Archive for the 'Free Software' Category
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
There are two free applications for BlackBerry that allow you to post to your Mini-Blog from your BlackBerry. I am not personally into “Stream of consciousness” blogging but I have quite a few friends who post to their Twitter or Jaiku Blog daily. The two applications are free and seem to be quite useful:
TwitterBerry - [...]
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
I was reading an article on the New York Times website about this clever new service appropriately called Clever Commute. This email service is a peer to peer email mailing list where users with BlackBerry’s or other email enabled devices share commute advice with each other. The lists are highly moderated and specific to the [...]
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
BeamBerry is a free (for now) application that allows you to view certain attachments from your BlackBerry. The reason I am mentioning it is because they have just released Version 2.0 of BeamBerry that adds quite a few new features. I personally use BeamBerry as a backup for the native attachment viewing on my BlackBerry. [...]
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
I was just made aware by Steve at Themes4BB.com that the “Berry Glass” theme I mentioned before is actually a rip off of a Vista theme he had released awhile back. I personally wanted to set the record straight since I love this theme and wanted to give the creator their due praise. Once again [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, Free Software, News, Themes
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
UPDATED: The zen version does not seem to be available anymore but you can pick up a today version of the same theme at this link for free. http://www.varietyshopzone.net/cp/Themes.html
Check out the similar “Vista Theme” By THemes4BB
Cyclops has released a gorgeous new theme on BlackBerryForums called Berry Glass. The theme comes in both a Zen and [...]
17 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, Free Software, Themes
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Google has created and released an application pack for BlackBerry devices. This application pack includes 4 Google applications in one. It includes: Google Search, Google News, Gmail, and Google Maps in one install file with 4 different application icons on your home screen. It is easy to switch each application on and off by just [...]
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
xPlayer is one of my favorite new applications for the BlackBerry. The media player reminds me of Winamp and just gets the job done with a very user friendly interface that now also has theme options. As I mentioned before it also helps that the software is completely free when compared to the competition and [...]
26 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Multimedia, Music, News, Video
Monday, September 24th, 2007
One of our readers, David, asked me how he can view stock quotes and updates on his BlackBerry. As of now I have found 3 solutions for this, 2 of them are well known commercial solutions and the last is one I became aware of recently. The first is PocketDay Personal or Pro which is [...]
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Monday, September 24th, 2007
BoyGenius has let us in on a tip that I think will make all of our MySpace users happy. MySpace has released a new Beta mobile site to access your MySpace information. This may not be as good as the dedicated application for the Helio Ocean but it is a step in the right direction. [...]
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Monday, September 24th, 2007
Jason Calhoun has struck again and released the Cartoonix theme for BlackBerry 8800, 8700, and 8300 Curve devices. As the title suggests the new theme has a cartoonish feel and looks great. I like his attention to detail and the Icons are just fun to look at. The theme looks very similar to the AT&T [...]
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