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- BlackBerry Patent app describes tethered BlackBerry user alarms
- A newly published BlackBerry Patent application describes technology that would wirelessly tether one BlackBerry to another- and would devise a way for the first BlackBerry to "alert" the second if it is disabled somehow.The Patent application is entitled, Plural wirelessly connected devices with user alarm if wireless connection is lost...
- Tags: Security, News, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-07-19
- BlackBerry Patent app enables custom fonts
- Technology described in a newly published BlackBerry Patent application would allow for customized fonts created outside the BlackBerry device environment to be exported into the device for use as text fonts.The Patent app is entitled, Method of Rendering Text on an Output Device.We can obtain a basic idea of the...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-07-07
- BlackBerry Patent app would dim unviewed portion of display screen
- Technology described in a fascinating IMHO newly published BlackBerry Patent application would seek to preserve battery life by darkening the BlackBerry display screen for portions of a view outside the "area of interest."The all-caps title of this Patent app is METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A DISPLAY...
- Tags: News, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- BlackBerry patent app would free up more space for viewscreen
- A newly published BlackBerry Patent application offers technology that would allow users to either "increase" or decrease" the amount of space occupied by the BlackBerry keypad.This option is being positioned as one that would allow more space to be occupied by the view screen.For example, if you were browsing the...
- Tags: BlackBerry Patents, News
- Blog posts 2007-06-14
- New BlackBerry Patent app would use keystroke "arbitration" technology to flag,fix typos
- Typos are common experiences of BlackBerry users. After all, the keys are small, and many of us type fast and with a sense of urgency as well.Many of these typos, then, happen because of the limitations of BlackBerry keyboards. The keys are close together- a reality that doesn't play well...
- Tags: BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-06-07
- BlackBerry patent app describes Bluetooth headsets with less interference vulnerability
- A newly published BlackBerry Patent application calls for a Bluetooth headset with less vulnerability to RF electromagnetic interference.The Patent app is entitled: Wireless headset having improved RF immunity to RF electromagnetic interference produced from a mobile wireless communications device.A read of the Abstract gets us in the ballpark in terms...
- Tags: BlackBerry hardware, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- BlackBerry patent app describes keys lit as they are tapped
- Just published this morning, a new BlackBerry Patent application describes technology that would light individual keys on a BlackBerry keyboard when the user taps that key.The Patent app bears a surprisingly generic title: Keyboard for mobile communication device. Only when we read the Abstract and then Figure 2 with its...
- Tags: BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-05-24
- BlackBerry Patent app would automate adding Contact physical address info to Address Books
- Technology in a BlackBerry Patent application published just this morning would extract physical address information from incoming BlackBerry emails, and then automatically add that information to profiles of individuals already in the user's BlackBerry Address Book.The Abstract for the Patent app entitled "Method and system for updating a BlackBerry address...
- Tags: BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
- BlackBerry patent would enable "merged images" in BlackBerry browser
- A newly published BlackBerry Patent application introduces "image-stitching" technology that would enable merging of several images associated with a Web page to display these images within a merged image file.The advantages of this technology would be greater ease of displaying multiple images in one view, as well as quicker...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-04-29
- BlackBerry patent would save battery life by adding ambient light as screen backlight source
- Technology in a newly published BlackBerry patent application specifies a device that would supplement its self-generated backlighting system by collecting light from the surrounding area.In other words, a BlackBerry enabled in this manner would have backlit screen run by a combination of nternal power, as well as surrounding area...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-04-26
- EXCLUSIVE: Major new BlackBerry Patent app simplifies task-key association
- A major new BlackBerry Patent application would greatly simplify the association between certain tasks and the keys on a BlackBerry keypad.Title of the Patent app: DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INFORMING USERS OF FUNCTIONS AND CHARACTERS ASSOCIATED WITH TELEPHONE KEYS.I am not shouting:all-caps is Research In Motions.The Patent Abstract...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-04-12
- Major new BlackBerry Patent app: Auto-capitalization, Auto-punctuation, many more usability features
- As BlackBerry patent applications go, this is a big one. And you are getting it here, first.So big that only a few hints about whats enabled here are contained in the Patent Abstract for an application published just this morning and entitled, "HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE." And the all-caps were...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- BlackBerry patent app would streamline conference call connections
- BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has applied for a patent that would significantly ease BlackBerry owners use of their devices to connect to audio conference calls.The app is entitled, "System and method for connecting to an audio conference service using a mobile communications device." Ive just linked you to it.Although...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- BlackBerry patent would ease the pain of connections with peripheral devices
- Published just last week, a new BlackBerry patent application would greatly ease connections between a BlackBerry and other devices.The patent app is named "Universal peripheral connector." Ive just linked you to the app as published on the website of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. And thats a...
- Tags: Uncategorized, BlackBerry Patents
- Blog posts 2007-02-22
- BlackBerry patent would ease content transfer from other mobile devices
- Yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website posted a new Patent application by BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion that would ease transfer of content between a BlackBerry and another portable device in a vehicle.In other words, if and when this technology comes to market, you might be able to...
- Tags: BlackBerry Patents, Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
Additional Resources
- News to know: Windows 7; Patch preview; Office 2.0; Dell
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list Dancho Danchev:Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack Mary Jo Foley:...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Office 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Talkhouse Music Server with Voice Remote (exe)
- Talkhouse's Music Server software with voice remote turns your PC into a semi-wireless music server. In less than 10 minutes you can turn your PC into a voice activated music server with remote control capabilities. Simply download our server software to your PC and hook it up to some speakers....
- Tags: Software, PC, Voice, Music, Talkhouse, Telecommunications, Servers, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-09-03
- Google Chrome: The enterprise playbook
- Google Chrome: The enterprise playbookR&DThey are essentially a R&D company. So it just makes since they will put out loads of products and see what consumers bite on. I don't think it is a shotgun approach, just a product of their structure.Will Live Search work with Chrome?That should...
- Tags: Web browsers, Google Software, Google Inc., Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Samsung OMNIA first impressions show that Windows Mobile can beat the iPhone
- I wrote about my Samsung OMNIA buying experiences in Singapore and wanted to post a first impressions article as I continue to work on a full review of the device. I purchased the 16GB white colored device and think it may be my new preferred Windows Mobile device. Like the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Headset, Stylus, Samsung OMNIA, Center Button, Microsoft Windows, Podcasts, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- iPhone tethering rumored
- When I travel I carry a second phone alongside my iPhone – for one reason. Tethering. I need to be able to get online wherever I am and Wi-Fi isn't exactly ubiquitous and free Wi-Fi seems to be getting scarcer with each passing day. To make matters...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Apple Inc., 3G, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
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