Verizon have begun to push their Skype Mobile services on YouTube , and while the video doesn’t reveal anything new about the product, it’s good to see that things are moving forward. Verizon claims the call quality will be excellent, and messaging will be an integral part of the service. Hopefully Verizon haven’t locked Skype down from doing business with other carriers, as I know many other BlackBerry users in Canada and on other providers would love to get their hands on this service

[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] One of my most used apps has to be QuickLaunch .

Back in August we first checked out Fancy Characters , an app that lets you easily add symbols into messages. Sergey let me know that the app has been updated to version 2.0 and includes some cool new icons . With the app, you can add symbols to email, SMS, IM, PIN and BBM messages.

[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] On a quick break from all the contest and new devices, user tuxtech posted this in the forums earlier today. It looks like he took a decent amount of time to design a CrackBerry BMW M5 in the Xbox 360 Game Forza 3. Very cool to say the least.

HOW TO CONSERVE BATTERY POWER ON A BLACKBERRY Longtime readers will know this guide will pop up from time to time. Last time we touched on battery conservation was when we were putting the Storm2’s battery through an advanced users’ typical usage test

[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] One of the native applications i use regularly on my BlackBerry (multiple times per day) that I’ve noticed for some reason many BlackBerry users either do not use or don’t even know it exists is the BlackBerry Password Keeper. On newer devices you can find it by default within the Applications folder on the homescreen ribbon. The BlackBerry Password Keeper is extremely handy and does exactly what you would think it would do..

Nexus One coming to Verizon on March 23rd? Sprint to get HTC Legend, AT&T to get HTC Desire?

We’ve been talking about smartphones games a lot lately on BlackBerryCool and the latest Distimo report got me looking for a good game in App World.

So it’s not exactly a “Super App” by RIM’s definition, but you can’t deny how handy it is to use your BlackBerry as a flashlight when you need to find your way in the dark. Better than just letting your homescreen wallpaper light the way, ShaoSoft’s FlashOn app is a lot more full featured, allowing you to: set the color of the front LED or turn it off, set the colour of the screen, use the video camera flash LED as a light source and customize the duration of the light.

When I first set out to do my original Twitter Client Roundup , I never thought over a year later I’d be at it again with so many new additions. We went from a super small selection, to having a huge set of apps to choose from. We covered more in the Ultimate Twitter Client Roundup Part Deux , but didn’t get a good look at them until now.