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Here we go again! Another great contest for all you BlackBerry addicts. This time its instant unlock codes from BFUnlock. We have three to give away, so do not worry if your not the first one to comment.



Here's what you need to do:

• Place one comment


• Tell us why you want an unlock code


• Post your email in the comment


• Have your IMEI number ready (this can be found under Options>Status)

Here we go again! Another great contest for all you BlackBerry addicts. This time its instant unlock codes from BFUnlock. We have three to give away, so do not worry if your not the first one to comment.



Here's what you need to do:

• Place one comment


• Tell us why you want an unlock code


• Post your email in the comment


• Have your IMEI number ready (this can be found under Options>Status)

Well, well, looks like we have some more info into the release of the Bold 9650 for Verizon. We first showed you that the Bold 9650 had been placed in the VZW Summer Catalog and had heard that it would be releasing in June. Now, if you take this screenshot of an internal e-mail to heart it shows that the Bold 9650 will be available for direct fulfillment on June 3rd and ready for in-store pick up on June 10th. This seems to follow along with what we were previously reporting. Are you a Verizon customer looking to pick this device up?

Well, well, looks like we have some more info into the release of the Bold 9650 for Verizon. We first showed you that the Bold 9650 had been placed in the VZW Summer Catalog and had heard that it would be releasing in June. Now, if you take this screenshot of an internal e-mail to heart it shows that the Bold 9650 will be available for direct fulfillment on June 3rd and ready for in-store pick up on June 10th. This seems to follow along with what we were previously reporting. Are you a Verizon customer looking to pick this device up?

Not very many people may find this useful at the moment, unless you have an Atlas laying around. However, China Mobile Hong Kong has released OS 5.0.0.608 for the BlackBerry Curve 8910.

• Applications: 5.0.0.608


• Software Platform: 5.2.0.43


• File name: 8910jAllLang_PBr5.0.0_rel1128_PL5.2.0.43_A5.0.0.608_China_Mobile_Hong_Kong_Co._Ltd.exe


• File size: 155.9MB

Not very many people may find this useful at the moment, unless you have an Atlas laying around. However, China Mobile Hong Kong has released OS 5.0.0.608 for the BlackBerry Curve 8910.

• Applications: 5.0.0.608


• Software Platform: 5.2.0.43


• File name: 8910jAllLang_PBr5.0.0_rel1128_PL5.2.0.43_A5.0.0.608_China_Mobile_Hong_Kong_Co._Ltd.exe


• File size: 155.9MB

Over a year ago there was a lot of buzz going around about a new barcode scanning technology that Microsoft had been working on. They released a beta version of what is called Tag, which needless to say was a very buggy application. However, Microsoft is proud to announce that Tag has come out of beta and that they've included a few new upgrades:

• A device ID feature will allow marketers to deliver a more personalized consumer experience across multiple Tags. For example, consumers can now receive customized content, such as a coupon or other offer from a retail outlet, based on Tags they’ve previously scanned


• A new .tag file format will make it easier to print and manage a large number of different Tags as part of a broad campaign deployment. Developers of professional printing programs can now generate the Tag graphic on the fly as part of their solution


• Tag has always been available worldwide and has been distributed and deployed globally. We have added localization in five new languages which include: French, Spanish, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Italian


• And finally, we will be introducing a beta Heat Map feature in the next few days, available in the Tag Campaign Manager, that will help companies better measure Tag usage by location and make more informed decisions about their Tag campaigns and overall marketing spend

Over a year ago there was a lot of buzz going around about a new barcode scanning technology that Microsoft had been working on. They released a beta version of what is called Tag, which needless to say was a very buggy application. However, Microsoft is proud to announce that Tag has come out of beta and that they've included a few new upgrades:

• A device ID feature will allow marketers to deliver a more personalized consumer experience across multiple Tags. For example, consumers can now receive customized content, such as a coupon or other offer from a retail outlet, based on Tags they’ve previously scanned


• A new .tag file format will make it easier to print and manage a large number of different Tags as part of a broad campaign deployment. Developers of professional printing programs can now generate the Tag graphic on the fly as part of their solution


• Tag has always been available worldwide and has been distributed and deployed globally. We have added localization in five new languages which include: French, Spanish, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Italian


• And finally, we will be introducing a beta Heat Map feature in the next few days, available in the Tag Campaign Manager, that will help companies better measure Tag usage by location and make more informed decisions about their Tag campaigns and overall marketing spend

Those who did not want to use the last leaked OS can now proceed to update their Bold 9700s with OS 5.0.0.680 from Zain Jordan.



