Archive for the 'Free Software' Category
Monday, September 8th, 2008
Joe let us know that Sprint released a NFL application for BlackBerry that may work on other carriers. I am not much of an NFL fan so I cannot comment on the quality of the application but it does look very nice! Especially for a free application.
The application does not advertise itself [...]
23 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, Sprint / Nextel, User Submitted
Friday, September 5th, 2008
My younger brother has been using this cool service for awhile from FreeConferenceCall.com. They have offered a free & very easy to use conference calling solution for quite awhile but recently I noticed that they also offer free international call in numbers! So far they offer free international conference calls with local numbers in Austria, [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News
Friday, September 5th, 2008
It looks like the next iteration of Project Tango will be showing up next week with some cool new features. My favorite is the ability to customize the homescreen channels to my taste by adding and removing options.
Other new features include:
Flight status & search via Flightstats.com
Kijiji classifieds
Currency exchange rates
Additional sports coverage (NCAA)
Application performance improvements
Better memory [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Free Software, News, RSS, User Submitted
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Tom just let me know that myPoynt just got upgraded to version 0.9.4. I have been keeping a close eye on myPoynt because it is really starting to shape up as a must have FREE search app for your Berry. Tom is reporting that there are no real earthshaking new features in this version but [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, GPS, News, User Submitted, Utilities
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Branded FreeRange based RSS readers seem to be quite popular recently. The Wall Street Journal just released one and now FierceWireless has announced their own. The reader looks good and is essentially a branded version of FreeRange from what I can tell with Fierce websites built in. You can add your own RSS feeds [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, RSS, User Submitted, Utilities
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
A bit back we told you that Vlingo had released a private beta to fix some of the connection bugs users were experiencing. The fix was promised for August so the beginning of September is pretty good! I just got an email from Vlingo announcing the new open beta to all and detailing the new [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, User Submitted
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
A friend of mine is a bit of a Twitter addict. He discovered a cool Java Twitter application that works with BlackBerrys and decided to share. The application is nice and small but is not totally customized for the BlackBerry so the menu and navigation are a bit clunky. On the other hand the application [...]
7 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Internet, News, Utilities
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Back in June we mentioned this free service that would automatically backup your SMS messages. Well they had some issues early on, and rather than provide a service that would not work for everyone, they pulled it for their BlackBerry clientele. The guys over there have been working incredibly hard to get this going [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in BlackBerry Service, Free Software, IM Services, News
Friday, August 29th, 2008
Tom just let me know the good news. We have mentioned BBNotepad quite a few times on BerryReview as a great free text editor for BlackBerry. One of the downsides of the application was that you were constantly prodded with security prompts because the application was not signed. This has now been fixed!
If you [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in Documents, Free Software, News, User Submitted, Utilities
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
I just got the latest newsletter from Bplay, and inside I found out that, for a limited time, they are giving away “Pro Golf Paradise”. This offer is only good through the end of the month. So if you want in, you had better do it in the next couple of days.
Follow this link to [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Games, Giveaway, News