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RIM betas BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing, allows your boss to join his / her own concalls
Fresh to BlackBerry's Beta Zone portal, RIM has introduced BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing, an app designed to take the (apparent) mystery out of joining a conference call -- thus putting the jobs of many executive assistants in jeopardy. Scheduled telephonic meetings are pushed to an employee's phone, automatically blocking out time in the calendar. When it's collaboration time, all attendees are reminded with a handy 'join now' button that automatically dials into hosted conferences -- complete with access codes and all. Should your call be dropped, dialing back in is just another click away. Yeah, we know you should already be the boss, but if yours can't figure this one out, feel free to start arranging that corner office in the back of your mind.
Twitter for BlackBerry 1.1 hits beta, adds new notifications and geotagging
The official Twitter app for BlackBerry has gotten a nice little bump today -- though you'll need to be a member of RIM's BlackBerry Beta Zone to get it at this point, since it's not quite gold yet. The new version adds a bunch of "features users have been asking for" including support for geotagging tweets, new push notifications for mentions, threaded direct messages, integration with BlackBerry OS' Social Feeds functionality, support for gestures on touchscreen devices, and new languages (Polish and Czech, it seems). As long as you've got a data plan and a device with BlackBerry OS 4.5 or higher, you should be good to go.
BlackBerry News Feeds hits the beta wires
If you're in the market for a good -- or at the very least, free -- RSS reader for your BlackBerry, a new app from RIM itself might be a good place to start your search. The aptly-named BlackBerry News Feeds looks to be a serviceable app from the screen shots that RIM has sent us, offering the ability to share the gold you dig up in your feeds through countless conduits -- email, text, BBM, Facebook, and so on. It's launching both through BlackBerry Beta Zone and App World's Test Center today, so if you're feeling adventurous -- and you like yourself some newses -- you might want to have a look. %Gallery-110494%
RIM opens doors wide to the BlackBerry Beta Zone
There's really nothing quite like getting an app or indeed an entire OS before your buddies do, even if that app is so buggy to make it unusable. RIM's giving you the chance to be that shinning star among your friends -- a geek lord if you will -- with the launch of its new BlackBerry Beta Zone. Getting on board is dead easy: if you live in Canada, the US, or the United Kingdom, simply sign up, download stuff, test said stuff, and provide some feedback. No word on what exactly you'll get to take to task, but we do know whatever it is will be free, likely buggy, and an all around good time. After hearing all that if you still feel like you're ready to help shape the future of BlackBerry, follow the read link and get yourself signed up.
