tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-142029602010-02-22T00:41:52.245-08:00Dedicated to Free Blackberry Software.Life-Drivenoreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14202960.post-27224176446720077112010-02-22T00:38:00.000-08:002010-02-22T00:41:52.260-08:00

Amazon finally released a Kindle app for the Blackberry. It took Amazon a long time but its finally here. Blackberry users can now use their phone's high resolution screen to read their Kindle books and shop at the worlds biggest collection of books available online. Installing the Kindle app on my storm was fast and trouble free.  The screen real estate of my storm makes it

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Yahoo Winter Olympics 2010 Yahoo just released a mobile friendly site for their Winter Olympics portal. The mobile site is great for checking out the latest events and track your country's teams.  There is also a special section for medals wins by country.  Link: http://m.yahoo.com/olympics

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Official Blackberry Paypal App When Ebay released their official Blackberry app, it was just common sense a Paypal would follow. You don't need to see far to the future to predict that mobile payment system is going to be big, its just a matter of time before people get use to it. Paypal's app for the Blackberry is simple enough to use to send money, I just wish they added an invoice feature

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Freshbooks for the Blackberry I love using Freshbooks, which is a web app that allows you to send invoices to bill your clients, track expenses and do some time tracking. As more people start using online apps lot of small business are starting to use online invoicing software. These new change to online software is  pushing Freshbooks growth making their users grow to over a million. As of

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Official Blackberry Ebay App Freeware Ebay working with RIM has finally came out with an official Ebay application. Although the current release is still in BETA, overall usability of the software is really good and way better than using your browser. Using this software you have the ability to view, buy and pay for items. You can also do advance search such a limit results to certain distance

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Skydeck Backup Utiliy Skydeck is a free online backup software that safely backups your address book to a remote server manage by Skydeck. This utility also can backup a copy of your SMS messages and call history. As soon as you install Skydeck, you have to make an online account which you will then later use to access your account using your computer's browser. As soon as you sync or backup

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I'm still waiting for a true VOIP service that works with the Blackberry, I was hoping Vonage would come out with a true VOIP app that would work over WIFI. Altough Vonage does not do this, its hard to deny having a Vonage app in your Blackberry is a great option. Using Vonage you can take advantage of low international calling rates and even use a pay as you go option. The sound quality is

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Podcast Ready The people from PodcastReady created the most convenient Podcast client. PodcastReady's MyPodder software is a podcast client that is actually portable, enabling you to directly install it to your mp3 player, in our case our Blackberry. MyPodder is simply like having a portable version of itunes in your Blackberry that you can update whenever you plug in your Blackberry to a

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Yahoo Finance AppYahoo Finance is one of the top 5 financial portals in the Internet. Its not surprising a roll out of smartphone apps for the Yahoo fanance was just a matter of time. I'm just glad the Blackberry was one number one in their list.Yahoo Finance for the Blackberry currently has these features;- Currency Search- Financial new aggregator- Stock quotes and graphs- View your Yahoo

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Blackberry MinutesaverMinutesaver is a simple utility that vibrates to tell you how long you have been talking on the phone. The timer is set to seconds so you can end your call before it hits a minute or what ever you set it to, saving you some call charges from your cell phone provider. This is great utility, and can save you some money when your making calls, especially when your traveling and

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There's a lot of ways to update twitter using your blackberry; install a twitter client, open twitter mobile in your browser, update via email. The 3rd one is an option people often forget or even think is possible.Your Blackberry is made for email, why not make updates or even uploads via email. I'm a big fan of this concept and I continuously look for companies that offer these services.One

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Wordpress Blogging AppWhen I saw early developments on a Wordpress client for the Blackberry, I was instantly very excited. Although I'm a loyal Blogger user, I do have some sites that run on wordpress and even some forums running on bbpress.The idea of updating my site on my Blackberry always seems to make sense to me.The blackberry is just the perfect phone for typing something. Who else spends

