When we mentioned the private beta of SkyDeck back in June we told you about how it turns your phonebill into a social network. So I won’t repeat myself. Well SkyDeck has now gone a bit further than just analyzing your phone bill. They can now tell you who called you yesterday!

Now that is pretty [...]

I know some people have been squinting at the small picture in the picture ID provided by RIM. ToySoft hopes to solve that issue by providing a full screen picture ID application for BlackBerry. They are still working out a few quirks but the developer is truly dedicated to making this app great. They are [...]

After we posted our last Vlingo update we are still getting reports back from readers that Vlingo is not working. Turns out that the WiFi permissions issue exists even if you don’t have WiFi on your phone. One of our writers decided to email them about the issue and got the following response:
We have identified [...]

Tom just sent us a tip that BBSmart Shortcuts v1.4.1 has been released. We mentioned the beta before of v1.4 but this is the official public release.
“What’s new? (since v1.3)

A lot more native and third-party applications available for selection for the toolbar
Now able to paste URLs when creating web shortcuts
Better support for large address books
Escape [...]

I got an email today from S4BB that they just released a diary application for BlackBerry. I know it is easy to type on a Berry but is it really the ideal device to write your diary on?
So I did a search in the store and discovered that there are actually two other diary applications [...]

I was reading a post on CrackBerry by Kevin which said that Vlingo has finally had a chance to fix the bugs in their application. All thanks to some dedicated fans in the BlackBerry community Vlingo fixed the bug where T-Mobile and Rogers customers could not use the service. I was worried since I was having the same [...]

Neil just let me know about a post he put up on CrackBerry Forums announcing a public beta of BBSmart Shortcuts 1.4. This is intended to fix bugs and add two really nice new features. I was really waiting for the first one to add all the applications I use that were not in the [...]

When we posted about the 25 finance applications for BlackBerry Warren asked me if there are any free applications that manage your personal finances. Turns out that there is one called JabpLite.

Keep in mind that JabpLite is a generic Java application and as such will not be as BlackBerry optimized as Ascendo Money or SplashMoney. [...]

I have been asked quite a few times for the best translation application for BlackBerry. The sad truth is that I don’t have a good answer. So far we have covered the free BBTran application, the MikeBrittain.com translation website, and how to translate using Google Talk. The latest I have discovered is an older (I [...]

I know we mentioned ActiveBerry before as the upcoming ActiveSync application service for BlackBerry. I have been monitoring it closely and noticed that they have rebranded their product name to AstraSync. Not sure why. I kind of liked ActiveBerry.
They claim that the product will be available this month (July 2008) so we should be able [...]