Oh how the BlackBerry Browser Does Suck -- O but wait!!

OPERA

Mini.Opera.Com Version 4.2

Your browsing on the Blackberry just got a whole lot nicer.

Point you Blackberries current brower to mini.opera.com and run the setup.

Accept Opera access to your network and continue through install.

Now many things i just love about this.. the maximized view gives you a zoom box to zoom in on content.

You will also notice that content is formatted nicely to fit your phones windows, making it easy to scroll through.

Bookmarks are nicely done, showing up on entry to Opera Mini as well as a Google search bar.

It may not be as cool as Safari on the iPhone, but it's leaps and bounds ahead of the defualt on the Blackberrys OS.

                

Blackberry BOLD, not an iPhone killer

BlackBerry 9000 (BOLD)

The newest Blackberry to hit the fold isn't the iPhone killer that everyone is saying it's going to be. Why? Because the Bold (9000) series is aimed mostly at the business market. With a case like iPhone design, most commercial elements are missing from the new Blackberry phone that would make it a true iPhone comparison. This is a sexy update to a great phone, with a iPhone like form factor (metal backing, glass frontage), The touch elements and a full screened phone display, which would be a true comparison are missing.

See more info at RIM on the BB Bold.

                

Putting a DVD onto an Ipod or other Digital Players.

Making a digital copy and watching it on your Ipod or other types of players is fairly simple. What you need is a software package that by-passes the DVDs disc encryption, then takes the VOB files of the movie and converts it to the correct format.

Now bypassing DRM (Digital Rights Management) and Copy Protection on DVD dics may not be legal in your country. If you own the DVD and you are making a copy to play on your device then in some countries this is legal.

Now each digital media player uses a certain type of audio video codecs to encode the file so it’s playable on its video playing software.

Apple Ipod media players use a encoding called a MP4. The MP4 format can be encoded using the MP4 encoding or for the Ipod the H.264 Quicktime video codec with the Apple Audio codec (AAC).

The Zune player uses the WMV (Windows Media) format and uses the WMA(Windows Audio codec) for sound.

Blackberry Video uses the MP4 encoding, Divx 4 encoding, Divx5,6 files are currently not supported.

When you’re looking to convert from DVD to a type of player, it’s important that the software you use goes from VOB to the correct codec types. If a file is coded in the incorrect format, most likely your player will not be able to read the file correctly.

Now each video media player may have a different way of loading the files to the players, both blackberry and zune can be accessed by the different OS file manages as a USB type drive.

The Ipod and Iphones are a different story, these players use Apple’s (Mac) file systems and you’ll need to use a “loading software” (Itunes) to sync the files onto the devices. Fairly easy to do, all you do is import the MP4 file to your Itunes software. Then sync up your device.

The best advice I can give is check your hardware specs, most players play resolutions of 320x240, up to 30 frames per second (fps)