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Smartphone and tablet resource links The following is a partial (really partial) list of resources for the designated smartphone and tablet operating systems. Hopefully, you will find these useful, but only you can make that decision and whether or not to trust downloads from any of these sites. In other words, caveat emptor. For Android Google Android Market Online https://market.android.com Amazon Appstore for Android http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011 The Droid Lawyer http://thedroidlawyer.com/ Great websites for all things Android http://androidtipguys.com/ http://forum.xda-developers.com/ http://forum.xda-developers.com/filter.php?cat=Android http://www.androidauthority.com http://androidforums.com/ Sites and articles of Android best apps and more http://thedroidlawyer.com/2011/11/best-apps-for-lawyers/ http://bit.ly/vVnOqO http://bit.ly/w4bo8T http://bit.ly/tWCW04 http://www.pluggedin.co.uk/article/50-best-free-android-apps http://www.thetechlabs.com/tech-news/best-android-apps/ http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/184656/android_keyboard_shortcuts_all_the_hotkeys_you_need.html http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/whos_winning_the_battle_for_the_best-stocked_app_s.php?utm_source=ReadWriteWeb+Newsletters&utm_campaign=eb2990a8d1-RWWDailyNewsletter&utm_medium=email http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/install-custom-rom-android/
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http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/catch-notes-notetaking-app-android-ios-worth/ http://androidtipstricks.com/android-apps-users/ http://www.pcworld.com/article/229323/the_best_free_android_apps_of_2011_so_far.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/203635/the_22_best_android_apps.html http://nylawblog.typepad.com/suigeneris/2011/05/droid-apps-for-lawyers.html http://ageorgialawyer.blogspot.com/2011/01/more-android-apps-for-lawyers.html http://www.helium.com/items/1945279-best-android-apps-for-lawyers http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20030364-1.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody;3n http://www.mastersinlegalstudies.com/19-essential-android-apps-for-the-legal-professions.html http://gizmodo.com/5053280/androids-10-most-exciting-apps http://www.bestappsfor.com/category/best-apps-for-android http://wislawjournal.com/2011/02/11/a-few-android-apps/ This is a website from a lawyer, who had his own Android App for his law firm created. http://www.puryearlaw.com/2011/02/20/puryear-law-android-app-now-available/ This site provides great information, but includes both iPhones and Android devices so you have to check the description of each app for the available platform. http://libguides.law.ucla.edu/content.php?pid=112286&sid=845584 http://www.maximumtech.com/apps-os/android If you need information on how to do something on your Android phone or tablet, or are looking for hacks and mods, then you need to check out one of the Android forums: XDA Developers http://forum.xda-developers.com/ Android Forums http://androidforums.com/ Android Central http://www.androidcentral.com/ Android tablets http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/266915/the-10-best-android-tablets http://reviews.cnet.com/best-tablets/best-5-android-tablets http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Honeycomb-Android-Tablets-Tested,review-1691.html http://www.androidauthority.com/the-freshest-apps-for-your-android-tablet-13615/ http://www.techwafer.com/2011/04/10/the-best-apps-for-android-3-0-tablet-top-20-apps/
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http://www.techradar.com/news/tablets/mobile-computing/top-30-best-android-3-0-apps-941484?src=rss&attr=all http://www.androidtablets.net/ http://www.theandroidtablets.net/best-android-tablet-apps-top-applications-1070/ http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/top-android-apps-for-honeycomb-tablets/2883 http://www.bestappsfor.com/category/best-apps-android-tablet Apple iPhone and iPad Apple App Store http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-iphone/?cid=wwa-naus-seg-iphone10-016&cp=www-seg-iphone10-brand&sr=sem http://bit.ly/ut4l3I iPhone http://news.yahoo.com/apple-selects-best-iphone-apps-2011-100006517.html http://ti.me/uApnUx http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2044480,00.html http://iphoneappcafe.com/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/26/top-40-iphone-apps-2010/ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2366274,00.asp http://www.bestappsfor.com/category/best-apps-for-iphone http://lifehacker.com/5607809/lifehacker-pack-for-iphone-our-list-of-the-best-iphone-apps http://www.maximumtech.com/apps-os/iphone iPad http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/top-200-best-ipad-apps-2011-681998 http://news.yahoo.com/apple-selects-best-ipad-apps-2011-101014676.html
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http://www.lawdegree.net/top-20-ipad-apps-for-attorneys/ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362572,00.asp http://www.myipadapps.com/ http://gizmodo.com/5747915/the-best-ipad-apps http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/top-200-best-ipad-apps-2011-681998 http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2011/031411-ipad-apps.html http://www.bestappsfor.com/category/best-apps-for-ipad BlackBerry http://www.bestappsfor.com/category/best-apps-for-blackberry http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/?CPID=KNC-kw123011_p6&HBX_PK=rim|3d691f2e-9fe4-d4a8-0ae4-000056a67b42 http://www.pcworld.com/article/188877/10_free_blackberry_apps_you_must_have.html http://www.blackberryapps.com/homeSoftware.asp BlackBerry Playbook http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/263335/ten-best-blackberry-playbook-apps http://blogs.blackberry.com/2011/06/top-5-blackberry-playbook-apps/ http://www.cio.com/article/680374/BlackBerry_PlayBook_Apps_10_Must_Have_Downloads_All_Free Kindle Fire & Nook Tablet http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/reviews/2011/11/kindle-fire-vs-nook-tablet-which-one-should-you-buy.ars http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-57330571-251/kindle-fire-vs-nook-tablet-how-to-choose/ http://www.pcworld.com/article/244282/kindle_fire_vs_nook_tablet_which_should_you_buy.html http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/18/kindle-fire-vs-nook-tablet-fight/ http://www.businessinsider.com/kindle-fire-vs-nook-tablet-2011-12 http://androidcommunity.com/nook-tablet-rooted-for-android-market-support-20111121/ http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4230956/Android-market-hack-for-Kindle-Fire-
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Odds & Ends Accept Credit Cards on your iPhone, iPad and Android mobile devices using Square http://bit.ly/skaoA8 Tablet Comparison Chart - Zomdroidz’s Mother of all Tablets Comparison Chart http://zomdroidz.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/with-the-growing-selection-of-tablets-which-one-should-you-choose/ Guides (iPad and other applications including Office and more) You will need to sign up for the free MakeUseOf email newsletter, which is very good itself and then gain access o the guides. http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download The Complete Android guide (free to read online) http://www.completeguides.net/01_The_Complete_Android_Guide
List of Smartphone and Tablet apps A supplement to: Tablets, iPads, Apps, Dropbox: Where do they fit into Your Practice? (SSF2) and Blackberry vs Android vs iPhone (SM1) Large portions of this list of apps were originally prepared by Catherine Sanders Reach (Director, ABA Legal Technology Resource Center) and Dan Pinnington for the “Apptastic” session at the 2011 NABE Meeting in Toronto. This list was updated by Azool Jafer-Jeraj Dohm, Jaffer & Jeraj and Dan Pinnington, Director of practicePRO, Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company for the 2011 Pacific Legal Technology Conference.
DOCUMENT ACCESS...........................................................................................1 DOCUMENT EDITING AND STORING .................................................................3 LITIGATION/COURTROOM ..................................................................................4 READING AND MANAGING PDFs........................................................................5 NOTE TAKING.......................................................................................................5 NEWS & INFORMATION.......................................................................................7 AUDIO/WEB/VIDEO CONFERENCING AND COLLABORATION ........................8 SOCIAL MEDIA......................................................................................................8 TRAVEL APPS.......................................................................................................9 SECURITY ...........................................................................................................10 REMOTE CONNECTION.....................................................................................11 UTILITIES.............................................................................................................11 REFERENCE .......................................................................................................11 LEGAL REFERENCE...........................................................................................11 GOOGLE..............................................................................................................11
Note: Fremium refers to products that have a limited free-for-use version, with fee based versions with more storage or functionality.
