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I have had my BlackBerry Bold 9000 about 7 months now, (I felt so compelled to do this review of my whole phone but as you can see its gotten very big. I was going to add screen shots this, so I have taken/edited certain aspects off it, because it was just getting ridiculous) I do not know what I would do without it nowadays, it goes everywhere with me, its always on always connected, I am a real crackberry addict. It does everything a top end smart phone should & then it pulls something else out of the bag. I eat breath sleep my BB, My eyes to the world out there BB makes you far to productive = no sleep! If that makes me sad, & a geek, so be it, I am very happy with that. Sorry about all those puns, but that's the only way I can get across how much I love this phone. For me its the perfect handset/pda so much so when I upgrade in a month or so I am having another Bold.
I love broadcasting application links over the BBM network. I can't get my head round how versatile BBM is, we can text, send pictures, send voice files, www links & file/application links, not costing a penny. My bills have dwindled since I've got this awesome handset. If I had not seen it with my own eyes, I would not have believed how many apps there are, a lot are free, some are alpha's & beta's, some have cost me x amount of pounds, the most expensive was Flipside at £12.50
[b]Periodic Table[/b] £ .50p $ .80c
http://www.toysoft.ca/ota/bbPTable.jad
[b]SMS Pic[/b] £ .50p $ .80c
http://www.mobireach.com/upload/933/22933/SMSPic.jad
[b]Kama Sutra[/b] £ .50p $ .80c
http://www.toysoft.ca/download/KamaSutra.jad
[b]Profiler[/b] £ .50p $ .80c
http://www.toysoft.ca/ota/Profiler.jad
[b]
NotNow [/b] £ .50p $ .80c
http://www.toysoft.ca/ota/NotNow.jad
[b]RobotScheduler[/b] £3.60 $6.00
http://www.mobireach.com/upload/927/30927/BBRobotScheduler.jad
[b]Capture It[/b] £Free
http://m.thetechmogul.com/
This application speaks for it's self, it's one of the two apps used on my BB that takes screenshots.. *****
[b]DemoMake[/b[/b]]r £2 $2.95
http://www.toysoft.ca/ota/DemoMaker.jad
This app speaks for its self. It is the second application used on my BB that takes screenshots. it does not get 5 stars because it does not save pics in numerical order. ****
[b]LEDReset[/b] £Free
http://ota.rimgeeks.com/wp-content/files/LEDReset.jad
How annoying is it to have read all your texts E-Mails ect & the LED is still flashing its very intrusive. The answer is LEDReset. Mine is set up in QuickLaunch. Click Quicklaunch, press "L" and its reset. No more flashing till your next alert. ****
From the description
The essential alert tool for every BlackBerry. BerryBuzz extends your default Blackberry alert system. BerryBuzz allows you to customize the LED color for many alert type and keeps the LED flashing for longer than the default 15 minutes your BlackBerry does. It will repeat alerts until acknowledged so you will never miss an alert again. Plus it adds a customizable vibrate for incoming calls. Finally you can have your BlackBerry vibrate while it is ringing.
Features:
* Customize the LED color and set an individual repeating alert for
o E-Mails (individual for each account or one for all)
o PIN Messages
o SMS (may not work with every carrier)
o Calendar Events
o Missed phone calls
* When multiple alerts are active at the same time, every color will flash in a repeating pattern.
* Customizable rapid flashing LED for incoming phone calls
* Customizable vibrate for incoming calls. Vibrates while ringing.
* LED will keep flashing until acknowledged (BlackBerry defaults to flash only for 15 min).
