You-Tuber cyberweasel wasn't just satisfied with cutting a hole in his BlackBerry 7230.

He wanted to pulverize it (link to the YouTube clip is below this post).

First, some coming atrractions:

You Tuber cyberweasel set out one day to break his BlackBerry 7230.

He didn't just place it on the ground and run over with it with his car. No, cyberweasel enlisted the help of bricks and reasonably heavy machinery.

The he put it up on YouTube.

Then I put it up here, with a total of ten screen grabs I think you will want to see. That's the first one at the top of this post

Leaves nine to go.

Come along...

Solution Technology said it will debut an all-in-one integrated ArmorPlus for BlackBerry 7200 utility.

To be rolled out at the upcoming Emergency Technology Business Showcase in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a week from today, the application will include functionalities for for Barcode Scanning, GPS, Touch Screens with eSiguature and Secure Data Memory Card capability.

Specific components include:

• Class 2 laser barcode scanner from Symbol Technologies;
• ArmorPlus for BlackBerry GPS, with off-road and off-net capabilitiesm abd
• Touch Screen Window option with signature capture capabilities and a touch-sensitive window;

My friend and fellow blogger Andy Abramson writes of his major hassles getting T-Mobile to switch him to someone at RIM that could help him with problems on his BlackBerry 7230.

Difficulties such as disappeared downloaded messages, buggy attachment reading capabilities, non-functional SMS.

Andy (that's him on the right) wanted to fix these issues because he's planning to get a BlackBerry Pearl and give the 7230 to his assistant.

But easier said than done.

Time to pick up on our new BBHub daily feature called BlackBerry Support Document of the Day.

Every week, the BlackBerry Technical Knowledge Center lists their 25 most viewed documents for that week.

Every day, starting from #1, we've been identifying a document on this list.

The current #6 is BlackBerry 7210, BlackBerry 7230, and BlackBerry 7280 Safety Information Booklet. Let's check it out.

You'll find information about Antenna Care, operating and storage temperatures (as shown above), electronic equipment that could evoke reception interference issues, dangerous areas you don't want to go to with your BlackBerry, what type of repairs you should not attempt, radio signal exposure risks, and absorption rate data.

Traveling overseas with your BlackBerry?

If your BlackBerry is non-GSM it won't work in Europe.

Well, necessity is the mother of work-arounds, and services that, in turn, make those workaround easier.

Take for instance Roadpost. This company rent internationally compliant BlackBerry 7230s. The $129 weekly rental fee ($10 more for each day after the first week) covers unlimited Internet access and email. Incoming and outgoing call rates are based on the nation(s) where you will use your rental BlackBerry.

Also included in the rental fee, you get adapters, a USB connecting cable, business cards for your contacts, and a prepaid courier pack for returning the 7230 when you are back in the U.S.A. or Canada.

If you get one of their rental units, you just synch your data from your "regular" BlackBerry to your rental device.

According to research firm Gartner, BlackBerry PDA shipments grew by 52.6 percent in the third quarter of 2005.

Insofar as what Garnter terms a "PDA," they set the standard as a data-centric handheld computer designed for use with both hands, equipped with instant on-off capability and a variety of third-party applications.

That covers the BlackBerry 7200 series (like the 7270 you see over there) but not the 7100, which is more like a cellphone.

Insofar as leading operating system vendors, Microsoft leads with 49.2 percent of worldwide shipments. BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion is second with 25 percent, followed by Palm OS with 14.9. Symbian and Linux brought up the rear.

With more than 145 million landline and mobile customers in Europe, Latin America and Africa, Madrid, Spain-based Telefónica S.A. is one of the world's largest mobile, Internet and landline access providers.

Today, Telefónica is announcing it is acquiring  U.K.-based O2 - the wireless business that was spun off by BT (formerly Birtish Telecom) in 2001. O3 has 24.6 million subscribers in the UK, Ireland, and Germany. Purchase price is about $31 billion U.S.

O2 currently carries four BlackBerry models- the BlackBerry 7730, BlackBerry 7290, BlackBerry 7230, and BlackBerry 7100x. That roster, plus O2's service plans, should not change as a result of the acquisition.

Both companies say that O2's current management will continue to operate the business, which will retain its brand and its headquarters in the UK.

Vodafone Sweden business customers that use the Nokia 9500 Communicator, Nokia 9300 smartphone or Sony Ericsson P910i can now also use BlackBerry Connect to manage their e-mail while on the go.

The 'BlackBerry from Vodafone' portfolio for the Swedish market also currently includes the BlackBerry 7230, BlackBerry 7100v and BlackBerry 7730

"Many Swedish companies have requested BlackBerry services on mobile phones from Nokia and Sony Ericsson; therefore we are delighted to present this piece of news," said Klas Wallstrom, Head of Business Segment, Vodafone Sweden This means that even more Swedes will discover the advantages of BlackBerry and see for themselves how wireless e-mail simplifies worklife and makes it more efficient,"

Today, I have been fielding a few comments from T-Mobile BlackBerry-users/BBHub readers that its been impossible to log on to the section of the T-Mobile website where you manage your BlackBerry service.

I've checked some of the other BlackBerry boards and there doesn't seem to be reports of this problem. But someone has to report it first.

So what I am asking you T-Mobile BlackBerry users is: "have any of you had problems logging in to the site today?

If yes, I wonder if any of this has to do with issues surrounding Handheld Software Version 4.0 4.49, a 31 MB file which was just posted in the T-Mobile BlackBerry Upgrade section of the T-Mobile site..

Ned Johnson and Martin Trautschold are consultants with more than eight years of combined experience working with BlackBerry using corporate and individual clients. Trautschold, in fact, has  presented at the Annual RIM BlackBerry Wireless Enterprise Symposium.

Now, Trautschold and Johnson have combined to write two BlackBerry Made Simple 150-plus page PDF formatted e-books for BlackBerry users.

BlackBerry Made Simple covers 6500, 6700, 7200, 7500, 7700 and 7100 series BlackBerrys.

BlackBerry Made Simple- The Definitive Guide for 7100 Series covers all BlackBerry 71xx models.

Both books are $19.95 apiece.

Ned Johnson and Martin Trautschold are consultants with more than eight years of combined experience working with BlackBerry using corporate and individual clients. Trautschold, in fact, has  presented at the Annual RIM BlackBerry Wireless Enterprise Symposium.

Now, Trautschold and Johnson have combined to write two BlackBerry Made Simple 150-plus page PDF formatted e-books for BlackBerry users.

BlackBerry Made Simple covers 6500, 6700, 7200, 7500, 7700 and 7100 series BlackBerrys.

BlackBerry Made Simple- The Definitive Guide for 7100 Series covers all BlackBerry 71xx models.

Both books are $19.95 apiece.