BlackBerry Handheld Software v5.0.0.1149 (Multilanguage)



Package Version: 5.0.0.1149

Consisting of:



Applications: 5.0.0.680

Software Platform: 5.1.0.160

File name: 9700M_PBr5.0.0_rel1149_PL5.1.0.160_A5.0.0.680_Zain_Jordan.exe

File size: 133.03MB

Those who did not want to use the last leaked OS can now proceed to update their Bold 9700s with OS 5.0.0.680 from Zain Jordan.



BlackBerry Handheld Software v5.0.0.1149 (Multilanguage)



Package Version: 5.0.0.1149

Consisting of:



Applications: 5.0.0.680

Software Platform: 5.1.0.160

File name: 9700M_PBr5.0.0_rel1149_PL5.1.0.160_A5.0.0.680_Zain_Jordan.exe

File size: 133.03MB

We also hope RIM will make the announcement of the Bold 9800 Slider, which we know will be releasing in June and is to be the first BlackBerry to sport BlackBerry 6.

We also hope RIM will make the announcement of the Bold 9800 Slider, which we know will be releasing in June and is to be the first BlackBerry to sport BlackBerry 6.

Users are reporting that T-Mobile is pushing an over-the-air (OTA) update for select BlackBerry Bold 9700 users. The update seems to only be working on those running the last official OS from T-Mobile, which is OS 5.0.0.586. Once updated, users have reported it upgraded their Bold 9700 to OS 5.0.0.714! Normally, OTA upgrades are more of a "patch" for an error they might have found in the last official OS. Either way, this could be very helpful for any T-Mobile Bold 9700 user. Has this happened to you?

Users are reporting that T-Mobile is pushing an over-the-air (OTA) update for select BlackBerry Bold 9700 users. The update seems to only be working on those running the last official OS from T-Mobile, which is OS 5.0.0.586. Once updated, users have reported it upgraded their Bold 9700 to OS 5.0.0.714! Normally, OTA upgrades are more of a "patch" for an error they might have found in the last official OS. Either way, this could be very helpful for any T-Mobile Bold 9700 user. Has this happened to you?

Love using Hulu and wish there was a mobile alternative? Now you're in luck, with the release of the new beta app of Bitbop. Fox Mobile are the ones behind this cool app and are allowing up to 25 TV stations, which include Comedy Central, Fox, Discovery, National Geographic, NBC, and more. 




The current beta app is free, but Bitbop intends on releasing a commercial-free version for $9.99/month. Bitbop also plans on releasing an on-demand movie rental service. Bitbop will work over 3G or WiFi for these select BlackBerry devices: Bold 9000, Bold 9700, Curve 8900, and the Tour 9630.




Checkout Bitbop.com for more info and to download.

Love using Hulu and wish there was a mobile alternative? Now you're in luck, with the release of the new beta app of Bitbop. Fox Mobile are the ones behind this cool app and are allowing up to 25 TV stations, which include Comedy Central, Fox, Discovery, National Geographic, NBC, and more. 




The current beta app is free, but Bitbop intends on releasing a commercial-free version for $9.99/month. Bitbop also plans on releasing an on-demand movie rental service. Bitbop will work over 3G or WiFi for these select BlackBerry devices: Bold 9000, Bold 9700, Curve 8900, and the Tour 9630.




Checkout Bitbop.com for more info and to download.

Our Vodafone UK connect let us know that they had approved the BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 on May 21st. The Pearl 9105 with T9 keyboard will be releasing with OS 5.0.0.696, which is the highest build to-date for this device.










Our connect also showed us that the marketing posters will be arriving first week in June. We're expecting to see dummy phones arrive by the end of this week, which should follow with an early June launch.



The Pearl 9105 has gotten mixed reviews over its T9 keyboard, however, we know this keyboard is more traditional in Europe. Are you with Vodafone UK and looking to buy this phone?

Our Vodafone UK connect let us know that they had approved the BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9105 on May 21st. The Pearl 9105 with T9 keyboard will be releasing with OS 5.0.0.696, which is the highest build to-date for this device.










Our connect also showed us that the marketing posters will be arriving first week in June. We're expecting to see dummy phones arrive by the end of this week, which should follow with an early June launch.



