We just heard this morning that Zumobi has released REI Ski and Snow Report for the BlackBerry for free.
The REI Ski and Snow Report will keep you up to date on the best conditions at over 1800 resorts worldwide. You can track New Snow, Lift Status, and Weather Forecasts for free right from your BlackBerry.
You can get more information about REI Ski and Snow Report here and you can download it OTA to your device by pointing your BlackBerry Pearl, Curve, or 88xx browser to http://rei.zumobi.com.
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If you happen to be a BlackBerry user and an XBox Gamer that really gets into your friends XBox Live stats such as their gamerscore, online status, gamer pictures, avatars, latest games, and achievements there is a free BlackBerry application that you will want to take a look at. XBerry Live allows you to do all these things and more and you absolutely cannot beat the price.
XBerry Live runs on pretty much every BlackBerry device to come out since the BlackBerry 8700 and this includes the BlackBerry Storm if you turn off compatibility mode. One of the really cool features is that XBerry Live will automatically let you know when there is a new version so staying up to date should be a breeze.
XBerry Live is a free BlackBerry application although the developer is accepting donations via PayPal. You can get more information about XBerry Live and an OTA download link here…
One of the issues with the BlackBerry Storm is that the touchscreen stays active when you are on a call and it is not terribly difficult to inadvertently activate applications while the screen is pressed to your face.
I personally use a Bluetooth headset almost all of the time and personally have never done this, or, at least have never noticed that I’ve done it. It is however, a big enough issue that the folks over at CellAvant have created a free BlackBerry application, TalkLock™, that sovles the problem.
TalkLock™ is a free utility that automatically engages a few seconds after a call is connected, and intercepts touch screen actions. This prevents screen presses from launching programs or invoking functions while you talk.
I just downloaded and installed TalkLock™. It seems to work thus pretty well thus far.
You can check it out for yourself by simply entering in your email address here…
So, I am up catching up on all the BlackBerry news from the past 12 hours or so and just happened upon this post over at BerryReview.com where they are talking about a free visual voicemail client for YouMail called VyMail. I am always interested in a free stuff so I decided to check it out.
After about 10 minutes of playing with VyMail, I can tell you that there is absolutely no reason to pay for Verizon’s Visual VoiceMail if you are a BlackBerry Storm user and all other BlackBerry users should be taking a look at this as well simply because it is one of the coolest free BlackBerry applications that I have seen in some time.
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So, I’ve had my BlackBerry Storm for close to a month now and I knew that it had the ability to play YouTube videos. I watch them all the time as a matter of fact. What I didn’t know, however, is there is actually a mobile YouTube client that runs on the BlackBerry Storm.
I am going to go out on a limb and assume that that are a lot of other BlackBerry Storm users that didn’t know about the BlackBerry Storm YouTube Client. If you are one of them and want to check it out, you can download it OTA directly to your device from http://m.google.com/youtube?dc=gyt
Believe it or not, RIM has released BlackBerry Media Sync for Mac (Preview). You can now sync your non-DRM protected iTunes media directly to your BlackBerry from your Mac.
As great as this is and all, I am sure Mac users would have much rather have had RIM release a BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac (Preview).
You can download BlackBerry Media Sync (Preview) here…
The other day someone sent in a question and asked why they should pay for a service like PhoneTag when Verizon’s Visual Voicemail is free? This is a fair question and deserves an honest answer.
Visual Voicemail
The first thing you need to keep in mind is that Verizon’s Visual Voicemail and PhoneTag, although related, are very different types of services. Visual Voicemail is basically a GUI interface that allows you to see a visual reprsentation of your voicemail messages that you have in your voicemail cue. Think of how email comes into your inbox. Email meessages are displayed in the order that you received them, however, you can read them in whatever order you like.
Visual Voicemail, like with your email inbox, gives you the ability to listen to your messages in whatever order you desire as compared to sequentially like with standard voice mail systems. Visual Voicemail is visual in the sense that you are able to see whom a voicemail is from before you actually listen to it.
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PocketDay has just opened up a BlackBerry Storm beta of PocketDay Start, a Storm launcher application, to the public.
I downloaded it, played with it for about 5 minutes, then deleted it off my device. Although PocketDay Start has some potential, it is very Beta.
You can get some of the details on PocketDay Start over at BerryReview and you can download it directly to your BlackBerry Storm at http://www.pocketday.com/files/Beta/pdstart/pdstart.jad.
If you decide to check it out, let us know what you think…
