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BlackBerry Storm Forum » Recent Topics http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/ Discuss problems, ideas, and share thoughts on the BlackBerry Storm en-US Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:06:55 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/search.php alabaige on "no opera mini for storm 9500" http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/topic/no-opera-mini-for-storm-9500#post-145 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:37:08 +0000 alabaige 145@http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/ i tried downloading opera mini for bb storm 9500, but i cant get anyth on the web mclinger on "Opera doesn't install" http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/topic/opera-doesnt-install#post-123 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:54:55 +0000 mclinger 123@http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/ Greetings, I am a new BB9530 user and I had heard good things about the Opera Mini. I inatlled it per the web instructions. When I got to the point where I am supposed to agree to the terms, it freezes. The button highlighted, but evidently did not initiate the appropriate activity. Opera Mini is sitting quietly in the download file, completely inactive. The other programs I downloaded are fine, so it is not entirely my inexperience. Any suggestion? Mike haiyeer on "How to convert DVD and video to Blackberry Storm2, 9700 and many other formats" http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/topic/how-to-convert-dvd-and-video-to-blackberry-storm2-9700-and-many-other-formats-3#post-136 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:57:41 +0000 haiyeer 136@http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/ For Blackberry lovers, this month is very exciting month. Research in Motion (RIM) is launching two new handset very soon - the Blackberry Strom and Blackberry Bold 9700 . Both are aimed at different markets and are very much improved over their predecessors. The Blackberry Storm 2 as we know is the second-generation Storm handset and comes with BBM 5.0 and an improved touch-sensitive screen, much better than the original Storm. And some of the features of the Blackberry 9700 are much the same as the Storm 2, 3.2-megapixel camera, 3G support and Wi-Fi. The difference end there, as the Bold 2 is not a touch screen and is aimed at a different user, as the handset is more for business use. People can’t wait for them coming. Now, Verizon has confirmed that the Blackberry Storm 2 has been headed to the carrier on October 28th. But it is also a secret which date the Blackberry 9700 will be published. In this article I have summarized both of them devices’ features and what are their relative and essential programs. <img src="http://www.nidesoft.com/forum/blackberry2/blackberrystrom-9700.jpg"> Blackberry Strom2 · 4.4 by 2.4 by 0.5 inches (HWD) and weight 5.6 ounces; Black; high resolution 480*360 screen displays over 65,000 colors · 3.2 MP camera featuring auto-focus and auto-flash · Battery life – CDMA: 11.2 days standby, 5.5 hours of talk time; GSM: 12.7 days standby, 5 hours of talk time; UMTS: 11.7 days standby, 6 hours of talk time · Link to wireless networks or hotspots with Wi-Fi connectivity. · On screen keyboard: Portrait SureType? and Multi-tap, QWERTY landscape and portrait · Blackberry Media Player · 256 MB Flash memory, 2GB eMMC · Bluetooth v2.1+EDR; Mono/Stereo Headset, Handsfree, Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP), and Serial Port Profile Supported. Bluetooth Stereo Audio (A2DP/AVCRP), DUN Blackberry Bold 9700 · 4.29 by 2.36 by 0.56 inches and weight 4.3 ounces (including battery); high resolution 480*360 screen that displays over 65,000 colors; · 3.2 MP camera featuring auto-focus and auto-flash · Battery life – CDMA: 11days standby, 5.5 hours of talk time; GSM: 12days standby, 5 hours of talk time; UMTS: 12days standby, 6hours talktime; · Link to wireless networks and support Wi-Fi connectivity · Full QWERTY · Blackberry Media Player · 256 MB Flash memory, 256 MB eMMC · Bluetooth v2.1, Mono/Stereo Headset, Handsfree, Serial Port Profile, Bluetooth Stereo Audio (A2DP/AVCRP), Bluetooth SIM Access Profile Supported That’s the simple information I have got about the two phones. In many other aspects, both have the same characteristics, for example, Device Security (Password protection, Screen lock, Sleep mode, Optional support