Review: FollowUp! 4.0 by Link-Two
Rating: 8/10
Website: www.link-two.com
Trial download: desktop
Trial download: OTA
Cost: $11.99 at the Berryreview store

Like many of you, I get lots of emails on my Blackberry (both business and personal) and for certain reasons many require me to follow-up with a task at some point. Most often, so I don’t forget, I end up marking the message ‘unread’ so that I continually see the message icon on my Blackberry home screen. However, when it ends up I’ve got like 10 message icons waiting, it gets a little confusing.

That’s where FollowUp 4.0 works great. FollowUp is a nifty little tool that allows you to quickly and easily remember to reply to any email that you specify. For example, the other day I got an email to set up a business lunch for a group of customers at a later date. I was in the middle of an important project and couldn’t put any attention to it at that time. In the email were the names of all the people who I needed to contact and a few restaurant suggestions. So I used FollowUp to create a reminder. Read the rest of this article

Review: E-mobile Today
Rating: 5/10
Link: www.pocketmedialive.com
Cost: $19.95

Working with all kinds of smartphones daily, there is one feature of Windows Mobile devices I love, that is the today screen. You can get a look at your day ahead, or check weather, read news bits, etc. Blackberry devices with its Today themes and icons that can change on the home screen is helping it to get similar experience. Today, I am reviewing another application that aims the similar goal – E-mobile Today.

For more just hit the JUMP… Read the rest of this article

Cherri Chiodo just released two themes that really impressed me. There is one for the guys and one for the girls. The first, Pink Blossom is a beautiful theme that really catches the eye. The icons are a bit understated for me but they do look nice. The xBerry theme seems to be a rip from the Xbox with a great but again understated icon set. I love the green (my favorite color).

Definitely worth checking out. They are $6.99 each which is on the high end for themes. The themes are available for the 8100, 8300, & 8800 series devices. The 8700 series is also supported BUT YOU MUST HAVE OS 4.2!!!

Pink Blossoms Zen
8100 Page – 8300 Page – 8700/8800 Page

xBerry Zen
8100 Page – 8300 Page – 8700/8800 Page

Simon at BBCool has gotten some more confirmation on the feature sets of OS 4.5 and 4.6. OS 4.5 is still set to release this summer for everything but the 8707 which is what we expected. I am surprised it is including the 8703 versions but that has happened before.

They also have confirmed OS 4.6 for 2^nd half of 08 with more of less the same features we have seen before. This time there are new screenshots of the iTunes sync, clock, & web browser upgrades.

Check out the 4.6 screenshots at this link and the 4.5 news at this one.

PS: BBcool is undergoing a Wordpress update today so you may experience some funkyness with their site. Right now it is showing the mobile version of their website to everybody.

Bplay has just released another set of themes from their Star Wars collection. I guess movie themes are a real hit. This latest list includes the Star Wars characters Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, & the Stormtroopers theme. Personally I liked the Boba Fett theme the best. These themes use the same icon set as the first Star Wars themes with the images changed.

You can pick them up for $4.99 each at this link. They are compatible with the 8100, 8300, & 8800 series devices.

I know this is a bit old but it has been a day to dig up old news. One of our readers, Doug, sent in a question asking how he can improve his reminders on his BlackBerry. I humbly pointed out www.iwantsandy.com as a free service that lets you setup email reminders.

Its as easy as sending an email to Sandy to remind you to do something. Sandy will then send you a reminder before the item is due. She will also jot things down for you to follow up on, etc. Its essentially also a to do list manager.

Worth a try if you find that the reminder function in the BlackBerry calendar is not doing it for you. You can even setup an exception in your profile to make Sandys reminders stick out.

Check it out at www.iwantsandy.com

So this is the first Indiana Jones game for the BlackBerry. Just in time with the movie release. I remember playing Indiana Jones on my 486.  Its an adventure side scrolling game that looks really cool with Indy’s whip and all. I just hope they got the controls right. Sadly there is no trial but hopefully we can squeeze out a review for you soon.

Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull – $9.99

Indiana Jones’ latest adventure comes to mobile! Take on the role of Indiana Jones© and Mutt Williams as you make your way thru the jungle in search of the Crystal Skull. Danger lurks!

Indiana Jones’ latest and greatest adventure comes to mobile! Take on the role of Indiana Jones and his companion, Mutt Williams and make your way through the Amazon Jungle in search of the Crystal Skull and the ancient Lost City. Dodge traps and use Indy’s trusty whip to defeat your enemies. Traverse cemeteries and temple ruins that disguise the path to the Lost City. Keep your reactions sharp and your wits about you—danger lurks around every corner!

Urbanimpulse has released a hot theme for the BlackBerry 8300 & 8800. The theme has a very clean and slick top menu with translucent background. The profiles icons looks really good. I also like the custom icons but the lack of color kind of turned me off. The yellow in the menu’s looks nice with the black and grey highlights. You will also notice that there are only 4 icons on the zen menu. All in all well done.

You can pick up the theme for Desktop Manager download only at BlackBerryForums. (you may need an account to download but it is free) Hopefully the developer will release OTA links soon.

Nice Work!!!