Archive for the 'Free Software' Category
Friday, August 8th, 2008
A reader just sent us this little tidbit of news. We told you about EZ Reregister before but it required a yearly subscription fee. They have now decided to remove the subscription fee for Basic accounts. I listed the difference between the basic and premium accounts below:
The basic account lets you store your application registration [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, Utilities
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Raffy just let me know that there has been a new release of the free WeatherBug application to fix a few small issues. Not sure if you are experiencing any issues but if you are I would recommend downloading the latest version. Turns out there was a profile and alert issue that is fixed in [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Free Software, News, User Submitted, Utilities
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
I know many of you are going to ask so I will say it upfront. There is no audio/podcast support in the current public beta. With that said…
The new beta essentially enables more of those features that were disabled on the main screen of the first beta. This is still a diamond in the rough [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, RSS, Utilities
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Brian just let me know that Google Maps for BlackBerry has been updated to version 2.2.3. Once again there is no changelog from Google so we will have to figure out what changed for ourselves. Hopefully this fixes the voice search feature on devices other than the Pearl.
You can pick up the latest from:
www.google.com/gmm/
Let us [...]
14 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, GPS, News, Utilities
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
These themes just keep on rolling in! I am so impressed at the way that these have been looking, they keep getting better and better!
Michael, over at BlackBerryThemes.co.uk, let me know that he has 4 new OS 4.5 themes out for FREE on his website. Again, these themes are only available via Desktop Download, however [...]
7 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Free Software, Themes
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Cherri just released a cool theme that I am sure some of you will appreciate. In a nutshell it has no icons on the main screen. This is perfect for showing off your favorite wallpaper or picture. The icons are custom and look great but they are a bit subdued since they are gray on [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, Free Software, Themes
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Lauren let us know about this slick new Leopard knockoff theme on Themes4BB. It is a great Bottom dock theme by Amusic that replicates the Leopard experience. Not much more to say beyond that. The icons are slick but a bit small and the text is a bit blocky but other than that it is [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Free Software, Themes, User Submitted
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Steve just let me know about a slick new set of themes he has just released. It is a BlackBerry Bold knockoff theme but with a cool blue styling instead of the traditional red that we have been seeing. It comes in icon, L, Zen, & bottom dock style formats so there is something for [...]
8 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, Free Software, Themes
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
I just got this press release for a new 1800flowers application for BlackBerry. Turns out that their mobile website 1800flowers.mobi was not enough. They teamed up with Digby to offer an on-device portal to purchase gifts from your BlackBerry. I can kind of see this being useful for very busy professionals who always need to [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, Utilities
Monday, August 4th, 2008
TellMe was released a bit back as a free application by Microsoft. In the beginning they only supported GPS enabled BlackBerry devices. Nikilaus just let me know that TellMe sent him an email that it now supports the 8320 and other GPS less BlackBerrys.
The latest version 1.82.12 lets GPS less users take advantage of [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, GPS, News, User Submitted, Utilities