2009/07/01
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Press Release
TORONTO—July 1, 2009— The BlackBerry Partners Fund today announced the first four (4) Finalists in the 2009 BlackBerry Developer Challenge. The four Finalists are Fierce Towers (by Nickel Buddy), Astraware Solitare (by Handmark), Expense Manager (by Total Wireless Solutions), and Vision for YouTube (by Metova). Finalists were selected by a panel of independent judges based on the following criteria: compelling product or service; clearly defined value proposition; viable business model; and technical execution.
Each Finalist will receive a prize package that includes one week on the BlackBerry App World Featured Application Carousel; one BlackBerry Developers Conference pass; one BlackBerry smartphone; and, guaranteed participation in the BlackBerry Sweet 16 Demo Event at the 2009 BlackBerry Developers Conference.
Four additional Finalists will be selected and announced at the end of July, August and September respectively. Over the course of the four-month challenge, a total of 16 Finalists will qualify for the BlackBerry Sweet 16 Demo Event. Entries for the BlackBerry Developer Challenge will be accepted until September 25, 2009 at 11:59pm EDT.
Contest Rules and Regulations
Full contest rules and regulations are available online (www.blackberrypartnersfund.com/09contest), along with details on eligibility, judging, key dates and prize packages.About BlackBerry Partners Fund
The BlackBerry Partners Fund™ is designed to deliver superior returns on the compelling investment opportunity in applications, services and supporting infrastructure for the BlackBerry® and other mobile platforms. The Fund's mandate is based on the premise that in the future smartphones will be powerful portable computers for use at home, work, and leisure. The Fund invests in companies developing applications that make smartphones a compelling platform for media, commerce, enterprise, entertainment, and lifestyle applications. The Fund is global in scope and will consider all stages of development. For further information visit: http://www.blackberrypartnersfund.com
2009/01/26
The Slacker phenomenon continues gaining momentum after incredible reviews such as this one just released from BlackBerryCool:
"In short, it is magnificent."
There are times in life when you anticipate something for so long and it fails to deliver. On the other hand, there are times when things turn out to be more than you expected. I have been using Slacker.com, the personal internet radio, on my computer for the last few months, ever since the BlackBerry application was announced at CTIA this past fall. At CES, after months of anticipation, Slacker launched their BlackBerry application for devices with OS 4.3 and above (4.5+ is best). In short, it is magnificent.
Read the full review at BlackBerryCool.
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2009/01/08
It has been in the works for a while and we are extremely happy with the result. For the impatient, download it now from slacker.com/blackberry!
We've added some additional screenshots for those that are interested:
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Press Release
Slacker Announces Availability of Mobile Radio Application for BlackBerry Smartphones
Exclusive station caching feature guarantees playback everywhere while also dramatically boosting battery life and performance
LAS VEGAS - January 8, 2009 - Slacker, Inc. today announced the availability of the free Slacker Mobile application for BlackBerry® smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM). BlackBerry smartphone users* can now hear their favorite Slacker radio stations wherever they go, whether they are connected to a wireless network or not - a Slacker Mobile feature exclusive to BlackBerry smartphones. The application, which is compatible with BlackBerry® Device Software version 4.3 and higher is available as a free download by visiting Slacker.com from your BlackBerry smartphone.
The Slacker Mobile application provides BlackBerry smartphone users in the U.S. with a personalized music discovery and listening experience pulling from over 100 expert- programmed Slacker stations, over 10,000 artist stations or a nearly unlimited number of the listener's own custom-created stations.
Slacker station caching, an exclusive feature for BlackBerry smartphones, enables mobile listeners to store favorite stations on a memory card, allowing Slacker music service to play without a network connection while boosting battery life up to 5 times that of streaming playback and enhancing application performance. In addition, BlackBerry smartphone enthusiasts can enjoy Slacker Personal Radio while doing other tasks such as emailing, instant messaging or web browsing.
The groundbreaking Slacker music service enables listeners to enjoy Personal Radio stations and hear their favorite music without ever having to manage playlists or research new artists. Included in the Slacker application for BlackBerry smartphones are detailed artist bios and album reviews for each song that is played, providing the ultimate resource for music discovery. The Slacker Mobile application works with the free Slacker Basic Radio service, along with Slacker Radio Plus and Slacker Premium Radio subscription offerings.
"Slacker Mobile makes your BlackBerry smartphone the ultimate personal radio player," said Dennis Mudd, CEO of Slacker. "And because of our caching technology, BlackBerry owners can play their personal radio stations everywhere, even on subways and planes, with much better battery life and faster song skipping than is possible with streaming stations."
