Archive for the 'Utilities' Category
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The Travel Channel has just released a free app that give you access to their Travel Channel show info on the go. The only problem I see is that when I usually travel my BlackBerry costs an arm and a leg for data. According to Simon this is built upon EarthComber’s application so it also [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, GPS, News, User Submitted, Utilities
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
This one packs in more features into their product but you pay $19.95/month for the pleasure of using it. I just met with them at the Pepcom convention yesterday in Manhattan and the product looks interesting. It seems to be available for AT&T and T-Mobile on the 8300 & 8800 devices with GPS. No plans [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in GPS, News, Utilities
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
I know you might remember when we first mentioned Repligo Reader back during WES. Well their public beta that we told you to sign up for is now live. If you “forgot” to sign up for the beta you can still sign up at this link.
Cerience kindly gave us their permission to post some screenshots of [...]
3 Comments » | Posted in Documents, News, Utilities
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Vlingo powered Yahoo OneSearch for BlackBerry a bit back and now they are going solo. They are offering a free service that lets you control your BlackBerry through voice. According to them it lets you “send emails and text messages, search the Web, open applications (BlackBerry, Calendar, BlackBerry, Maps, etc.), dial their phones, look up [...]
10 Comments » | Posted in Calendar/Tasks, Free Software, News, Utilities
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
A bit back I was searching all over the interweb for the best way to synchronize two directories. I needed it to backup my pictures & music between 3 computers and my berry. I went though SyncToy, BeyondCompare, and quite a few others before I came across GoodSync. Its a nifty and simple utility that [...]
6 Comments » | Posted in News, Utilities
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
This is a new one for me. I did not even know that this problem existed until I just tested it out. (Cant 100% confirm) It turns out that there is a bug that when you mark a task complete on your BlackBerry it will mark it as complete in Outlook but it wont remove [...]
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Josep just sent me a link to the launch of the MetrO for BlackBerry beta. The application lets you get public transit information for over 400 cities stored on your BlackBerry. Sadly it does not have the transit maps but it gives you very detailed and customizable directions on how to take public transportation. I [...]
5 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, News, Utilities
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Just read about SpotJots on Mashable. What’s new is that they released a slick looking BlackBerry client. I call it GeoMicroBlogging because it lets you send you location along with your messages. Its like an online journal of where your at and what your doing. Kind of like twitter with location. You can track friends [...]
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Another innovative application from the guys behind FakeCall. This latest release is called Call Note. It is a very simple and useful application that prompts you to enter in a call note, task, or calendar item after each call.
You can pick up the download or purchase it for $6.99 at this link.
From the description:
Call Notes [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Calendar/Tasks, News, Utilities
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
Review: GetItBack
Rating: 10/10
Link: www.conveniencesoftware.com
Price: $9.99
I have been working with Dan over at Convenience Software on testing GetItBack (formerly Find)It. GetItBack is a BlackBerry location program that is relatively cheap and simple to use. I am always one for stating the obvious so here I go… this is just a “no brainer” for anybody with [...]
9 Comments » | Posted in GPS, Reviews, Utilities