DOCUMENT ACCESS SharePlus: SharePoint Mobile Client http://www.shareplusapp.com/ Description: SharePlus is the universal Sharepoint mobile client, it allows you to carry your most valuable information from SharePoint in your own device. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android, Playbook Cost: Freemium* DropBox http://www.dropbox.com/
Description: Online repository for your files so you can access them from anywhere you are. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry Cost: Freemium Box.net http://box.net/ Description: View and share files. Exchange comments with others. Save files for offline access. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android, mobile browsers Cost: Freemium Air Sharing http://avatron.com/apps/air-sharing Description: Air Sharing makes using the iPhone and iPad as an external drive easy as can be. Perfect for any user who needs to view and move files. Air Sharing is the most powerful way to view your documents on the go. Platforms: iPad, iPhone Cost: Fee SugarSync http://www.sugarsync.com Description: Access all your data - anytime, anywhere, from any device. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian OS Cost: Fee SpiderOak https://spideroak.com Description: SpiderOak provides an easy, secure and consolidated free online backup, sync, sharing, access & storage solution for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora & openSUSE). Platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android, Maemo Cost: Freemium iCloud http://www.apple.com/ca/icloud Description: Apple’s new online storage service that stores your music, photos, apps, calendars, documents, and wirelessly pushes them to all your devices. Coming this Fall. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch Cost: Free Office 365 http://www.office365.com/ Description: Microsoft Office collaboration and productivity tools delivered through the cloud. Everyone can work together easily with anywhere access to email, web conferencing, documents, and calendars. It includes business-class security and is backed by Microsoft. Platforms: Office 365 can sync with iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, etc. Cost: Fee Zoho
http://www.zoho.com Description: Zoho is a web-based online office suite containing word processing, spreadhseets, presentations, databases, notetaking, wikis, project management, invoicing and other applications. Platforms: All Cost: Freemium
DOCUMENT EDITING AND STORING Documents To Go http://www.dataviz.com/ Description: View, create, edit, and annotate Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and other files on your handheld or smartphone. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, Playbook, Android, Palm OS, Maemo, Cost: Freemium Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite http://www.quickoffice.com/ Description: Quickoffice gives you the power to create and edit Microsoft® Office files from anywhere - anytime. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android, Symbian Cost: Fee Pages http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pages/id361309726?mt=8 Description: Pages lets you create, edit, and view documents wherever you are. Platforms: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch Cost: Fee Numbers http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/numbers/id361304891?mt=8 Description: Numbers lets you make compelling spreadsheets in minutes — with tables, charts, photos, and graphics — using just your fingers Platforms: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch Cost: Fee Keynote http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/keynote/id361285480?mt=8 Description: Keynote makes creating a world-class presentation — complete with animated charts and transitions — as simple as touching and tapping. Use full-screen view to present right on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. If you’re presenting to a large audience, connect your device to a projector Platforms: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch Cost: Fee iA Writer http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/ia-writer/id392502056?mt=8
Description: When using this app for writing with the iPad, you can focus on your writing and not on the program. The app has a very clean and simple design. Files created with the app can be exported or imported via email or Dropbox. Platforms: iPad Cost: Fee SignMyPad / SignMyPad Pro http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/signmypad/id380299554?mt=8 Description: This app allows you to sign PDF documents electronically and email them avoiding the need to print, sign and fax or mail documents. The Pro version allows you to sign in red and saves GPS data to the pdf document. Platforms: iPad Cost: Fee
LITIGATION/COURTROOM Court Days Pro http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/court-days-pro-rules-based/id419708480?mt=8 Description: Calculate dates and deadlines based on a customizable database of court rules and statutes. Once the rules are set up in the application, calculations are performed using a customizable list of court holidays. You can add your own unique deadlines. Platforms: iPhone, iPad, iPod Cost: Fee Trial Pad http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/trialpad/id381223425?mt=8 Description: With this trial presentation app, you can organize documents, annotate and display the documents at trial. This app does what comparable PC apps do at a cheaper price. Platforms: iPad Cost: Fee Exhibit A http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/exhibit-a/id392621180?mt=8 Description: This is a app that allows you to organize and present information in the courtroom or elsewhere. Documents can be annotated and annotations can be saved for later reference. Platforms: iPad Cost: Fee iJuror http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/ijuror/id372486285?mt=8 Description: With this application, you can keep track of information relating to specific jurors during the course of jury selection and then throughout the trial. Platforms: iPad Cost: Fee
READING AND MANAGING PDFs See DocumentsToGo above iBooks http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibooks/id364709193?mt=8 Description: iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books and PDFs. Platforms: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch Cost: Free Kindle http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kindle/id302584613 Description: The Kindle app allows you to purchase and read books, newspapers and magazines from the Amazon bookstore. Many free book samples as well as book samples are available. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod, Android Cost: Free GoodReader http://www.goodiware.com/goodreader.html Description: GoodReader is the super-robust PDF reader. Platforms: iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch Cost: Fee iAnnotate PDF http://www.ajidev.com/iannotate/ Description: Annotate is both an elegant PDF reader and a powerful annotation tool that finally lets you work with your PDFs. You can open documents from email, sign and send out contracts fast, enter notes for edits, sketch diagrams, copy text, and add highlights or underline with the drag of a finger! Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch Cost: Fee Doc Scanner http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/docscanner/id312391317?mt=8 Description: Using the DocScanner app, you can convert any document into a PDF by snapping a photo of the document. Documents can be accessed wirelessly from your computer. Platforms: iPhone, iPad Cost: Fee
NOTE TAKING Evernote http://www.evernote.com/ Description: Remember everything. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry, Playbook, Palm Cost: Freemium
Penultimate http://www.cocoabox.com/ Description: Organize your ideas into notebooks, and share with your coworkers, classmates, and friends. Platforms: iPad, iPhone Cost: Free Dragon Dictation http://www.dragonmobileapps.com/apple/dictation.html Description: With Dragon Dictation, you can text or email your friends, update your Facebook status, send notes and reminders to yourself, or tweet to the world… all using your voice. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch Cost: Free Dragon for Email http://www.dragonmobileapps.com/bb/dragonforemail.html Description: Dragon for E-mail covers your end-to-end email needs on the BlackBerry – from dictating contact names and subject lines, to dictating short or long email messages – and anything in between. Platforms: BlackBerry Cost: Free iThoughtsHD http://itunes.apple.com/app/ithoughtshd-mindmapping/id369020033?mt=8 Description: iThougthsHD is a mind mapping tool for the iPad. It allows you to create a visual map to organize your thoughts, ideas and information. Platforms: iPad Cost: Fee OneNote http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-onenote/id410395246?mt=8 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/ Description: Microsoft OneNote Mobile is the easy-to-use, powerful note-taking application for all of your ideas, brought to you by Microsoft Office. OneNote Mobile lets you create and view notes and lists whenever you need them. Sync your notes with free Windows Live online storage and access them from virtually anywhere using your phone, PC, or almost any web browser. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, also mobile browsers through Office365 Cost: Free for iPhone Springpad http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/springpad/id360116898?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D2# Description: Springpad is a free applications that lets you save ideas and information that you want to remember - on the web, on your phone and on your iPad. When you come across something but you don’t have pen and paper right in front of you, save the ideas and information to Springpad so you don’t forget. Platforms: All Cost: Free
NEWS & INFORMATION ABA Journal for iPhone/iPad http://www.abajournal.com/stay_connected/item/iphone_app Description: Read breaking legal news, updated as it happens throughout every business day, plus our in-depth monthly magazine articles, wherever you are. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch Cost: Free Feedler RSS Reader http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/feeddler-rss-reader-for-ipad/id364873582?mt=8 Description: Feeddler is highly customizable Google Reader client that stays in sync with Google and presents RSS stories in a clean interface. Feeddler is a universal App that supports iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads. The free version is supported by banner ads. Platforms: iPad, iPhone Cost: Free Instapaper http://www.instapaper.com/ Description: Instapaper allows you to easily save content you find on the web for later, when you do have time to read it, so you don’t just forget about them or skim through them. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch Cost: Free LexisNexis Legal News http://bit.ly/qyU6Lc Description: Access LexisNexis leading current awareness (News) content on iPad/iPhone for one year! Platforms: iPad, iPhone Cost: Fee Law Technology News http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/law-technology-news/id428975199?mt=8 Description: LTN provides in-depth and accurate information about the newest technology available in the legal marketplace. Platforms: iPad, iPhone Cost: Free The American Lawyer http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-american-lawyer/id398472628?mt=8 Description: National legal monthly magazine now accessible through an Ipad app. Platforms: iPad, iPhone Cost: Free Read it Later http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/read-it-later-free/id309597402?mt=8 Description: Often when surfing the net, you will come across a websites that you want to read, bit can not do so at the moment. Using this app, you can save webpages that you would like to read but do not have time at present. The app integrates with various
web browsers. All the browsers and devices get tied to a single sync account allowing you to save an article from work or home and read it later on your iPad. Platforms: ipad, iPhone, computer Cost: Free Viigo http://viigo.com/modules/news-and-rss Description: News and RSS feed reader Platforms: BlackBerry Cost: Free Zite http://zite.com/ Description: Zite is a personalized magazine for the iPad that automatically learns what you like and gets smarter as you use it. Zite gives you personalized news, articles, blogs, videos and other content from a variety of both mainstream and niche publications and sites. Zite can personalize by syncing with your Twitter or Google Reader account or on its own. Platforms: iPad Cost: Free
AUDIO/WEB/VIDEO CONFERENCING AND COLLABORATION FaceTime http://www.apple.com/ipad/built-in-apps/facetime.html Description: Video Calls. Platforms: iPhone, iTouch, iPod, iPad Cost: Free Fring http://www.fring.com/ Description: Group video chat. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android Cost: Free Join.me https://join.me/ Description: Screencasting. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android Cost: Free Skype http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-mobile/download/ Description: Free audio or video calls and IM between computer and smartphones. Platforms: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, Android, Symbian (Nokia smartphones) Cost: Freemium
SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mobile/ Description: Access your Facebook account from your smartphone or tablet. Platforms: Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, Playbook, Android, Palm, Windows mobile Cost: Free Twitter http://support.twitter.com/groups/34-apps-sms-and-mobile Description: Access your Twitter account on your smartphone or tablet. Platforms: Blackberry, Playbook, iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows mobile, Palm Cost: Free LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=mobile Description: Access your LinkedIn account on your smartphone. Platforms: Blackberry, iPhone, Android, Palm Cost: Free TweetDeck http://www.tweetdeck.com/ Description: Post updates and access all your social media tools (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Foursquare…). Platforms: iPhone, Android, desktop Cost: Free Hootsuite http://hootsuite.com/mobile Description: Post updates and access all your social media tools (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Foursquare…). Platforms: iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry Cost: Free
TRAVEL APPS Poynt http://poynt.com/ Description: Easy to-use, all-in-one tool to connect you with local businesses, retailers and events while you’re on the go. Platforms: iPhone, BlackBerry, Playbook, Android ,Windows 7, Nokia Cost: Free TripIt http://www.tripit.com/uhp/mobile Description: Travel schedule aggregation, reservations, directions, and more. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry Cost: Free Gate Guru http://gateguruapp.com/
Description: Find food, gift shops, and souvenirs based on your gate location with this nifty app. Platforms: iPhone, Android Cost: Free
