Archive for the 'Internet' Category
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Review: IM+ for Skype
Rating: 7.0/10
OTA: NA
Cost: $29.95
Have you ever wanted to have a good VoIP program in your Blackberry? How about Skype? Skype is the de facto standard for VoIP on the desktop. That’s what “everybody uses”. But neither RIM nor Skype gives Blackberry addicts any help with that. I don’t blame RIM, there [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in IM Services, Internet, Reviews
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Vlingo, not to be mistaken with the Vringo offering we just mentioned, is a voice recognition firm. They have just helped Yahoo come out with a new voice powered search service for Yahoo OneSearch. Knowing Yahoo the application will probably be great but it will be a resource and bandwidth hog.
Devin has some first impressions [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Internet, News, Utilities
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Review: Free TV Guide Application For BlackBerry
Rating: 7.5/10
Link: tvguide.handmark.com
OTA: tvguide.handmark.com
Cost: Free!!!
Handmark decided to flip pricing models on this one. Their TV Guide application is now free and supported by advertisements in the application. Personally I think that is how it should have been for the get go. The information and options in the application [...]
17 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Internet, Reviews, Utilities
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Josep just let me know that the rumored Opera Mini 4.1 Beta has just been released today. I don’t remember where I first heard about this beta but I guess they were spot on. There are some really cool features in the new version!
You can pick up the new version by going to www.operamini.com/beta from [...]
10 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Internet, News
Friday, March 28th, 2008
I just got an email from Plusmo about a new widget they have added to their Plusmo application. Truthfully you don’t even need the Plusmo application to get to the information but I think the application allows for live updates without a refresh. The page will try to refresh by itself but the browser will [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Free Software, Internet, News
Thursday, March 27th, 2008
I have gotten quite a few questions about this over the past few weeks so I thought I would mention it. Most old time BlackBerry users will remember the 5 free BlackBerry tools that came out back in the day. They are sill oldies but goodies.
Namely:
BBWeather – Pretty good weather application
BBLight – Simple flashlight
BBToday [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Internet, News, Utilities
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
I just got an email from ROVE that two of their cool products are now free!!! This is a really hot development. I guess ROVE felt they could build up some hype for their brand with some free products.
First of all ROVE Mobile File Manager is basically a file client for your BlackBerry. Mobile File Manager [...]
9 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Internet, News, Utilities
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Just spotted a post on BlackBerryCool that MLB and RIM have teamed up together to offer a bit more than just a homescreen link to the MLB mobile site. Instead they want you to have a link directly to your teams page. YAY! This is just what I wanted!!! SIGH…
Truthfully why cant RIM just let [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in Free Software, Internet, News, RIM
Friday, March 7th, 2008
I just got an email from Josep about a new release of BerryTunes. Personally I have not had a chance to try it myself but it looks pretty cool. They have spiced things up by adding support to custom online radio stations. No word that I can find on exactly what format of custom radio [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Internet, Multimedia, Music, News
Friday, February 29th, 2008
Josep just sent me a link to a press release by a company called SyncWizard. They have released a (seemingly free) product that hopes to integrate all of your contact information and personal information from a wide array of devices including BlackBerrys. It syncs bookmarks, wallpapers, documents, pictures, music, and most importantly contacts and calendars. [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in Calendar/Tasks, Free Software, Internet, News, Utilities