Google Latitude lets you find your Friends

Google Latitude lets you know exactly were your friends are and with google maps get real-time derections. We all appreciate the variety of apps available for Blackberry phones but it the free ones that are a true added value. This free app from google allows you to see a map of your loaction and shows you were your friends or co-workers are. Of course you have the option of turning off your location when you don’t want to be found. Well worth the price lol!! check it out here at http://www.google.com/latitude/intro.html

Google latitude

Pandora Radio more than a free Radio App

Pandora screen shot

The Pandora free radio service is like no other radio app you will ever experience. Pandora suggests radio stations based on your selection of music and then you can virtually create your own station with the songs you want to here. This is a great app for a Blackberry you can even run off a wi-fi instead of your providers service giving more flexibility.Just go to http://www.pandora.com/blackberry

5 Great Blackberry Apps for a Realator

Are you owner of a “Crackberry” or are you considering adding this powerful little tool to your real estate arsenal? The BlackBerry is a SmartPhone that seems virtually designed for the busy broker, Realtor and agent, with plenty of customizable features and support for downloadable applications that can make your life a lot easier while you’re on the road.

1. Google Maps

One of the main attractions of a BlackBerry is its support for Google Maps. Downloading the Google Maps application means that you have access to all the locations and searching capabilities supported by Google. It’s a great way of finding directions to the next home and quick solutions for finding gas stations, restaurants and hotels on short notice. Google.com/mobile.

2. Opera Mini

There are times when the BlackBerry Browser just doesn’t work. At all. Opera Mini is a great browser for accessing those websites not designed for mobile access. With a zoom in/out feature, you can quickly jump to the area of the website you need to examine in detail. OperaMini.com.

3. Facebook

“Wait a minute,” you say, “Isn’t that just for fun?” Not for the many real estate professionals who keep up with friends, family AND clients on their Facebook page. Many people have a Facebook account for their professional life that’s separate from their personal one. They generally upload pictures of listings, make contacts, find out more about their clients’ needs and involve themselves in the thriving real estate communities that Facebook supports. Facebook.com.

4. Twitter

Another app that one might think is more suited to leisure time, Twitter actually improves search engine optimization and could become an agent’s best friend as far as Google is concerned. A carefully optimized Twitter page could net you a following and clients. Updating from your BlackBerry takes seconds. Twitter.com.

5. Homes for Sale

Developed by J. Rockcliff Realtors, this app uses your BlackBerry’s GPS to home in on your location and sends you information on the homes near your location. You can quickly access the sales price, size of home and property, tax information, photos and special features using only your Blackberry to locate you. This is an award winning application you can download for free at Rockcliff.com.

These are only 5 of the great tools that BlackBerry can support. Keep your eyes open for more developments, especially in the real estate sector.

Author: Josh Sloan

How to Convert DVD and Video to Blackberry Storm

First, you should know what video format is BlackBerry Storm supports.

Because DVD has CSS copyright protection, we need a program to rip DVD and convert video for BlackBerry Storm. The tool we use is BlackBerry Converter Suite, it includes two programs:  DVD to BlackBerry Storm Converter  and  BlackBerry Storm Video Converter . This program not only supports BlackBerry Storm, but also BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Pearl and BlackBerry Bold series.

It supports audio and video format as follow: Video:  DVD, ISO, AVI, MPEG,   MKV, MP4, MP4-AVC, M4V, WMV, MOV, 3GP, 3G2, MPG, FLV, ASF, VOB  Audio:  WMA, M4A, MP3, AAC, AC3, WMA   For more info about this BlackBerry Converter Suite, you can refer to  here . And  here is the free download link , about 10.9 MB.    Now, let’s start the guide about converting DVD and Video to BlackBerry Storm.

Step1, Download and install the BlackBerry Storm converter, and then run it.      Step2. Load DVD into the software by clicking “Add DVD file”.    Here we can load three kinds of DVD’s:

1. Real DVD, just put the DVD in your DVD drive and click load DVD, (you can find it by clicking the triangle on the right of ‘load file’ button.)

2. DVD ISO image, you can amount your ISO files in the daemon tools and then load the virtual DVD drive.

3. A DVD folder, sometimes you may store the DVD folder in your hard drive, it appears like “Video_TS” “Audio_TS” folders. You can load it by clicking the “load DVD folders” button.

Step3. Select Profile, Subtitle, Audio, output directory setting  After you load DVD into the software, click the Profile drop-down list to select the proper format according to your BlackBerry Type, this guide is mainly about how to convert DVD and video to BlackBerry Storm, so we select the  “BlackBerry Storm series(*.mp4)”  profile.