for S/MIME), Wireless email, Organizer, Browser, and Notification etc. For multimedia, Blackberry Phone is advanced media player for videos, music and pictures. Blackberry Strom2 supports video formats including MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV and audio formats including MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, WMA ProPlus, and so on. While Blackberry Bold 9700 supports video formats, such as, Divx 4, Divx 5/6, H.263, H.264, WMV3, MPEG4 and so on, and audio formats such as 3GP, MP3, WMA9,WMA9 Pro/WMA 10, MIDI, AMR-NB, and so on . Meanwhile, I find the Blackberry could not support all of video or audio files such as AVI file, FLV file and so on. So I search this problem on the Google and find powerful software to let me enjoy wonderful experience with Blackberry Phone – Nidesoft Blackberry Video Converter. It could convert video and audio files to your Blackberry movie and music format. The source files formats that could be converted by this Blackberry Video Converter include: MPEG, VOB, MP4, M4V, WMV, ASF, AVI, 3GP, FLV, YouTube, etc. Additionally, you could use this Blackberry Converter to convert MOD to Blackberry video. To free download it here and have a try: <a href="http://www.nidesoft.com/downloads/blackberry-video-converter.exe" rel="nofollow">http://www.nidesoft.com/downloads/blackberry-video-converter.exe</a> and you may get more information about it here: <a href="http://www.nidesoft.com/blackberry-video-converter.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nidesoft.com/blackberry-video-converter.html</a> After download and install this software, you may get video into your Blackberry this way: Step 1: Click “Add File” button to import your videos from your computer. <img src="http://www.nidesoft.com/forum/blackberry2/blackberry-video-converter-1.jpg"> Step 2: Click the “format” drop-down list to select the Blackberry format Step 3: Click the “convert” button and start the conversion. Ok, after the conversion finished, you may get the movies and music for your Blackberry. Another, I know <a href="http://www.nidesoft.com/dvd-to-blackberry-converter.html">Nidesoft DVD to Blackberry Converter</a> is an excellent Blackberry Video tool which could convert DVD to Blackberry video and music. If you want to enjoy your DVD with Blackberry, you may try it! It is easy to see these two software is the best assistants for Blackberry Now, the Blackberry Strom has lunched on the market and the Blackberry Bold 9700 will be published soon. Both have been given considerable thought on the market. Minor changes having a major impact, give them little bit more standing in comparison to his predecessor and his current competitors. Under in this area, the mobile phone technology develops quickly and the mobile phone competition is more and more severe. As a blackberry lover, I hope they can take the good sales performance neal2324 on "Share your camcorder HD videos on YouTube" http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/topic/share-your-camcorder-hd-videos-on-youtube#post-104 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:08:32 +0000 neal2324 104@http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/ Share your camcorder HD videos on YouTube <img src="http://mediamentalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/youtube-superstar.jpg"> Video sharing has become a popular trend in our daily lives, and people are earnest to upload all sorts of videos recorded by camcorders to video sharing websites like YouTube, Facebook, Metacafe, MySpace, etc. or their own Blogs and WordPress. However, these websites usually have limitations on the uploaded video formats and file sizes, here I will take YouTube for instance to show how to share camcorder HD videos on YouTube via Mac. If you are sensitive enough, you must have noticed that camcorder manufacturers have already released some camcorders or cameras specially designed for YouTube in recent years, which brings users great convenience, for people can upload their footages to YouTube in real time without doing previous format conversion job. These camcorders or cameras include <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001U77PUA?