Archive for the 'Utilities' Category
Monday, November 12th, 2007
Josep just pointed me to the new Jivetalk version 1.0.3 which has added quite a few new features under the hood since last time I gave it a look. Personally I use the native IM clients but I know many people who swear by Jivetalk who will gladly welcome these upgrades. Personally I find myself [...]
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
If you ever wanted to see the future of BlackBerry devices I would highly encourage you to try out this new MP3 player by electricpocket.com. The new player is called FlipSide and is a knockoff of the CoverView iPhone interface that everybody was raving about. The software looks gorgeous and allows you to download [...]
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
BBproductivity has just released a new GTD (Getting things done) task management application for BlackBerry devices called BBTask Pro!. Since I know quite a few people who rely on GTD to run their life I assume people would be interested in trying out this new alternative. BBTask Pro! costs $19.95 and has a 15–day trial for [...]
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
Josep just tipped me off to a free new application for BlackBerry devices that allows you to upload pictures you have taken with your berry and geotag them with the application. You can also view other geotagged pictures near your location. So far it seems that this application is being used mostly in Spain but [...]
2 Comments » | Posted in Free Software, GPS, News, Utilities
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
I know that there are many Mac users who are frustrated by the BlackBerry support on a Mac. RIM has offered PocketMac as a solution but many users have flocked to the Missing Sync application from Mark/space. Unlike PocketMac, this application costs $39.95 for the pleasure of using your Mac with your BlackBerry. It seems [...]
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
The good guys at x-berrysoft.com have released an update to their xColorEvent software for the BlackBerry Pearl. If you don’t remember what xColorEvent is here is a short description of the features:
xColorEvent is a simple and small utility, that allows you to change the color of your BlackBerry Pearl trackball with a different color for [...]
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
I am not sure how much interest there is in this but Rove Mobile has released a new update to their much applauded Mobile Citrix application.
From the release:
Mobile Citrix Client is now more robust, easier to configure, and simpler to use than ever. We’ve added Secure Gateway in addition to the already-supported option of connecting [...]
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
First I have to mention that most of the features of TalkPlus can be had for free by using Google’s GrandCentral. With that said TalkPlus does bring some new features to your BlackBerry that may justify the $9.99/month price tag. The main feature is the ability to have an extra phone line on your BlackBerry [...]
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
I just read on BBCool about a new free application for BlackBerry devices that allows you to view all the constellations, planets, and stars that you should be able to see from your current location. The software just has you punch in your location (via postal/zip code or lat/long) and it will show you a [...]
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
I know many readers use FreeRange so I thought this may be of interest. Some users are still preferring the older version 2.2.6 but this version seems to have some nice enhancements. Thanks Luc-Movel for the heads up. To install go to http://mwap.at from your BlackBerry browser.
Note: For Blackberry upgrading from version 2.2.6, it’s very [...]
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