Archive for the 'Reviews' Category
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
I2 announced in a Press Release their newest beta service, MyGlobalTalk. MyGlobalTalk is a VoIP application that will let you call anyone you want anywhere in the world with low rates! Now when I first saw this, I thought “Another interesting idea that I won’t be able to test thanks to Americas Number 1 [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in BlackBerry Service, Internet, News, Wifi
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Talk about a blast from the past. Remember QBert from the 80s? The little ugly guy who hops on squares to change their color? Well Handmark just brought the classic to the BlackBerry. Once again there is no trial but if you were a fan then I think you can count on it being at [...]
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Last week NeoMedia announced that their NeoReader mobile barcode application is now available for BlackBerry. In a nutshell NeoReader uses the camera on newer devices to read barcodes and open a hyperlink. The reader reads most standard 2D barcodes using the camera including QR, Data Matrix, & Aztec.
So far it is available for the [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in Images, News, Utilities
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
I was just told that all of the games at Concrete Software are now Bold compatible. Nothing groundbreaking but that means you will be able to rock Sid Meier’s Civilization and Uno on your OS 4.6 handheld. On top of that a couple of their newer games are also Pearl 8220 Flip compatible.
Check out their [...]
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
I just got an email from Pocket Informant that they are now out of beta for BlackBerry. Pocket Informant is really shaping up to be a full fledged PIM manager for your BlackBerry. I highly recommend checking out the product page for more details at this link. They do have a trial version limited to [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in Calendar/Tasks, News, Utilities
Monday, September 15th, 2008
Capcom really does a great job of releasing games and not letting anybody know about them. Almost seems counterintuitive… Their latest BlackBerry release is Mega Man III. I don’t know about you but I used to play Mega Man to death when I was younger. Remember SNES anybody?
Now for $9.99 at Handmark you can relive [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Games, News
Monday, September 15th, 2008
AT&T has launched their new assisted GPS technology on its GSM network to enhance its current and future location based services. This will effect all A-GPS capable devices. I am not the most technical person, but it sounds like this technology finds your location first using cell tower triangulation, then pinpoints your location via [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in AT&T / Cingular, GPS, News
Friday, September 12th, 2008
Review: Sena Classic Flipdown Case for 88XX
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Link: www.SenaCases.com
Cost: $49.99 to 59.99 @ SenaCase’s Store
This is the first of two reviews for Sena Cases. The second review will be covering Sena’s Leather Skin Case for the 88XX. Also note that several of Sena’s Cases are available at the BerryReview Store for many different devices.
The [...]
1 Comment » | Posted in 8800/8830, Accessories, Cases, News, Reviews
Friday, September 12th, 2008
Mashing up RSS feeds together is nothing new. Yahoo Pipes has been allowing you to do it for quite awhile but there was a level of complexity that scared away many users. I know I could not be bothered. When I read about RSS Mixer on Mashable I thought it was just more of [...]
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
Larry let me know that Mundu IM has just released a new version 4.0.5 of their IM application for BlackBerry. This coincides with them joining the BlackBerry ISV Alliance Program. This was key for them to be able to support a reliable BIS-B connection. They are offering a reasonable $11 life long license and a [...]
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