The Pearl 9105 has gotten mixed reviews over its T9 keyboard, however, we know this keyboard is more traditional in Europe. Are you with Vodafone UK and looking to buy this phone?

The guys over at TBZ got their hands on some snapshots of the Verizon training materials for the BlackBerry Bold 9650. We previously reported that the Bold 9650 appeared in the VZW summer catalog and heard it would be releasing in early June. Kind of disappointing, the Bold 9650 will only receive a 2GB micro SD card (compared to the 16GB the Storm2 9550 received). It will be interesting to find out when the 9650 will finally be officially acknowledge by Big Red. Are you a VZW customer going to upgrade to the 9650?

The guys over at TBZ got their hands on some snapshots of the Verizon training materials for the BlackBerry Bold 9650. We previously reported that the Bold 9650 appeared in the VZW summer catalog and heard it would be releasing in early June. Kind of disappointing, the Bold 9650 will only receive a 2GB micro SD card (compared to the 16GB the Storm2 9550 received). It will be interesting to find out when the 9650 will finally be officially acknowledge by Big Red. Are you a VZW customer going to upgrade to the 9650?

The BlackBerry Bold 9650 has still yet-to-be announced officially by Verizon Wireless. However, here we have a Verizon OS 5.0.0.699 package thanks to our great friends at GizmoFusion. If you have the 9650 from Sprint or other carrier make sure you delete the vendor.xml file in order for this OS to properly load.






*DISCLAIMER* - This is an unofficial RIM software release. If you choose to install, do so at your own risk! BB Leaks is not responsible for any malfunctions or abnormalities that may occur.

The BlackBerry Bold 9650 has still yet-to-be announced officially by Verizon Wireless. However, here we have a Verizon OS 5.0.0.699 package thanks to our great friends at GizmoFusion. If you have the 9650 from Sprint or other carrier make sure you delete the vendor.xml file in order for this OS to properly load.






*DISCLAIMER* - This is an unofficial RIM software release. If you choose to install, do so at your own risk! BB Leaks is not responsible for any malfunctions or abnormalities that may occur.

Everyone inadvertently give their email address publicly, or to register for the site that will send you the weight of spam. As far as when we receive emails only from your PC - no big problem with this - both mailboxes, as well as programs like Outlook, offer us advanced filtering unwanted mail. In the case of BlackBerry, the situation unfortunately is not so simple - message filters can be set only on the BIS, and even their usefulness is pretty much limited, in addition, everything goes straight to your phone ...





I too also caught the problem of unwanted mail, so in search of the best solution reached for the product of Antair Corporation - Antair Spam Filter 3.0.







The program knocks from the beginning and it is unfortunately not very successfully - the price is up 142.36zł net! Let us dispense with the price but at the beginning and see whether the application is worth any money at all.





After downloading, installing, and then introduce the activation key (or omission, in the case when using the demo version) and the possible synchronization of contacts (more on this later), appears to our eyes ... not very impressive main screen - with its level, we can quickly enable or disable mail filtering, and call the menu.





When you run the menu has been a lot better - we have available:



Spam box

This box provides us access to the latest messages rejected by the application's Antair . The limit of stored messages can be set from 0 to 500, each redundant will be erased immediately and we will not have any access to them later. From the box that you can also add the address or the domain from which mail has been sent to the white list (all messages from these addresses / domains will be provided na our device), and also manage lists of blocked URLs, domains, or certain words in the topics. We can also see why the message was rejected (for example: the message was rejected by the filter engine.)








Of course there is also shown in these pictures, can restore any message that will be 'filtered' - so we do not have to worry that we lose important information for us forever. It is also worth mentioning that the messages are removed only locally - are not deleted from mail servers.



The next three items on the menu operate on equal footing and allow us to determine by blocking messages.:

• Specific addresses


• Domain


• Keywords in the message topics


• Tags servers

All of them present the same structure (except the last) - we have a list of available white (messages always come, regardless of what's thought myself to silnik filter) and black (the messages are always blocks). This way, we can filter out most junk mail - in most cases it concerns a single topic, and after entering a few key words, and also blocked a number of specific e-mail addresses, our problems should be over (for example, blocking the entire domeny@gmail.com may often pass from the goal ). I must admit that all the settings work perfectly - the device does not reach even the slightest notice of such messages (unless you set differently - as later in review).



