There are now 3 different ways to get disco lights on your BlackBerry Pearl. The latest one in the group just showed up today from MobiReport called Pimp My Berry. The second is Colour Your Trackball by CWorx. The third one is a free application called ColorPearl created by Geeks & Proud AKA MetsFan. The [...]

The JAR 2 ALX converter by Brandon Swift that we mentioned earlier has gotten some much needed upgrade love. The new version 1.2 has a new design, new options, and better help file. Brandon has also fixed some alx errors which called an XML problem. He has also updated the program so that it [...]

A couple readers asked me if I knew of a 3rd party IMAP client for BlackBerry devices and I let them know about LogicMail. LogicMail is a J2ME E-Mail client supporting IMAP and POP which is designed to run on BlackBerry devices. The new version .3.1 of LogicMail is a serious upgrade from older versions [...]

X-BerrySoft has announced the Beta release of xPlayer, a new free Media Player for BlackBerry devices. X-BerrySoft is planning on making this player the best media player for BlackBerry devices so give them some help by beta testing xPlayer. So far there is only a Desktop Manager download available at this link. X-BerrySoft is asking [...]

Apsquared.net is offering two free applications that allow you to track either MLB or NFL teams from your BlackBerry. The applications are pretty simplistic with the MLB version called MLB Tracker and the NFL version called NFL Tracker. The programs even have a nice “Watch The Game” feature that allows you to get the play [...]

If you are not a Linux user you can ignore this post =) Otherwise… I was looking for a solution for using my BlackBerry in Ubuntu and found this wonderful free project called Bcharge which allows you to Backup and charge your BlackBerry from your Linux desktop. Since I am not a Linux guru I [...]

Google has released an update to the Google Maps application with version 1.6. I have not managed to find a changelog for this new version but there seem to be some significant speed updates in the new version.
OTA link: www.google.com/gmm
Desktop Link: www.google.com/gmm/bes
I get a GPS lock on my BlackBerry 8800 within seconds after starting [...]

I ran into a nice free theme for 8800 and 8300 BlackBerry devices on BlackBerry Forums. The theme had a few issues but all in all looks damn good on my BlackBerry 8800. Sadly the author does not offer a OTA download so it is Desktop manager links only. To save you from the megaupload [...]

I forgot to mention in the last post that Jonathan Fisher has also released a Wikipedia application for BlackBerry devices. Currently it is only a front-end for Wikipedia that allows you to easily begin searching Wikipedia from the BlackBerry homescreen. The OS requirements are OS 4.2.0 or greater which means only 8100, 8800, 8300, and [...]

Jonathan Fisher has released a free game for BlackBerry 8700, 8800 called Forever Power Up AKA FreudianMissles. It is a game that he used to sell commercially but has now decided to give away for free. I have only found an OTA download page here so there is no love for Desktop Manager installations. The [...]