Without a doubt it’s that season again. INCOME TAX TIME - Whether you owe Uncle Sam or he owes you … it’s that time BlackBerry Community. For some it’s a joyous season that knowing they might be able to get that new car that you’ve been waiting for all year. Others it’s a time to rumble through receipts and gather all sorts of paperwork.

An very interesting article that we read that was released a few months ago might catch your attention about this years tax refunds. After reading this article this might push a few of us to get on the ball or at least get the ball rolling. You might be happy to know if you answer YES to the following questions below - your worries about getting your taxes this year will be easier. After all BlackBerry users love convenience therefore giving us more time with our families and more money in our pockets. How easy you may ask… see the following questions below.

1) Have you filed your taxes yet?
2)Are you looking for someone to do your taxes?
3) Do you own a BlackBerry?

If you’ve answered yes to at least 2 out of 3 questions, then you might be interested in the following email below that we received recently from ” Mr. Income Tax Guru” - Dean Simpson. We at MobiShark have personally known him for sometime now. Dean being a daily BlackBerry Blog reader he decided to offer a special rate to BlackBerry Users. Read more about this offer :

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It’s J. Coop again and this time I am doing a review on Ziplorer. The BlackBerry Developers at S4BB has created a monster application. It’s interesting how Ziplorer doesn’t get much recognition.. Why? We don’t know but it’s an application that deserves to be recognized and not overlooked. Moving right into the review.

Since the BlackBerry is used by most business professional it’s without a doubt zipping and unzipping of files is a needed option. I’m in High School still so needless to say unzipping files - I don’t have need unless the MobiShark crew is sending me something. With Ziplorer you have this option. Ziplorer is available the with use of 7130, 8100, 8300, 8700 and 8800 series. It’s recommended that your BlackBerry handheld OS be 4.2 or higher. The process of zipping files with this use of this tool is very easy. However, without first reading the manual you could run into a few perplexing questions in regards to it’s use. If you familiar with any of compressing software such as PKZIP, WINZIP..etc then Ziplorer will make sense (again read the manual)

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We just got an interesting email that came through our inbox from our Presidio Matrix Corp executive that we interviewed a few days back about why he carries both an iPhone and a BlackBerry device.

We aren?t too sure if possibly he woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning or if he just has the proverbial ?thorn in his posterior?, but he seems to have gone off on a little rant about Research In Motion, even stating that their name is very appropriate.
Here is the email:

Okay, so I just got done viewing the webinar presentation for the new BlackBerry 4.1 Service Pack 5 Enterprise Server.

The information has been out for a good while now on what all it will include, but I figured I would log in anyways to see if any new information would be included.

HTML Email: Great
Free/Busy Lookup: Great
New Admin Features: Great

To the naked eye, it would appear that on the 29th when this new Service Pack is rolled out, it will be the monster to deal with.

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As promised a few days ago we finally we’re able to get our hands around HanDBase. Now some may ask , ” What is HanDBase”? We asked the same question about a month ago also. So we finally broke down installed the application and little to our suprise the HanDBase application was actioned pack. Below we would like to describe to you features of HanDBase and what it can do for you.

General Information about HanDBase:

Developers/Owners: DDH Software

What is the HanDBase BlackBerry Application? : HanDBase is database management system that allows you manage information on our computer and mobile device . It’s been refered to as a “fast relational database”. What can you store ? Anything and everything that you can imagine….. Passwords, Grocery List, Medical Records, DVD’s …..etc.

Features:
Quick search feature : Allows you to find anything fast.
Filtering system: Allows you to filter data according to your preference.
Database security : Database encryption.
Access permission options : can be set on the following parameters: Open Database, Add Records, Edit Records, Delete Records, Edit Popups, DB Properties, Delete Database, Beam Database.
Various Language Support

The HanDBase application version comes in three diffrent versions : Plus Edition, Professional Edition, and Enterprise Edition. Prices range from $29.99 -$79.99. The Plus Edition is quite enough for the average user. (more…)

Hi, It’s me again Justin Cooperman, one of MobiShark’s official BlackBerry Bloggers. Recently we wrote a review about Empower and BBSmart and wanted to follow-up with you guys on the results. We are going to start with Empower, I personally don’t like the fonts and background on Empower but I guess its “personal preference”. Empower is very easy to use you just scroll up and down on you BlackBerry. Empower takes a little bit to load and of my BlackBerry. I don’t know if it is just taking a while or the images are just not showing, I have waited a minute. Otherwise its look pretty similar to my regular email on my computer. OK, next lets go on to BBSmart html viewer. OK so BBSmart is very cool, its ask you what type of network you are on and its also loads the images unlike Empower where I couldn’t get the images to come up. It has more of a business feel to it. It has a status bar that shows actually progress as content loads. All and all I prefer BBSmart over Empower. However, the choice is yours!

Cheers!

JC

“young BlackBerry enthusiast”