Now around since september, PushLife has been updated to play and manage your iTunes library on BlackBerry devices.

From Handmark site:

What if your BlackBerry was as good with your music as it is with your email? Well, thanks to PushLife, it can be. PushLife turns your BlackBerry into a powerful media player so you’ll never have to carry around two devices again.

Imagine having the full power of iTunes in the palm of your hand. Download PushLife onto your Blackberry and you’ve just made this possible. PushLife is a music player, a ‘sync engine’ that keeps your mobile music library up to date with iTunes and an information agent that finds and automatically adds artist content (bios, lyrics, photos and more) to your device for a fantastic listening experience.

MicroSD card recommended. iTunes and Windows required.

Product Features

• Intuitive and compelling media player
• More than music – bios, lyrics, photos gathered automatically
• Twitter integration to keep your friends up to date
• Two way sync with iTunes library
• Manage your iTunes library from your phone

Here is the list of supported devices:

RIM BlackBerry 8100 Pearl, BlackBerry 8110 Pearl, BlackBerry 8120 Pearl, BlackBerry 8130 Pearl, BlackBerry 8220 Pearl Flip, BlackBerry 8230 Pearl Flip, BlackBerry 8300 Curve, Blackberry 8310 Curve, BlackBerry 8320 Curve, BlackBerry 8330 Curve, BlackBerry 8350i Curve, BlackBerry 8520 Curve, BlackBerry 8900 Curve, BlackBerry 9000 Bold, BlackBerry 9630 Tour

So, PushLife is a music player allowing your BlackBerry to sync your mobile music library with iTunes. Moreover, also artist’s biography, songs lyrics and photos will be kept in sync. More information can be found on the PushLife FAQ page.

Even if this seems to be only Windows compatible, at 9.99 $ PushLife is a good way to enhance the BlackBerry media capabilities with iTunes.

At least, until Apple doesn’t change the rules…

While waiting for the Windows 7 release, Acer has managed to put Android on its Aspire One D250.

The netbook can be pre-ordered from Amazon.com right now for $349.99. It sports a set of standard specifications, except for the dual boot configuration, allowing you to choose between Windows XP and Android:

• 1.66GHz Intel N280 Atom Processor
• 1024MB DDR2 SDRAM Single Channel Memory
• 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM), 802.11b/g Wireless
• 10.1″ WSVGA Acer CrystalBrite LED Display, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
• Dual Boot Operating Systems: Android or Windows XP Home, 6-cell Li-ion Battery (5800 mAh)

The dual boot seems a clever choice from Acer, both to give Android a chance on netbooks and to allow people to use their Windows applications.

I have been tempted to buy an Android smartphone many times.  However, I have always been stopped by the lamented lack of applications. Maybe this Android netbook is only a “dead on arrival” experiment, but in certain cases I could imagine myself jumping on the Android ecosystem:

• give me the applications
• allow for a really good integration between Android netbooks and smartphones
• an affordable cloud service

and I will buy the full package.

For now, I will patiently wait for Chrome OS to come…

Via: Engadget

Reading a recent article at CoolSmartPhone that comments on how few changes have been made to the Windows Mobile OS since the 2003 SE release, I’ve got to ask:  What is the problem that so many people seem to have with Windows Mobile?  Their writeup notes that there have been a number of dissatisfied users of the latest incarnation of the OS, version 6.5.  They also note that with stripping away much of the UI enhancements added by third party manufactures, the actual OS hasn’t changed much.  Is the latter true?  Perhaps.  Dissatisfied with 6.5:  why?

So here’s my next question, …. what more do you want?  In currently using a Windows Mobile 6.1 HTC Touch Pro I can’t find any real faults with the operating system.  I’ve got a device that runs a stable, base OS that allows itself to be customized via registry tweaks and third party software solutions.  I’ve got a phone, a wifi and bluetooth device, a GPS navigation system, a digital camera, a touch screen with outstanding resolution, and on and on.  It’s a great little device.  Is the OS perfect?  No.  There is no such thing.  Is it robust and very mature?  Sure.  How does it compare to other mobile OS’?  As a person who has used a device running almost every major platform, I’d say it stacks up VERY well.

What are your thoughts on this?  Are you willing to check into Windows Mobile 6.5?  Are you jumping ship to another platform?  Let us know in the comments section below.

Remo Knops over at Mobility Minded has just published a nice review on the HTC Touch2.  Remo’s review includes everything from the unboxing to detailed hardware and software specifications, as well as  screenshots of the brand-new Windows Mobile 6.5 and TouchFLO 3D. All I can say is Wow!

He really likes this device and concludes “I strongly believe that it is a very powerful device that gets most things done for a business professional as well.”

Check out the full review here: HTC Touch2 Review Windows Mobile 6.5

As I’m sure most of you are aware, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Some of you may remember the review I did on a Checkpoint Friendly laptop bag I did for Mobile Edge, and one of the things that impressed me about the company was their line of laptop bags and briefcases called the “Caring Case Collection”

The collection is designed by women for women, and 10% of all proceeds are donated to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation.
In addition, throughout the month of October, if you purchase one of the cases from the collection, free shipping is available.

So go on, go buy one – they’re awesome products and you’re helping out a worthy cause at the same time!