* Optional slow down of LED flashing after specified time to save battery life
* Optimized for minimum battery and memory usage
* Support for Instango custom colored LED (instango 2.2.83 or higher)
[b]PinStack[/b] Reader £Free
http://69.89.4.249/m/install_pinstack/blackberry/dwnld/PinStack421en-12438124887.jad
I like this app a lot, it not only covers Blackberry but all gadgets, its catagorized into tabs. this makes it easier to get to what you want to read about Setup as "P" with QuickLaunch. *****
[b]Don't be Bored[/b][/b] £Free
http://www.mobireach.com/upload/398/30398/DontBeBored.jad
This is just a bit of mindless fun, you see a pic you like from there online database of "Funnies" & post it, not seen any pics on it yet to post on Twitter. Plus I have been to busy producing this post. ***
[b]Mobihand App Store[/b] £Free
http://www.mobireach.com/upload/684/28684/MHappstore.jad
[b]PinWall[/b] £Free
http://getpinwall.com/m/get/1.0/Pinwall.jad
Get BBM'ers on the fly, with this SocialMedia Client, by looking at your existing contacts contacts. You simply add them from their contact list, it has faults ie the text is to small, takes a while to load & avatars & flags for me are to small but updates will be coming. ****
Pinwall allows you to:
* Upload your personal/business profile and picture, directly from your mobile device.
* Search, find and contact new people.
* Be found and get contacted by others, via Blackberry.
* Get to know new people (and share your BB PIN).
You can download their app OTA at m.getpinwall.com or read more on their website at getpinwall.com.
[b]FXConverter [/b]£Free
http://m.fxconverter.com/dl/FXConverter.jad?x=67&y=9
Convert any currency to any currency. And it updates OTA, so you get all the latest rates. Setup with "£" in QuickLaunch*****
[url=http://www.picamatic.com/view/3996203_Capture11_4_7/][img]http://www.picamatic.com/show/2009/06/15/04/29/3996203_bigthumb.jpg[/img][/url]
From the description
FXConverter is a multilingual currency converter for over 164 currencies and 3 metals. It uses daily OANDA Rates®, the touchstone foreign exchange rates used by corporations, tax authorities, auditing firms, and financial institutions. These filtered rates are based on information supplied by leading market data contributors.
[b]BeejiveIM[/b] £12.50 $17.99
http://www.beejive.com/jt_ota/4.6-vga/BeejiveIM-4_6-vga.jad
[b]Qsms[/b] £Free
http://www.berrycoder.com/qsms.jad
Text messaging on the BB does not have a shortcut key, this app sets up a shortcut key. Just makes using your BB that much quicker. ***
From the description
Just like you can hit ‘C’ to compose an email, you can use the ‘Q’ shortcut to compose an SMS!
[b]Facebook[/b] £Free
http://mobileapps.blackberry.com/devicesoftware/mobile/downloadServlet
Facebook, in its latest incarnation is like being on the PC/Laptop. It's seamless, smooth & clean. I don't go on Facebook on my laptop any more, I don't have too with this. ****
[b]Evernote[/b] £Free
http://update.evernote.com/public/ENBB/Evernote.jad
[b]Vlingo[/b] £10 $17.99
http://www.vlingo.com/apps/blackberry/vv/3.0.1/vlingo_free/4.6/vlingoForBlackBerry_en.jad
[b]Viigo[/b] £Free
Setup with "V" in QuickLaunch
http://downloads.viigo.com/bb/BerryReview/OTA/OS420/ViigoSE_480x320.jad?v=1243269605
[b]BerryReview [/b]£Free
http://www.berryreview.com/launcher/BerryReview.jad
[b]SpeedTest[/b]. £Free
http://www.xtremelabs.com/assets/mobile/speedtest/speedtest.jad
[b]TyperSpeed.[/b] £2 $2.95
http://www.mobireach.com/upload/875/24875/TyperSpeed_102.jad
See how fast you can type, without making any mistakes. ***
[url=http://www.picamatic.com/view/3996199_typerspeed4/][img]http://www.picamatic.com/show/2009/06/15/04/27/3996199_bigthumb.jpg[/img][/url]
From the description
This application is for everyone who wants to get a view on how fast he/she can type on his/her BlackBerry device. It calculates the result in words per minute. It’s the first application of its kind for BlackBerry.
Through this you can see if you type faster on a PC-Keyboard or on your mobile device since the application uses the same calculation as other wpm-calculators.
This application also includes a high score list for the best 3 scores.
