TetherBerry is Friday’s featured “Deal-of-the-Day.” Normal Price is $49.95. Today only, as the Deal-of-the-Day, it is just $24.97.
TetherBerry promises “the Web anywhere.” This app, by a company by the same name, let’s you leverage your BlackBerry (and it’s data plan) to enable your notebook PC to gain access to the Internet anywhere there is cellular coverage. It is easy to install, easy to use and has impressive download speeds.
“The tethering task is completed with a small app being installed on both the BlackBerry and the PC. Once both of these small programs are fired up, you’re done. There isn’t any settings that needs adjusting on either the PC or mobile. It just works, and it’s not terribly slow.
I saw a speed of 1403 kb/s up and 584 KB/s down while testing the app this morning which is totally acceptable by my standards. Google Chrome loaded the pages fast and it worked great. This is seriously the easiest solution available. It’s too bad that there isn’t a OS X release or Bluetooth mode, but we have to imagine that those are coming soon.”
To find our exclusive Deal-of-the-Day offers, visit your BlackBerry community desktop app stores powered by MobiHand or check it out on the MobiHand On-Device BlackBerry App Store.
Last week, SBSH Mobile Software, unveiled Facade 2, a front end solution for Windows Mobile Standard devices like the Samsung Blackjack II and the T-Mobile Dash. SBSH Facade 2 for Smartphone combines vital phone features and agenda, all in one professionally designed display, that is visible and accessible each time you power on your phone.
Some highlights of Version 2:
> Home Tab – Date and time, alarms, profiles, pending counters, appointments and tasks – all in one screen display!
> Custom Plugins - Host any custom home screen plugin within Facade panels
> Appointments and Tasks – Powerful combined display including both appointments and tasks in a single section
> PIM Integration – Special integration with all major PIMs: SBSH Calendar, Pocket Outlook, Pocket Informant, AgendaOne and Agendus
> Category Icons and Colors - Use category icons and colors as part of your agenda display! Includes automatic use of SBSH Calendar category icons and configuration
> Monthly Calendar – Monthly calendar tab shows the days of each month within a Facade tab
> More Weather – Integration with SBSH PocketWeather revamped, including new forecast weather buttons and current temperature
SBSH Facade 2 is fully compatible with Windows Mobile 5 through 6.5 devices.
Twinkler Software’s AddOnis app, the Swiss Army knife for BlackBerry smartphones and Toysoft’s new ProfilerPro app now feature Integration.
Rory Shur of Twinkler Software explained the significance of this:
“Previously, any app that put the device into Standby mode would not allow any automated Profile switching app to function. Twinkler and Toysoft have worked together to overcome this limitation. Twinkler has added specific code to AddOnis which allows Toysoft’s Profiler app to ‘talk’ to AddOnis and request that AddOnis take the device out of standby to allow Profiler to operate normally. Once Profiler has completed its operation, AddOnis will once again put the device back into Standby mode.”
Profiler Pro (Normally $6.99, Special price of $5.99 until Nov 6) is an application that lets you automate system sound profile switching during the day. You can schedule profiles each day to change from one profile to another. Each profile you set the time to switch, the days which the profile will be active. Profiler Pro also integrates with the BlackBerry Calendar application. You can schedule a profile switch by creating a new appointment. The profile will automatically switch when the appointment starts and ends.
BerryReview.com’sRonen Haley remarked, “This is a logical integration is because any app that puts your BlackBerry into standby mode would not allow any automated profile switching app to work.”
The Integration is part of the just released, AddOnis v1.2.8 ($9.95), which also has these new features:
1. New firewall engine which means the firewall will work faster.
2. New “WiFi power off” feature, if WiFi is out of coverage, AddOnis will automatically turn off WiFi to conserve battery power.
3. Added new “emoticons”
4. Added “tone notification” to InCall Notification options.
5. Added “Address Book Only” firewall mode.
See the store for details and check with Twinkle Software and Toysoft about their upgrade policy.
If you are in the market for a Windows Mobile smartphone and you are cool with AT&T as a wireless provider, there are great deals to be had. According to a post by Ed Hardy at Brighthand, the HTC Tilt 2 is just $149.99 with new service plan (AT&T has it for $300) at Amazon.com. And LetsTalk.com is selling it for even less: $100.
