BlinkWhileCall - The One Trick Horse BlackBerry Application
The developer, Fabian, has been on a crusade to add small little features to the BlackBerry OS. His latest creation is called BlinkWhileCall and does one simple thing. It makes your BlackBerry LED blink Purple when you are getting a call and it is on silent. This way you can visually see the difference between a call and a email. All for $2.00.
I have never run into this problem myself but I thought it was worth mentioning. I personally just set phone calls to vibrate 3 times and emails only vibrate once. I think this would be a great free app… 
From the description:
Everyone knows the problem: You don’t want the phone to ring but still want to know when someone is calling. The internal red-LED-notification is to dark and you don’t know if it’s a mail, SMS or call…
Here is a solution !
The small application BlinkWhileCall blinks fast with the bright purple LED when you receive a call. If you set the device to silent, you can still get notified!
Features:
- Not expensive
- Easy to use
- Get notified even when on silent
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May 27th, 2008 09:42
So, who has tried it? I can’t imagine seeing a purple flash from my Berry, but might be cool when in a meeting to know immediately if the vibrate is for a phone call versus something else.
May 27th, 2008 11:02
I got it
May 27th, 2008 11:03
It doesn’t blink purple the whole call, just for a bit at first and it blinks really fast. The color is pretty, would be a great free app/
May 27th, 2008 11:18
I guess I should have clarified. I wonder if anyone has this running on an 88xx device? So much of the “cool” stuff only works on 81xx and 83xx devices. The store says 8800 and 8820 and 8830 are supported, but I was interested in any feedback from someone who has one of those before I plonk down $2. If not, I guess I can be the guinea pig
May 27th, 2008 12:15
[...] This is a cool and simple app, something I love, that makes your blackberry status light blink purple when you get a call and your blackberry is on viberate. It isnt totaly free but hey only $2 im sure anybody can handel that. Click here to check it out and download it. [...]
May 27th, 2008 15:42
I gotta show you how to lens flare some day, Ronen.
May 27th, 2008 15:46
This time it is not my terrible graphics design skills to blame
August 8th, 2008 10:23
I downloaded this and don’t like it. But, can’t delete it or turn it off? How does on delete it? It doesn’t show up under applications or in the Blackberry desktop manager ???