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Black Theme Pizero

Our favourite theme creator Pizero has brought this awesome black theme out. Get it from http://www.pizero.net/archives/367

Joikuspot update

Joikuspot has been updated to v2.00 this is out of beta and good news is its still for free. This software on your device allows you to use your phone as a wifi access point :-). Head on over to http://www.joiku.com/index.php?action=products

Aerize Premium Apps

Wanting a more powerful Berry or just wanting to be able to store apps on storage card for Berry? Check out http://aerize.com . They have four different premium applications.

1st is Aerize Explorer 2008 - Premium Blackberry Utility
"Get the most from your device with this powerful file, folder and archive utility with free features like zip, unzip, move, copy, delete. Manage device and SD cards with ease, try it NOW!"

2nd is Aerize Optimizer 2008 - Premium Blackberry Utility
"Get peak performance out of your Blackberry Device with this advanced memory and performance optimizer. Eliminate memory leaks, degrading performance, and Blackberry device errors."

3rd is Aerize Card Loader - Premium Blackberry Utility
"Install applications to removable SD Cards, freeing up device memory. Switch applications between the storage card and thedevice memory easily."

4th is Aerize EventLog - Premium Blackberry Utility
"view the system event log."

Garmin on Berry

Good news if you love Garmin and there software they now have a Blackberry compatable version! Head on over to www8.garmin.com/mobile/blackberry/ to get it.

Nokia Maps 2.0

Good news after being in beta for months it has graduated. You can get from http://maps.nokia.com been using beta since it came out and I think its awesome. If you have a Nokia device thats got built in gps and has older version of Nokia maps I would definitely suggest in updating. Happy navigating :-)

Google Reader Iphone

Sun 18/05/2008 21:37 Screenshot0013

Well I was catching up on my news feeds as you can see I have 152 to go through. When I saw this post from Symbian Guru I almost did backflips. Been wanting to get a reader for S60 as good as Google reader on desktop for ages.I use the mobile reader frequently but as the Guru says its awfull and it is outdated. Now since the newer S60 handsets have a similar browser to the I-Phone its possible to go and view same sites as I-Phone. So now veiwing my rss feeds on my mobile phone is just as good as on my desktop, cant wait to see it in action on my E90. This screenshot was taken on my N82. The link to go to is http://www.google.com/reader/i/ enjoy.

Calcium=Calculater

calcium screenshot

Calcium is a bit misleading as when you think of the application name you think of something related to bones or health. It is in actual fact a calculater and it does what the S60 calculater should have been from the beginning. Use the D-Pad for the minus, plus, multiplication and devide. Its so quick and easy to use I have set it up as a shortcut on my devices (N82, E90). The best thing about it is that is a free app from http://mtvoid.com . So if you hate the layout of the standard S60 calculater I suggest getting this app as its brilliant!

Youtube not working

Sat 17/05/2008 08:13 Screenshot0008

Hmmm ok so I get a shiny new N82 with latest firmware v20. And I still get the same error when trying to view youtube videos on the devices browser, also what I noticed is that when selecting a video to play it keeps crashing my browser :-(. Gonna have to play around a bit to figure out what the hassle is :-(.

Using SU-8 bluetooth keyboard

Had a few issues with SU-8 bluetooth keyboard when streaming music to bluetooth headset. Typing on the Nokia bluetooth keyboard is much better since I am not streaming via BH501 bluetooth headset. When was streaming music had the keyboard typing jibberish and missing letters. Also to get the keyboard working I had to download the wireless keyboard driver from nokia at this address http://europe.nokia.com/A4144291 . I find typing on Lifeblog and bluetooth keyboard very convenient as its quick and doesnt have any lag like on E90 when using active notes. I find the Lifeblog app very usefull to post stuff to my blog. Will play around over next couple of weeks to see how well it works but so far am happy.
Fri 16/05/2008 19:45 Text note

Lifeblog test post

Testing lifeblog on typepad
Mon 12/05/2008 16:00 Text note

Just seeing how this posts to my blog