Regular DVD movies usually have several subtitles such as English, French, German, etc. You can select one you prefer. You can also delete the subtitle by selecting “No Subtitle”. Selecting Audio is the same. If you want to join all your DVD files into one video file, please select the option named  “Merge into one file” . For more advanced setting, you can open the setting panel by clicking “Setting”.

Step4. Start the conversion  After all things done, you can click the “Start” to begin the conversion; it will take about 30 minutes for converting a regular two hours DVD movie. When the conversion finished, click “find target” to located the converted video on your computer, connect your BlackBerry Storm to computer, and then copy the video to your BlackBerry memory card, that’s all. Then you can enjoy your favorites DVD movies on your BlackBerry Storm.    For converting  video to BlackBerry Storm , you can click “Video to BlackBerry” to run the BlackBerry Movie Converter, the operation steps are similar to DVD to BlackBerry Converter, So I’m not repeat here. But I want to add some tips to the BlackBerry Movie Converter.

1. The Video to BlackBerry Converter supports  batch conversion , so you can add multiple video files at one time.

2. The Video to BlackBerry Converter embeds  powerful video editing functions , you can use it to cut video, trim video, crop video, and you can even add a watermark to the video.

3. The Video to BlackBerry Converter can also help you convert video file to MP3, WMA, AAC, etc audio, so you can set it as your BlackBerry ringtone.