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&tag=mobilementali-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B001U77PUA">Kodak Zi6 HD Pocket Video Camera</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001EWDXL6?ie=UTF8&tag=mobilementali-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B001EWDXL6">Samsung VP-MX20/XEU YouTube Camcorder</a>, super-small camcorder <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0016BXRB6?ie=UTF8&tag=mobilementali-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B0016BXRB6">Flip MinoHD</a>,and so on. However, most mainstream HD camcorders record footages in the format of .MTS, .M2TS, and .TOD, and all of them can not be accepted by YouTube directly. As we all know, YouTube supports a relative wide range of video formats including .FLV, .MKV, .MOV, .WMV, .AVI, MPEG, .MP4, DivX, 3GP and .OGG. Obviously, .MTS, .M2TS, and .TOD are out of this range. Therefore, if we want to upload video files in these formats to YouTube, we have to convert them to its compatible formats at first. When it comes to video converting, an easy-to –use program should be mentioned right now, I usually use Pavtube <a href="http://www.pavtube.com/hd-video-converter-mac/">HD Video Converter for Mac</a> to handle my camcorder HD videos, and it keeps working well all the time. To put it bluntly, the quality of HD videos will be degraded during format converting no matter what kind of converters you are using. In addition, the resulted files will be done second conversion by YouTube’s encoders while uploading, so to achieve the highest quality for YouTube, we’d better try the optimized video settings recommends by YouTube while converting: Video codec: MPEG-4, H.264, or MPEG-2 Audio codec: MP3 or AAC, 128k Mono or 320k Stereo Resolution: Recommended:1280 x 720 (16:9 HD) and 640 x 480 (4:3 SD) Frame rate: 30 frames per second File size and length: Up to 2GB file size and 10 minutes duration If you can't set the optimized settings accurately, try and match them as close as possible. By the way, .FLV should be a much better choice than other formats, as long as you limit the bit rate in not more than 320 kbps. In that case, the generated . FLV files will not be converted for the second time by YouTube’s encoders while uploading, so that you can remain the original quality of .FLV video files as much as possible. Well, once you have got the YouTube acceptable video files with satisfactory quality, you can login YouTube.com via your Mac to upload videos made by yourself with the intention of sharing them with YouTube users and even the whole world. anniebehrman on "How to rip DVD movies to AVI,MPEG,WMV,MOV,MP4,MP3,AAC on Mac OS X" http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/topic/how-to-rip-dvd-movies-to-avimpegwmvmovmp4mp3aac-on-mac-os-x#post-83 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:46:49 +0000 anniebehrman 83@http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/ Want to rip DVD to any video format with original quality on Mac OS X (tiger and leopard)? If that so, Pavtube DVD Ripper for Mac will be a good choice. With it, you can edit and rip DVD to many kinds of MP4, AVI, MOV, 3GP, 3G2, VOB, DV, FLV, MPG etc. as well as converting DVD audio to MP3, M4A, AAC, and AC3 etc. on Mac with few easy steps. Especially, its intuitive blue interface will guide you to enjoy a happy DVD ripping experience. Below are the detailed steps about how to rip DVD easily with the popular <a href="http://www.pavtube.com/dvd-ripper-mac/">DVD Ripper for Mac</a>. 1) Run and import DVD. Let’s download the program and run it, import the DVD. An interface like below will pop up into your eyes. <img src="http://www.pavtube.com/images/promotion/Pavtube_dvd_ripper_mac_maininterface_090526.jpg"> Tips: DVD Folder: Add DVD video though locating DVD folder which contains all the data. IFO File: Directly add the IFO files to the list of the program. Editor: Trim and crop DVD to meet your special need. Option: Set the snapshot images’ saved place and their file formats. Help: Click the Help button, you can read the PDF help document file. Settings: Do the advanced setting for the checked DVD title or chapter. Open: Open the output file folder 2) Customize Settings After you import the DVD, you can click Editor to customize the video before the DVD conversion. Two sections are available: Trim and Crop. Trim section allows you to select the starting time and the ending time to choose your favorite duration. <img src="http://www.pavtube.com/images/promotion/Pavtube_dvd_ripper_mac_editor_090526.jpg"> Crop section allows you to cut off the black edges of the image and set the aspect ratio so as to give you the favorite part of the image by the crop function. <img src="http://www.pavtube.com/images/promotion/Pavtube_dvd_ripper_mac_import_090526.jpg"> After you choose the proper cropped file, click button OK to save your customization. 