Archive for the 'Reviews' Category
Monday, August 18th, 2008
Ashain found this funny accessory on ThinkGeek. It is essentially a Bluetooth bracelet that vibrates when you get a call. I remember a friend of mine had a pen once that vibrated when a cellphone was ringing which is more or less the same idea. You will get a laugh out of the product description [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Accessories, Bluetooth, News
Monday, August 18th, 2008
I spotted this application by BluePepper Technologies sneaking into the store. They created an application that makes it easy to initiate a 3 way conference call. Its not all that hard to do it now but this takes a few steps out of the equation.
Product description in the store:
Have you tried to make 3 way [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in News, Utilities
Monday, August 18th, 2008
Josep let me know about this BeeTagg service that is free for commercial and noncommercial use. The idea of a BeeTagg is a small UPC like image that you take a picture of with your camera phone and it directs you to a specific mobile website. I have been watching this trend for awhile and [...]
8 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, Internet, News, Utilities
Friday, August 15th, 2008
None of you ever get tired of seeing more FREE themes do you? I didn’t think so. This batch is the latest and greatest from BlackBerryThemes.co.uk. Michael Small, one of the theme artists, told me that he was working hard to get these to you guys OTA, but it hasn’t quite happened yet. So in [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, 8300 Curve, 8800/8830, Hardware, Reviews, Themes
Friday, August 15th, 2008
YouMail sent out an email to all of their users letting them know about a few updates and features that they have added. YouMail is doing a wonderful job of rounding out their feature set which should be well received by their users. My favorite new feature is the addition of voicemail spam filter and [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in Free Software, News, User Submitted
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 [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in News, Utilities
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 [...]
14 Comments » | Posted in Calendar/Tasks, News, User Submitted, Utilities
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 [...]
Leave Comment » | Posted in 8100 Pearl, Accessories, Hardware, News
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 [...]
4 Comments » | Posted in Calendar/Tasks, News, Utilities
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