Archive for the 'Free Software' Category
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
One of our readers, Tom, just sent in this great free application. The application was designed to save paper at the behest of the developers daughter who was concerned for the environment. I guess we can all thank Mara for this freebie.
MaraTick Features include (Requires OS 4.0+):
Checked off items are automatically pushed down to the [...]
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Vringo has just updated their free Facebook photo caller ID application. They just announced the update on PinStack. This latest version finally lets you use the native contact fields on your BlackBerry instead of a whole new photo caller ID application.
You can read more about the application at this link www.vringo.com/facebook/
You can also download & install the [...]
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Also mentioned in Funambol’s release was something I was not expecting. They have released an end user solution for free currently that lets you sync your BlackBerry contacts and calendar with their website OTA. According to them it will also sync to Outlook and your iPod so we may have a great sync solution here.
The [...]
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
I know Funambol has been my underdog for quite awhile now. They have promised to provide opensource PIM sync to the BlackBerry and they seem to be on the way to delivering it.
I don’t know how many of you are using Funambol but according to their latest press release they just released a new client.
Read [...]
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Steve of Themes4BB has released a slick theme called Pink & Brown Stripe (for obvious reasons). The theme looks great and kind of reminds me of chocolate and valentines day for some reason. The top bar looks nice and slick and I like the look of the clock and date. The icons are stock with [...]
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
I know most people including myself will just make reservations over the phone. This post is for the select few who would rather do it online. The website www.opentable.com has been letting you make reservations from your desktop for quite awhile. They now have released an application for BlackBerry devices to let you make reservations [...]
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
I bit back I got sent in a few themes by one of our readers, Amram. Sadly it got lost in the black hole of email but I finally found it again. This latest theme is a great Vista knockoff that looks really slick on the BlackBerry. It comes in both Pink and Black versions [...]
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
You get the picture. I just got an email from one of our readers, Derek, that the service finally went live. ShoZu lets you simply upload pictures from your BlackBerry to a ton of different social networks. It currently has 30+ different locations to upload to. You can even email and FTP the pictures. Supposedly [...]
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
One of our readers, Ron, asked me how he can get NOAA severe weather alerts on his BlackBerry. He was hoping for audio alerts but I could not find any solutions. On the other hand I did manage to find a few solutions that can be used for RSS, SMS, or email alerts.
You can go [...]
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
Abdul got the skinny on another free GPS application for BlackBerry. The features look really cool. I like the fact that it tells you the best time to take your trip to get there on schedule.
From the description:
Proxpro Prompt (beta) provides a real-time picture of your next journey before you’ve even set off. It calculates [...]
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