SECURITY BB Protect http://us.blackberry.com/apps-software/protect/ Description: You know that sinking feeling you get when you lose something really important? Imagine it's your BlackBerry® smartphone. Don’t panic. With BlackBerry® Protect, what’s lost can be found. Remote wipe of data too. Platforms: BlackBerry Cost: Free Find my iPhone itunes.apple.com/ca/app/find-my-iphone/id376101648?mt=8 Description: With this app, you can locate your lost iPhone or iPad providing that the application was previously installed. You can also send a message to the unit, play a sound or remotely lock or permanently erase all of your personal data. Platforms: iPhone, iPad Cost: Free Lookout mobile security https://www.mylookout.com/ Description: Lookout provides award-winning security to protect you from viruses, malware and spyware, the ability to backup and restore your data, and tools to help locate lost or stolen phones. Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile Cost: Freemium AVGMobilation http://www.avg.com/us-en/antivirus-for-android Description: Antivirus, theft protection, spam protection. Platforms: Android Cost: Free McAfee Wave Secure https://www.wavesecure.com/ Description: Antivirus, theft protection, spam protection, remote wiping. Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows Cost: Fee 1Password for iPad http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1password-for-ipad/id364747489?mt=8 Description: Securely stores your important information and can automatically log you into websites with a single tap. Passwords can be synchronized to your computer. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iTouch Cost: Fee
REMOTE CONNECTION LogMeIn Ignition http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/logmein-ignition/id299616801?mt=8 Description: Allows you to access your desktop computer when you are away from your office. Platforms: Android, iPhone, iPad Cost: Fee
UTILITIES PrintCentral itunes.apple.com/ca/app/printcentral-for-ipad/id366020849?mt=8 Description: Print Central is an app that allows you to print to WiFi / wireless printers without any additional software. The App also allows you to view, store and print email, documents, files, attachments, photos, contacts and web pages. Platforms: iPhone, iPad Cost: Fee DaysFrom http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/daysfrom-date-calculator/id298749287?mt=8 Description: Calculates the date for a number of days in the future or past. Great for calculating deadlines for exchanging expert reports, etc. Platforms: iTouch, iPhone, iPad Cost: Fee
REFERENCE Merriam-Webster Dictionary http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/merriam-webster-dictionary/id399452287?mt=8 Description: This free dictionary offers voice search so you can look up a word without spelling it. It also has a thesaurus, Word of the Day, and audio pronounciation of words. Platforms: iPad, iPhone, iTouch Cost: Free
LEGAL REFERENCE Blacks Law Dictionary , 9th Edition http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/blacks-law-dictionary-9th/id312542731?mt=8 Description: The traditional Blacks Law Dictionary with over 45,000 terms, internal hyper-linking between words and the ability to bookmark terms for easy reference as well as links to Westlaw. Platforms: iPhone, iPad, iPod Cost: Fee
Google Search app http://www.google.com/mobile/google-mobile-app/ Description: The Google Search app runs searches on your smartphone. Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Cost: Free Google Maps http://www.google.com/mobile/maps/ Description: Never carry a paper map again. Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad, Windows Cost: Free Gmail http://www.google.com/mobile/mail/ Description: Get your email wherever you are. Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Cost: Free YouTube http://www.google.com/mobile/youtube/ Description: Millions of videos right in your pocket. Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad, Windows Cost: Free Google Voice http://www.google.com/mobile/voice/ Description: Have one phone number for life. Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Cost: Some features free, some cost (e.g. calls) Google Sync http://www.google.com/mobile/sync/ Description: Keep your Gmail, Calendar and Contacts in sync. Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Cost: Free Google Latitude http://www.google.com/mobile/latitude/ Description: See your friends on a map. Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Cost: Free iGoogle http://www.google.com/mobile/igoogle/ Description: Get your personalized content anywhere, any time. Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Cost: Free Google Docs http://www.google.com/mobile/docs/
Description:View and edit your documents and spreadsheets from anywhere and at any time. Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Cost: Free Google Books http://www.google.com/mobile/books/ Description: Take millions of books with you on the go. Platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows, tablets Cost: Free book previews Google Translate translate.google.com/m Description: Translate text in more than 50 languages and speech in 15 languages. Platforms: app for Android, mobile browsing site for all other phones Cost: Free Google Reader www.google.com/reader Description: Keep up with your favorite blogs and newsfeeds, and share content with your friends. Star items you want to read later. Platforms: Android, mobile browser for others Cost: Free Google News news.google.com Description: Read and search for the latest news from anywhere, at anytime. Platforms: mobile browser Cost: Free Google Calendar www.google.com/calendar Description: No syncing necessary. Set up mobile phone notifications. Platforms: mobile browser Cost: Free Google Tasks mail.google.com/tasks Description: Stay on top of your to do list with Google Tasks for mobile. Platforms: mobile browser Cost: Free Google Talk http://www.google.com/talk/ Description: Stay connected to your Google Talk contacts right from your phone. Platforms: BlackBerry, Android, iPhone Cost: Free
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Blackberry Love
Written by Dan Pinnington
Donna Neff
Presenters Dan Pinnington
Donna Neff
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Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 4 Blackberry 101: The Hidden Essentials.......................................................................................... 4
The Critical Keys ........................................................................................................................ 5 To Send and Receive: Tips to Boost your Email Efficiency ...................................................... 5
Typing Tricks.......................................................................................................................... 5 Cut, Copy, and Paste Tips....................................................................................................... 6 There’s a Spell Checker!......................................................................................................... 7 How to Massacre E-Mails and Manage Messages ................................................................. 7
Telephone Calls .......................................................................................................................... 8 Tricks for Outgoing and Incoming Phone Calls ..................................................................... 8 ‘Look, mom, no hands’ Dialing.............................................................................................. 9 Mastering the Mute Key ....................................................................................................... 10
Just Browsing............................................................................................................................ 11 Right-Clicking with Your Trackball......................................................................................... 12 In Search of Text....................................................................................................................... 12 Disabling Your Wireless Transmit ........................................................................................... 12 A Few Words of Advice . . . Try a Few at a Time.................................................................... 13
Applications You Can’t (or Shouldn’t) Live Without .................................................................. 13 Staying Connected: Telephone, Email, and Instant Messaging................................................ 13
Advanced Call Manager ....................................................................................................... 13 Incognito ............................................................................................................................... 14 Hamilton Mobile CapTel ...................................................................................................... 15 Gmail..................................................................................................................................... 15
Everybody’s Gone Surfin’ . . . .................................................................................................. 16 Opera Mini ............................................................................................................................ 17 BOLT Browser...................................................................................................................... 17 Google Mobile Search .......................................................................................................... 18 Tether .................................................................................................................................... 18 Viigo ..................................................................................................................................... 19
Social Media: The Place to Be! ................................................................................................ 20 LinkedIn................................................................................................................................ 20 UberTwitter........................................................................................................................... 21 WordPress ............................................................................................................................. 21
Frequent Flyers ......................................................................................................................... 22 Google Maps and Street View .............................................................................................. 22 TripIt ..................................................................................................................................... 22 Kayak .................................................................................................................................... 23 WeatherEye........................................................................................................................... 24 VQ CarFinder........................................................................................................................ 24 Poynt ..................................................................................................................................... 25
For the Mobile Lawyer in You ................................................................................................. 26 Blacktrack ............................................................................................................................. 26 PDF Scanner ......................................................................................................................... 27 Dropbox ................................................................................................................................ 27 BeamExplorer ....................................................................................................................... 28
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FileScout ............................................................................................................................... 28 Documents To Go................................................................................................................. 29 Repligo Reader...................................................................................................................... 30 Vlingo ................................................................................................................................... 31 MilkSync............................................................................................................................... 32 Impatica Showmate............................................................................................................... 32
Foster a Connection .................................................................................................................. 33 RDM+ ................................................................................................................................... 33 Impatica viaDock .................................................................................................................. 34
Back-ups, and Batteries, and Buzz! Oh my!............................................................................. 35 mIQ: Backup Sync Share...................................................................................................... 35 BatteryPlus............................................................................................................................ 36 All-in-One Battery Alerts Memory Booster Device Info (SystemDash).............................. 37 BerryBuzz ............................................................................................................................. 37 AP Mobile............................................................................................................................. 38
A Few More Words of Advice . . . Try a Few at a Time .......................................................... 38 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 38
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IntroductionDoes the thought of being separated from your BlackBerry, even for a few hours,
cause you to break out in a sweat? Does hearing about a new app make you giddy? Does
hearing about the release of upgrades make your day? Do you get heart palpitations if
you can’t immediately remember where you put your BlackBerry? If you answered yes to
any of these questions, you’ve definitely got a case of ‘BlackBerry Love’ (if you answered
yes to all of these questions, you may want to seek professional help!). But all kidding
aside, what really is not to love about these nifty little devices? They offer all lawyers
significant opportunity for increased productivity and efficiency in various facets of their
practices.