Both of these online retailers are also offering the AT&T Pure for one cent ( as in $0.01) with a two-year contract (AT&T is selling it for $150 with contract).
Hardy’s post includes a comparison of the two phones, which have a lot in common — they both run Windows Mobile 6.5 Pro on 528 MHz processors, have WVGA touchscreens, mobile broadband, Wi-Fi, GPS, and microSD card slots.
Design-wise, the Tilt 2 has a 3.6-inch slide-and-tile display and a horizontally oriented QWERTY keyboard. The Pure has a tablet display with a 3.2-inch display and on-screen keyboard.
Great deals like these deserve even greater deals on apps. Make sure to check out the MobiHand On-Device Windows Mobile App Store. It offers a speedy way to discover, try and buy apps. plus it provides a gateway to exclusive deals, like the popular Deal-of-the-Day, free trials, and a growing catalog of apps priced as low as $0.99 cents.
BlackBook by mblware is Friday’s Deal-of-the-Day. Usually $3.99, today’s special price is $1.99. This app lets you create a new, secret address book which only you can access via a customizable key combination.
Everything is hidden within the BlackBook including sms, pin, email and phone. In fact, there isn’t even an icon for BlackBook — thus the use of a key-combination to get access.
Highlights of BlackBook include:
Features a completely hidden contact list, only accessible by typing in a customizable secret key combination.
Fully editable information fields keep your contacts up-to-date.
User defined filtering for incoming and outgoing calls, sms, pin, and email conversations.
Customizable caller-id names for incoming calls.
Import and export the BlackBook contact list fast, and efficiently.
All this for under $2, today only. Tweet your friends!
And remember, you can find the MobiHand Deal-of-the-Day by visiting your BlackBerry community desktop app store powered by MobiHand or on your BlackBerry — either through using the MobiHand On-Device BlackBerry App Store or the BlackBerry’s web browser.
Global Positioning System (GPS) capability has become standard in many smartphones and mobile devices these days. In parallel with the expanding availability of GPS is an equally expanding catalog of apps that leverage GPS.
Geocaching is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache’s existence and location online. Anyone with a GPS unit can then try to locate the geocache.
BerryCacher is a simplistic geocaching application for the BlackBerry Storm that was developed with casual users in mind. It has a simple interface to enter caches then find them. An overhead map view is available via BlackBerry Maps to give you directions to the cache location, then an easy to read compass view will direct you to within feet of the cache. It runs $ 0.99.
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There are many apps that offer helpful location based information.
ProxAlarm uses your GPS to notify you when you a close to a point of interest (POI). It can import (and export) Garmin formatted POI files. It can also be used to find your car, your hotel or anything else you can think of. You can specify GPS co-ordinates or create a POI with your current location. ProxAlarm integrates with Blackberry maps – which will show you your way back to your POI. It runs $3.99
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Then there are the apps that help you track down a lost BlackBerry or lost employee. For $0.99 and no additional fees BerryTraqr will provide you with map views of a device’s current location.
e-GPS ($4.99) lets you remotely send a command to your BlackBerry that will have it email you its GPS location, your address book with all your contact information, as well as remotely wipe your phone and SD card to protect all of your information. Also if you have misplaced your phone at home or office, you can send an alert command, and have it ring, even if the sounds are turned completely off or set to vibrate. Once downloaded and activated, it runs in the background, and works by command, through email or SMS.
Similarly, there’s Cell Seeker by James N. Cox. It provides the ability to locate a lost or stolen cell phone. A nice feature is that Cell Seeker can be activated quietly, which allows for retrieving the current location of your cell phone without any visual or audible notifications that Cell Seeker was activated.
This is a great looking weather app that also has the capability of providing you with the weather of where you are based on the GPS location reading.
This function is for GSM devices only and does not work for non-Storm devices on Verizon due to carrier restrictions. It runs $9.95.
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Now is a great time to do more with your BlackBerry’s GPS. You can explore GPS and other categories by visiting your BlackBerry community desktop app store powered by MobiHand or on your BlackBerry — either through using the MobiHand On-Device BlackBerry App Store or the BlackBerry’s web browser.
Here are a few of our hottest apps for BlackBerry and Windows Mobile.
