GelaSkins – Special Blackberry Bold 9700 Skins

Written by sonic on January 6, 2010 – 6:16 pm -

Blackberry Bold 9700 Skins With Matching Themes From GelaSkins

Probably nothing cooler than having something no one else you know in your circle of friends has! This would be one of those purchases. Not only does it make your unit much more unique than your next door neighbors, but it also protects the surface from scratches, and supports independent artists who design these packages. Very nice indeed! No blog about Blackberries would be complete without mentioning these interesting designs.

Keep in mind that this concept is a much wiser alternative to actually pulling apart your blackberry and putting custom colored plastic pieces on that void the warranty and ruin your resale-ability and wreak havoc on your chances of getting any repair by the carrier or manufacturer. These mods make you the coolest guy around and still protect your investment…  At $600+ USD, it’s not exactly something I’d go modding myself without considering the loss of that money.

You can browse their entire selection by visiting their website.

Tags: artist, blackberry, bold 9700, cool, cover, design, graphics, guard, skin, skins, sticker, stuff, theme, unique, wrapper
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Blackberry Developers discuss progress of 2009

Written by admin on December 30, 2009 – 10:30 pm -

Blackberry development blog tells us all the details surrounding how many big improvements were made to the development environment for Blackberry software. Why should we, the average user care? It’s interesting and it shows us where the platform we’re married to is going…

It also gives us power users who are constantly thursting for the next BIG THING to see how that’s coming along etc.. anyway.. Check it out…

Tags: bugs, code, code for bold 9700, code for rim, design, develop, developer, development, fixes, improvements, repairs, RIM, Software, write for blackberry
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How does the bold 9700 trackpad work?

Written by SyncMaster on December 18, 2009 – 3:13 pm -

Like many users, i’ve found the blackberry bold 9700’s new trackpad to be a blessing and a curse.
Out of the box it seems hyper sensitive, fast and oddly accurate, and yet if you’ve been a baller or a jogger (track wheel or track ball) fan over the years, the quick witted accuracy of the new trackpad is still something to get used to…

Regardless… RIM has gone out of their way to showcase exactly what it is and how it works, and it’s quite interesting and allows for a deeper appreciation of the new navigation tool and how it works.

Much like any improvement to an existing design, many early adopters will find it strange, but the accuracy and design is something to truly brag about when it comes to being a blackberry owner.

Apparently, this is actually an optical camera taking black and white photos of your finger every few seconds. The advantages over a laptop’s touchpad is that it nolonger requires the heat or actual finger, but could even work in a pinch with a ball point pen, which I imagine opens up all kinds of good things for the handicapped and other folks who cannot use their thumb for whatever reason.

The Official Blackberry blog can tell you more and is quite a good read…

Tags: bold 9700, camera, design, eye, feature, navigation, optical, red, touchpad, tracking, trackpad, working, works
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Bold 9700 – IS your trackpad low?

Written by admin on December 4, 2009 – 10:46 am -

“Is… your… trackpad low does it wobble to and fro? Can you tie it in a knot? Can you tie it in a bow…”

Sorry, that was pretty funny… But in all serious news, the Bold 9700’s trackpad has been a strange new twist in the Blackberry Bold’s design. Anyone who’s used a Bold 9700 for greater than a week as their full time device has probably found it to be strange and yet comfortable.

I’ve had mine probably a bit more than 2 weeks now and It’s growing on me, but there’s times when it’s really annoying — But oddly enough I can’t go back to the trackball either.

A number of people have complained the trackpad leans, or wobbles and I think someone who goes by the name BaRTiMuS on Crackberry Blogs has commented with graphics about the situation. He actually took his unit apart and got pictures.

In his post, he showed the community that the trackpad itself is resting on a pedestal or a post of some kind and basically attached only by a ribbon cable to the device’s main-board. This entirely clears up the myth that this is a design issue or something that may need repair.

In this picture to the right, you can see the trackpad sitting on it’s pedistal where it’s free to roam, slip and slide only held back by it’s ribbon cable.

I waited a bit to post these pictures because I wanted to make sure I had permission from the author, Bart (thanks bud!) who did get back to me when I asked if I could use these pictures in a post to describe the situation.

Mine doesn’t lean like some people’s does, and mine doesn’t wobble too bad, but it does feel cheap and like it shouldn’t have so much give and wiggle as it does which forced me to study this so hard and dig thru the forums until I stumbled upon BaRTiMuS’s smashing conclusion. His post stopped a 9 page thread of people trying to figure this one out.

Sitting on a Pedestal…

Daniel J Deyette

P.S. COMMENT!!! That’s what it’s for, let us know what you think!
I personally hope RIM recalls and offers to repair free. It’s not that it’s broken, I get that! But it’s because it’s a flawed design… You can look at the early releases, this thing came out of the design shop with a ball and last minute switched to a trackpad. Other trackpad devices have this thing nestled in it’s own box and not up on a plastic post.

Tags: broken, design, fix, lean, leans, repair, slant, slanted, slide, trackpad, vibration, wiggle, wobble, wonky
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