Archive for the 'Free Software' Category
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Peter from eVeek just let me know that they have released over 800 hand picked backgrounds for the BlackBerry. The themes come in 240×260 for the 8100 Pearl Series and 320×240 for the 8300 Curve & 8800 series. These backgrounds look slick and I found quite a few that I liked. The TV and landscape [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Images, News
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Garys11 has created a great looking Today Plus theme for the BlackBerry 8300. The theme has a nice blue Mac-like look and has some great looking custom icons.
The today side has messages and calendar but I wish it also had a call log. The bottom dock looks great. The top bar is nice and clean [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, Free Software, Themes
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
S4BB just let me know that they have released 4 free BlackBerry applications today. I have not had a chance to install them myself but you need to register for their newsletter with a valid email address to get the download links.
Head over to this link to register for the mailing list to get the [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, Utilities
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Aston just let me know that eBuddy has released a beta client of their IM software for all of the 8000 series BlackBerry devices. The best part is that it is free. I have not had a chance to try it myself but it looks pretty cool. It is compatible with AIM, MSN, & Yahoo [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, IM Services, News
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
When people told me a year ago that location base services were going to be the next rage I didn’t believe them. Well I admit I am wrong. There are tons of location based services for BlackBerry so far.
Here is another one called InstaMapper. The program has been tested on the Sprint 8130 but it [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, GPS, News, User Submitted, Utilities
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Lalagurl has released two Sex & The City Zen themes for the BlackBerry 8300. Once again not something I would install since the theme is for fans (& people who like pink). The design could use a little work but the images are very nice. I really don’t like the pink icons in the first [...]
8 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, Free Software, Themes
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
AIM productions is a new developer of BlackBerry games. They have just ported some of their games to the BlackBerry and to celebrate they are offering Bubble Popper for free. Sadly it only has Desktop install files but it looks pretty cool. You can pick up the free download at this link. I am not [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Free Software, Games, News
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
I know I like the House show but I am not sure I would want him staring at me all day. This theme is just for fans. The icons are custom but they are all drab gray which is a bit annoying. The top menu bar is very clear and easy to read which I [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, Free Software, Themes
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
We have mentioned gCalc a few times before and Luc did a review of it recently. gWhiz the developers of gCalc have just announced on PinStack that they have released a new version with some serious new features. Check them out below:
1) Graph-on-demand. gCalc can be used as a graphing calculator or just for plain [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, Utilities
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Wizi does not seem to be new but it looks really interesting. Location sharing and proximity alerting applications seem to be all the rage these days. The application lets you share your location and avoid traffic with real time traffic alerts.
I can just imagine the uses ranging from knowing where your kids are to when your friends [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, GPS, News, Utilities