BerryBuzz by Bellshare GmbH ($5.99) extends your default Blackberry alert system. It allows you to customze the LED color and create repeating audible reminders for many alert types. BB Geeks has a nice review of it.
This video will give you a flavor of how it works.
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Another hot product for BlackBerry devices is AddOnis by Twinkler Software. Sometimes referred to as the Swiss Army Knife for BlackBerry devices, this app was defined and created by the user.
With the installation of only one small file, AddOnis adds features normally added by multiple utilities – and with AddOnis – all of these extensions have been designed to work together perfectly in harmony. It is $9.95.
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More Best Sellers for BlackBerry can be found here.
WebIS just unveiled Version 9 of Pocket Informant, timed with the release of Windows Mobile 6.5. This productivity enhancement solution now has “Getting Things Done” (GTD) support, and works on Windows Phone 6.5 devices with full Touch Gesture support throughout.
” …great at to see that the Getting Things Done method -originally introduced by David Allen- is applied to tasks management. Since I’m a heavy user of tasks, I really like this improvement, and foremost the ability to group related tasks. In addition there is the improvement to star tasks, to find them quickly.
Again a feature that contributes a lot to the daily efficiency of the mobile professional.”
CorePlayer is designed to be a next-generation platform that will extend upon what you thought were limits in playing back fluid multimedia, with its simple yet extremely powerful interface and features that is designed to empower the CoreCodec Community. Check out this review:
“There are a number of ways to watch YouTube videos on your mobile phone, but CorePlayer is the coolest and easiest way I’ve found, hands down. It uses minimal memory, runs very smoothly, the mp3 player shows album art, allows both mp3 and aac equalizer usage, and it can play back 700×600 DivX avi files without dropping any frams which is very cool.”
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More Best Sellers for Windows Mobile can be found here.
Today, SPB Software announced that they won the prestigious Smaato Advertising Award 2009 in the “Windows Mobile Phone Software” category for their “outstanding mobile television solution – SPB TV.”
SPB TV is a subscription-free mobile IPTV viewer, designed for tuning in to publicly available digital TV channels from all over the world. SPB TV features exclusive and patent-pending usability innovations, and gives the mobile subscribers easy access to over one hundred international TV channels in more than 20 languages, directly from their phones. SPB TV gives viewers an unprecedented degree of control over the entire live mobile TV experience. The application supports such must-have TV features as on-screen controls for volume and brightness, instantly accessible TV guide, picture-in-picture previews for all offered channels, quick channels switching, and more. It is currently available for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Android and Symbian platforms, with the iPhone version scheduled for release in the next few months.
A jury of distinguished market experts acknowledged SPB TV as an user-oriented, innovative and simply outstanding software. “Unlike most other existing TV services, the use of SPB TV can almost replace a common TV service. It is designed to make watching TV on the mobile device as simple and comfortable as on TV,” reads the “Award Winners” section of Smaato’s own website.
Smaato is a pioneering mobile advertising company that operates the mobile ad optimization platform called SOMA (Smaato Open Mobile Advertising) and partners with mobile publishers, developers, ad networks and operators. Smaato is an active member of the Mobile Marketing Association, the dot.mobi Advisory Group and the German Digital Media Association BVDW.
TetherBerry promises “the Web anywhere.” This app, by a company by the same name, let’s you leverage your BlackBerry (and it’s data plan) to enable your notebook PC to gain access to the Internet anywhere there is cellular coverage. It is easy to install, easy to use and has impressive download speeds.
Last week, SBSH Mobile Software, unveiled Facade 2, a front end solution for Windows Mobile Standard devices like the Samsung Blackjack II and the T-Mobile Dash. 
There are many apps that offer helpful location based information.
Then there are the apps that help you track down a lost BlackBerry or lost employee. For $0.99 and no additional fees BerryTraqr will provide you with map views of a device’s current location.
Similarly, there’s Cell Seeker by James N. Cox. It provides the ability to locate a lost or stolen cell phone. A nice feature is that Cell Seeker can be activated quietly, which allows for retrieving the current location of your cell phone without any visual or audible notifications that Cell Seeker was activated.
Here’s an interesting twist to a weather app.
BerryBuzz by Bellshare GmbH
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