Even though you are clearly smitten with your BlackBerry (and who wouldn’t
be?!), are you truly using it to its full potential? We hope to offer tips, tricks, and useful
advice for taking your BlackBerry to the next level. We will begin by exploring your
BlackBerry’s ‘hidden essentials’. Although this sounds like it could be slightly x-rated,
what we are referring to are keyboard shortcuts and functions that will increase the
usability of, and your access to, all that your BlackBerry has to offer.
We will then explore the fun and fascinating world of BlackBerry apps. With the
right apps, your Blackberry can do even more for you and your practice. This section will
undoubtedly have you feeling like the proverbial ‘kid in the candy store’!
Blackberry101:TheHiddenEssentialsThe average BlackBerry is literally jam-packed with a wealth of information,
functions, applications, etc. As there are only 45 keys to access all of it, the keys must do
double- and even triple-duty. As the result of good design, much of the basic
functionality of a BlackBerry is reasonably obvious to the average user; however, various
keyboard shortcuts and functions aren’t so obvious. This is unfortunate as some of the
shortcuts and functions are downright useful – if not absolutely essential - for taking full
advantage of all that a BlackBerry has to offer.
Please note that because our investigation and uncovering of the ‘hidden
essentials’ was, for the most part, done on a BlackBerry Curve (aka, the 8300 Series) or
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a Blackberry Bold (aka, the 9000 series), some of what is described here may not apply,
or may be slightly different, on other BlackBerry models. Visit www.blackberry.com for
a list of tips and tricks applicable to your BlackBerry model.
TheCriticalKeysTo set the stage, we need to review the four critical keys that will be mentioned
time and time again throughout the following sections:
To the immediate right of the trackball is the
Escape key. You use it to close menus or go
back one or more screens.
Next to the right is the End/Power key. It
ends a call or turns the device off.
To the immediate left of the trackball is the
Menu key, which opens the menus that are
within all the BlackBerry applications.
Next to the left is the Send key, which starts or dials a phone call.
ToSendandReceive:TipstoBoostyourEmailEfficiencyOne stat we found suggests that, on average, 294 billion email messages are sent
each and every day. That is a staggering amount. However, most would likely agree that
the majority of our BlackBerry time is spent sending and reading e-mails —lots and lots
of them. As such, mastery of those features which can make your emailing more efficient
will reap great rewards. In order to boost your email efficiency, we will explore tips and
tricks in the following key areas: typing tricks; cut, copy, and paste tricks; spell
checking; and, managing your emails.
TypingTricksThe microscopic keyboard no doubt takes some getting used to.
Once you’ve mastered its compact size, it does work reasonably well.
Here are some cool typing tricks that can save you both time and
effort and help you make the most of that miniscule mechanism:
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To type a capital letter, press and hold the
appropriate letter key.
To type an accented letter, hold the letter
key down, roll the trackball to view the
available accented letters, and release to
insert the one you want.
To turn on Number Lock, hold the Alt key
and press the left Shift key.
To turn on Caps Lock, hold the Alt key and press the right Shift key.
Pressing either Shift key will turn Number or Caps Lock off.
To insert a period, press the Space key twice. You’ll also find that the next letter
will automatically be capitalized, too (they don’t call them ‘smartphones’ for
nothing!).
To insert a period (.) or ‘at’ sign (@) into an e-mail address, just press Space.
To type a symbol, press the Symbol key and type the letter that appears below the
symbol on your screen (read this one twice so you don’t miss the point -- you
don’t have to scroll and click on the symbols you want, you just use the letters
instead).
Cut,Copy,andPasteTipsLet’s be honest, anything that helps you avoid unnecessary typing on that tiny
BlackBerry keyboard really is a lifesaver. Heed this basic BlackBerry commandment:
thou shalt not re-type text that is already on thy device. Use the following steps to cut,
copy, and paste text in the same way you do on a computer, thus saving you valuable
time and effort (and sanity!).
To highlight a line of text, press Shift and roll the trackball up or down. To
highlight text character by character, press Shift and roll the trackball left or
right. Note: If you want to cancel a text selection, press the Escape key.
To cut the highlighted text when typing, press Shift + Backspace/Delete.
To copy highlighted text when typing, press Alt and click the trackball.
To paste highlighted text when typing, press Shift and click the trackball.
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There’saSpellChecker!Bad spellers, rejoice: you can check spelling in a message, memo, task,
or appointment by simply pressing the Menu key and selecting Check Spelling.
Halleluiah! In this day and age, there really is no excuse for misspellings, now is there.
You can accept or ignore suggested spellings, and you can even add words to a
custom dictionary (and you should do this whenever you’re prompted to, so you aren’t
asked again next time). To stop Spell Check, press the Menu key and click Cancel Spell
Check.
HowtoMassacreE‐MailsandManageMessagesAlthough a quick and easy form of communication, most lawyers are literally
inundated with emails on a daily basis. The
slope to ‘email overload’ is indeed slippery and
very short. Become an ‘email warrior’ and avoid
a slide down that slope to email ruination.
Employ these tips and tricks to massacre your
inbox and help you quickly deal with and
effectively manage your email messages.
When you are within a message, try the following:
To reply, press R. To reply to all, press L.
To forward the message, press F.
To view a contact’s e-mail address, highlight the contact and press
Q.
To view the display name again, press Q.
To file a highlighted email message, press I.
To scroll down a message, press Space. To scroll back up, press
Shift + Space.
When you want to move around a message list, use these tips:
To move down one screen at a time, press Space. To move up one
screen at a time, press Shift + Space.
To move to the top of a message list, press T. To move to the bottom
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of the list, Press B.
To move to the next date, press N. To move to the previous date,
press P.
To move to the next related message, press J. To move to the
previous one, press K.
And here are more tips for when you are in a message list:
To open a highlighted message, press the Enter key.
To compose a new message, press C.
To mark a message as opened or unopened, press Alt + U.
To view only received messages, press Alt + I.
To view only sent messages, press Alt + O.
To view only voice-mail messages, press Alt + V.
To view only call logs, press Alt + P.
To view all your messages again, press Escape.
TelephoneCallsYou might think that making telephone calls would be the
easiest of all BlackBerry functions to master as it really isn’t
rocket science to make and answer telephone calls. However,
there are time-saving tips and tricks that can make this
BlackBerry feature even more valuable to you. We will explore
outgoing/incoming phone calls, voice dialing, and mastering the
mute key.
TricksforOutgoingandIncomingPhoneCallsDigging around through your contacts list to make a phone call takes too many
keystrokes. Let your BlackBerry do the work! To initiate calls faster, simply type any
part of a contact name or phone number on your BlackBerry’s home screen. The
software will scan your address book and present you with the names that match the
letters or numbers you have entered. Highlight the contact you want to call and press
Send. To view your list of contacts while on the Phone screen, simply hold Send.
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On the incoming side, there are certain calls you don’t want to miss—especially
those from your spouse, partner, or kids. Creating a specific ring tone for each of them
allows you to instantly know who is calling so you never miss their calls again. To do
this, open the contact in your Address Book, click the trackball, and
select Edit. Click the trackball again and select Add Custom Phone
Tone. Next, click the trackball to open a list of all available ring
tones. Select the one you want and save the change to the contact.
In addition, since you can easily take any picture with your
BlackBerry camera, why not take a picture of a contact and associate
it with that contact to make that picture pop up when that person
calls? It’s super easy to do, just take the picture and then click on the
Set As icon. It’s 3-D caller ID! On a Blackberry Bold, adding a
picture to a contact is done by opening the contact, scrolling to ‘Picture’, selecting ‘Add
Picture’ and locating and selecting the picture you’ve just taken (or any other picture of
the person that you’ve saved on your Blackberry.
Here are a few other telephone tips and tricks:
To add an extension to a telephone number, press Alt + X and type the
extension number.
To assign a speed dial number to a certain key, while on the Home screen
or Phone screen, simply hold down the key.
To view the last number you called, press Space + Enter. Simply press
Send to dial the number.
Simply hold 1 to check your voicemail while on the Home screen or Phone
screen.