It contains 6 texts (4 English / 2 German) you can choose from; You have to type off the text and then it calculates the speed. Another option is ‘Speed Writing’. There you just type anything and when you want to calculate the speed, you simply click on Stop!
It works as follows: the application gives you a text that you have to type off and when you finished writing off the text, it shows you the time taken and the number of characters typed. Through this it calculates the average words per minute.
Now you finally have the ability to get an impression of your typing-speed. Can you break 60wpm? Do you type faster than your colleagues/friends?
Features:
* Not expensive
* First of its kind
* Vibration if you typed an error
* Very easy to use
* Improves your typing speed
* Perfect for competitions
[b]I Love BlackBerry[/b] £Free
http://download.earlysail.com/i_love_blackberry/ota/iloveblackberry.jad
This one is "dangerous" because you get to know how much you use your BB, which I can tell you, its a lot my friend, its a lot. :-)
Setup with "I" in QuickLaunch *****
From the description:
You always suspected that you were in love with your Blackberry®, but you may be surprised at how and when you actually use it. The application will show your usage during work hours and during nights and weekends. It organizes your daily, weekly, monthly usage for the current period as well as displays long term averages.
You can share your usage via email with a friend for now, and the next generation of this application will let you compare your usage with that of your friends and colleagues.
The application counts your usage on the phone as active time – therefore when prompted you should grant access to this application to use the phone api on your blackberry device. In addition, the application periodically checks to see if a new version of the application is available.
[b]TweetGenius [/b] £3 $4.99
http://www.thetweetgenius.com/download/tmp/1242262889-2564FD65-6b5c7464/TweetGenius.jad
I like TweetGenius because it looks sweet as! ****
From the description
TweetGenius was created out of necessity. Simply put, no BlackBerry Twitter application was capable of quenching our thirst. We decided to make TweetGenius for the BlackBerry community because we're BlackBerry-lovers who know what other BlackBerry-lovers want in an app.
We integrated a revolutionary UI with fantastic user-orientated features like the ability to compose a new tweet, start a new search, and view tracked items from any screen in the application. Shortcuts? Please. Basically every key on the keyboard is a shortcut! What about sending pictures and GPS location? Done and done.
Click on through to see what TweetGenius offers and how it differs from the competition. We promise you'll be impressed.
[b]SocialScope[/b] £Free
http://www.socialscope.net/download/09523_0kldsfjnalk/4.6.0/SocialScope.jad
I love this application, its so smooth, clean & it integrates facbook as well but unfortunatley
its by invitation only & it could take months to get one so once you have requested an invite forget about it.
Setup with "S" in QuickLaunch*****
[b]UberTwitter[/b] £Free
http://www.ubertwitter.com/bb/4_6/UberTwitter.jad
Ubertwitter is a neat 3rd party twitter client, at the moment it does stand out from the rest because you can see "Everybody" on Twitter, it has "Trending Topics" and it broadcasts your location Via GPS. ****
From the description
ÜberTwitter is a company devoted to delivering highly functional Twitter clients for mobile devices. Our first product is ÜberTwitter for the BlackBerry line of mobile phones. We are very excited about the opportunity to provide BlackBerry users with a full featured Twitter client which will include:
* Integrated ability to upload pictures to a site dedicated to serving ÜberTwitter users
* Ability to optionally update your Google Talk status with your last tweet, making your tweets reach a wider audience then just people following you on Twitter
* Automatically update your location based on the cell tower information provided by your phone, no GPS hardware required,
* Send videos embedded in your tweet
* See everyone who is tweeting near you
[b]AddToContact[/b]
http://www.mobireach.com/upload/446/28446/AddToContact.jad
[b]Twitterberry[/b] £Free
http://orangatame.com/ota/twitterberry/0.9/460/TwitterBerry.jad
[b]Google App[/b] £Free
http://m.google.com/search/download/search.jad?dc=gorganic&ver=3.3.38
This is very very usefull on the BB. Its setup under "G" in my Quicklaunch shortcuts, it uses the native browser. You can use it by voice & it remembers your searches. Setup with "G" in QuickLaunch
[b]BBFileScout[/b] £Free
http://live.streamhosting.ch/bb/bbfs001/BBFileScout.jad
Find any thing, fast! On My Homescreen ****
From the description
What’s new?
