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Gomadic Releases Some New BlackBerry Car Holders

Gomadic just announced the release of a few car holders for BlackBerry. They have every kind I could think of so I thought it was worth mention.
They have a suction cup mount, bean bag style mount, cup holder mount, and vent mount. They really cover all their bases. Prices are pretty decent floating around $25–50 [...]

Yahoo Messenger 2.1.33 Now Available

Kathy just let me know that RIM has released an update to their native Yahoo Messenger bringing it to version 2.1.33. This is similar to their Google Talk update last week.
Once again no changelogs so we have no idea what changed.
Let us know if you find anything new.
You can pick up the download from:
www.blackberry.com/yahoodownload

BBSmart Shortcuts v1.4.1 Officially Released

Tom just sent us a tip that BBSmart Shortcuts v1.4.1 has been released. We mentioned the beta before of v1.4 but this is the official public release.
“What’s new? (since v1.3)

A lot more native and third-party applications available for selection for the toolbar
Now able to paste URLs when creating web shortcuts
Better support for large address books
Escape [...]

Premium BlackBerryThemes.co.uk Themes Now Free

I just got an email from David that the owner of BlackBerryThemes.co.uk decided to make all of his premium themes for the 8300 & 8800 now free. While I feel bad if you purchased them already this is great for the rest of us. These are not the newest theme out there but they [...]

FAQ: Desktop Manager Downgrading Documents To Go?

I know many people have been complaining about one issue with Documents to Go since we mentioned the free update that added Sheets to Go. People found that if you connected your BlackBerry to your computer & desktop manager after installing the update it would downgrade Documents to go back to the default older version.
Turns out Brian [...]

Dear Diary, You Have Got To Be Kidding Me

I got an email today from S4BB that they just released a diary application for BlackBerry. I know it is easy to type on a Berry but is it really the ideal device to write your diary on?
So I did a search in the store and discovered that there are actually two other diary applications [...]

Voizpod Beta - Lets You Listen To RSS Feeds Like Podcasts Free

Now this looks like a cool application in the making. Stefano sent me a link to a thread on BBforums about a new application/service that turns RSS feeds into voice that you then stream to your BlackBerry. They seem to be just starting but this could be really interesting for listening to RSS feeds while [...]

Vlingo Round 2 - Now Works For More People!

I was reading a post on CrackBerry by Kevin which said that Vlingo has finally had a chance to fix the bugs in their application. All thanks to some dedicated fans in the BlackBerry community Vlingo fixed the bug where T-Mobile and Rogers customers could not use the service. I was worried since I was having the same [...]

Devil Hunter - Doom-like First Person Shooter

I just ran across this game in the BerryReview store and was impressed!!! It looks like somebody has ported Doom to the BlackBerry. I can’t say that this is actually Doom but it looks very similar. You can pick up the game for $9.95 at the store. Keep in mind the download is a bit [...]

BBSmart Shortcuts v1.4 Public Beta

Neil just let me know about a post he put up on CrackBerry Forums announcing a public beta of BBSmart Shortcuts 1.4. This is intended to fix bugs and add two really nice new features. I was really waiting for the first one to add all the applications I use that were not in the [...]