Without a doubt it’s that season again. INCOME TAX TIME - Whether you owe Uncle Sam or he owes you … it’s that time BlackBerry Community. For some it’s a joyous season that knowing they might be able to get that new car that you’ve been waiting for all year. Others it’s a time to rumble through receipts and gather all sorts of paperwork.

An very interesting article that we read that was released a few months ago might catch your attention about this years tax refunds. After reading this article this might push a few of us to get on the ball or at least get the ball rolling. You might be happy to know if you answer YES to the following questions below - your worries about getting your taxes this year will be easier. After all BlackBerry users love convenience therefore giving us more time with our families and more money in our pockets. How easy you may ask… see the following questions below.

1) Have you filed your taxes yet?
2)Are you looking for someone to do your taxes?
3) Do you own a BlackBerry?

If you’ve answered yes to at least 2 out of 3 questions, then you might be interested in the following email below that we received recently from ” Mr. Income Tax Guru” - Dean Simpson. We at MobiShark have personally known him for sometime now. Dean being a daily BlackBerry Blog reader he decided to offer a special rate to BlackBerry Users. Read more about this offer :

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We just got an interesting email that came through our inbox from our Presidio Matrix Corp executive that we interviewed a few days back about why he carries both an iPhone and a BlackBerry device.

We aren?t too sure if possibly he woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning or if he just has the proverbial ?thorn in his posterior?, but he seems to have gone off on a little rant about Research In Motion, even stating that their name is very appropriate.
Here is the email:

Okay, so I just got done viewing the webinar presentation for the new BlackBerry 4.1 Service Pack 5 Enterprise Server.

The information has been out for a good while now on what all it will include, but I figured I would log in anyways to see if any new information would be included.

HTML Email: Great
Free/Busy Lookup: Great
New Admin Features: Great

To the naked eye, it would appear that on the 29th when this new Service Pack is rolled out, it will be the monster to deal with.

Except for one thing. (more…)

As promised a few days ago we finally we’re able to get our hands around HanDBase. Now some may ask , ” What is HanDBase”? We asked the same question about a month ago also. So we finally broke down installed the application and little to our suprise the HanDBase application was actioned pack. Below we would like to describe to you features of HanDBase and what it can do for you.

General Information about HanDBase:

Developers/Owners: DDH Software

What is the HanDBase BlackBerry Application? : HanDBase is database management system that allows you manage information on our computer and mobile device . It’s been refered to as a “fast relational database”. What can you store ? Anything and everything that you can imagine….. Passwords, Grocery List, Medical Records, DVD’s …..etc.

Features:
Quick search feature : Allows you to find anything fast.
Filtering system: Allows you to filter data according to your preference.
Database security : Database encryption.
Access permission options : can be set on the following parameters: Open Database, Add Records, Edit Records, Delete Records, Edit Popups, DB Properties, Delete Database, Beam Database.
Various Language Support

The HanDBase application version comes in three diffrent versions : Plus Edition, Professional Edition, and Enterprise Edition. Prices range from $29.99 -$79.99. The Plus Edition is quite enough for the average user. (more…)

Are you getting email on your BlackBerry right now? It’s been reported that T-Mobile, Verizon, , AT&T, Nextel, and Sprint users have been affected. This has been twice in less than one week. Now for those I.T geeks it’s possible right, for servers and equipment to go down from time to time. If systems didn’t go down, face it majority of us wouldn’t have jobs today. But on the other hand, in order for us to keep our jobs we have to have reliable services. It’s a two-hand fold situation. For all you BlackBerry users - don’t give up on RIM just yet. Recently we listened to the podcast by BlackBerry Guru Simon from BlackBerry Cool who did an interview with one Rim’s specialist who talked about the RIM outage.

For all those interested, we’re going to keep an official log of RIM outages starting from this post today.

Good day to everyone and keep the BlackBerry hope alive !!!

Most of us love our BlackBerry devices too much to even think about bring a screwdriver within 5 inches of our device. However, at times there’s a need to take apart these high tech devices because of either curiosity or an actual problem. For some of us taking apart BlackBerries isn’t anything new. Mark R’s - BlackBerryFaqs makes it a habit to break into these devices constantly. Now it’s TechRepublic turn to do so. They’ve done it and you can see it in a step by step 37 picture illustration.

Warning: Before viewing the details we MobiShark are not in anyway promoting the taking apart of your BlackBerry device - perform at your own risk. This post was written for the intent of educating our viewers to see what they device actually looks like inside. Now for you “high end’” tech junkies (not to belittle anyones intelligence by any means) if you got the courage or simply have a problem with your BlackBerry Curve.. have fun with disassembling your BlackBerry Curve
How to Disassembly other BlackBerry devices:
8100 Disassembly
8800 Disassembly
8820 Disassembly

Coming up next: Tech Dee has been in the lab testing HanDBase from DDH Software. He’s anxious to release his findings…..Stay Tune