive! THQ Wireless gave us a preview of their upcoming game WWE SmackDown vs Raw 2009. We put together a video of the gameplay and the graphics look great. This game is going to be a huge hit with WWE fans everywhere. Personally, I got atomic body slammed about 3,000 times by Chris Jericho and Rey Mysterio slapped me so hard I actually felt it in real life. I hope you guys do better. Here are some of the new features that come with the game:
All new grab and slam grapple system!
Improved submission challenges
More slams, throws, and high-flying attacks!
New showboat system!
Play as some of the hottest names in the WWE, such as Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio, Kane, Undertaker and John Cena!
A survey by Artificial Life of US phone subscribers, reveals that 46% of users are using their device for mobile entertainment purposes. The survey also shows that smartphone users are very interested in mobile entertainment content (87.5% of users) and 56% of people who do not own a smartphone, want one. Good news people! My question is: If you don’t use your phone for mobile entertainment, where have you been? On Mars with your eyes sowed shut and your fingers in your ears? Harsh.
