Archive for the 'Free Software' Category
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
This adorable theme may make you feel like having some milk and cookies, but it sure does look sweet on your Blackberry. NancyDrew’s ‘MilkNCookies’ Zen Theme was designed for the 83xx series and has an OTA posted via BlueRoomSolutions. As always, Nancy’s theme designs are neat, clean and of very good design.
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Leave Comment » | Posted in 8300 Curve, Free Software, Themes
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
While scouring the site of the pricy FindWhere service we mentioned earlier I ran across this free service. It essentially uses FindWhere’s backend to help you find your friends and share your location with them. It works with GPS enabled 8300 & 8800 devices.
I know its just another of many buddy finder applications for BlackBerry [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in Free Software, GPS, News
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The Travel Channel has just released a free app that give you access to their Travel Channel show info on the go. The only problem I see is that when I usually travel my BlackBerry costs an arm and a leg for data. According to Simon this is built upon EarthComber’s application so it also [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, GPS, News, User Submitted, Utilities
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Rollin just let me know that eVeek has released two hot (& ice cold) themes based on Final Fantasy. If Final Fantasy is your thing these themes look really good. Especially the blue one which would look good with other backgrounds. The icons are custom and have some cool effects on them. The top bar [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Free Software, Themes
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Vlingo powered Yahoo OneSearch for BlackBerry a bit back and now they are going solo. They are offering a free service that lets you control your BlackBerry through voice. According to them it lets you “send emails and text messages, search the Web, open applications (BlackBerry, Calendar, BlackBerry, Maps, etc.), dial their phones, look up [...]
10 Comments » | Posted in Calendar/Tasks, Free Software, News, Utilities
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
I seen quite a few custom L themes for out there but this one really caught my attention. You may have seen this theme by Niroleme at blueroomsolution.com.
The theme has really nice custom icons and comes in both a blue and a red color design with matching background wallpapers to go with it. The [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in 8300 Curve, Free Software, Themes
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Josep just sent me a link to the launch of the MetrO for BlackBerry beta. The application lets you get public transit information for over 400 cities stored on your BlackBerry. Sadly it does not have the transit maps but it gives you very detailed and customizable directions on how to take public transportation. I [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, Utilities
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Just read about SpotJots on Mashable. What’s new is that they released a slick looking BlackBerry client. I call it GeoMicroBlogging because it lets you send you location along with your messages. Its like an online journal of where your at and what your doing. Kind of like twitter with location. You can track friends [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Free Software, News, Utilities
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
It seems that the original BBToday written by Chris Miles has been picked up and Fixed by Jason Emerick with regards to the Weather. BBToday is a simple and free today screen for BlackBerry that has been around for quite awhile. Recently it fell off the radar due to some issues with new BlackBerry devices [...]
9 Comments » | Posted in Calendar/Tasks, Free Software, News, Utilities
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
I just got a invite using one of TechCrunches invite codes that you can find at this link. I am still trying to install the app but Erick of TechCrunch has confirmed that it does work on the BlackBerry Curve.
The application basically lets you chat with friends in the Jibe network. You can then share [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Free Software, IM Services, News, User Submitted