3) Set Output Settings The program allows you set the output file format and the saving position. Choose the output files format under the list of Format of the main interface. At the same time, you can click the button Browse to specify an output folder on your Mac OS X. The section under Settings button is designed for the experienced users to do the advanced settings like set video Codec Name, Bit Rate, Video Size, and Frame Rate to optimize the quality of the video, as well as setting audio Codec Name, Bit Rate, Sample Rate, and Channels to make the quality of audio better. 4) Convert Movie After every thing necessary was selected, you can click the button Convert to start the conversion. Soon you will see the window below: <img src="http://www.pavtube.com/images/promotion/Pavtube_dvd_ripper_mac_convert_090526.jpg"> Few minutes later, you will get the ripped DVD files with high quality on your Mac OS. Hope you have a great fun. brinks315 on "A solution to copying Blu-ray to PC for playback on home theater via Xtreamer" http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/topic/a-solution-to-copying-blu-ray-to-pc-for-playback-on-home-theater-via-xtreamer#post-126 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:07:50 +0000 brinks315 126@http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/ A solution to copying Blu-ray to PC for playback on home theater via Xtreamer <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2551/3954536885_dbd05267d5.jpg"> Nowadays, people like using media centers like Xtreamer, Popcorn Hour, Tvix, Mvix, etc. to bring all the media contents from PC to living room for enjoy with the whole family or friends. As general DVD and HD DVD have given way to Blu-ray to some extent, many movie fans are turning their intention to Blu-ray instead, thus this thread aims to introduce you how to copy BD movies to the hard drive of PC for playback on your TV or home theater via Xtreamer. Please feel free to read on the detailed instruction below. Some info you should know: Xtreamer supported video formats: MPEG1/2/4 Elementary (M1V, M2V, M4V) MPEG1/2 PS (M2P, MPG) MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS, TP, TRP, M2T, M2TS, MTS) VOB AVI, ASF, WMV Matroska (MKV) MOV (H.264), MP4, RMP4 FLV - Flash Video Since Xtreamer supports .m2ts, we just need copy Blu-ray to HD directly, and keep its all initial data without any change, including the .m2ts format, so there is no need to worry about if the backup files will get some video loss or something else unexpected. Step 1: Launch Pavtube <a href="http://www.pavtube.com/blu-ray-ripper/">Blu-Ray Ripper</a> and load Blu-ray files to it Once you launch this program, the following main interface will pop up. It enables you to click “DVD Rom”, “DVD Folder”, or “IFO/ISO” to import Blu-ray files. <img src="http://www.pavtube.com/images/blu-ray-ripper/main_interface.jpg"> Step 2: Choose “Directly Copy”, set destination folder After Blu-ray files are loaded, now you should click the drop-down list of “Format” to select “Copy” firstly, and then click on “Copy Directly” next to it. Meanwhile, press the folder icon in the opposite side of “Output” to specify save path of output files. Of course, you can skip this step, because this program will give you a destination folder set by default automatically. BTW, if you want to join all the files to be one file, you can tick the checkbox before “Merge into one file” to realize it. <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3472/3954589199_359172a3ab.jpg"> Step 3: Convert As soon as the former two steps are done, now you can click “Convert” button to begin conversion. Do remember click on the “Start” button after that. The ripping window will show you the conversion info including conversion progress, time elapse, time left, generated size, estimated size clearly. It also allows you to tick “Shut down computer after conversion”, so that you can go out for a walk, even take a nap, or do something else while conversion. <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2654/3955383040_06a83530d1.jpg"> After copying work is over, you can find out the resulted .m2ts files by clicking button “Open”. Afterwards, connect your PC with your home theater via Xtreamer, and now you can enjoy the movie with your family or friends leisurely. haiyeer on "Zune HD vs. iPod Touch: which is better