Installing apps/games on Blackberry without OTA
This is a tip on installing applications and games on the Blackberry without the Blackberry (BB) data service.
Without the BB data service, you will need to download the application onto your desktop, then save it to the BB. Then on the BB itself, go to the file, select it, and it will show up a download or install screen.
To download the actual package for the BB 8130, there needs to be a hack to actually download it. On Firefox, theres an add-on called “User Agent Switcher”. Install it, and lets create a new agent. For the description, I put BlackBerry 8130, for User Agent, I put BlackBerry8130-4.3.0, thats my blackberry-OS version, then for App Name, I put BlackBerry.
Now, go to whatever download section (only tested with Google Maps) with the new user agent selected, and you will be able to download the application. After downloading it, save it to the BB, get on the BB, and install it.
This tip was based off of http://www.labelme.org/family/blog/2008/02/01/a-healthy-addiction/ .
Tip: remember to switch the user agent back to default after you’re done downloading.