* Complete new implementation of content handlers – BBFileScout now makes use of the (pre-)registered document handlers – when a app register itself for a specify file extension BBFileScout now can read this association and launch the registered app [this implies, that installed PDF readers will now instantly work with BBFileScout]
* Default BB-eMail Composer is used to send any FileAttachments from BBFileScout (previously there was a own implemented eMail composer)
* If the default BB-eMail Composer is causing problems with sending attachments, then you can turn on the BBFileScout-”buildIn” eMail Composer via the Options.
* additional options:
o Use the BBFileScout build-in text viewer/editor (default ON)
o Use the BBFileScout build-in ZIP handler (default ON)
o Force BB media content handler for images, audio & video files (default OFF)
[b]Mobiola xPlayer[/b] £12.50 $19.95
http://download12.getjar.com/downloads/wap/export-7-207x41854906/36996/v1_3_3_xplayer_pc.jad
Setup with "R" in QuickLaunch
From the description
Mobiola® xPlayer is a multimedia player for all major audio and video formats with Live Radio support. Watch video on your BlackBerry display, listen to music and podcasts, stay informed about the latest events from live news!
Listen to Live music and stay informed about the latest events from live news!
Explore the large list of predefined radio stations in all genres: Classical, Jazz, Rock, Hiphop & RNB, world, pop.
Mobiola xPlayer works via all types of connection - BIS, BES, Wi-Fi and direct TCP.
Support of podcasts! Listen to actual business, sport, music news on the go!
Mobiola xPlayer requires a license for Live Radio and podcasts. All other functionality is absolutely free!
All the most popular audio and video formats are supported: mp3, m4a, avi, mp4, 3gp, wma, amr, mid, wav, aac, WMV.
Playlist management: Create, Edit and Save your own playlists. Add a single file or a whole folder to a playlist.
Sort your playlist by title, by author, by path or shuffle it.
Forward/Rewind feature.
Use different themes to change the look of xPlayer.
Background mode.
[b]Flipside[/b]. £12.50 $19.95
http://electricpocket.com/flipside/flipside.jad
Again, another iPod clone based application, Full Screen Album Art.
Upon starting the application for the first time it takes ages to load 8 gig's worth of music but once it has loaded it all up, it is really quick to "roll" through your albums, you can roll as quickly or as slowly as you wish, you can add playlists to your hearts content, I "don't do" playlists, I like my music by album to album, as you would listen to it on a CD player.
Clicking on an album, displays all the tracks in a subtle white text, like the back of a CD cover, if you don't have a certain album cover, it shoots of to their sever and downloads it for you.
Bad points - can't connect to Bluetooth from within Flipside, but it will play via Bluetooth, weird one, that one! Can't turn the volume down whilst on the home screen. It sometimes does not play full album, no repeat! They are tagged better than the default player, to an extent they are better organised but it still not Album/Artist, like I like my music, you can tap a letter & the screen scrolls to the album that begins with that letter.
Good Points - I like it, I love it, it retrieves album art, it looks the dogs dangley's, its quick & smooth. ****
From the description
A visually stunning music player for your BlackBerry smartphone. Flipside shows full cover album art for your music files, and lets you swoosh through your music collection with a flick of the trackball.
Other highlights include downloadable cover art - so you can fill out the missing art in your collection - and FlipSide Extras – an online biography of the artist and suggestions for other music you might like to explore.
Features:
* Bring your music alive with full color cover art
* Find missing art direct from your BlackBerry
* Discover new music at FlipSide Extras
* Make playlists of your favorite tunes
* Plays MP3, WMA, M4A and AAC files
* Auto-pause when a call comes in
* last.fm audio scrobbling support
[b]Upvise[/b] £Free
http://download11.getjar.com/downloads/wap/export-7-205x45207387/24142/upvise_pc.jad
[b]OnToCalender[/b] £1.
http://www.soundslikeobiwan.com/~roger/OntoCalendar/Beta/OntoCalendar.jad.
