Archive for the 'Internet' Category
Friday, August 24th, 2007
I have recently gotten more involved in managing my stock portfolio and was looking for a good way to keep track of my portfolio. I was looking for something with an easy interface for idiots like me but with the powerful features available for when I learn more. So far I have not found a [...]
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
As we mentioned before Cross River Systems will hopefully be releasing PocketDay v5 later this week and I just got my hands on the full feature list of the new V5.
General
New PocketDay Icon
New Crisp 3-D sections
New Anti-Alias / Effect support on Fonts
New Text Message Section
New Memo Section (OS 4.2 and [...]
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Cross River Systems will hopefully be releasing PocketDay v5 later this week so here is a sneak peak at the release version. Before reading this you should read the review of PocketDay v4 which was awarded the Editors Choice Award. All of the features of PocketDay v4 are included in v5 with the addition of [...]
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Monday, August 20th, 2007
Zagat To Go For BlackBerry
Rating: 6.5/10
Version: 5.11
Link: mobile.zagat.com/blackberry.htm
Cost: $29.99 a year
Compatibility: OS 4.0+
If you are a fan of the Zagat city guides then Zagat To Go is a sure hit. The application provides you mobile access to all of the 240,000 restaurant and nightclub ratings for over 70 cities. I personally found the program [...]
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007
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 [...]
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Webaroo’s tag line is “Your web to go” which is more or less what it is. Webaroo is a free piece of software for your BlackBerry that allows you to do quite a few things. They offer websites, blogs, email, RSS feeds, and widgets on your BlackBerry. Even though they show support for only older [...]
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
InformationWeek has done a thorough comparison of the BlackBerry Curve browser to the iPhone, Treo 755p, and HTC Wing. They call the comparison the SmartPhone Browser Shootout and it seems to heavily favor the iPhone. Personally they seem to have missed the ballpark when it comes to the new features in the OS 4.2 BlackBerry [...]
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Friday, August 3rd, 2007
I highly recommend that you try this FREE new application I just heard about called EQO mobile. There is no real way to describe this application in a few words so I will do my best. It is a free IM application that supports AIM, Google Talk, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, and Jabber. It is also [...]
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Yahoo! Go version 2
OTA Link: m.yahoo.com
Desktop Link: mobile.yahoo.com/go
Cost: Free!
If you remember Yahoo Go that we reviewed a bit back you may be happy to know that they now support the BlackBerry 8830. Personally I am not sure why it was not supported in the first place but who knows. If you do have a BlackBerry [...]
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
There is an interesting new opensource project that aims to allow you to control your µTorrent BitTorrent client from your cellphone browser. While this is not for the faint of heart it may be a great tool for all your legal =) downloads. The project is called µTorrent mUI and allows you to access your [...]
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