tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23550078.post116386148148255078..comments2023-09-29T08:04:32.799-05:00Comments on makingourway: Is there enough software available for the blackberry?makingourwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13748811641577990850noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23550078.post-1165324176558971702006-12-05T07:09:00.000-06:002006-12-05T07:09:00.000-06:00hi,some answers, potentially, to some of your ques...hi,<BR/><BR/>some answers, potentially, to some of your questions!<BR/><BR/>generally the 8700 series of phones will all support applications designed for the 8700, so your 8703 should do fine! infact some applications created prior to the 8700 release will also work.<BR/><BR/>our experience of BB apps is that they are nice and small (we develop enterprise BB apps and are continually impressed with the tightness of the J2ME environment).<BR/><BR/>however some apps need lots of data storage (for maps / pictures etc)so take that into consideration.<BR/><BR/>generally apps are loaded on to the Flash memory portion of the device leaving the RAM free for on the fly presentation and processing.<BR/><BR/>(the newer Pearl comes with a flash memory card that you can install apps on a bit like symbian devices)<BR/><BR/>http://www.handango.com/SoftwareCatalog.jsp?platformId=5&osId=950&siteId=1&N=4294917444<BR/><BR/>has 510 titles available for the 8703e <BR/><BR/>eOffice is the standard BB office doc viewer and DocHawk is the standard for PDF enhancement<BR/><BR/>(you can get away with DocHawk if you only want to view attachments and not edit them)<BR/><BR/>finally reference to your question on the device as a tethered modem, this is entirely dependant on your Network Operator, have a look at this post on Daggle.com http://daggle.com/060521-235239.html where Danny talks through the options for tethered EV-DO modem use on Verizon.<BR/><BR/>we use 3g phones and BB's in the UK on Vodafone as tethered modems with out issues!<BR/><BR/>Just need to get the settings for the connection installed on the device, Verizon should be able to do this for you over the air.<BR/><BR/>hope this helps<BR/><BR/>alex<BR/><BR/>PS its a bit odd that one has to sign up for a blogger blog just to comment on your site!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com