[b]BerryBuzz[/b] £3.60 $5.95
http://www.mobireach.com/upload/168/26168/berrybuzz.jad
Getting a text/Email/IM/phone call on your BB can produce a sound/tune, for me that's to intrusive, so BerryBuzz was a breath of fresh air. The LED flashes when you get a new alert. You can configure it to your needs, for me it's ****
It does not get 5 stars because it does not recognise BBM Messages, only new PINS
Text - White LED
E-Mail - Red LED
New PIN Msg - Blue LED
Missed Call - Turquise LED
Calender - Green LED
Incoming Call - Orange LED
From the description:
The essential alert tool for every BlackBerry. BerryBuzz extends your default Blackberry alert system. BerryBuzz allows you to customize the LED color for many alert type and keeps the LED flashing for longer than the default 15 minutes your BlackBerry does. It will repeat alerts until acknowledged so you will never miss an alert again. Plus it adds a customizable vibrate for incoming calls. Finally you can have your BlackBerry vibrate while it is ringing.
Features:
* Customize the LED color and set an individual repeating alert for
o E-Mails (individual for each account or one for all)
o PIN Messages
o SMS (may not work with every carrier)
o Calendar Events
o Missed phone calls
* When multiple alerts are active at the same time, every color will flash in a repeating pattern.
* Customizable rapid flashing LED for incoming phone calls
* Customizable vibrate for incoming calls. Vibrates while ringing.
* LED will keep flashing until acknowledged (BlackBerry defaults to flash only for 15 min).
* Optional slow down of LED flashing after specified time to save battery life
* Optimized for minimum battery and memory usage
* Support for Instango custom colored LED (instango 2.2.83 or higher)
[b]Blackberry World App[/b] £Free
http://content.rim.com.edgesuite.net/content/appworld/4.6.0/net_rim_bb_appworld.jad
[b]QuickPull[/b] £Free
http://www.mobihand.com/steelthorn/productMobile.asp?id=27660&MD=1
Setup with "Q" in QuickLaunch
From the description:
QuickPull simulates a complete battery pull on your device without you ever having to remove the battery!
Unlike the red power button on your phone which reloads your device where you left off, QuickPull will refresh your entire device, freeing up memory!
It can be used on any BlackBerry device with or without a connection to an enterprise server, and you can even schedule QuickPull to run every night while you're dreaming of more memory.
How do I run QuickPull?
By selecting the QuickPull icon on your device you can select Yes and run QuickPull on a whim.
How do I schedule QuickPull to run every day?
After selecting the QUickPull icon you may choose Schedule and set a time for QuickPull to run every single day. Once you select a time, QuickPull will run at that time without being prompted no matter what. Simple set a time and click OK. You may Unschedule QuickPull at anytime under the QuickPull Schedule menu as well.
Have questions? Need help?
Since QuickPull is a free application it does not come with full technical support. But if you need help or have any questions simply search for QuickPull on your favorite BlackBerry forum and we or a fellow QuickPull lover can help you out!
This document has been produced entirely, I say ENTIRELY on my Bold over a matter of days & weeks. (made easier because I save all my download links in NotePad, that's how I find em so quick, thus giving me the idea of producing this article) I have used Notepad. its been an absolute joy to write. Anytime, anywhere; in bed, on the loo, on the bus, getting of the bus, at work, secretly at work, at my Mums, in the car flicking from one app to another, ie flicking between "Options" and "Notedpad" just press the red call end button, and shortcut key back into previous app, because that's how easy the Bold is to use, a breeze. The whole handset is setup around Quicklaunch, every app that I use as default is set up with a shortcut key ie SocialScope is "S" where as Ubertwiter does not have one. But once in the IMs folder in Quicklaunch you just type "U" & your on it & click. All this for £35 a month. To me that is jawdropping stuff, I am in awe of this thing. I know I have bought some apps, several at £12.50 but considering I was spending £70 a month on average on my Sony Ericsson & buying applications as well & it could not do this, produce an article of this nature so quick and easily as this big boy has done. Just do the maths, it aint rocket science. |