Author: maccolar

How To Rip Dvd And Convert Video To Blackberry Storm, Bold, Curve,Pearl Etc…

BlackBerry is now a very popular phone for both business people and regular cell phone users. This guide is mainly about how to rip DVD and Convert Video to BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Bold and other BlackBerry serials such as BlackBerry Pearl, Curve etc.   This article includes two parts:   Part1. How to Rip DVD and Convert Video to BlackBerry on Windows?   Part2. How to Rip DVD and Convert Video to BlackBerry on Mac?   Part 1. How to Rip DVD and Convert Video to BlackBerry on Windows?   1. How to rip dvd to BlackBerry?   2. How to convert video to BlackBerry?   First, you should know what video format is BlackBerry Storm supports. (Other BlackBerry Serials support similar video formats)   For most of DVD has CSS copyright protection, we need a program to rip DVD to BlackBerry Storm support video format. The tool we use is   Wondershare DVD to BlackBerry Converter Suite , This program not only supports BlackBerry Storm 9530, 9500, but also BlackBerry Bold 9000, Blackberry Curve, BlackBerry Pearl and other BlackBerry serials.   Now, let\’s start the guide about ripping DVD and converting video to BlackBerry Storm or other BlackBerry Serials.   1. How to rip dvd to BlackBerry?   Step 1: Download Wondershare BlackBerry Converter Suite, and run Wondershare DVD to BlackBerry Converter.   Step 2: Import the DVD Files to the software   Run the program and click \”Add\”. It supplies four ways to load files:   a. Load from DVD Rom: All the DVD files from both DVD Rom and daemon tool will be automatically detected and recognized by the program.   b. Load DVD folder (data DVD), sometimes you may store the DVD folder in your hard drive, it appears like \”Video_ts\” \”audio_ts\” folders. You can load it by clicking the \”load DVD folders\” button.   c. Load ISO image files, you can amount your ISO files in the daemon tools and then load the DVD movie from the virtual DVD drive.   d. Load IFO Files: Click to import your DVD movie by loading IFO files   Step 3: Edit the Video (Optional)   If you want to customize the video, this DVD to BlackBerry Storm Converter offers a powerful video editing function, including cropping video, setting the video effects, trimming movie, even customizing personal watermark.   Crop Video: Many people may be annoyed for black edges around DVD movies; Don\’t worry any more, with this BlackBerry Converter you can easily edit the DVD movie and remove them. Just Click the Edit icon to open the Edit window. Go to the Crop tab, and you can set the output video aspect ratio crop the movie video.   Set the Video Effects: You can set brightness, contrast, saturation, and adjust the volume to modulate the effect. All the progress you can see at \”Preview Pane\” clearly.   Trim movie: If you don\’t need to convert the entire DVD movie, you can just capture a clip from it to convert.   Customize personal watermark: Wondersahre DVD to BlackBerry Converter allows you to customize personal watermark including image watermark or test watermark.   Step 4: Select output Profile   This software can convert DVD to all common formats for BlackBerry Storm such as MP4, WMV, AVI, M4A, AAC, MP3 etc. You can select one output format you want to convert as below.   Step 5: Start to convert   After you edit the video (option) and select the output format, all you need to do is clicking the \”Start\”button. Then you can get a cup of coffee and come back later to check if the conversion is finished. It will take about 30 minutes for converting a regular two hours DVD movie. When the conversion finished, click \”find target\” to located the converted video on your computer, connect your BlackBerry Storm to computer, and then copy the video to your BlackBerry memory card, that’s all.   2. How to convert video to BlackBerry?   [b]Step 1:[/b] Download   Wondershare BlackBerry Converter Suite, and run Wondershare DVD to BlackBerry Converter.   Step 2: Add Video files   Click the Add button, and the program will let you browse your computer hard drive. Select the video files you want to convert and click OK.   Step 3: Output Settings   After adding video files, you can start to set output settings for each file:   a. Select an output format from the Format drop-down list. Just select an format according to the player which you want to put your videos on.   b. Click the Settings button to set encoding settings including video resolution, frame rate, bit rate and video encoder, audio encoding settings including sample rate, channel, bit rate and audio encoder.   c. Click the Browse button to specify an output folder to save the converted files.   Note 1: If you want to convert all the added files into one format with the same encoding parameters, you can just click the “Apply to All” button.   Note 2: You can check the “Merger into one file” option to convert all the added video files into a single file.   Step 4: Start the conversion   Click the Start button of this BlackBerry Bold Video Converter to start the conversion. And all you need to do now is to wait for the conversion to be finished. The remaining time will be shown on conversion window for your reference. Try Wondershare BlackBerry Converter Suite   Part 2: How to Rip DVD and Convert Video to BlackBerry on Mac?   1: Convert DVD movie to BlackBerry for Mac   2: Convert video to BlackBerry for Mac   It is easy-to-use and the converting speed is fast! After testing, all formats conversions work well, the output audio and image quality is excellent! Let\’s view the steps.   1. Convert DVD movie to BlackBerry for Mac   Step 1: Download Wondershare DVD to BlackBerry Suite for Mac, and run DVD to BlackBerry Converter for Mac.   Step 2: Import video files   Click the Load DVD button, select the folder of your DVD movie, and click OK. If the movie is on your disc drive, you can just select the drive and click OK.   Or click the Load IFO button, open the folder of your DVD movie, and you will find two folders in it: AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. Open the VIDEO_TS folder, select all the IFO files, and then click OK.   After the movie is loaded, you can see all the chapters and titles in it, and then you can check the ones you want to convert. If you want to convert the whole movie, you can just keep all the titles or chapters checked.   Step 3: Output Settings   After your DVD movie is loaded, you can start to set output settings:   a. Select an output format from the Format drop-down list. Just select a format according to the mobile phone you want to put the movie onto.   b. Click the Settings button to set encoding settings including video resolution, frame rate, bit rate and video encoder, audio encoding settings including sample rate, channel, bit rate and audio encoder.   c. Name each title/chapter in the Output Filename field, and select the subtitle and audio track for the titles/chapters.   Note: You can check the “Merge into one file” option to join all the selected DVD titles/chapters into one file instead of creating a separated file for each title/chapter.   Step 4:   Click the Start button to start the conversion. And all you need to do now is to wait for the conversion to be finished. The remaining time will be shown on conversion window for your reference.   2. Convert video to BlackBerry for Mac   Step 1: Download Wondershare DVD to BlackBerry Suite for Mac, and run video to BlackBerry Converter for Mac.   Step 2: Import video files   Click the Add button, browse your computer hard drive and add the video files you want to convert.   Step 3: Edit Movie Wondershare Video Converter for BlackBerry   allows you to edit your video files by trimming movie length, cropping video and setting movie effects.   Before the conversion, you can:   Input the name each video file in the Destination File field.   Select an output format from the Format drop-down list for different for BlackBerry videos. For BlackBerry Strom and BlackBerry Bold, we could choose the mp4, 3gp etc.   Click the Settings button to set the encoding settings including video resolution, frame rate, bit rate and video encoder, audio encoding settings including sample rate, channel, bit rate and audio encoder.   Note: If you check the “Merger into one file” option, the program will join all added video files into one file instead of outputting a separated file for each video file.   Step 4: Click the Start button to start the conversion. And now all you need to do is to wait for the conversion to be finished, and then transfer the converted files to your BlackBerry Storm or BlackBerry Bold.

Author: Hanstrong