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Blackberry Facebook 1.6Facebook 1.6 is finally out! I've been waiting for this app for long time and I'm happy to say it was worth it. I'm so relieved they got over 1.5 and did something cool with their app like being able to write on the wall and getting it more integrated with the Blackberry environment. The strength of the Blackberry has always been their push technology, making a software

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Evernote Evernote which I consider as the best cross-platform notebook application in the world has finally arrived on the Blackberry. Through the years the developers of Evernote have rolled out some great changes in Evernote , making it more just about making notes. At this moment you an create web clips, audio notes, capture images and even twitter messages ( have to figure that out ). Since

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Amazon Shopping ApplicationAmazon has always been one of my top most visited website on my Blackberry. When I heard about an official Blackberry application there was no question in my mind it's going to become my most used Blackberry software.Bellow are key features included in the Amazon Blackberry App.- Purchase using Amazon’s 1-Click ordering- Amazon Prime Track packages- Modify orders using

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Blackberry App WorldIts finally here! Blackberry just release Blackberry App World. You can now easily install applications or software straight from your Blackberry phone. This includes purchasing paid applications from your phone and some free ones. All payments are processed by Paypal, which I think is very smart since its easier to keep track of what you buy instead of being billed by your

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Pandora - Blackberry AppI'm a big fan of Pandora for years. I was really excited I could finally install it on my Blackberry. If you haven't experience Pandora its an Internet radio streaming service thats recommends music similar to yout choices of songs or artist you have chossen. Through this system you can create your own stations with Pandora making the playlist. It also has a feedback

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QSMSQSMS a very nice utility created by berry coder that enables you to assign a convinience key to compose text messages or sms. Just in case your not using your phone's convinience keys, they are the special buttons on the side of your Blackberry that you can assign as quick luanch keys for installed applications. Using QSMS you can also assign the letter Q as a shortshot key to compose SMS or

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Google LatitudeGoogle Latitude is a Geo Broadcasting software or a location aware app which tells your friends your current location. Inside the app you can send invitations to your friends to join Latitude using their Google account.Latitude is integrated in the new Google Maps which makes it very powerful or accurate. Keeping up with people's preference Latitude has several privacy setting

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OANDA FX Converter - Mobile Currency ConverterI totally missed posting Oanda mobile currency converter in my list of freeware. It should have been there before since its one of my favorite currency converter. The software is very light. As soon as I had it installed, I now had neatly organized list of world currencies and a special section for recently used currencies. When it retrieves the

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Talk Lock - Screen Lock UtilityTalk lock locks up your screen when you make a call and unlocks when your call is finish. This prevents you from accidentally touching the screen and opening something while your making a call. Talklock adds a much needed feature for your Blackberry Storm and also has a manual unlock by using the special slid unlock button. You can change the background image by

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When I had to chance to go around Europe, I had my ASUS EEE with a Systran home translator. It was awkward carrying it around and have to say really geeky. All I really want is a good anguage translator for my Blackberry. Finding a good one is really hard and they often don't translate properly. But things are changing and I'm happy to say I found one translator software worth

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I've never believe on programs claiming to increase your Blackberry's speed without any lost on stability. But I do believe on doing an old fashion soft reset to get it back to its natural speed. There are two ways to do a soft reset, a battery pull ( realy hard if your using a protective case ) and using CTRL+ALT(use right button)+DEL. Sadly ctrl+alt=del doesn't work on the blackberry

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I've been using OS 4.3 with my blackberry 8320 for quite some time, I but recently upgraded to 4.5 last week. I just really wanted to use HTML on my email, now with the update I can view tables, fonts and text formatting.Along with the upgrade, you also get Documents to GO, which enables you to edit word and power point files. You can also do an update inside "Documents to Go" and get Sheet to Go

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YouVersion - Blackberry Bible ReaderYouVersion is an online bible community where people can collaborate and share with other members. They recently created a reader for the Blackberry for their users. I have to say this is one of the best readers anyone has created for the Blackberry. It's light, simple and even has a community sections where you can read people's contribution.YouVerion's

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