Archive for the 'Free Software' Category
Monday, January 14th, 2008
When we mentioned VideoStreams For BlackBerry before I was under the impression that it was a new company. It turns out that the application is actually designed by QuickPlay.com which previously had an unsuccessful video player for BlackBerry. So far the application seems to only be for OS 4.3 devices but I find it interesting that [...]
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
eVeek.com has just released another great free theme for the BlackBerry 8300 Curve and 8800 series devices. The theme is just a regular icon theme with no today or zen screen. The green coloring is quite hot and is my favorite color but I really wish they would have stuck with one shade. The dark [...]
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
Jason Hook of NotesBerry.org and a couple of others have spawned off a new website targeted towards BlackBerry opensource projects. They have created the website www.opencod.org to help host opensource BlackBerry software. You can read the announcement here. Jason has promised to post a free blogging application for BlackBerry on OpenCOD soon. The application is made [...]
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
We have gotten a ton of emails asking about the free EA Games that were supposed to be available after CES. It seems that “after CES” means not exactly after CES. I have heard no word back from RIM about the games so I can’t offer much more than that.
The website for the promo code [...]
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
I was just reading a Forbes article one of our readers, Michael, sent in that mentions that NewsGator is now giving away their mobile feed reader for free. The NewsGator Go! application used to cost a hefty $29.99 which was a terrible proposition compared to the free Viigo RSS reader. This may give Viigo a [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, RSS, Utilities
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
As we mentioned last night Yahoo has finally released the new Yahoo Go Beta for BlackBerry. The new version is meant to bring quite a few new features to the table including speed improvements and new map features. I am just installing it myself so I will let you know how it goes after CES [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News
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 [...]
7 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Games, News
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 [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Internet, News, Utilities
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 [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Free Software, Themes