choice?" http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/topic/zune-hd-vs-ipod-touch-which-is-better-choice-1#post-129 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:18:58 +0000 haiyeer 129@http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/ The history of Zune versus iPod Prizefights is long and bloody, filled with enough cutting criticism to send devout fans on both sides of the ring into fits. Now iPod and Zune Prizefight than ever more fiercely with Microsoft introduced Zune HD on September 15. Compared with the iPod Touch, Zune HD has what characteristics and what different advantages, has become the most heated discussion at the topic. Zune HD is a platform without a purpose. It's a single device in a multipurpose world. Zune HD gamed iPod Touch, with better design, better hardware components, more appropriate size and outstanding digital content consumption experience. It’s a brief summary, let’s go on! Zune HD’s main features: · large screen size (3.3 inches), lightweight (2.6 ounces), High-resolution (480*272 pixels), beautiful (Platinum, Black, Red, Green, Blue), large capacity (16GB/32GB), Multi-Touch; · Battery life ups to 33 hours for music and 8.5 hours for video; · Glass-covered full-color OLED display; · ARM 800 MHZ CPU · HD radio tuner · Buy, stream, and update your music—and download free games—wirelessly via a wi-fi connection. · Surf the web anytime, including tap-to-zoom technology, built-in accelerometer, and touchscreen QWERTY keyboard. · Support 720p HD movies, TV shows, and videos in high definition on your HDTV through the Zune HD AV Dock (sold separately). · Quickplay gives instant access to your stuff with shortcuts to favorites, recently downloaded or played music, videos, and more. <img src="http://www.nidesoft.com/forum/zune-vs-ipod-hd/zunehdipodtouch.jpg"> Compared with iPod Touch, although the Zune HD screen measures a slightly smaller 3.3 inches diagonally, it's uses cutting edge OLED technology, which delivers brightness and contrast unlike anything you can find in a LCD which iPod Touch applies. And slight another three hours of music may look, the extra 2.5 hours of video stands out to us as a significant advantage.(iPod Touch ups to 30 hours for music and 6 hours for video). Besides hardware, what differences in other aspects? Go to here to view the original full post : <a href="http://bestvideoconvertersoftware.blogspot.com/2009/10/zune-hd-vs-ipod-touch-which-is-better.html" rel="nofollow">http://bestvideoconvertersoftware.blogspot.com/2009/10/zune-hd-vs-ipod-touch-which-is-better.html</a> haiyeer on "How to convert dvd and video to MP4, AVI, WMV, iPhone, BlackBerry, and many othe" http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/topic/how-to-convert-dvd-and-video-to-mp4-avi-wmv-iphone-blackberry-and-many-othe-2#post-121 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:32:07 +0000 haiyeer 121@http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/ How to convert dvd and video to MP4, AVI, WMV, iPhone, BlackBerry, and many other devices. With the development of technology, various of media portable players emerged and have enriched our daily life greatly. We enjoy our favorite movies and music with all kinds of portable players such as iPod, iPhone, Zune, PSP, mobile phone and so on. It is really wonderful that we can enjoy our movies and music with smart portable players anytime and anywhere. But you may also get confused with the problem: how to get movies and music into your favorite portable players? Now I will introduce you an all in one solution. go to visit the original post: <a href="http://bestvideoconvertersoftware.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-to-convert-dvd-and-video-to-mp4-avi.html" rel="nofollow">http://bestvideoconvertersoftware.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-to-convert-dvd-and-video-to-mp4-avi.html</a> brntkobe1 on "How to convert all TOD, MOD, MKV, FLV, AVI, etc formats of video/audio on Mac" http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/topic/how-to-convert-all-tod-mod-mkv-flv-avi-etc-formats-of-videoaudio-on-mac#post-118 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:40:45 +0000 brntkobe1 118@http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/ How to convert all TOD, MOD, MKV, FLV, AVI, 3GP, MP3 etc formats of video/audio for Mac? Once you get an iPod, iPhone or other popular portable devices, do you want to add some favorite movies to it? Once you get a HD