Butler TWP., Montgomery County — February 6th, Saturday in Fricker’s on Miller Lane. Anthony J. Holtvogt (24) and his girlfriend were getting ready to leave after they dined in a restaurant. When Holtvogt was trying to put on his coat where the gun was hidden. The sleeve then got caught in the coat, and as Holtvogt reached down, he noticed the slide on the .32-caliber handgun was pulled back. The gun then discharged and the bullet hit his girlfriend’s left pants pocket. Miraculously, it only caused bruising because the Blackberry phone in her pocket blocked the bullet and saved her from what could have been a tragic accident. Holtvogt on the other hand faces charges which is punishable of up to five years imprisonment and a fine of $10,000 plus a mandatory revocation of his concealed carry permit.

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Blackberry fanatics became ecstatic after having read the message that was posted on Blackberry’s official Facebook account earlier today.  The message says ” The Blackberry Tour 9650 is coming! Check back soon for official news!” but then the message has been deleted right afterwards. Nevertheless, a rumor is a rumor and as expected, it spread like wildfire all over the internet. The Blackberry 9650 will pretty much be the same as the Blackberry Tour 9630 except for the added features such as WiFi and a trackpad. Although no official date was mentioned yet, it is expected to come out during the 1st quarter of 2010.

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Nothing seems to be impossible nowadays as every company try their best compete and keep abreast with technology advancement. With the new app that Paypal has developed for Blackberry called the Send Money app, it allows its users to send cash from their PayPal account to anyone with the use of their Blackberry. Apart from this they can also check their account balance and transaction history. The “Send Money app” will first be available in Canada, USA, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, Portugal and Australia. Versions of this app for Android and iPhones are also available.

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A new version of the candybar-styled Blackberry Pearl Smartphone has its pictures scattered all over the internet. Although still unofficial, many blackberry fans can’t wait to get one of these sleek designed latest generation of the BlackBerry Smartphones which is known to be the Blackberry Pearl 9100. It will carry all the features of its predecessor plus an added 3G, a full QWERTY keyboard, an Operating system of Blackberry 5.0 and most importantly, replacing the annoying old trackball with a trackpad.Well, specs wise and with the sleek and elegant look of this phone you certainly can’t go wrong.

The Drivesafe.ly app for Blackberry is ideal for those drivers who just can’t part with their phones even while driving. Lately there have been implemented bans globally to prevent drivers from using their phones while on the road due to several reported accidents mostly concerning teens.Good thing this app enables you to put your phone DOWN while driving your car. It reads emails and SMS messages out loud to you so you can focus on the road (which is what you should be doing in the first place.) To give you a better idea, here are other key features of this app:

• Hands Free
• One-touch activation
• Bluetooth and radio transmitter compatible
• Reads text message shorthand
• Optional customizable auto-responder

Versions for both BlackBerry and Android are available and soon to be available too for iphone and Windows Mobile.

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Rumors  began circulating not too long ago regarding a bluetooth enabled BlackBerry watch that gives its users the ability to preview messages and e-mails, caller’s name display and more without  having to fumble through pockets and handbags to get the phone out. This Blackberry watch is named the inPulse is not made to function exactly as a phone but it helps people that are in a situation when they cannot just answer calls or messages. If for example you are busy doing something and there is a text message, you may navigate and read it from your blackberry watch and you can decide if it’s something urgent that you have to reply on then you have to get your Blackberry phone to do that. The phone has to be kept within the bluetooth range. Unlike LG’s GD910, the watch cannot function independently and does not replace your phone or make or take calls.It merely alerts you to messages or emails that have reached your BlackBerry handset and is considered to be more of an accessory. A lot of people in the business industry will benefit much from this especially during meetings or other times when constant looking at your cellphone display would leave a bad impression.

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The successor of the Blackberry Tour known as Essex has emerged and certain revisions are considered to address to the current issues that Blackberry Tour owners usually complain about. Some features of Blackberry Essex include WiFi, a new touch sensitive trackpad, a camera of 3.2 megapixels, screen resolution of 480 by 360 pixels and it will be a global phone with roaming between CDMA and GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS networks. There is no information yet as to when this model will become available in the market.

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According to the recent survey made among 600 British white-collar workers, people using Blackberry handsets tend to carry their work at home and basically anywhere they go since they are able to reply on urgent e-mails adding another 15 hours of  extra work a week. This can be considered as an advantage for those who are always on-the-go but on the other hand, it could have an impact on your health due to stress caused by less hours of rest. According to Employment Law firm Peninsula, working week was now extended to around 5 hours to avoid breaching working time regulations.

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Right now, RIM is the second largest smartphone manufacturer in the world. That’s a state of affairs that is likely to change before too long. RIM is losing market share to Apple fast as BlackBerry owners desert the cause in order to try out the iPhone for themselves. A lot of the fault for these problems falls on RIM themselves. Their outdated OS and terrible app store are both in need of a major overhaul.

They’ve finally admitted to themselves that they have a problem, and now they’re seeking help for it. They’ve created a social community for BlackBerry owners called, appropriately enough, MyBlackBerry. It’s basically a bulletin board/social media outlet where users can set up their own accounts and talk about RIM products. Depending on which phone you own, sections on the site will be filtered to ensure you don’t end up bombarded by discussions of products you don’t use.

But the main purpose of MyBlackBerry is to give customers a place to vent. Users are being encouraged to talk about what they like and don’t like. RIM needs constructive criticism if they’re going to fix the problems they’re having and start putting out smartphones that people love again.

With any luck some consumer feedback will be just what RIM needs to all of their holes patched up. They’ve got to energize their hardcore consumers and keep them excited about RIM products. If they can’t, they’ll be destined for the #3 spot.

Hey Blackberry users! We know you’ve been getting tired of the continual iPhone 3G S drama: the camera, the overheating, every single tiny development that every blog has to cover. We feel your pain too!

So here’s a little treat that we came across. It’s a cool new theme from idberry called Cockpit. The theme as you can see from the picture turns your homescreen into a souped up car that you can use to navigate through the OS. The steering wheel is the main navigator and you can go through the different options from there.

It looks pretty cool and it may stop people from meddling with your Blackberry because you’ll be the only one who knows how to use the homescreen properly.

It’s currently on sale for $6.99 and is available for the Bold 9000, Curve 8900 and others.

[via IntoMobile]