‘Look,mom,nohands’Dialing‘Hands-free’ or voice dialing might seem like a gimmick, but it’s indispensable for
safety while driving and ease of dialing at any time. It really is a neat feature that
extends beyond the basic ‘Call mom’. To use the basic feature, follow these steps:
Press the Voice Dial button (it’s on the left side of your BlackBerry unless
you have re-programmed the button)
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Wait for the prompt “Say a command.”
Following the beep, say “Call” and the name or number you want to call
(e.g., “Call 416-598-5863”).
Here are some cool additional things you can do with this feature:
Differentiate between different numbers: If you have more than one
number stored for a contact —such as a work number as well as a mobile
number—simply indicate which one you want by saying “work” or
“mobile” after the contact’s name (e.g., “Call Jim Calloway Work.”)
Dial extensions: You can even dial extensions using voice commands.
Enable this feature in Phone Options, Smart Dialing. Then, in your
contacts, you can put “x5864,” which will let the Voice Dial function
understand you when you say “Call extension 5863.”
Perform checks: You can also check several things via the Voice Dial
function, including the battery charge (say “Check battery”), signal
strength, status, coverage and, last but not least, your BlackBerry phone
number. Can you say “Check my phone number”?
Here are some random, miscellaneous pointers for voice dialing:
You can tweak several voice dialing options and settings to better fit your
personal preferences (go to Device Options, Voice Dialing).
If you’re the international type, you can configure it to support other
languages.
Good to note: voice dialing doesn’t work with all Bluetooth headsets.
Check before you buy.
MasteringtheMuteKeyThis key’s name says it all and it is a key that should be mastered by all.
Essentially, the Mute key kills the ring. Good to know when you’ve forgotten to mute
your ringer and your BlackBerry rings in a location it shouldn’t. Avoid fussing and
fumbling about, trying to find the right key on the keyboard. Simply press the Mute key,
and presto, you’ve silenced the device. That’s not all the Mute key does, however, as it
also has a hidden function: pressing and holding it puts the device in Standby mode.
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In Standby mode, key presses and trackball clicks won’t wake up the device or
turn on the screen. This is a great way to ensure that you don’t accidentally make a
phone call or waste battery power when you put the device in your pocket. To turn
Standby off, simply click the Mute key again. Note that in Standby mode incoming calls
will wake up the device and it will ring or vibrate as it is configured to do.
Also, some BlackBerry cases and belt clips have a tiny magnet in them (look for a
circle about the size of a dime near where the bottom back of the device will sit when in
the case or clip.) This magnet trips a switch that turns off the screen and disables the
keys—so there is no need to manually put the device into Standby mode. Really, what
will they think of next?!
JustBrowsingIn the course of the day, most of us spend at least some of our BlackBerry time
browsing the net. Here a few tips and tricks to make the most of your browsing time:
To open the brower’s options, press O.
Press Shift + Space to insert a forward slash (/) in the ‘Go To’ dialogue
box.
To insert a period (.) in the ‘Go To’ dialogue box, press Shift + Space.
Press Escape to stop loading
a web page.
To move to a specific page,
press G.
To zoom into a web page,
press I and to zoom out,
press O.
Press H to return to the
home page.
Press K to open your list of bookmarks and press A to add a new bookmark
to your list.
To hide the browser, press D.
Hold Escape to close the browser.
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Right‐ClickingwithYourTrackballRight mouse clicks are the ‘go directly to home’ card in the world of computers.
They often let you jump menu settings or options. The clever BlackBerry programmers
have set up similar abilities on the trackball. For example, one quick click on the device’s
trackball will let you do the following:
Send a message that you have finished typing.
Dial a number when you highlight it in Call Log.
Use the Send Using field to pick the address you want to send a
message from (if your BlackBerry is set up to use more than one e-
mail address).
InSearchofTextAlthough it is said that a man may travel the world in search of what he needs,
only to return home to find it, you need not leave the comfort of your BlackBerry in the
first place to search for what you need. Here are some easy tips for searching for and
finding the text that you need:
To search for text in a web page or attachment, press F.
To search for text in a message or memo, press S.
To search for text in a presentation attachment, press F (make sure that
you are viewing the presentation in text view or in text and slide view prior
to searching).
DisablingYourWirelessTransmitOkay, let’s be honest here, how many of you can actually obey the airplane pilot at
takeoff when you’re asked to disable your wireless transmit? For those of us that don’t
know how to do this (and I will admit, it wasn’t obvious to me), click on Manage
Connections on your home screen, and then click on Turn All Connections Off. Pilots
everywhere will thank you. To turn things back on, do the same thing but select Restore
Connections.
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AFewWordsofAdvice...TryaFewataTimeWe’ve just presented you with a ton of tips. Don’t try to learn them all at once. Go
back through and identify the two or three that will initially be most helpful for you.
Learn those first, then pick a few more. In no time at all, you will be flying around your
BlackBerry keyboard and crunching e-mail messages and browsing the web faster than
you ever have before.
ApplicationsYouCan’t(orShouldn’t)LiveWithoutIf you can think it, someone has likely already made an app for it. A quick search on
the net reveals that saying “there really is an app for everything” isn’t far from the truth–
and more continue to surface, seemingly on a daily basis. Downloading those apps
which you think might be useful to you can increase your Blackberry love quota even
more. We’ve surveyed many of the apps that are available and present a brief review of
those which we think may have value for you and your practice.
StayingConnected:Telephone,Email,andInstantMessaging The core feature of a BlackBerry is undoubtedly its ability to allow us to stay
connected with friends, family, co-workers, business contacts, etc. This is achieved
through various avenues of communication. Here are some apps to increase your
Blackberry’s telephone, email, and instant messaging capabilities.
AdvancedCallManagerThis app, by Melon Mobile, claims it “can
bring back the joy of owning a phone”! Advanced
Call Manager (‘ACM’) allows you to create lists of
contacts, choose the action to associate with the
call, save these profiles, and sit back and relax.
Basically, this app allows you delicately avoid
calls with the caller left completely unaware of
your current availability. You can send a busy
tone, pre-assign personalized SMS replies, mute
the ringer, as well as pick and hang up.
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ACM provides the ability to work with groups of contacts through the creation of
lists i.e., family, friends, business. You can then assign blocking rules to each list. Some
of the neat features include:
import contacts from your Blackberry contact groups, call log, or other
ACM list;
block or allow calls from people in a certain list;
generate and save various call management profiles such as ‘evening’ or
‘work’;
choose from five different active modes: reject all calls, accept calls only
from phonebook, reject, accept, or reject all calls plus a custom action;
create personalized settings for individual callers on your list i.e., send a
particular SMS reply to your mother while the default blocking setting for
those on your ‘family’ list is set to busy tone; and,
schedule changes to your profiles through the ‘scheduler and locator’
feature. For example, you could set ACM to block work-related calls during
the evening or activate your ‘work’ profile when it detects you are in your
office.
This app, currently version 2.71, is available for approximately $25 (depending
upon the BlackBerry model you have) at www.melonmobile.com; however, there is also
a free limited version.
IncognitoThis nifty little app has the distinction of being the “2010 BlackBerry Super Apps
Challenge: Regional Selections Winner”. It is available at BlackBerry App World™ for
the low price of $1.99. It is basically a caller ID blocking app. Specifically, you can:
block your caller ID for outgoing calls whether for
specific contacts or unknown numbers i.e., those
not in your list of incoming calls;
block your caller ID for phone numbers which you enter manually or when
calling numbers in your list of incoming calls;
mark a contact as ‘incognito’ and permanently block your caller ID when
calling that contact; and,
add an incognito filter category directly in your address book.
HamiltonMobileCapTelDo you sometimes have trouble hearing what callers are saying to you on your
BlackBerry? If so, check out Hamilton Mobile CapTel®. This free app is the first of its
kind offering a feature that has aptly been coined ‘captioned telephone’ or CapTel. In
other words, it allows you to listen
as well as see what is being said on
every call. You will require
simultaneous voice and data
capabilities as well as a compatible
headset (either wired or Bluetooth)
as this will allow you to listen and
speak while, at the same time,
viewing the captions of what is
being said on your screen. You will also be required to create and register an account at
www.hamiltonwebcaptel.com. This app can be downloaded from BlackBerry App World
(please note it is currently only supported in the United States).
GmailFor anyone with one or more gmail accounts, this is a definite must-have. This free
application allows you to access multiple gmail accounts on your BlackBerry. It comes
with an array of neat features:
Archive, mute, and move: clean up your inbox with ease.
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Search: just like Google search, enter keywords to locate exactly the message
you are searching for.
Stars and labels: use stars to designate a message as special and labels to
organize your email messages.
Floaty bar: allows you to perform batch actions.
Conversation view: groups replies in a single thread to make it easier to
understand the context of a particular message.
For more information and to download the app, visit www.gmail.com.
Everybody’sGoneSurfin’...Little did the Beach Boys know how right they got it when they sang these lyrics
back in 1963. We have indeed all gone surfin’, surfin’ on our BlackBerries that is! Here
are some apps to make the most of your BlackBerry surfin’ time. So, tell the teacher
we’re surfin’ . . .
