Archive for the 'Utilities' Category
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
mScorecard is a pretty nifty application that allows you to maintain a golf scorecard while out on the green. They claim that it is as quick to use as paper scorecards but you can call me a sceptic. The program calculates scores, handicaps, stableford points, sidegames and advanced round statistics for up to five players simultaneously. (I [...]
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Josep just sent me a link to a cool new tool for SQL DBAs. Idera has just release a cool new tool for mobile DBA’s offering them some peace of mind. I know quite a few DBAs that have to constantly carry around a laptop to monitor their SQL databases. This new commercial application from [...]
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
We have told you about StudentBerry before when it was announced in October but now it has finally been released for public consumption. The application costs $24.99 and is targeted towards helping students manage their tasks. Personally I wish this was around when I was in school.
Check out the software at www.studentberry.com and then you can [...]
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Matthias Grundmann has struck again by releasing a Spanish to English and a German to English translation application. The application is free and is called Vocabulary Memory.
The application is meant to give you a quick translation and also help you expand your vocabulary by remembering which words you have learned already. The translations are stored [...]
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Matthias Grundmann just sent me an email about his new free application PicasaMobile. His PicasaMobile application is in a VERY early release and currently only supports viewing your Picasa public albums. He promises to develop the application further and considers this release only 50% complete.
This app is a nice stopgap until Google releases the full [...]
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
In the original review of PocketDay Version 4, the author wrote, “PocketDay in my humble opinion is the swiss army knife for the BlackBerry”. Well to quote a famous Australian actor,”That’s not a knife, This is a knife”.(and a fork, spoon, pliers, etc, etc) We did post some announcements about the upgrades in PocketDay V5 [...]
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
We have told you about SameCell before when it was first announced for BlackBerry. The application lets you know when your friends on SameCell are nearby. The SameCell application is now out of beta and has added a bevy of features. The best feature is that the software remains Free!
The SameCell application uses locations of [...]
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
Jonathan Fisher has released an update to his much lauded BlackBerry Web Shortcuts Application on BlackBerryForums. The new version allows you to store the configuration file and icons on your MicroSD card so that they are always there. Just keep in mind the images have to be .png files that are 32×32 pixels. This is a [...]
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
Electronic Pocket, the developers of FlipSide, have just come out with a public beta of their new Ringo product. The Ringo application allows you to replace the built in BlackBerry profiles manager with their own version. The idea is that the Ringo application is much easier to use and simple.
In my opinion Ringo really needs to [...]
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Obopay has just announced that they will be releasing a BlackBerry application that will allow you to use their mobile payment service from your BlackBerry. The application has only been announced and not released but they have promised to release it this month!
If you do not know what Obopay is check out its website www.obopay.com. [...]
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