Jan 23
A few months ago a leaked version of the new OS 5.0 became available, and I excitedly downloaded it and installed it on my Curve 8330. I loved the changes from the OS 4.5 that came on my Curve, and at first it seemed to run great, but after installing a few applications, and using it for a few months I started to notice it getting very sluggish, and realized that the leaked OS was a memory hog. Well, all that has changed with the first release of an official OS 5.0 for the 8330 from Boost Mobile. I installed it on my phone as soon as I got home from work tonight, and I’m LOVING it! It’s much smoother than the leaked version, and I’ve even noticed a few little things that weren’t in the leaked version. The new OS, along with the Precision Zen theme from the 8520 (I think?) that I have loaded on there… it’s almost like a completely new phone.
Below is the announcement from CrackBerry.com –
Yesterday we noted that the Curve 8330 from Boost Mobile was shipping with OS 5.0.0.438, and now it looks like its officially available for download. 8330 users can jump over to the BlackBerry Software Downloads page and snag the latest update. If you’re not on Boost, just remember to delete the vendor.xml file before upgrading and you should be good to go. Glad to see that the 5.0 updates are floating in from various carriers, but as with most of you, yes I’m still wondering when we’ll see another official release for the Tour 
Jan 04
I came across this today while surfing a local site, and thought I’d share it, as it was news to me and hopefully to you too!
Although it’s name suggests perhaps even grander capabilities, Windows enthusiasts are excited over the discovery of a hidden “GodMode” feature that lets users access all of the operating system’s control panels from within a single folder.
By creating a new folder in Windows 7 and renaming it with a certain text string at the end, users are able to have a single place to do everything from changing the look of the mouse pointer to making a new hard-drive partition.
The trick is also said to work in Windows Vista, although some are warning that although it works fine in 32-bit versions of Vista, it can cause 64-bit versions of that operating system to crash.
To enter “GodMode,” one need only create a new folder and then rename the folder to the following:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
Once that is done, the folder’s icon will change to resemble a control panel and will contain dozens of control options. I’m not sure it’s my idea of playing God, but it is a handy way to get to all kinds of controls.
I’ve asked Microsoft for more details on the feature and how it came to be. But so far, Redmond is silent on the topic.
Source: cnet
Jan 04
Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3… is this thing on?
Okay, lets give this another shot. My blog is back. I’m not quite sure what happened to it. I came here a few days ago to write a post and saw a blank page where my blog should have been. I’m not sure if it was hacked, or if I changed/messed up something, but either way it’s back. I’m not going to promise that I will update every day (because I know that won’t happen), or even every week, but I will do my best to update more than once a month like I was doing before.
So, please ignore the mess. I’m still working on getting this place back to normal. I’m not sure if I’ll keep this theme or not… I like it… but we’ll see. how it works out.