I’ve just received an email from Amazon.com, informing me that Kindle for Blackberry is now available! Blackberry users can simply type “amazon.com/kindlebb” on their Blackberry browser to download this. Man, I’ve been waiting so eagerly for this!

Ever since the Kindle for iPhone app was released in March earlier this year (2009), there were much speculation and hope that a similar application will be released for the BlackBerry soon. Amazon then revealed that such an application was indeed in the works, boosting up hopes for BlackBerry users like me. After nine long [...]

By default, a BlackBerry smartphone does not connect directly to the internet. Instead, it connects to the BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Service) or BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service) server, which in turn serves as a “proxy” through which the BlackBerry connects to the internet. Apparently, it’s quite painful for a software developer to write up his/her program [...]