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OperaMiniThe BlackBerry browser has sometimes received less than favourable reviews. If
you find it inadequate for your surfin’ needs, you may want to consider an alternative
such as the Opera Mini browser. With a simple, well-
designed user interface, this app allows you to:
displays complete web pages;
zoom in and out of pages;
set the page views for your own optimal
viewing;
switch between portrait and landscape mode;
save pages easily to your bookmarks;
easily switch between open Web pages;
launch your favourite sites with a single click using ‘Speed Dial’.
Download this free app at m.opera.com. Visit http://www.opera.com/mobile/ for more
information.
BOLTBrowserAnother browsing alternative is BOLT Mobile Browser. As its name suggests,
BOLT promises ‘lightening fast mobile browsing’ and the ability to load entire Web
pages in a matter of seconds. It offers PC-style browsing and is frequently updated with
new features such as Twitter integration and widgets. This free app can be downloaded
at http://boltbrowser.com/ (there is a specific version available for BlackBerries). Some
of the features of BOLT allow you to:
post to Facebook and Twitter directly from BOLT as you browse;
use tabbed browsing to switch between multiple sites;
watch streaming videos on YouTube, Google, MySpace, etc.; and,
browse knowing that you are
receiving the best page
rendering available and that
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the web content is not reformatted or removed.
GoogleMobileSearchThis free app from the gurus at Google is a further browsing alternative which
enables you to quickly search the web on your BlackBerry. Recent searches can be stored
for quick reference later. Its many options allow you to:
speak your searches rather than typing;
search your BlackBerry’s email and contacts;
quickly link to other Google services such as Gmail and Maps;
use pictures to search the web;
search for local business without typing your current location; and,
take advantage of the suggested queries that emerge as you type.
Visit http://www.google.com/mobile/blackberry/
for more information and m.google.com to download
Google Mobile Search to your BlackBerry. One
reviewer says “[e]ven if I had to pay for this program I
would use it - it’s really that good, and pretty much an
essential install for any traveler”.
TetherThis application allows you to keep on surfin’ on
your laptop even when you find yourself where
there is no internet. Tether allows you to take
advantage of your BlackBerry’s data plan and access
the internet from your laptop wherever you have
cellular coverage for your BlackBerry. Tether can be
used in any place in which you are able to make mobile phone calls. It is both easy to
install and set up and boasts fast download speeds. It is compatible with all BlackBerries
and carriers and works on both PCs and Macs. It is available from BlackBerry App
World or www.tether.com for $49.95. A free trial is also available. There are no
additional ‘tethering’ fees.
ViigoGone are the days of having to visit all of your favourite websites one by one to
see what information has been updated. Viigo™ enables instant, up-to-date information
to be sent directly to your BlackBerry and accessible with one click. Stay connected in a
variety of modules:
News & RSS: Stay on top of the latest news, blogs, insights, etc. You have
the ability to add a channel from over 5,000 preset channels and a search
channel such as MSN, Yahoo, or Google. A quick launch toolbar at the
bottom of each article allows you to post to Facebook and Twitter or email
articles to yourself or other contacts;
Sports: Receive live event updates, instant results, view schedules – just
some of the things to satisfy the sports nut in you. Share information by
posting scores to Twitter or email your favourite news stories, team
standings, and more to your friends and family.
Social Networks: Stay connected to your favourite social networking sites.
All the operations of the various sites are supported.
Business & Finance: Stay on top of your financial matters. This module
allows you to create and follow your own stock portfolio, manage your
online accounts, calculate exchange rates, etc.
Viigo recently became a part of Research in Motion. This application has been
described as providing ‘the ultimate BlackBerry RSS experience’ and has received
numerous positive endorsements. Visit http://www.viigo.com/ for further details and
to download this free app which undoubtedly belongs in the must-have category.
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SocialMedia:ThePlacetoBe!Social media in all its glorious forms has literally taken the world by storm. It was
once remarked that the “[t]he way of the world is meeting people through other
people”.1 That is really what social media is all about – making and fostering
connections. Harness the power of your BlackBerry for maximizing your connectedness
and consider some of the following social media apps.
LinkedInLinkedIn has been described as “social and professional networking at its finest”,
a place where “business development, shameless self-promotion and name-dropping are
encouraged”. This free app for your
BlackBerry is a social networking must for
professionals. It puts the ability to connect
with over 90 million professionals across the
globe in the palm of your hand – literally.
Receive and respond to instant updates and
messages from those in your professional
network. Research companies and
professionals with whom you may be interested in working. Visit for
http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=blackberry for further information and to
download.
1 http://www.finestquotes.com/author_quotes-author-Robert%20Kerrigan-page-0.htm
UberTwitterIf tweeting is something you do as frequently as the birds, you will want to
download this free app to your BlackBerry. UberTwitter supports all of the features of
Twitter as well as providing an array of advanced features and capabilities:
tweet and URL shrinking;
saved searches;
conversation threads;
photo and video integration;
twitter lists; and,
profile editing.
Responding to users’ comments, version 1. 114
was recently released by UberTwitter and it
introduces the ability to detect and reconnect to
Facebook before sending a tweet, improved
detection of errors including failed Facebook posts,
and repair of various bugs such as manual and timeline ‘refreshing’. Version 1.114 can be
downloaded for no charge at http://www.ubertwitter.com/bb/download.php.
WordPressCalling all bloggers, this is a freebie app for you. One of the top blogging
platforms, WordPress, offers an app for your BlackBerry which
allows you to compose new posts, edit posts, manage
comments, and upload photos and videos, all from your
smartphone. A definite must-have for the bloggers among us.
Version 1.4.5 is now available. Both WordPress.com and self-
hosted WordPress (2.9.2 or higher) sites are supported. Visit
http://blackberry.wordpress.org/ for further details and to
download.
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FrequentFlyersAmerican Express immortalized the saying ‘don’t leave home without it’ but they
really should pass the torch to BlackBerry. If your work often has you roaming far and
wide, make sure the one thing you don’t leave home without is your BlackBerry. Armed
with some travel-friendly apps, it can be your perfect travelling companion (like you’d
ever even consider leaving home without it!).
GoogleMapsandStreetViewAlthough many BlackBerries come with a map app
already installed, the Google Maps app offers additional
features making it a must-have for travelers. Not only
does it provide directions, you can search for any
business or place to find a wealth of details such as
pictures, reviews and ratings, listing information, etc. You
you can even access Google Map’s Street view from your
BlackBerry. For the Street view option to display, you need to ‘Get Directions’ using
Google Map and then look for the ‘Street view’ option at the bottom of the display.
With the Places icon, you can find businesses and places near your current
location. In terms of directions, you can get driving, biking, transit, and walking
directions, either in a list-form or on a map (where data is available). It also provides
real-time traffic updates if data is available. For more information and to download the
Google Maps app for free, visit m.google.com/maps.
TripItTripIt is a useful free application for the frequent flyer that allows users to track
and share trip details. Once you have opened your TripIt account (go to
www.TripIt.com), you can manually enter details of trips; however, you can also email
your itinerary exactly as it was emailed to you to [email protected]– any itinerary or
confirmation of flight, hotel, car rental, etc. will do. With amazing accuracy, TripIt is
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generally able to plug the information into the right spots. You can selectively give other
people access to trip details (definitely helps your spouse figure out when to pick you up
at the airport!). The email address that TripIt has for you must match the email address
that you use to send information to TripIt. It can also insert maps, weather information,
and other details into each trip. TripIt is invaluable for having a ready reference of all
trip details available on your BlackBerry to enable you to access a hotel phone number
or a map to get to the next destination.
KayakA definite must-have, free app for the BlackBerry user bitten by the travel bug.
Kayak for your BlackBerry allows you to connect “to the best travel search engine in the
world” (www.kayak.com). Kayak enables you to compare hundreds of travel sites at once
to find the exact flight or hotel you are looking for. Its many features make traveling a
breeze:
search for flights, hotels, and car rentals using various
filters and search criteria. For example, search for and
filter flight information using some or all of the following
criteria: non-stop, nearby airports, one-way, flexible
days, price, airlines, lay-overs, class;
book flights and hotels online (including hotels that don’t
offer online booking);
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call flights and hotels directly;
manage your trip details;
track flight details and status; and,
access airline directories and fees.
Kayak also offers free itinerary management with ‘Kayak Trips’. You simply email
your itineraries to [email protected] for automatic parsing. You will receive automatic
itinerary monitoring, flight status alerts, etc. You can also integrate this feature with
Google Maps. Visit www.kayak.com/blackberry for further details and to download
Kayak to your BlackBerry.
WeatherEyeIf there is one thing we can rely on to strike up a conversation
no matter how far from home you roam, it is the weather. Good or
bad, it really does bind us all. Imagine having updated weather
every 15 minutes on your BlackBerry? It can be yours with the
free app offered by the Weather Network. The newest release
offers a GPS locator and Wi-FI connectivity.
Some of its other features include:
short- and long-term forecasts for cities that you select;
hourly weather forecasts;
14-day trends; and,
real-time radar and satellite maps.
