Archive for the 'Free Software' Category
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
I was just reading a great forum post by Stinsonddog (good guy by the way if you are looking for answers to hard questions) about using this application, Karen’s Replicator, to backup your BlackBerrys SD card when you connect it to your PC. There are hundreds of applications that do this but this application seems to [...]
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
I just cam across one of the best resources I have found for movie and TV show quotes, sounds, and theme songs. The website Moviewavs.com has tons of quotes for each movie which really wet my appetite. They have over 20 different quotes for the 40 Year Old Virgin and another 20+ from Knocked Up.
Their TV [...]
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
I just got an email about an interesting new program for BlackBerry devices. The program is Unyverse and is in public beta (This whole beta thing is getting old quickly). I have installed it on my phone and it does seem to have some interesting features but I am still dumbfounded as to why I would actually use [...]
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Ever been standing in a store wondering if you could get the same product cheaper online or at another store?
I just found a great new mobile website mobile.barcle.com that lets you search for an SKU or product name and get instant results including what the competition is charging for a product. Personally I have found that [...]
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
I just saw a great new theme on BlackBerryforums by Styrizo which has a nice clean cut style for the BlackBerry 8100. I love the simplistic design and the very clear white on black styling. Personally the Bluetooth icon could use some work but otherwise I think the designer has some real style. The whole [...]
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Stefano just let me know that Simprit, the creators of GridMagic and Minisafe, have released a new version of GridMagic that is free for non-commercial personal and educational use. The new version has many of the key features of the full version with a few limitations shown in the table below. This is a great [...]
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
Moving to a new location? Wondering where you will find the best reception? Trying to find the exact direction you should be leaning your head when you only have one bar…
I just got an email from one of our readers Jerry about a website, antennasearch.com, that has been gathering information about the location of almost [...]
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
For those of you who absolutely have to have the latest and greatest version… Google just released a new update to Google Maps at the following link:
http://www.google.com/gmm
There is no word as to what the new version 2.0.1 brings to the table that version 2.0.0 did not but as I said this is mostly for the version [...]
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
The latest version of Viigo 2.2.7 has been in beta for a bit now and is finally ready for public consumption. This is the same Viigo that got a 9/10 rating in our last review. Simon at BBCool got a handle on the new features in the release.
New features in version 2.2.7
Registration wizard
Optional guided tour [...]
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Josep just found a new version of Google Maps that is available for BlackBerry devices. The new version can be downloaded either by going to Google’s mobile site or by using Google’s new Updater application that we mentioned before.
I have just installed it on my BlackBerry 8310 and here are my first impressions. This [...]
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