Archive for June, 2007
Friday, June 29th, 2007
Link: www.getempower.com
OTA Link: www.getEmpower.com/emv.php
Desktop Link : www.getEmpower.com/emvzip.php
Ani from Empower has just announced and released version 0.91 of their Empower HTML Email Viewer utility. They have not released a changelog of the new version but from my testing this fixes a few small issues. The main issue fixed is compatibility with device and OS specific [...]
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
Empower has announced that It will be going commercial with Moblyo selling its email viewer when they release of version 1.0 of their product. They have also announced that they will be giving out 10,000 free Professional licenses to the Beta testers of the application. So far they already have over 6,000 beta tester submissions [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in Email, News, Utilities
Thursday, June 28th, 2007
T-Mobile has finally released its HotSpot@Home service for two of their wifi enabled phones. For those who don’t know, HotSpot@Home allows you to make calls over wifi on the cheap when you are near a T-mobile HotSpot@Home router. They offer an unlimited nationwide plan for $9.99 a month. As of now they only offer [...]
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| Tags:BES, BIS, BlackBerry Service, T-mobile
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
Yahoo releases Yahoo! Go version 2
Rating: 7.5/10
OTA Link: m.yahoo.com
Desktop Link: mobile.yahoo.com/go
Cost: Free!
Compatibility: Limited to newer BlackBerry devices, check out the desktop link above for more info
As a fair warning for any of our readers on a limited BlackBerry account the download is ~900KB and after you run the program for the first time It [...]
19 Comments » | Posted in Email, GPS, Internet, News, Reviews, Utilities
| Tags:Images, Multimedia
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
BlackBerrySmart SmartView Email Viewer v2
Link: http://www.blackberrysmart.com/
The BlackBerrySmart Email Viewer that we reviewed here has been upgraded with many more features. It looks like they are adding features to their software to completely replace the native email viewer. The list of added features they have announced includes:
Ability to view attachments
All the trimmings of [...]
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Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
Media-Convert.com allows you to convert Audio, Video, and Documents for viewing on your BlackBerry. You can convert any multimedia file from over 100 different formats. The beauty is you can convert any of your short movies or clips to whatever format you wish. They also offer a nifty little feature where you can upload files [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Documents
| Tags:Images, Multimedia, Music, Ringtones, Video
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
Link: www.getempower.com
OTA Link: www.getEmpower.com/emv.php
Desktop Link : www.getEmpower.com/emvzip.php
Ani from Empower has just announced and released version 0.70 of their free Empower HTML Email Viewer utility. This new version fixes the two major flaws in Empower. The first being the text fallback in large emails when you scroll through them. The second was the ability to [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in Email, Internet, News, Utilities
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
Link: www.cellfire.com
OTA Link: Visit the link above from your BlackBerry
Cellfire has now released their mobile coupon solution for BlackBerry devices to receive digital coupons from a number of national retailers. Personally all I saw when I opened the application with my location in downtown Manhattan was slim pickings. The only coupons I was [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Coupons / Deals, Internet, News, Utilities
Monday, June 25th, 2007
Link: http://getmobio.com
OTA Link: http://getmobio.com/nowbb
Mobio.com has released GetMobio for BlackBerry devices. This application gives you access to over 50 widgets on your BlackBerry including twitter, digg, RSS feeds, sports, and my favorite feature “Cheap Gas.” This allows you to search for the cheapest gas near your preset locations. I currently did not see any GPS [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Internet, News, RSS, Utilities
Monday, June 25th, 2007
CellSea Online Ringtone Creator
Link: rtmaker.cellsea.com
CellSea offers a free online ringtone creator on their site. You can also browse a listing of ringtones created by other users at this link. I find that this is a wonderful service and works just find on my BlackBerry 8800. I am not sure how well it will work on [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in News
| Tags:Ringtones
Monday, June 25th, 2007
PressDisplay - Read over 500 newspapers in your BlackBerry Browser
Link: www.pressday.com - Registration
Promotional Code: Blackberry (1 month free) on all paid subscriptions
Thanks to the guys at BlackBerryCool.com we were tipped of to a service announcement by PressDisplay that allows you to view over 500 newspapers from 70 countries in 37 languages all from your [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in News
Monday, June 25th, 2007
BlackBerry Web Shortcuts Version 2.1
Version: 2.1 Release
Link: www.jonathanhfisher.co.uk
OTA Link: m.jonathanhfisher.co.uk/webshortcuts
Desktop Link: www.jonathanhfisher.co.uk
Cost: FREE!