The last option is designed for people with servers that have the ability to automatically marking additional unwanted messages, with the consequence that the message from the server to the device comes with an additional indication, for example, the header is "spam) (title ", which will allow for more efficient capture these messages before they reach our BlackBerrry. Just add the tags used by our server.



It is worth pointing out also the excellent integration with BlackBerry email application - we do not need to memorize or copy any address, and then laboriously wade through the menu to add it to the list of unwanted senders - in the case when our mailbox begins to fill up this spam, the implementation of these all operations in turn is extremely tiring. With Antair can block and even delete every message immediately after it opened in the Info box!







So, after developing the context menu, both in the message list and messages already open, we can:

• Removal of as spam (the message is not added to the blacklist)


• Adding to the white list address


• Added to the blacklist Address


• Adding to the white list domains


• Adding to blacklist domains


• Answer and transfer the "uratowanej" messages from the trash

All options, like the earlier work without the slightest complaint - the only thing that could be added, it can automatically add the address to the blacklist in the case of deletion as spam, and also display two last options, only those messages restored - in its current form the whole menu is getting a bit long.



Strength filtering engine







In addition to setting their own rules for filtering incoming e-mail, we can help, or rely entirely on the built-in algorithms to detect and reject spam. There we have as many as 11 of its levels, differing in the strength of filtration:

• 0 - absence of any additional filtration


• 1 - extremely weak


• 2 - very poor


• 3 - weak


• 4 - somewhat weaker


• 5 - Standard


• 6 - a bit stronger


• 7 - strong


• 8 - very strong


• 9 - Extremely strong


• 10 - treat everything as spam

Everyone should find something for everyone among these options, the optimal setting for me was the "3", but very much depends on the intensity of receiving unwanted mail.



In the event that suits us a higher level of filtration, but we fear that we may miss an important message for the opjach program, we can set the phone to notify us, however, that came to us a message - but it will not be displayed in the box Info BlackBerry - the screen displays only a short message and the message will have access only from the Spam mailbox in the program.









Statistics:







For the curious, or people who just want to see if their hard-spent money is not wasted, the producers have prepared another tab, representing a detailed analysis of its business, including the number of filtered messages, addresses on the white and black list of domain names and addresses, etc..



Options



In the same program options can be set:

• Displaying the splash screen (such as in the first image in the article)


• Automatic download address book contacts and adding them to white list


• Display notification of new messages rejected


• Treatment of domains in addition to the white or black list, as a suffix (all will be filtered, including wherever the word)


• Automatically add the address to the blacklist, when it is filtered


• Determining capacity mailbox spam (0/100/200/300/400/500)


• Synchronize your personal contacts with the white list

Summary



As you can see - the same description of the options did not take too much space. The reason is that the Anti-Spam Filter Antair only performs a single operation, which was created - reject unwanted mail, and doing it really well. With powerful filtering capabilities, from single addresses until the entire domain, Sinik built-in automatic filtering of spam with the possibility to determine its sensitivity in the 11-point scale, and full integration with the mailbox, its use is intuitive and extremely efficient.



Unfortunately, developers Antair'u put before all the interested users of the sluice - 142zł + VAT is a major expense, such as a program on the phone, it is possible, however, that someone will be useful.



Limited (and, unfortunately, is also functional) trial version is available at the same address

Everyone inadvertently give their email address publicly, or to register for the site that will send you the weight of spam. As far as when we receive emails only from your PC - no big problem with this - both mailboxes, as well as programs like Outlook, offer us advanced filtering unwanted mail. In the case of BlackBerry, the situation unfortunately is not so simple - message filters can be set only on the BIS, and even their usefulness is pretty much limited, in addition, everything goes straight to your phone ...





I too also caught the problem of unwanted mail, so in search of the best solution reached for the product of Antair Corporation - Antair Spam Filter 3.0.







The program knocks from the beginning and it is unfortunately not very successfully - the price is up 142.36zł net! Let us dispense with the price but at the beginning and see whether the application is worth any money at all.





After downloading, installing, and then introduce the activation key (or omission, in the case when using the demo version) and the possible synchronization of contacts (more on this later), appears to our eyes ... not very impressive main screen - with its level, we can quickly enable or disable mail filtering, and call the menu.





