Archive for the 'Utilities' Category
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
The Mentat Project Management service has just announced the Alpha of their BlackBerry Client. The new BlackBerry client brings many of the Mentat features to your BlackBerry. If you are interested in Beta Testing the new client you can use the Mentat contact us page to get a link to the client. Read below for [...]
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Students have long been left in the dark when it comes to BlackBerry applications. They were forced to make enterprise applications work for their task management. A new piece of software by StudentBerry.com hopes to correct that by announcing a new application targeted towards students. I will be keeping an eye out on this application [...]
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Friday, October 19th, 2007
Skylab Mobile Systems has just released an update to their MobileTracker application for GPS BlackBerry devices. The program is no longer subscription based and costs $24. This new version also allows for GeoTagging your pictures on your BlackBerry if you have a built in camera. The new version also supports external GPS for those of [...]
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Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Well since I had my first BlackBerry there has been a slew of RSS readers that have come out one after the other. The most recent I have discovered is called FreeRange. This is actually the software that NewsGator To Go is based on. The software is Free for up to 10 feeds and has [...]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Sorry guys Ron Franks brought to my attention that my directions for getting the 15% discount were incorrect. Below you will find the correct directions. Sorry for the mix up and thanks again to BBSmart for making this discount possible. Hopefully I got it right this time
Directions for getting the discount for BBSmart:
Install [...]
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Well today we got one step further towards a full featured Google Docs application for BlackBerry devices. Google has released a mobile version of Google Docs that you can use to read documents that are in your account from your Browser. So far you can only read the documents and this does not always work [...]
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Well this is one of those situations where I hear about an application that I don’t even know what it does. The developer of PockerClock, Thomas, has kindly contacted me about a free new application that he has updated that keeps track of Blinds when you are running a poker tournament. Since I have never [...]
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
First of all I have to remark on the precident of Microsoft specifically targeting BlackBerry users for an application. On top of that Microsoft has directly posted about BlackBerry software on a BlackBerry forum. They have announced Live Search on both Pinstack and BlackBerryforums.
Microsoft has released a new free application for BlackBerry devices. Personally I [...]
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Monday, October 15th, 2007
Josep at MiBlackBerry has uncovered another great BlackBerry Freeware application. This free application by Adapta Solutions allows you to use to GPS BlackBerry to display speed, distance, and time on your BlackBerry 8800 series device. You can set low and high levels so that you can pace your workout with a steady rhythm.
Check out the [...]
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Monday, October 15th, 2007
KeePass has been around for quite awhile allowing you to store passwords with secure encryption. They have just released an unofficial client for BlackBerry devices that allows you to syncronize your password protected information with your BlackBerry device. The best part is that it is completely free. Personally I use MagicSafe but that is a [...]
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