camcorder(JVC, Panasonic, Canon, Sony, etc), do you want your videos can play onyour Mac, DVD player, or upload to YouTube, MySpace, etc? Do you liketo edit your videos as you wish? Do you like to add text, logo or video watermark to your videos? If you want, you should read this article andrecognize this video converter——Moyea <a href="http://www.my-video-converter.com/video_converter_mac/">video converter for Mac</a>,which is able to convert almost all the formats to MP4 for your iPod,PSP, etc portable devices, or convert all your HD video formats to SD for your DVD player or convert to FLV to upload to Youtube. And the simple work of editing and adding watermark can also be madesuccessfully with this tool. Now please focus on the follow steps, you will control it fast. Step1. Download, install and launch the program. Step2. Load video files, set output format and destination folder. Click “Add”to load video info, as the video converter for Mac supports almost all video files to convert, you can just load more than one video at a time. Then just click drop-down list of the “format” to choose one that understandable by your player or what you want to get. Then click “Browse” to load the output files. You could also rename the file by clicking the destination file. <img src="http://www.my-video-converter.com/images/video_converter_mac/moyea_video_converter_mac_add_090827.jpg"> Step3.Set advanced settings: If you like to optimize the video to be better enjoyed, you could set the advanced settings on changing Video Codec, Bit Rate, Video Size, Frame Rate, and Aspect Ratio of video as well as Audio Codec, Bit Rate, Sample Rate, Channels, and Volume of audio by clicking button “Settings”. <img src="http://www.my-video-converter.com/images/video_converter_mac/settings_mac.jpg"> Step4. Trim/Effect/Crop: Do you like to edit your video/audio, just click “Editor” button and do the follow things. Once you only want to convert the most exciting part of video/audio in the clip, no need the whole one. Please click “Trim” button to select the region. <img src="http://www.my-video-converter.com/images/video_converter_mac/video_trim_mac.jpg"> Just find the black sides in the frame are annoying or the actor you don’t like. You can remove them by using “Crop” button. <img src="http://www.my-video-converter.com/images/video_converter_mac/moyea_video_converter_mac_crop_090827.jpg"> And if you want your video to be more comfortable for watching, please choose “Effect”toset Brightness, Contrast and Saturation and so on. Step5. Add watermark. Maybe you want to add logo to protect copyright of the video or add image tobeautify your work or even want to add other video to your video foradvertising or just for fun, it can be also come true when you choose “Image/video watermark”. And if you want to add text subtitle to better illustrate the video, please select “Text watermark”. Then click “Enable”, you can add what you want. <img src="http://www.my-video-converter.com/images/video_converter_mac/moyea_video_converter_mac_watermark_090827.jpg"> Step6. Convert video. Afterall the steps above, you are now going to start conversion. Of course,the step3, step4 and step5 are optional choices which are designed forsomeone who have that demand. Now with Moyea Video Converter for Mac, you can enjoy your converted video files clearly and perfectly in the devices you first want to. Rhodes on "Newbie needs help!" http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/topic/newbie-needs-help#post-116 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:10:23 +0000 Rhodes 116@http://the-blackberry-storm.net/forum/ Hi Folks. I recently got a new BB Storm 9500 from my Operator Plan and now I'm trying to learn how to fully customize him. Right now I'm having two problems. I can't update the software. I'm trying by the new BlackBerry Desktop Software downloaded from the official BlacBerry site but everytime I try i receive the same message. A unexpected failure. Always happens when the software try to access the ROM memory of the device. I changed and re-changed almost all options of configuration in the software but I can't find the solution. Someone had such problem? Another problem I have it's financial issue. Data Plan here in Brazil is quite expensive. Without Wi-Fi on device it's very hard, work with internet on the cellphone. So, can I find some device to add to BlackBerry to get access to wi-fi networks? Or have some way to connect to internet trough PC connection? Thanks for help.