Archive for the 'Reviews' Category
Thursday, August 16th, 2007
ABC Amber BlackBerry Converter is a wonderful utility that allows you to extract emails, contacts, SMS messages, PIN messages, autotext entries, calendar events, phone hotlist entries, memos, phone call logs and tasks from IPD (BlackBerry backup) files to any format you could want (PDF, HTML, CHM, RTF, HLP, TXT, DOC, MDB, XLS, CSV, etc.). The [...]
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007
GizmoSkin Black Lambskin Leather Blackberry 8800 / 8830 Pouch
Rating: 8.5/10
Link: www.GizmoSkin.com
Cost: $36.95
The first thing that struck me about the GizmoSkin pouch is the quality of the leather. The case leather is extremely soft and smells of quality leather. The case is a perfect fit for the 8800 and has a very interesting [...]
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Our good friends at MiBlackBerry.com brought up an old SyncML solution, AOL Sync, for BlackBerry devices. They found a new knowledge base article on BlackBerry.com that was created today about AOL Sync. Since I do not have an AOL account (On principle) I was curious if any BlackBerry users are using AOL Sync as a [...]
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
There is a pretty good review of Garmin’s new GPS 10x product for BlackBerry devices over at BusinessWeek. They have given the Garmin GPS 4 stars out of 5 which is a pretty good rating. We have contacted Garmin in the past about getting the Garmin GPS application on BlackBerry’s with GPS built in but [...]
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
MLB.com has teamed up with RIM to create a nice new mobile site for Major League BaseBall fans. You can get to the site by going to wap.mlb.com from your BlackBerry. They have also added the option on the top of the mobile site to create a homescreen shortcut to the MLB mobile site. Check [...]
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
I used to laugh when I heard the saying “Just because you are not paranoid does not mean everybody is not out to get you” but the new BlackBerry tracking service by BBTrack has put new meaning into the saying. BBtrack allows you to view on a map where your BlackBerry is currently. So far [...]
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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 14th, 2007
I just found this wonderful website Web2Pin that allows you to send PIN messages to other BlackBerry users using a simple online web form. I had never heard of such a service but it is Free so I had to check it out =) I am not quite sure why somebody would use this service [...]
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
I just ran across some info on BlackBerryForums from Voi about a free version of Wolfenstein 3D for JAVA devices on SoftPedia. For some reason they call the game Doom but it seems to be Wolfenstein 3D. This is not a native BlackBerry game but rather a Jar file that you can install on your [...]
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Monday, August 13th, 2007
Brandon Swift has made the process of getting JAR games on your BlackBerry easier and more reliable with JAR 2 ALX. He has released a FREE new desktop application that converts JAR files to a nice and easy to use ALX file so that you no longer need to use batch files and text editors [...]
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