Archive for the 'Reviews' Category
Friday, August 15th, 2008
Electric Pocket just let me know about a new application they released for BlackBerry. It is similar to the Picture Dial application we mentioned last week but instead of a grid it uses a coverflow-like interface. You have to check out the video to understand what I mean.
Essentially you add contacts from your address book [...]
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
UPDATE: There seems to be a serious problem with this version of the application. Many readers are reporting that once they install it they can no longer log into WorldMate from their BlackBerry. Please hold off for now.
Tom just let me know that WorldMate has updated its software to version 2.0. There is not a [...]
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Friday, August 15th, 2008
The case manufacturer, Speck, announced today that they have released an all new line of their See Thru cases for the BlackBerry Pearl. These cases are made of a very strong and durable polycarbonate plastic, touted as being ” virtually shatter-proof”. Until now, the Speck See Thru cases have only been available in clear. This [...]
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
I know many people have been waiting for this since they have been building up quite a bit of hype. I received an email from Pocket Informant about the beta release.
You can read about the release on their forums the download links are at the bottom of this post. NOTE: Make sure to read bullet [...]
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Review: BodyGuardz- Scratch Proof Protective Skins
Rating: 10/10
Link: www.BodyGuardz.com
Cost: $24.99 @ The BerryReview Store
The folks over at NLU Products sent me a set of the protective skins for my 8830 to try out. I will admit that I was skeptical when I first saw this product, how can such a thin membrane protect my [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Accessories, Editors' Choice, Hardware, News, Reviews
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
BlackBerry has just released their newest update PocketMac. This is a sync program for Mac users and is said to include:
*Built-in support for syncing photos from iPhoto and MP3 music from iTunes
*Entourage 2008 and LotusNotes 7 support
*Sync Notes with the new OS X Mail program
*Support for the newest models of BlackBerry device released up to [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8700, 8800/8830, 9000 Bold, Free Software, News
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
This is an idea I bounced off a bit back and I am glad it finally got some traction. A friend of mine asked me about 2 months ago if there was a way to ignore a incoming call and automatically reply with an SMS message. He told me that he had this option on [...]
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Frank sent in this interesting game from AIM productions. It reminds me of an old game I used to play on my commodore 64 called Prisoners Escape. You essentially need to shuffle up the puzzle to get a certain car out of the garage. Its kind of like getting out of a parking garage in [...]
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Once again, Akakios over at BlackLightThemes.com has come through with some really cool FREE themes. His latest release of themes includes; an Olympic theme, a cool Ducks Unlimited theme, a feminine Abstract L theme and a neat “the man behind the mask” Tony Stark theme. The abstract theme was one that a member had requested, [...]
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Josep just let me know about the release of these two betas. From the forums it seems like they were released about 2 weeks ago so I am sure many of you know about it already. For those of you who didn’t (including myself) consider this a heads up. Feel free to rag on [...]
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