Archive for the 'Reviews' Category
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Videos4BB has just released 3 very cool FREE, and futuristic themes for 83xx & 88xx Blackberry devices at BlueRoomSolution.com. The first is Blue Fusion which has an interesting bluish background design and main screen bouncing icons shaped in a triangle format. The second theme is Final Frontier which is a bottom dock Zen theme that [...]
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Pamela let me know that S4BB has two interesting applications in their public beta program. You have to email them to join the beta program but you do get to play with new software before its released. You can request to join the S4BB beta program by sending them an email from this link. You [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Calendar/Tasks, News, User Submitted, Utilities
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Now this tip is nothing really new but for some reason when Andree sent it in over two weeks ago it got lost in my complex Google Apps filters. (My bad) Many of you may already know this but you can easily bypass the restriction in Documents to Go that comes with OS 4.5 which [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in BlackBerry FAQ, Documents, User Submitted
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Mike from gWhiz just let me know that they released a new FREE BlackBerry app. This one is a task management application that fits in perfectly with the built in tasks and calendar application. What’s cool is that you can even setup alerts and reminders based on your GPS location… Fun stuff! You can pick [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Calendar/Tasks, Free Software, News, Utilities
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Well after they released version 0.999 this was inevitable. Both Phreqd and Stefano let me know about the release of GPSed version 1.0 yesterday.
This versions changelog: (Bravo GPSed!)
Possibility to turn on/off backlight right from GPSed application. Could be useful for people who want to conduct current speed monitoring, check current coordinates, travel distance, etc [...]
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
We mentioned the ProxPro beta before when it was first announced. It essentially gives you proximity and traffic alerts free on your BlackBerry. Raffy let me know that they have just updated their beta to version 0.2 which brings a few improvements to the table. You can upgrade by going to Upgrade to wap.proxpro.com/prompt on [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Free Software, GPS, News, User Submitted, Utilities
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 [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Games, News
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 [...]
6 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 [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in 8300 Curve, 8700, 8800/8830, Accessories, Cases, Hardware, Reviews