Visit http://www.theweathernetwork.com/mobile/applications for more details and to
download. We forecast that you won’t be disappointed!
VQCarFinderThis app definitely belongs in the
‘what will they think of next?’ category.
Ever parked your car somewhere and then
try as you might, you can’t for the life of you remember where you parked it? Don’t be
embarrassed, we’ve all done it. Thankfully, there is an app for that! If you have a
Bluetooth device in your car or if you purchased a VQ Bluetooth Car Charger, with VQ
CarFinder installed on your BlackBerry, it will automatically remember where you
parked your car, even if you can’t. In automatic mode, your BlackBerry is paired with
your in-vehicle Bluetooth or a VQ Bluetooth Car Charger; however, if you don’t own a
Bluetooth device and don’t have a VQ Bluetooth Car Charger, you can still use the app in
manual mode:
upon parking, launch VQ CarFinder on your Blackberry,
click ‘Menu’,
click ‘Set Car Position’ and allow your BlackBerry to get a GPS position.
When you’ve finished shopping or the sports event is over:
to find your car, launch the app again,
when it asks ‘Find Car?’, click ‘Yes’.
Visit http://4carfinder.com/ for more information. VQ CarFinder is available
from the BlackBerry App World for $4.99 and there is a free trial available.
PoyntThis nifty, free app is useful at home and abroad. It has won numerous awards
including being a 2010 Regional Semi-Finalist in the BlackBerry Super Apps Developer
Challenge and the 2009 Canadian New Media
Award for Best Location-Based Application.
Using GPS or cell-site locations, Poynt
pinpoints your location and tells you what
people, businesses, movie theatres, retailers
and restaurants are near you. You can also
check the weather, compare gas prices (U.S.
only), find phone numbers, websites, maps,
and directions, make dinner reservations, and
buy movie tickets. Quickly and easily add listings to address book and events to your
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calendar. This app is available in Canada, the United States, Germany, the United
Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, and Australia. Visit www.poynt.com for more
information.
FortheMobileLawyerinYouThere are times when all of us need to take our practices and hit the road. Your
BlackBerry can easily be a main player in your mobile lawyer toolkit. Download a few
choice apps and BlackBerry cum office-to-go will be equipped for any road trip.
BlacktrackBlacktrack is a low-cost app that provides time-tracking ability. It is easy-to-use and
promotes itself as a “fully-automated productivity tool for business professionals”. The
software provides reports (daily, weekly and/or monthly) of your time-spent (phone,
email, SMS, etc.) with optional notes thus enabling you to reduce your lost time and
recover costs.
All settings and functions are completely customizable. For example, it gives you the
option to select what activities and information are reported, how often reports are
delivered, and what is logged or
ignored. You can also set it to display
note pop-ups for certain contacts. You
define categories and you can auto-
assign contacts to certain categories.
There is a free ‘lite’ version as well as
paid version. There are no additional
monthly fees. Free support is available
via email.
With the launch of BlackTrack
Desktop software, BlackTrack users
now have the option to access and
manage their BlackBerry activity directly from their PC. The software provides a
calendar view as well as the ability to search, sort, and report from your BlackBerry
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activity archive. A free 30-day trial is available. Visit www.blacktrackapp.com or
BlackBerry App World for more information.
PDFScannerEver wished you could scan an article from a magazine or newspaper but all you
have is your Blackberry? You’ll be delighted to know there is an app for that. Melon
Mobile (www.melonmobile.com) is putting the final touches on a PDF scanner for the
Blackberry. For quite some time, there have been PDF scanner apps available for other
smartphones like the iPhone and Android. Until now, I haven’t found any for the
Blackberry. As of our deadline for submitting this paper, Melon Mobile’s PDF Scanner
for the Blackberry is being prepared for launch (expected by March 2011). If all goes
well, we hope to demo the product during our live presentation. Some of the features
that the Melon Mobile’s PDF Scanner are expected to include:
Blackberry camera image conversion to PDF in
seconds
Portable mobile scanning: anywhere, anytime
For business or personal use: sharing, note
taking, storing documents for future reference
Create multiple-page PDF files
E-mail PDF files straight from the app
Editing options include: zoom, rotate, reorder,
delete
DropboxAre you a Dropbox user? If so, you will definitely want this as part of your app
arsenal. This free app allows you to access your Dropbox from your BlackBerry and
share files safely and easily. Dropbox is on-the-go collaboration made simple. Features
include:
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view the contents of your Dropbox;
upload files and sync them to your Dropbox;
download files to view them offline;
share links to the files in your Dropbox;
stream movies and music in your Dropbox directly to your BlackBerry;
and,
upload photos from your BlackBerry and email the link to friends and
family.
This app offers 2G of online storage for no charge. For those with bigger needs,
100GB is available for a fee. Visit www.dropbox.com/blackberry to download Dropbox
to your BlackBerry.
BeamExplorerAre you frustrated with not being able to find files saved on your BlackBerry? Do
you wish you could manage the files on your BlackBerry as easily as you do on your
computer? Look no further - BeamExplorer is a free file
management solution that offers convenient and intuitive
access to the content on your BlackBerry. BeamExplorer is
easy to download and install and very straightforward to
use. It works much like Windows Explorer and includes
features such as multiple file selection (shift + scroll the
trackball to select contiguous files; Alt + press trackball to
select multiple individual files which are not contiguous). Visit BlackBerry App World
for further details.
FileScoutThis low-cost app is basically a file explorer or
browsing system for your BlackBerry. It provides an
easy-to-use interface and allows you to browse your files,
create directories, move, copy, rename, delete, zip and
unzip, or open media files directly. It has been described as
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the ‘most robust BlackBerry file manager on the market’. Some of its other features
include:
display the content of directories (including hidden files) sorted in various ways
i.e., size, date, type, or name;
search for particular files;
send files via email;
manipulate images and display thumbnails;
capture screenshots;
define a list of your favourite directories (as shortcuts); and,
access your Dropbox.
FileScout is available for only $4.99 and there is a 14-day free trial version. Visit
BlackBerry App World or www.emacberry.com/bbfilescout.html for more details.
DocumentsToGoEver found yourself out of the office,
with a few minutes to spare, and wish you
could review and revise a particular
document? Wish no more and let us
introduce you to Documents To Go®. A
must-have app for the mobile lawyer,
Documents To Go Premium Edition allows
you to not only view but to also edit and
create Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files directly on your BlackBerry. Even
after editing on your BlackBerry, the original formatting of the file is retained. It was
developed to have a familiar look and feel for the BlackBerry user and such features such
as contextual menus and shortcuts are supported. This app also comes with a desktop
application which allows you to sync files between your PC and BlackBerry.
Some of its many features include:
quick and easy native attachment downloading and uploading;
Excel: sorting in spreadsheet and view and update charts in spreadsheets;
Word: spell checker and advanced character, font, and paragraph
formatting; and,
PowerPoint: delete, insert, and duplicate slides.
Even if you haven’t ventured to paperless, PDF documents are becoming a
mainstay in most practices. The Documents To Go Premium Edition also includes a
bonus application, PDF To Go®, which allows you to use and manipulate native PDF
files including finding and copying text, sending via email, bookmarking, etc.
Documents To Go Premium Edition is available for $14.99. There is a 30-day free
trial and 30-day money-back guarantee. Visit
http://www.dataviz.com/products/documentstogo/blackberry/index.html.
RepligoReaderAs mentioned above, PDF files have become a mainstay of the modern law office.
Particularly if you have taken the plunge to paperless or are preparing to do so, you will
want to consider this app dedicated solely to all things PDF and bringing ‘these
documents to life’. As it opens and displays PDF files natively, it can be compared to
Adobe Reader providing high quality viewing of PDF files and attachments on your
BlackBerry.
Claiming to have the ‘highest fidelity native PDF solution on the market today’, it
promises to preserve such document features as fonts, images, and other page elements.
It also boasts a myriad of other features:
file management including deleting, copying,
renaming, moving, and saving;
fast reading view which reformats pages into a
single column for easy reading;
page caching to increase document viewing speed;
bookmarking;
text searching, selecting, and copying; and,
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continuous page display.
RepligoReader is available at BlackBerry App World for $14.99.
Vlingo Vlingo is voice recognition technology that turns your words into action -- the
ultimate in ‘hands-free’ capability. Vlingo offers both free and paid features. All you have
to do is speak to your BlackBerry to perform various functions:
paid features:
o send texts or emails (“Text Julie: Drinks
tonight?” or “Email Bill; Subject, Lunch;
Message, Bill, Meet you at the restaurant in 15
minutes.”; and,
o use instant messenger applications (including
BlackBerry Messenger).
free features:
o use Google or Yahoo to search the web (“Find
a cheap hotel in Las Vegas”);
o send text messages to other Vlingo BlackBerry
users; and,
o update your status on Facebook or Twitter (“Update Facebook status:
Going to the game tonight.”); and,
o call friends and family (“Call John”).
