Archive for the 'Reviews' Category
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
After Mark mentioned Wordcaster to me I decided to check out the other games from Nickel Buddy Studios. I thought I would start with Jounce since the game looks quite fun and I love puzzles. Turns out that I was not disappointed. The game is quite addictive though the controls could use a tad bit [...]
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
There is a bit of buzz going around with the release of a Wall Street Journal application for BlackBerry. This seems to just be another branded version of FreeRange with the added perk of actually being free. These branded version are actually quite good but Luc has been reporting that previous branded version tended [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, RSS, User Submitted
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
Not sure how many of you use Yahoo! Go but Legends on PinStack noticed that it has just been updated to version 3.0.43. Keeping with tradition there is no changelog so nobody knows what is updated. Legends believes this is the final version and it is now out of beta but I have not been [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, User Submitted, Utilities
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Review: JAVOedge Leather Side Pouch
Rating: 9/10
Link: www.javoedge.com
Cost: $21.95 @ javoedge.com
I have had the privilege to take a look at JAVOedge’s two newest products in the BlackBerry line for the past couple of weeks now, this review focuses on the leather side pouch. A full review of the Leather Case for the 83XX will follow [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in 8300 Curve, 8700, 8800/8830, Accessories, Cases, Hardware, Reviews
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
By viewer request, Akakios has created a Law Enforcement theme in support of the people who risk their lives everyday to keep us safe. This is a great theme with some calming blues. As with all of the themes on BlackLightThemes.com, this one is FREE and there is an OTA link to download.
This theme [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Free Software, Themes
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
I just happened to come by this beta application while browsing the web and was shocked that I had not heard of it before! Turns out that BoxTone is beta testing an application that gives you quite a bit of monitored information on your BlackBerry. Nothing ground breaking but here is the feature list:
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22 Comments » | Posted in News, Utilities
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Sara let me know about this application from e-Mobile that we have not mentioned before. Turns out they released a task application for BlackBerry while I was not looking. Its a little bit pricey at $16.95 but it does seem to have a trial available. I am curious to know if anybody is using this [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in Calendar/Tasks, News, User Submitted, Utilities
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Erica sent in a tip about PaintBall letting me know that it competes with Chuzzle on her BlackBerry. I have been seriously addicted to Chuzzle recently but I am always looking for a good replacement. Turns out that PaintBall is quite fun and addictive and left me impressed. They game is on sale currently for [...]
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Mike just let me know that NikelBuddy has released Wordcaster for BlackBerry. You essentially connect adjacent letters on the board and spell words to keep the red hot tiles from hitting the ground. Sound familiar? I thought so too. It looks like Wordcaster is almost an exact replica of Bookworm which won our Editors Choice [...]
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Mauricio let me know about a cool deal that he found. Turns out that TGQE IIc and SimpleLeap Software teamed up to create a student application bundle for BlackBerry for a limited time only.
You get StudentDocket (Usually $19.95) & Cram (Usually $19) for $24.93 currently. Just go to this link in the [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Calendar/Tasks, Coupons, News, User Submitted, Utilities