Archive for the 'Utilities' Category
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
BBitusergroup just let me know about this free piece of software created by Ilari Scheinin. The software is kind of like RIM’s own upcoming MediaSync in that it allows you to sync your iTunes playlists & songs to your BlackBerry. (one way sync only) The difference is that unlike MediaSync this works on a Mac! [...]
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
I know there are quite a few of you Palm & Windows Mobile users out there who have been waiting for this moment for quite awhile. Iambic is finally bringing Agendus to the BlackBerry OS. The Beta is already available and there are a ton of screenshots to please everybody. Agendus is essentially a personal [...]
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
Thanks to Tim for sending this one in. ABC Amber BlackBerry Editor is a useful program that lets you edit your BlackBerry contacts in a Backup file. This application is a subset of the BlackBerry Converter application we told you about almost a year ago. The best part is that this version of the application [...]
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
More and more software is coming out that seems to be targeted at students. The latest is a piece of software called Cram that lets you create tests/study guides and take them on your BlackBerry.
Its a very simple piece of software. You can either build tests on your BlackBerry or create simple text files [...]
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
SnapScreen, the on device screenshot utility, recently got a 9.5/10 in a review by Nathan. His two complaints were that you could only save large BMP files in OS 4.2.2 and the long random file names.
Well VirtualViews has turned around and addresses both issues in one version release!
You can now save on device screenshots as [...]
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Monday, July 21st, 2008
I know I have been wanting more of my banks to support mobile access so I guess this is good news. I just wish it were not limited to Verizon only. Verizon just released a FREE application that lets you access your bank accounts and perform a few basic functions.
So far it gives you:
Account Balance [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, Utilities, Verizon
Monday, July 21st, 2008
SameCell started out as a simple location based social networking app and now is growing in features. The new version 2.0 brings quite a few new features upgrades to the plate that are sure to please:
Locate your lost or stolen BlackBerry by being able to find its last location. You can also use it [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, GPS, News, Utilities
Friday, July 18th, 2008
I don’t know if any of you have been having problems with SoftReset since your upgrade to OS 4.5. I know I was sure bummed out when I upgraded and found out that my most commonly used application didn’t work. Stupid “Uncaught exception java.lang.Illegal Argument Exception” error!
So today I ran into this post from PinStack [...]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Stefano sent me a link to this software announcement on PinStack that can really help quite a few people. If you have ever been stuck not being able to do an installation OTA this software will help. It will also help users who are on a limited data plan or don’t have a data plan [...]
16 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, Utilities
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Review: SnapScreen
Rating: 9.5/10
Link: www.virtualviews.com
Cost: $6.99 @ BerryReview Store
We have mentioned SnapScreen in a couple of press releases and felt it was time for a full review. SnapScreen is very simple software that allows you to take a screenshot of your device and save the picture to your SD card or internal memory. However, I [...]
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