TetherBerry

A Halifax company has pushed ahead the release date of a new BlackBerry application after its website was flooded with purchase requests.

Tim Burke, co-founder of Quark Engineering and Development, said the company had expected to carry out three months of testing on its TetherBerry application but opted to begin selling it this week after positive reviews on blogs had BlackBerry users clamouring for an earlier release.

"It’s been totally overwhelming," he said. "Eight days ago, we put out a very limited call on a very limited number of sites looking for people to test it. By Friday, we had more than 10,000 users in 70 countries."

TetherBerry allows users to access the Internet on a laptop by connecting with their BlackBerry’s data plan. It is easy to install and it makes the Internet available anywhere there is cellular coverage.

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