Archive for the 'News' Category
Friday, April 11th, 2008
One of our readers, Bob, reminded me about another free weather application that many people use but we have never mentioned before. It is called WeatherBug Direct and it is available free.
It has some cool features including icon changing with the weather and weather alerts. It can also show you up to 3 days forecast [...]
7 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, Utilities
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Recently I found myself using this wonderful free service from Mail2Web on my BlackBerry. There are some email accounts that I have that I almost never use but every once in awhile I need to check. I would get a ton of spam if I hooked them up through the BIS but this solution works. [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Email, Internet, News
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
There are some days that I just need a quick laugh to make it through the rest of the day. On days like those I usually resort to back dated Dilbert comics but sometimes I run out.
Which reading an email I got today from igloo.mobi I noticed a cool new website that I had to [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Internet, News
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
I just got a heads up that bPlay and Magmic are releasing a new version of Texas Hold’em King. The release is set for the beginning of next week but that is not definite. There are some seriously cool new features being added to this version of Texas Hold’em that I am sure many of [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Games, Magmic, News
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Love reading in your spare time? Want to catch a quick witty joke or poem before your meeting?
Look no further, this free eBook reading and sharing Java application from Wattpad is pretty cool. Wattpad is all about the community. Content is uploaded by community members and read by others. You yourself can upload content [...]
10 Comments » | Posted in Ebooks, Free Software, News
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
One of our readers let us know yesterday that FlipSide had released a new update to their popular MP3 player application. The updates seem small but some of them may be welcome changes. If you have never tried it before you can pick up a 3 day trial at this link.
The changes in the latest version [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Multimedia, Music, News
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
I almost feel like chalking this one up to a late April fools joke. Who in the world is Aerize??? They just came out with 3 different applications that are just amazing if they actually do what they claim. I have not had a chance to try them myself yet because I need to actually [...]
14 Comments » | Posted in News, Utilities
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Stefano just let me know about a new commercial document reader for BlackBerry. The software allows you to convert PDF, HTML, and Word documents to take with you on the go with pretty good formating. This wont help with email attachments and actual word documents unless you convert them with your computer beforehand. The software will [...]
7 Comments » | Posted in Documents, News, Utilities
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
I don’t have a lot of information on this one so I will just post what I know. The European Airline commission has given the go-ahead for Airlines to install mobile phone transmitters/receivers aerials within their aircraft. This will give the traveller the full use of their mobile phones within the aircraft at 35,000 ft. [...]
8 Comments » | Posted in Editorial, News
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Al Sacco wrote a great reference on CIO.com about 5 features on your BlackBerry that not everybody knows about. He even provides you with the order of keypresses that you have to perform to get to each feature. Some of these are features I use every day.
The 5 features covered are:
Switching between applications
How to view [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in BlackBerry FAQ, News