LocalBar 2 Allows You To Sideload Apps to Your PlayBook Without a PC
Yohanes Nugroho is at it again with a new version of his original LocalBar app. The new LocalBar app gets around RIM’s block of the original LocalBar app method by using a proxy to fool the PlayBook into thinking an app is being sideloaded from a PC. Yohanes has provided a proxy that you can…
Nexus App Allows You To Share Files Between PlayBooks on the Same Network
Mario let us know about his new Nexus app for the PlayBook. It allows you to directly transfer files between multiple BlackBerry PlayBooks on the same wireless network. Hopefully this will be extended beyond the local network but until then it works for pictures, music, videos, and documents. Any device running Nexus on your same…
Files & Folders v4.0 Adds SugarSync, Bookmarks, & More
We told you earlier that Innovatology was adding SugarSync support to their popular Files & Folders PlayBook file manager app. They have finally released the updated v4.0 and it includes a few other perks too like being able to star your favorite folders. Alongside these updates they have also thrown in some enhancements to existing…
DubMeNow Evolves Into CircleBack Combining All Your Contact Sources
DubMeNow launched in 2009 as a simple way to share contact cards. Now they have reemerged after hibernating for a couple of years and come back with a brand new product under the name CircleBack. The new app aggregates your contacts from your BlackBerry, LinkedIn, email, Facebook, and Twitter and brings them all together…
Free Capture Nux Screen Capture App Adds Canvas Editing in v5.0
The popular free screen capture app for BlackBerry Smartphones, Capture Nux, has gotten a nice update to v5.0. According to Thomas who sent in the tip this version adds what they call Canvas Nux. This new feature essentially lets you overlay pictures or clipart on top of your screenshots. If I am not mistake you…
Free Google URL Shortener Makes “Goo.gl” Links
David pointed out to me a quick short URL app that was just released in App World called Google URL Shortener. The small app simply adds a new menu item in the BlackBerry Browser allowing you to create a shortened URL using Google’s shortening service. That will create URLs using goo.gl urls and will automatically…
FileScout Free Wi-Fi File Sharing Plugin Released!
EmacBerry let us know that they have released the Wi-Fi File Sharing Plugin that we told you was coming. That means you can now download FileScout on your BlackBerry smartphone and then download the free Wi-Fi file sharing plugin from the options menu in the app as long as you have the latest v2.9.0.5. This…
Free WiFi Manager Turns Wi-Fi On & Off Based on Your Location (CellID)
There have been a few Wi-Fi managers for BlackBerry that turned on and off your Wi-Fi connection based on your location but I think Wi-Fi Manager by PingDev is the first free one. Joseph let us know about this app and I have to say it works like a charm. You install it and then…