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Survey says: Redfly Dumb Terminal for BlackBerry does suck…

  • November 11, 2009 6:15 am

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A couple weeks back we looked at the Redfly Dumb Terminal for BlackBerry. Almost immediately I wrote it off as utter garbage and as a poor attempt to make the idea of a “buddy device/companion” for gadgets better (or even useful at all.) Much as I thought, JK On the Run had a unit to test out and found the same thing to be true. The device suffered from extremely poor navigation problems brought on by the Redfly’s trackpad input as well as god awful screen rendering issues that caused the once crisp and clear Berry screen to look like absolute hell on the Redfly’s. If I had to wager a guess, I’d say that a software update could cure the rendering woes. The navigation issues seems more like a deeper fix though still possible with firmware alone.

Should you but it in hopes of software upgrades? No! At $250 with the problems highlighted above, this thing is crap. Do yourself a favor and stay away. JK goes on to say a previous model reviewed last year that was WinMo specific worked wonderfully. Brownie points I guess, but then there’s the whole issue of looking at WinMo in the first place. *Thinks for a minute….* Yuck.

**Sidenote: The image may not look bad at all but it’s resized, go to JK’s review below and look at the full size images and you’ll see how bad the screen looks…

Case-Mate Fuel Case: Best Blackberry holster ever

  • May 7, 2009 2:02 pm

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While many Blackberry users tend to be corporate oriented individuals, the consumer sector of RIM’s user base is growing like wildfire. Naturally, they are going to want accessories galore to express themselves and trick out their newest addiction, the Blackberry. With RIM’s movement to 3G devices, battery life will obviously take a hit meaning we become treasure seekers. Except instead of seeking treasure, we’ll be seeking power outlets to charge out dying babies. That is where Case-Mate comes in and brings us the Blackberry Bold Fuel, the coolest and most functional Blackberry holster/case I have seen yet. It isn’t your standard strap it to your belt and forget about it holster, no sir (or mam). Instead, the Fuel shakes things up a bit by incorporating a battery built into the holster making it a mobile power house for your Berry. All of the goods such as the specs and features that I’m sure you are drooling over are waiting for you just inside.