Vlingo also offers the The ‘SafeReader’ feature which reads text and email
messages aloud. Vlingo ‘Everywhere’ offers added convenience for BlackBerry users as
you can program the side key to access all of Vlingo’s features. The reviews of this app
have been positive:
"A safer way to text on the road", "Vlingo will do whatever you've told it to do" -
Wall Street Journal
"BlackBerry users should consider thumbing their way over to Vlingo" - New
York Times.
Visit www.vlingo.com for further details.
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MilkSyncMilkSync allows you to synchronize ‘Remember The Milk’ (RTM) with the built-
in Tasks application on your BlackBerry. RTM is an application that provides web-
based management of your to-do list. You can manage tasks from any computer as well
as offline. There is both a free and a pay version, MilkSync’s key features include two-
way synchronization (RTM to BlackBerry and vice versa), scheduled synchronizations
(i.e., every 30 minutes), and restricted or full synchronizations.
Some of its other features include the ability to create
multiple task lists, organize tasks by ‘tags’, collaborate and
share schedules with other users, publish tasks as an RSS news
feed, and there is even an integrated Google Maps feature
which allows users to save commonly-used locations.
Visit www.rememberthemilk.com for further details.
Information that you enter into RTM is being stored “in the
cloud”.
ImpaticaShowmateThis isn’t an app per se, more of a hardware accessory,
and neither free nor low cost; however, if you are frequently called upon to deliver
PowerPoint presentations, this will be an investment that you will want to seriously
consider for your Blackberry. Impatica Showmate allows you to project a PowerPoint
presentation directly from your BlackBerry. This translates into being able to wander
around the stage and interact with your audience. You no longer need to be tethered to
your laptop while delivering presentations. You can actually leave your laptop at home!
It is incredibly simply to use: all you do is attach the ShowMate to the VGA port
of any projector or monitor and your presentation is delivered wirelessly using
Bluetooth technology by your BlackBerry. Showmate allows you to deliver presentations
as you always have with the full support of animations, graphics, charts, and more. You
can easily jump to any slide in your presentation and view titles, text, or notes on your
BlackBerry while projecting. You can also project your BlackBerry screen.
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It comes with an international power adapter, a 10-foot USB cable, and the
necessary software to convert your presentation for transfer to your BlackBerry. The
software reduces the PowerPoint file to a fraction of its original size for efficient transfer
and optimal viewing while preserving all the features of your presentation.
Impatica Showmate retails for $150. Visit
http://impatica.com/products/showmate/index.html for more information.
FosteraConnectionAlthough you may be reluctant to let your BlackBerry make a connection with
someone or something else, you should make an exception for your PC. Connecting
these two main electronic devices in your life can only make things easier and more
efficient for you. Here are a couple of options.
RDM+Remote Desktop for Mobiles, or RDM+ for short, provides you with remote
access to your PC from your BlackBerry and allows you to run any application of your
choice. The software is easily navigated with the help of a user-friendly interface.
This app is equipped with various full-screen view, zooming features, and
scrolling. For example, full-screen mode allows you to see the remote PC screen on the
entire screen of your BlackBerry. Using zoomed mode, you can enlarge and see in more
detail any portion of the remote PC screen.
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Quick commands can be used for increased efficiency. For example, use them for
displaying system information, viewing your list of desktop windows, rebooting, and
starting and stopping system processes, just to name a few. Some of the other features of
RDM+ include:
BlackBerry joystick and keyboard
navigation;
advanced file manager;
security features such as data/screen
images/keys encryption and ability to
set password when starting the app;
command history; and,
toggle between different modes using
predefined and custom hotkeys.
RDM+ is available for $39.99 or you can try it free for 7 days. Updates to the
software are free. One reviewer called this app ‘the epitome of BlackBerry power’. Visit
BlackBerry App World for more information.
ImpaticaviaDockNow that you can operate your PC through your BlackBerry, what about operating
your BlackBerry through your PC? With Impatica’s viaDock, power is yours. This app
allows you to securely and conveniently access your BlackBerry directly from your PC.
You can access all the information and applications on your BlackBerry with the comfort
of a full-size keyboard and monitor. It is particularly useful when a secure connection is
not available as it allows you to continue using your secure BlackBerry connection for e-
mail, messenger, and access to your data, but from your PC.
ViaDock connects your PC and BlackBerry quickly and easily using Bluetooth or
USB. Some of its features include:
shared clipboards so you can easily copy and paste between your PC and
BlackBerry;
mini-view allows you to monitor your BlackBerry calls and emails while you
work on your PC including instant notification of incoming calls;
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take advantage of on-screen phone controls to make/answer phone calls,
enable/disable hands-free
talking, etc.
effortlessly switch between
BlackBerry applications with
the use of menu shortcuts or
the application launcher to
start applications on your
BlackBerry; and,
monitor your BlackBerry’s
various functions such as
battery and signal strength.
Impatica viaDock currently retails for $39.99. For more information or to purchase,
please visit http://impatica.com/products/viadock/index.html.
Back‐ups,andBatteries,andBuzz!Ohmy!Even the Wizard of Oz would have been amazed at the various apps available for
your BlackBerry. We can’t ignore some of the more critical, although less glamorous,
components of our BlackBerry’s functionality such as back-ups and batteries. We’ve
included the ‘buzz’ apps to keep you up-to-date and to shed a little light on the subject.
mIQ:BackupSyncShare
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Backing up your BlackBerry is just
as critical as backing up your PC. mIQ is
the ultimate in backing-up convenience
(and its free!) as it allows you to wirelessly
backup all of the information on your
BlackBerry. All your data – contacts,
calendar events, photos, call log, text and
voicemail messages, etc. – is automatically
uploaded and safely backed-up on your
private web account. You can access and manage your data from the web. So, should you
lose or break your BlackBerry (we know, you just broke out in a cold sweat at the mere
possibility) or are simply changing phones, you simply install mIQ on your new
BlackBerry and retrieve your information.
mIQ was named as Laptop Magazine’s best of CTIA Fall 2009 Productivity App.
Visit BlackBerry App World for more information and to download.
BatteryPlusBatteryPlus is an award-winning, battery boosting tool and power management
application. Embedded with various ‘battery boosting’ techniques and functions, it
allows you to increase your battery’s running time. Following automatic detection of
your particular BlackBerry model and its active network, it provides information on
your battery charge status including real-time capacity and remaining talk and standby
time.
Battery power is saved
through the app’s embedded process
viewer as apps running in the
background are monitored and
turned off. You can also visually
track your battery charge using an
‘auto-updating live chart’ and
battery log. This allows you to track
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and examine the change in your battery capacity and usage on a daily, weekly, or
monthly basis.
BatteryPlus is $5.99 for a yearly subscription. For more information and to
purchase, please visit BlackBerry App World.
All‐in‐OneBatteryAlertsMemoryBoosterDeviceInfo(SystemDash)SystemDash™ calls itself an “all-in-one utility, combining many useful features
for your device in a single elegant application”. Its features include:
memory booster: reclaims unused RAM to
optimize performance;
battery monitor: customizable battery
alerts i.e., low, critical, etc.;
battery indicator: assess your battery level
at a glance with a small icon displayed on
your home screen; and,
dashboard: displays system information
such as battery, flash memory, device
storage, etc.
SystemDash is available at BlackBerry App World for $2.99.
BerryBuzzBerryBuzz is a BlackBerry alert tool by Bellshare GmbH (voted #1 BlackBerry
App Developer of the Year 2010 by CrackBerry).
This app allows you to assign custom LED colours
and repeating audible alerts and vibrates to just
about every feature and function such as calls, e-
mails, including emails and calls from specific
contacts, apps, missed calls, tasks, battery
functions, etc. It is possible to create an unlimited
number of custom LED colours and even stack two colours for even more options. The
70s disco dancer in all of us will appreciate the twelve flashing disco colours that are also
available. All LED functions can be muted at night. BerryBuzz is available at the
Crackberry App Store for $5.99.
APMobileWant to stay on top of all the latest buzz? This is easier than you think with AP
Mobile, a free, award-winning mobile news application. The Associated Press is the
largest wire service in the U.S. and this app allows you to have all the breaking local,
national, and international news at your
fingertips. You can browse by categories
such as Sports and Entertainment, view
photos, and rate and share articles. Visit
BlackBerry App World to download AP
Mobile (please note that this app is only
supported in the U.S.).
AFewMoreWordsofAdvice...TryaFewataTimeWe’ve just reviewed a virtual smorgasbord of exciting apps. Just as we would say
to the kids in the candy store, you can’t try them all at once. Review what we have
presented and identify those apps that you think will initially be most helpful for you.
Download and get familiar with those first, then pick a few more. In no time at all, you
will have a impressive collection of useful BlackBerry apps which have the power to take
your productivity and efficiency to new levels.
ConclusionWe hope that you find these tips, tricks, and apps useful and that some of them
will help your BlackBerry realize its full potential. After all, isn’t that what we do for
those we love? The right set of apps can, without a doubt, dramatically increase your
BlackBerry’s functionality and improve your practice in myriad ways. Although Plato
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remarked that love is a ‘grave mental disease’, it is clear that loving your BlackBerry
offers significant positive benefits and that ‘BlackBerry Love’ like ours will never die.