Archive for the 'Free Software' Category
Friday, June 20th, 2008
When the hell did this happen? Did I miss a memo? I was messaging my wife tonight and all of a sudden noticed a new menu option in the RIM Google Talk Client. It was titled “Send Media.” I checked multiple times previously and it was never there before.
If you choose file it takes you [...]
14 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, IM Services, News
Friday, June 20th, 2008
Jorge of BlackBerryGTD caught a great free app just released. It is called Notify! for BlackBerry from Atomichelix.
It serves one function and one function only. It lets you save your email and export it into a memo. I can see multiple uses for such a feature but I am curious to see what you might [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Email, Free Software, Utilities
Friday, June 20th, 2008
Josep just sent me to a link to a great article on MobileMarketer. It talks about a free BlackBerry application that combines social networking with your location. Personally I think I have to try it to understand what that means but here is my best shot.
Essentially it lets you rate your current location and share [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in Free Software, GPS, News, Utilities
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Today while adding BlackBerry apps to a colleague’s new BlackBerry I came across this message on InfoSpace’s website:
If that end-of-life for Infospace is true, I was still however able to find the install for regular old InfoSpace Find it! version 1.4. Anyway I was curious what Superpages Mobile was. (we mentioned it while [...]
8 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, Utilities
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Cherri Chiodo has released a theme that I know many of you will enjoy. The EURO2008 theme is a beautiful with custom icons and all. I really like these custom icons! The top bar is a bit hard to read since it is black on black but the look is nice. You have to like [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8700, 8800/8830, Free Software, Themes
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
While catching up on TechCrunch I read about this new beta of 3Jam’s SuperText. This service supposedly reroutes your text messages to your computer when you are in front of it. That way you don’t have to pay your carrier. Seems like an interesting idea. People who get your text don’t see any different number [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in Free Software, News
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
We have mentioned Funambol a few times around here. TechCrunch got details that Funambol has raised 12.5 million in financing which means that Funambol is sticking around for now. It also means that analysts and venture capitalists think that Funambol is on to something.
I tried their free My Funambol free contacts/calendar sync service and was [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Palringo has added some nice touches to their free IM client we mentioned before. Their latest update has added voice and Picture message support to their IM client. That means you can create a group chat and send them all a voice file or image. Kind of like broadcasting a quick message. Or you could [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, IM Services, News
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
I know we have mentioned the Viigo Tango project quite a few times on BerryReview. Here is you chance to get in on it. Just keep in mind this is a beta so if you want a more stable Viigo experience stick with the current stable release.
There are actually two Betas going on concurrently with [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, RSS, Utilities
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
I was just reading a post on PinStack about a new video channel application that has just been released for BlackBerrys. Umundo works like a channel or an RSS feed that automatically downloads video feeds to your phone. With this application you can also capture videos from with your phone upload them to the web and [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in Free Software, News, Video