Archive for July, 2007
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Just as a reminder tomorrow is Thursday so don’t forget to submit your comment to win a Fortte BlackBerry 8800 / 8830 Vertical Pouch. This is the same case we just reviewed. To win you must submit a comment to the Giveaway Thursday post or contact us with the answer to the following question.Why do [...]
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
We have received quite a few questions about Hebrew support for BlackBerry devices so here is a new development. The developers at ZigZagWorld.com have provided a free solution for viewing Hebrew (and Yiddish) texts on your BlackBerry called Hebrew In Hand. This application includes support for fully pointed Hebrew, including vowels (nekudot) and cantillation marks [...]
12 Comments » | Posted in News, Utilities
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Neosistec Chronos - Free Chronograph For BlackBerry Devices
Rating: 5/10
OTA Link: bb.neosistec.com/time/chronos
Compatibility: OS 4.1+
By request today we are reviewing Neosistec’s free chronograph for BlackBerry devices. The chronograph does not have many features that are available in Michael Hong’s chronograph that we reviewed last week. The application is also covered with branding images from Neosistec. [...]
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
Well the BlackBerry 8820 WiFi Phone that EngadgetMobile showed us before now has some interesting hard specifications. Thanks to MiBlackBerry for reporting the new specs. The specifications are also confirmed by Marketwire press release.
Main Features:
+ Wireless 802.11 a/b/g: WEP , WPA/WPA2 including VPN support
+ UMA support for switching calls from Cellular to WiFi
+ A2DP for [...]
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
iMobiMac is hoping to link another gap for Mac users and their BlackBerry devices. As reported by BoyGenius the new iMobiMac will launch in 15 days. It will allow Mac users to use their BlackBerry devices as dial up modems. This means that Mac users can now enjoy the benefits of Dial Up Networking that [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Internet, News, Utilities
Monday, July 16th, 2007
Well if you don’t know what GrandCentral is check it out over here. Otherwise for those of you who do we have 4 GrandCentral invites available for the first 4 comments on this thread. You must provide a valid email address so that we can email you the invites. This service should be sticking around [...]
50 Comments » | Posted in Giveaway, News
Monday, July 16th, 2007
The guys over at Empower have another Beta application they hope to wow the BlackBerry community with. Universal inline spell check. They have come up with a solution to provide inline spell checking for all BlackBerry devices. For 8830 and 8300 BlackBerry users this is just an improvement. For all other BlackBerry devices this is [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in News, Utilities
Monday, July 16th, 2007
BlackBerry Web Shortcuts Version 2.1.2
Version: 2.1.2 Release
Link: www.jonathanhfisher.co.uk
OTA Link: m.jonathanhfisher.co.uk/webshortcuts
Desktop Link: www.jonathanhfisher.co.uk
Cost: FREE!
Jonathan Fisher has has released an upgrade to his free Web Shortcuts application. As we mentioned here and reviewed here this solution allows you to have up to 6 web shortcuts on your BlackBerry home screen. Check out the new versions above. [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Internet, News, Utilities
Monday, July 16th, 2007
The good guys over at Tichnut.de have released a free Hebrew / Jewish Calendar for BlackBerry devices. This update allows you to use the program on 8800 and 8300 BlackBerry devices. There is no OTA install but you can get the desktop manager install at this link. This is really a fringe program but for [...]
12 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Calendar/Tasks, Free Software, News, Utilities
Friday, July 13th, 2007
Egrips.com has announced that they will have Egrips in stock for the BlackBerry 8300 Curve by the 31st of July. If you have never tried Egrips I highly recommend you check them out. I can’t count how many times my Egrips have saved my BlackBerry from slipping out of my hands. It [...]
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