Well Jonathan Fisher has been quite busy this past weekend. Due to increased interest in his BlackBerry Web Shortcuts application he has released a new version which brings a standard BlackBerry configuration screen to the software. As you can see from the [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in Internet, News, Utilities
Monday, June 25th, 2007
Yahoo releases Yahoo! Go version 2
OTA Link: m.yahoo.com
As a fair warning for any of our readers on a limited BlackBerry account the download is ~900KB and after you run the program for the first time It downloads another 140KB. That is a quick way to rack up a bill if you are on a [...]
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Friday, June 22nd, 2007
BlackBerry Web Shortcuts By Jonathan Fisher
Version: 1.0 Release
Rating: 9.5/10
Link: www.jonathanhfisher.co.uk
OTA Link: m.jonathanhfisher.co.uk/webshortcuts
Desktop Link: www.jonathanhfisher.co.uk
Cost: FREE!
Compatibility: OS 4.1+
First thing I have to thank Jonathan Fisher for donating this wonderful piece of software to the BlackBerry community. This is the highest rank we have given on any review so far. This application allows you to [...]
9 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8700, 8800/8830, Hardware, Internet, News, Reviews, Utilities
Thursday, June 21st, 2007
AvantGo For BlackBerry
Version: 1.03 Release
Rating 4/10
Link: www.AvantGo.com
OTA Link: m.avantgo.com/installer
Desktop Link: Unknown
Cost: 2MB Free / 8MB 19.95/yr
Compatibility: OS 3.8+
I will start off this review stating that I used to use AvantGo all the time on my old series 60 Nokia so really wanted to like it. They released an version over 2 years ago for BlackBerry [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Internet, News, RSS, Reviews
Thursday, June 21st, 2007
PocketDay Personal / Professional
Version: 4.25
Rating: (Pending Complete Review) Stay Tuned
Link: www.pocketday.com
OTA Link: www.pocketday.com/ota.htm
Desktop: www.pocketday.com/downloads.htm
Cost: $19.95 (Personal) / $34.95 (Professional)
Compatibility: all color BlackBerry devices [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Email, Internet, News, RSS, Reviews, Utilities
Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Well I have gotten quite a few requests for reviews and have been doing our best to cover those items ASAP. I thought it was about time that we opened the floor to everybody. Please feel free to use the contact page to request a review or submit a product for review. We will [...]
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Wednesday, June 20th, 2007
Update: Check out this post
Empower HTML Email Viewer Beta for BlackBerry - Updated
Beta Version: 0.33 Public Release
Rating 8/10
Link: www.getempower.com
OTA Link: www.getempower.com/emv.php
Desktop Link: www.getempower.com/emvzip.php
Cost: Free (as of now)
The guys down at Empower have been busy the last few days updating their application. We decided to run an update of what you can expect in the [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8700, 8800/8830, Email, Hardware, News, Reviews, Utilities
| Tags:7290, BES, BIS, BlackBerry Service
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
PocketDay Personal / Professional
Version: 4.25
Rating: (Pending Complete Review) Stay Tuned
Link: www.pocketday.com
OTA Link: www.pocketday.com/ota.htm
Desktop: www.pocketday.com/downloads.htm
Cost: $19.95 (Personal) / $34.95 (Professional)
Compatibility: all color BlackBerry devices [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in Email, Internet, RSS, Reviews, Utilities
Monday, June 18th, 2007
Update: Check out this post
Empower HTML Email Viewer Beta for BlackBerry - Updated
Beta Version: 0.21 Public Release
Rating 8/10
Link: www.getempower.com
OTA Link: www.getempower.com/emv.php
Desktop Link: www.getempower.com/emvzip.php
Cost: Free (as of now)
As promised earlier in the day here is a review of the Empower Email Viewer for all BlackBerry devices. Please keep in mind that this is a Beta [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8700, 8800/8830, Email, Hardware, News, Reviews
| Tags:7290, BES, BIS, BlackBerry Service