When you run the menu has been a lot better - we have available:



Spam box

This box provides us access to the latest messages rejected by the application's Antair . The limit of stored messages can be set from 0 to 500, each redundant will be erased immediately and we will not have any access to them later. From the box that you can also add the address or the domain from which mail has been sent to the white list (all messages from these addresses / domains will be provided na our device), and also manage lists of blocked URLs, domains, or certain words in the topics. We can also see why the message was rejected (for example: the message was rejected by the filter engine.)








Of course there is also shown in these pictures, can restore any message that will be 'filtered' - so we do not have to worry that we lose important information for us forever. It is also worth mentioning that the messages are removed only locally - are not deleted from mail servers.



The next three items on the menu operate on equal footing and allow us to determine by blocking messages.:

• Specific addresses


• Domain


• Keywords in the message topics


• Tags servers

All of them present the same structure (except the last) - we have a list of available white (messages always come, regardless of what's thought myself to silnik filter) and black (the messages are always blocks). This way, we can filter out most junk mail - in most cases it concerns a single topic, and after entering a few key words, and also blocked a number of specific e-mail addresses, our problems should be over (for example, blocking the entire domeny@gmail.com may often pass from the goal ). I must admit that all the settings work perfectly - the device does not reach even the slightest notice of such messages (unless you set differently - as later in review).



The last option is designed for people with servers that have the ability to automatically marking additional unwanted messages, with the consequence that the message from the server to the device comes with an additional indication, for example, the header is "spam) (title ", which will allow for more efficient capture these messages before they reach our BlackBerrry. Just add the tags used by our server.



It is worth pointing out also the excellent integration with BlackBerry email application - we do not need to memorize or copy any address, and then laboriously wade through the menu to add it to the list of unwanted senders - in the case when our mailbox begins to fill up this spam, the implementation of these all operations in turn is extremely tiring. With Antair can block and even delete every message immediately after it opened in the Info box!







So, after developing the context menu, both in the message list and messages already open, we can:

• Removal of as spam (the message is not added to the blacklist)


• Adding to the white list address


• Added to the blacklist Address


• Adding to the white list domains


• Adding to blacklist domains


• Answer and transfer the "uratowanej" messages from the trash

All options, like the earlier work without the slightest complaint - the only thing that could be added, it can automatically add the address to the blacklist in the case of deletion as spam, and also display two last options, only those messages restored - in its current form the whole menu is getting a bit long.



Strength filtering engine







In addition to setting their own rules for filtering incoming e-mail, we can help, or rely entirely on the built-in algorithms to detect and reject spam. There we have as many as 11 of its levels, differing in the strength of filtration:

• 0 - absence of any additional filtration


• 1 - extremely weak


• 2 - very poor


• 3 - weak


• 4 - somewhat weaker


• 5 - Standard


• 6 - a bit stronger


• 7 - strong


• 8 - very strong


• 9 - Extremely strong


• 10 - treat everything as spam

Everyone should find something for everyone among these options, the optimal setting for me was the "3", but very much depends on the intensity of receiving unwanted mail.



In the event that suits us a higher level of filtration, but we fear that we may miss an important message for the opjach program, we can set the phone to notify us, however, that came to us a message - but it will not be displayed in the box Info BlackBerry - the screen displays only a short message and the message will have access only from the Spam mailbox in the program.









Statistics:







For the curious, or people who just want to see if their hard-spent money is not wasted, the producers have prepared another tab, representing a detailed analysis of its business, including the number of filtered messages, addresses on the white and black list of domain names and addresses, etc..



Options



In the same program options can be set:

• Displaying the splash screen (such as in the first image in the article)


• Automatic download address book contacts and adding them to white list


• Display notification of new messages rejected


• Treatment of domains in addition to the white or black list, as a suffix (all will be filtered, including wherever the word)


• Automatically add the address to the blacklist, when it is filtered


• Determining capacity mailbox spam (0/100/200/300/400/500)


• Synchronize your personal contacts with the white list

Summary



As you can see - the same description of the options did not take too much space. The reason is that the Anti-Spam Filter Antair only performs a single operation, which was created - reject unwanted mail, and doing it really well. With powerful filtering capabilities, from single addresses until the entire domain, Sinik built-in automatic filtering of spam with the possibility to determine its sensitivity in the 11-point scale, and full integration with the mailbox, its use is intuitive and extremely efficient.



Unfortunately, developers Antair'u put before all the interested users of the sluice - 142zł + VAT is a major expense, such as a program on the phone, it is possible, however, that someone will be useful.



Limited (and, unfortunately, is also functional) trial version is available at the same address