Free BlackBerry Utilities From BBKeeper – CallAssist, Engineering Screen Generator, and Tasks
BBKeeper contacted me about some free utilities he is working on that are currently in public beta. The most impressive one is CallAssist which adds a few features to your BlackBerry that many people could use. Here is a list of the features: Vibrate when connected Ask you to add numbers not in your address…
App World Updated to v2.0.1.12 – Lowers Memory Footprint
Over the weekend RIM decided to quietly update App World to v2.0.1.12. I did not notice much different in this version though it could be related to more users and countries getting carrier billing. Terrence did point out to me that the new version has dropped its memory footprint to 794.3Kb from the previous versions…
FlashOn 2.0 Beta – Free BlackBerry Flashlight App
Now that we got the public service announcement out of the way I wanted to highlight the newer FlashOn 2.0.2 Beta I mentioned in that article. FlashOn is a FREE BlackBerry flashlight app and the new beta adds even more features for OS 5.0 and 6.0 devices. Features include: Front LED light (blue/white/orange/green/off) Camera LED…
Bolt Browser Gets Minor Update to v2.31
We mentioned earlier in the week that Bitstream had updated their Bolt Browser to v2.30 adding quite a few new features. Edwin let us know that they have quietly updated the browser again to v2.31. My guess is that this new version fixes some bugs introduced by the previous update but let us know if…
UberTwitter v0.993 Release 2 Offers Battery Drain Improvements and More
Tom let me know that UberTwitter has updated their Twitter app for BlackBerry to version 0.993 Release 2. This update to the original Beta-9 version just brings a few fixes and features that people wanted including improving battery usage. You can see exactly what was added in Release 2 below: Map Provider Allow users to…
Free Copter Classic Helicopter Game is Simple and Addictive!
I love free games especially when they are well done classics. JHarker let us know that Igor Shitarev has released Copter for free in App World. The game is a classic avoid the obstacles flying game. The controls are brilliantly simple. You just press down on the touchscreen or any keyboard key to move up…
DriveSafe.ly 2.0 Lets You Respond to Text Messages Using Your Voice
DriveSafe.ly just announced version 2.0 of their app/service which completes the circle for solving distracted driving. Until now the app used to read messages out loud to drivers and respond to the message saying it was read out loud. With version 2.0 once a message is read out loud you can choose to replay the…
Robert Plant Releases Free Band Of Joy Music App
The former Led Zeppelin front man Robert Plant just released a free Band of Joy Album app for BlackBerry on App World. This is the first app built specifically by Universal Music for BlackBerry which makes me wonder if RIM had anything to do with it. The app is free to download and lets you…