"Our new BlackBerry smartphones provide truly impressive audio and video performance that allows the smartphones to serve as powerful and conveniently accessible personal entertainment devices for consumers and business users alike," said Jeff McDowell, Vice President, Global Alliances at Research In Motion. "With access to millions of songs and easily customized programming, it's no surprise that people are excited by this new application." Slacker Personal Radio, available online at www.Slacker.com, enables listeners to personalize over 100 professionally programmed stations or create, edit and share their own Personal Radio stations. Slacker listeners also have easy access to artist profiles, album reviews and cover art on the web, with the Slacker G2 portable and now on BlackBerry smartphones.
Slacker Mobile for BlackBerry smartphones offers:
- Free music library featuring millions of songs
- High-quality stereo playback from cached stations and all streaming wireless connections
- Over 100 professionally programmed genre stations
- Create custom artist stations
- Station caching for music playback anywhere, greatly improved battery life and accelerated application performance
- Multi-tasking - listen to music while doing email
- View artist biographies and photos
- View album art and reviews
- "Peek Ahead" artist and album preview
- Pause and skip songs
- Rate songs as favorites
- Ban songs and artists you don't like
Pricing and Availability
The Slacker Personal Radio Mobile application for BlackBerry smartphones is available immediately as a free download by visiting Slacker.com from your BlackBerry web browser or visit http://www.slacker.com/blackberry for more details.
About Slacker, Inc.
Slacker is the world's first Personal Radio company offering "Your Radio Everywhere." Slacker allows music lovers to play highly personalized music online at the Slacker web site or on the go with Slacker Personal Radio players. Visit http://www.slacker.com for more information.
 | The Slacker Personal Radio Mobile application is currently available for U.S. customers only. Slacker Mobile for BlackBerry is available for BlackBerry smartphones running operating system 4.3 or higher with the exception of the BlackBerry Storm which will be fully supported in a future release. |
Slacker and Slacker.com are registered trademarks of Slacker, Inc. All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective companies.
The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. RIM assumes no obligations or liability and makes no representation, warranty, endorsement or guarantee in relation to any aspect of any third party products or services.
2008/08/26
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 | For our customers Please let us know if you would like to attend, we still have several discounts that we may be able to pass on to you. |
2008/08/15
to choose the best of the best.
Best of luck to everyone.
For more information go to the official site.
| Note A small error was made in the terms and conditions limiting the participation to certain areas. Rick Segal has posted in several places noting that the terms and conditions will be fixed, and that the competition is in fact open to anyone in the world. |
2008/08/02
The Washington Post posted and article today about Dub, a Metova strategic partner. As we wrote here, Metova CEO and founder Kevin Ross joined the Dub advisory board on March 11, 2008 to provide technology strategy, thought leadership, as well as development services to produce Dub for BlackBerry.
2008/05/05
Metova, Inc. will be in Orlando for the Wireless Enterprise Symposium May 11-15th. If you are a partner and would like to meet with us, please contact us to setup a meeting for Monday after the Alliance Summit. If you are a potential customer, please contact us to pick one of our remaining open slots on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.
See you there!
2008/03/11
Metova Chief Executive Officer and founder Kevin Ross joins the advisory board for Dub as a technology strategist. In addition to thought leadership, Metova will provide development services to produce Dub for BlackBerry.
Dub, a mobile solution, is an extremely convenient and innovative technology solution for exchanging business cards and instantaneously managing contact information. Dub takes advantage of the explosive growth of smart mobile phones by providing users a quick and easy way to exchange business contact information using their existing devices. Dub eliminates the time-consuming process of distributing, collecting, inputting and managing traditional business cards and adds capabilities that add value for users of all types.
Dub is the brainchild of Manoj Ramnani, Founder and Chief Executive Officer.
www.dubmenow.com
2007/11/12
Some know it as the gPhone, but it is actually an innovative open source offering. Will we be working with it? Absolutely. We are already porting a product to the platform. Call us if you need an application built for Android.
2007/08/17
Today, Tamale Research awarded a contract to Metova, Inc. to add BlackBerry™ platform specific usability enhancements to create a better mobile browsing experience for the Tamale Research Management Solution.
2007/08/06
Metova has moved is moving again! We have already outgrown the offices we moved into just 9 months ago.
All network/telecom at the new location is already setup, but please bear with us on August 24th - 26th as we have to move everything in the office and the data center.
We expect the servers to be offline for approximately 4 hours from 5pm CST to 9pm CST on August 24th.
2007/07/27
Today, DoubleClick, Inc. awarded contract to Metova, Inc. for new management reporting BlackBerry™ application service.
2007/06/13
Metova awarded contract with NeedBasedCalling to extend their fantastic application to the BlackBerry™ platform.
2007/05/08
Metova will be at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Florida on May 8th - 10th. Contact us to setup some time to mingle...
2007/03/28
Metova is proud to announce the availability of their fully customizable, fully hosted Field Sales Solution.
Solution Whitepaper: View or download
