Archive for the 'Free Software' Category
Monday, February 11th, 2008
I just came across a theme last week that I thought would interest the niche crowd. For all the Harley BlackBerry users out there Gary just released a theme on Themes4BB that will allow you to show off your Berry with pride. The theme uses the stock icons but the background and title bars are [...]
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Remember those free games we mentioned during CES and after CES? I just got an email about them yesterday with a link to download my free game. The game varies by the device you have but I got the game SKATE for my 8310. The game is a hefty download at over 750Kb.
The SKATE game [...]
8 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Games, News, RIM
Monday, February 11th, 2008
Viralelectronics.com got the word on a great free J2ME puzzle game called Pipes that works for BlackBerry devices. The game reminds me of BEIKS Netwalk which is an awesome game. The idea is that you need to complete the puzzle by connecting all the pipes in one chain. The game is not specifically designed for [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Games, News
Monday, February 11th, 2008
It has been AGES since RIM has released some free themes on their http://mobile.blackberry.com website. For over a year now they have had no themes compatible with OS 4.2+. Well that has just changed now that RIM has released two new themes for the latest BlackBerry devices. I am not sure exactly what devices the [...]
10 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Free Software, News, RIM, Themes
Friday, February 8th, 2008
Yesterday Josep sent me a link to a new free game now available on the BlackBerry Help portal at http://mobile.blackberry.com. The game is actually pretty fun and is based on the TV show of the same name. You can pick it up at the link above from your BlackBerry. Once you are at the homepage [...]
12 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Games, News
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Hayden over at PinStack got the skinny on a new free application to bring the mig33 global mobile social network to the BlackBerry. Its a pretty promising application and actually looks better than the Facebook application RIM released.
There are some pretty innovative features including:
IM support including Yahoo, MSN, AOL, Google Talk, SMS…
VOIP calling
Uploading pictures
Check out [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, IM Services, News, Utilities
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
WorldMate just sent me an email describing a few new features they have added to the table. If you don’t know what WorldMate is then check out the description on their site. Simply put the software tracks your itinerary and travel schedule and gives you some pretty good information along the way.
To get the new version [...]
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
I know many power users were having issues with the 3.0.7 version of the Funambol client that this new version is purported to fix. You can pick up the new version here:
http://funambol-bb.sourceforge.net/
If you have no idea what Funambol is then let me give a little bit of background. Funambol is a SyncML”ish” opensource server that allows [...]
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
From the developers Of Cippi The Farting Chipmunk… comes another absurd application for BlackBerry devices. Some of you might remember the “Immature Application Of The Year Award” we gave Cippi the farting chipmunk. Well the developers of Cippi have come up with more ridiculous fun that is compatible with your BlackBerry device.
This new application called LYNX [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Games, Multimedia, Music
Monday, February 4th, 2008
Gary has previously released a theme that really impressed me but I never had a chance to share it with you. This latest theme released on Themes4BB is obviously based on the New York City cab experience and is just plain gorgeous in my opinion. The signal indicator is actually the fare with $50 being [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Free Software, Themes