Archive for the 'Free Software' Category
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
I just noticed an announcement on RIM’s CES microsite about 3 free games from EA Mobile that will be available after CES. The games included are Skate, Medal of Honor, and SimCity for your BlackBerry. I guess this means that EA Mobile games for BlackBerry devices are finally out. I just checked out EA Mobile’s [...]
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Not sure exactly which devices are compatible with this theme but I am sure It works on the Curve and Pearl series devices. The theme is actually quite slick and is designed by Scott Campbell the Tattoo artist. Scott is releasing a new line of decal stickers (called tattoos) for BlackBerry but I have not [...]
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
There has been quite a bit of interest in the MiniMoni Traffic Tracking application for BlackBerry recently. The application is free and just came out with a few Beta fixes that many users who were having problems will appreciate. According to the developer, AxelE, the new version should fix some of the issues with OS [...]
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Friday, December 28th, 2007
Gary has just released a great Green Bay Packers today theme on BlackBerryForums.com. I am not personally a Green Bay fan but the theme looks really slick so I thought I would share it with you all. If you can deal with the logo on the device lock screen you can just change the background [...]
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Thursday, December 27th, 2007
UPDATE: This theme does not seem to be free anymore. I updated the title and post to reflect that. Thanks Tyler!
Eveek.com has just released a slick modern theme called BlackPack. Personally I am not fond of the items on the today screen but the look is very impressive. It looked hot on the 8800 I [...]
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Thursday, December 27th, 2007
RIM is giving away copies of Holiday Midnight Pool for the BlackBerry Curve and Pearl series devices. This game seems to be Gameloft’s Holiday Midnight Pool game for the BlackBerry.
The downloads are available from the BlackBerry Owners Lounge and do not have OTA options. I never really understood RIM’s reasoning for separating their mobile site [...]
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
SHAPE just released the beat of GPSed which is a spinoff application that allows you to save tracklogs that you can later map out on Google Earth. Currently the leader for tracklogs is MobileTracker but that costs $24 while GPSed is free.
You need to get a login by going to GPSed.com from your PC. You can [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Free Software, GPS, News, Utilities
Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
Review: GridMagic For BlackBerry
Rating: 7.5/10
Link: www.simprit.com
Free Personal Version: www.simprit.com/free
Price: Ranges from free to $49.9
For anyone who has ever used Microsoft Excel in there their profession then this could be a very handy program. GridMagic allows you to perform just about all of the options you have on the desktop version but with the [...]
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
I just found a great little website that has some nice BlackBerry icons for your Mac or PC. I just liked being able to set a new icon for the BlackBerry desktop manager so that it has a nicer feel. The icons are completely free but they do not have some of the latest devices [...]
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Friday, December 21st, 2007
Josep just pointed out to me a post by TeamJordan23 on PinStack about a great J2ME graphing calculator for BlackBerry called XCalc. This is perfect for all of those times you need to graph the Cos, Sin, or Tangent while on the run. I just wish I had one of these in college. I might [...]
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