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It would appear that RIM is planning to provide end-users with a mechanism to remember their passwords.  According to patent application 20090307498, RIM proposes to allow a user to store his password with unique version data to help him remember it later.  As per the patent application, the version data will be in the form of a date.  Thus, if the user forgets his password on the initial prompt and as long as he has not exceeded the maximum number of password attempts, he will receive a second prompt that says something like “The password that has been used is one from 3rd January 2009, please enter it to unlock the device.”  This can be helpful, but to someone like me who is awful with dates, it won’t help me much.  Here’s my initial take on the patent application.  Feel free to provide your views in either the comments or in the LinkedIn group – BlackBerry Security.

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Xobni (inbox backwards) is getting closer to having their application prepared for BlackBerry goodness. If you’re unfamiliar, Xobni is currently an add-on for Outlook that makes searching a snap. It indexes your emails, then allows you to search them all with keywords, names or just about anything else you can throw at it. From there, it sorts out contact information with their social network information, files that you’ve exchanged and it makes it easy to email those folks that you’ve previously corresponded with but weren’t important enough to make your contact list. Okay, so you got lazy and you forgot. Nonetheless, the goodness that is Xobni in Outlook is coming to BlackBerry. Check out the video above and get more information on the upcoming release.

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With BlackBerry being historically such a business device, it’s only fitting that there be a proper LinkedIn application – the social network defined specifically for business. With the upcoming LinkedIn app you’ll be able to review profiles before a meeting, integrate LinkedIn contacts into your BlackBerry contacts and know when you’re receiving LinkedIn messages via a hip new icon. Hit up the video for more details.

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Slacker Radio sat us down at CES to show us their new Slacker Radio 3.0 for BlackBerry. They’ve showed up with a new, clean interface. One of the most compelling updates, though, is the ability to wirelessly cache your stations. With Slacker 3.0 and wireless caching enabled, your device will search first for wifi, then 3G if wifi isn’t available, late at night. It will also confirm that you have your phone plugged in, so your phone doesn’t cache the stations and you wake up with a dead battery. Once the cache is done, you wake up to fresh coffee and a some steaming goodness of new music. Check out the video for more details. You can expect Slacker 3.0 very soon.

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