Archive for the 'Utilities' Category
Monday, February 4th, 2008
WinScribe is a nice dictation/transcription/voice recognition software that has finally made a debut into the BlackBerry world. The new WinScribe now has a client for BlackBerry devices. Josep just sent me a link to the press release.
The software is targeted towards lawyers but I can see other professionals benefiting from the application especially doctors. You [...]
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
I just got this urgent email on my BlackBerry. It turns out that some registered users of Empower, including myself, have been getting error messages in the latest version of Empower Mail Viewer Pro. A bug seems to be causing the program to incorrectly notify you that your registration has expired. By downloading the new update [...]
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
During CES we mentioned the new FranklinCovey PlanPlus application for BlackBerry. At that time their website was confusing and offer very little in terms of details about the application. They finally got their act together and created a portal just for BlackBerry users. You can check out the info at the following link:
http://www.planplusonline.com/rim/
The service is [...]
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
Nlusso.com has the details about another BlackBerry GPS tracking application simply called BlackBerryTracker. The BlackBerryTracker application is free and it has a pretty simple idea. You install a program on your BlackBerry that automatically sends your location to the BlackBerryTracker.com website every 30–60 seconds. You can then login to the website and see were you are [...]
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
I know many people were waiting for this for quite awhile. Jorge of www.blackberrygtd.com just sent me an email about the release which is currently available for Desktop and OTA installs. From my understanding, Remember The Milk is an implementation of GTD (Getting Things Done) for BlackBerry and is an extension of the much used [...]
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
S4BB has been on a roll releasing small applications for BlackBerry devices. The most recent in their lineup is their RandomPassword Generator. For $9.95 S4BB allows you to generate complex passwords on your BlackBerry.
As a security conscious person I would usually say that this is a good idea. The problem is that there is already [...]
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Some people have been tired of the BlackBerry image & picture manager and have purchased Ascendo Photos to remedy the situation. Ascendo Photos Version 3 brings a few more features to the table that easily top those of the built in media manager on your BlackBerry.
The new version brings users the ability to save and store [...]
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
In my opinion Viigo has long been one of the best - if not the best RSS reader for BlackBerry devices. Viigo is actually one of the oldest reviews found on BerryReview.com. For the last month or so we have been in contact with Viigo about their roadmap for the future. We got a prerelease [...]
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
I know many people use the Handmark Zagat To Go application so I thought I would let you know that a new version has just been released. It has still not fixed the major caveat we had in our review of version 5 but it is a start. The information is still stored on the [...]
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
The BeFTP (BEIKS FTP) client that we mentioned before is now available from the BEIKS mobile site. For some reason it is not available from the main www.BEIKS.com site. The BeFTP client is free for non-commercial use. The tricky part is that for commercial use you are required to purchase the Pro version of BeFTP [...]
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