Blackberry Voice Portal Freeware

Yahoo OneSearch Voice


Use Yahoo OneSearch with Voice, you simply say your search query and the software will automatically type in what you said, no more typing. Yahoo OneSearch is great and gives you almost unlimited information. The application gives suggestions if there are similar sounding words that you dictated. The software is quit responsive and gives you just a glimpse of voice portal technology.

Here are some of the few informations you can easily get.
- restaurant listings
- movie showtimes
- sports scores
- flight status

download link OTA : Yahoo OneSearch Voice

Tell Me - Blackberry



Tellme a Microsoft company offers a free voice portal for the Blackberry. You just press hold and say what you need, it will then show you the information. Tellme is fast and very accurate, I love the easy navigation and control. You simply say main menu, say the category and then the information you need.

You can get fast info on the following:
- GPS directions
- Traffic
- Maps
- Business
- Movies
- Weather

Download link: Tellme

Blackberry Flash Cards Freeware

gFlash



GFlash is a must have freeware for anyone who needs to study
and can't find the time to do so. Now you can test yourself
while your commuting or if your on a break.

GFlash loads up fast using my Blackberry Pearl, and the controls
are easy enough to stop you from getting distracted from answering
the flash cards correctly. The developers of gFlash were
very clever to allow people to use Google Spreadsheets to create their own
Flash Cards, you can also use your Blackberry email to
create a new Trivia or Flash cards. The developers site also
contains some flash cards to get you started.

I'm quit happy with GFlash, even more with their price( Finally someone
made a free flash card program). I hope they keep GFlash free for all
Blackberry users to enjoy.

Download: GFlash for the Blackberry

Blackberry TV and Movie Schedule

TV Guide - The Official TV Guide Application for the Blackberry.



TV Guide using Handmark to distribute their software, has created a version for the Blackberry.
Using their software you can access their list of show schedules and make your own personalized guide. You can also set it up, so it will remind you when your favorite shows are coming up. Their free software also comes with some entertainment news to keep you updated on whats happening.
The data seems to take some time to load but overall it's an easy way to keep track on schedules, I've also been using it to limit my kids TV time.

link: download TV Guide for the Blackberry

Blackberry File Manager

ROVE - Mobile File Manager


Rove Mobile File Manager enables you to manage files in your blackberry's memory and micro SDcard. It also lets you access FTP files ( works great for editing sites ) and windows file sharing ( just figured it out ). ROVE also place extra features like a built in notepad which will enable you to edit txt and
html files. They also gave it the ability to upload and download files, just like a full featured
ftp software. I love the built it in notepad which I think makes this a must have software in your Blackberry and I still can't believe its free.

Download: Rove Mobile File Manager

Blackberry Media Player

xPlayer



Is a free media player which I wanted to post for a long time, but waited until it was out of beta. Now I've been using xPlayer for a few months and I think its a great media player everyone should have in their Blackberry. Not only does it play the usual audio files but plays video files in full screen. I've converted some videos to my blackberry's screen size and it looks great. Xplayer has all the characteristics which all media players should have speed and simplicity.

download xplayer: link
alternative download: link
developer: link

5 Must Have Email Addresses in your Blackberry.

Like many people I use my Blackberry mainly for sending and receiving emails. Unlike other phones sending an email with a Blackberry is simple and fast, because it's made for it. Any Blackberry users knows this so I'm going to show you something new, about sending emails.

Recently more online applications are starting to integrate updating via email into their system. Now you can use your email to make data entry or upload data to their server ( pictures, videos, sound ). Here are a few emails addresses from online application sites that will change how you use your Blackberry's email.


1. Xpenser.com - Xpenser is an online expense and report application. Its so simple to use I figured it out in a few seconds. You simply send an email to e@xpenser.com and it will record the transaction in your account.



Inside my Xpenser account it will look like this.


You can also register multiple emails in one account so two or more people can update and work on the same report. The example above are updates made by my wife and myself who share the same checking account. We both now know how much each of us are spending and with RSS functionality turned on we bought get reports instantly using our Blackberry's RSS reader. Right now I'm currently using it to manage my credit cards that includes my wife's credit card.

Link: Xpenser
FAQ and Instructions: link


2. Blogger - go@blogger.com



Sending an email to go@blogger.com enables you to make a blog entry that can include pictures. You have to enable this function in inside your blogger dashboard.

3. Flickr - youruniquecode@photos.flickr.com

Flickr provides you with your own special email address. You can attach a pictures, the subject line becomes the photo title and the body becomes the description. You can also set some privacy levels by adding special codes in your special flickr email address.

details: links

3. Adobe PDF to txt- pdf2txt@adobe.com

Adobe provides this tool to the impaired but you can use it to convert small pdf files to text. Just send a pdf attachment to pdf2txt@adobe.com and you will get it in your email as text. You can also use pdf2html@adobe.com if you want it in html form.

4. Google Docs - youruniquecode@prod.writely.com

Google doc will provide you a special code which will enable you to upload word, html and RTF files to your Google Doc account. This is a great way to archive your documents attachments.
more details here: link

5. Wordsmith - wsmith@wordsmith.org

Get any definition of a word by sending an email to wsmith@wordsmith.org with a subject, define Yourword .

I know there are a lot more update via email apps, if you know more feel free to share them.

Blackberry Data Transfer Monitor

MiniMoni



MiniMoni measures the amount of data you use on your phone. The software creates logs that enables you to view the amount of data transfers from your phone to your provider. According to MiniMoni users it has an estimated average error rate of -10% of your official telecom bill. I think the error rate is understandable since providers often charge their customers as much as they can.

I've been thinking of lowering my data plan to save on my bill but I had no idea how much data I was using ( my data provider only tells me after the next billing cycle, which completely useless if you want to do some budgeting ). Using MiniMoni I can track how much data I use per day and follow my personal daily limit. So far MiniMoni is working great on my blackberry and I've set it to keep my logs up to 90 days so I can compare and review my usage.

MiniMoni is a donationware.
MiniMoni currently only works with Blackberry OS 4.1 and 4.2, GSM networks.

Download MiniMoni: Link

Blackberry SpreadSheet Freeware

GridMagic - Community Edition



Gridmagic CE - Is a free spreadsheet for the blackberry. It has some great features that will come in handy for for some light data entry and calculations. It works great as a light spreadsheet for your Blackberry useful for making lists or for balancing your checkbook.

download: Gridmagic Community Edition