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If you’ve already made the switch from traditional carrier voicemail to visual voicemail, there’s no turning back. Over the years I grew to loathe the carrier-based voicemail system, whereby I’d have to listen to messages in order they were received. On a visual platform you can scroll through and listen to only the messages you want, saving the rest for later or skipping them entirely without listening. We’ve seen plenty of visual voicemail platforms for BlackBerry devices, both free and premium. One of them, previously uncovered on BBGeeks, is HulloMail. Since they just released an update, I thought it would be nice to give them a quick look.

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For a while now we’ve been waiting for a Sirius XM BlackBerry app. XM released one a while ago, but with a very limited selection. Since then I’ve really wanted to see them extend their presence to the BlackBerry platform. It makes sense, but there are obvious licensing issues that delayed the deal. As we learned late last week, however, the wait is pretty much over. Sirius SM has announced a new BlackBerry app which will provide over 120 of their most popular channels. The app doesn’t cover certain mainstream programming, however, so even current Sirius subscribers won’t be able to access them. Still, it’s a nice first foray into mobile.

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Over the past few years WordPress has gone through some extensive upgrades, extending its reach as one of the top blogging platforms. One improvement we’ve been tracking is its BlackBerry application. It started off as a simple app where you could write and edit posts, but they’ve continued adding new features and upgrading existing ones. After firing it up yesterday afternoon, I saw that there’s a new version. Instead of just downloading, though, it sent me via link to App World. So the app is now available over there.

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After reviewing the additions to SuperQWERTY yesterday, I was delighted to find out about a somewhat similar application yesterday. With a thanks to Mauricio at BlackBerry Rocks for the pointer, the application is called Iconify, and if you like guessing the nature of an application by its name you might be able to guess what this one does. It essentially creates an icon for typically non-icon BlackBerry features. These include web pages, calls, text messages, PIN, email, and more. And, since it’s free, it acts as a nice complement to SuperQWERTY.

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One theme we constantly revisit on BBGeeks is the idea of your BlackBerry as a way to keep your life in order. Among our many geek reviews are a number of productivity and organizational applications. The idea is that while your BlackBerry can do this out of the box, that’s not enough. If you have to click five or six times to get to certain applications, chances are you’ll lose focus and forget about it. I know I do. My computer is set up to get to everything I need with the fewest possible clicks, and for years I’ve tried to implement a similar system on my BlackBerry. Cooper recently reviewed SuperQWERTY, an application that brings you to all of your most frequently used applications with just one keystroke. They’ve updated the application now, so that you can do even more with it.

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It seems there is a web forum for every topic, mainstream or niche. For some topics there are multiple forums, full of posts from thousands of users every day. Among the many BlackBerry-dedicated ones, I find myself browsing Howard Forums, PinStack, and CrackBerry the most. Depending on your device and operating system, you will experience different interfaces when dealing with forums. If you visit them from your BlackBerry browser frequently, you might want to check out a new application called BerryBlab. Its sole purpose is to provide a better way of viewing and posting on forums from your BlackBerry.

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Yesterday, in discussing the Reload Software: 552 error, I pleaded with readers to backup their devices. I myself fell victim when I got an application error, left with a dead BlackBerry and no backup. In the comments, DavidB left a suggestion: backup your device wirelessly. It makes it that much easier. Today we’ll look at one such application, Aurkon. It’s a quick, easy, and, most importantly, free application that makes backing up your BlackBerry a no-brainer. Literally.

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With smartphones growing at rapid rates, most major websites have added mobile applications in addition to their WAP sites. This is positive for BlackBerry users, since people seem to complain a lot about the browser. With a full-featured app, we can use the features of our favorite sites without suffering through BlackBerry browser travails. Instead we get a custom-designed user interface. The latest major website to get a BlackBerry overhaul: match.com, the popular dating site. Users can now browse through the site and use its features in a more intuitive manner.

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When I’m at my desk during the day, I always have Gmail open. I know many others do the same — I’m usually chatting with them on GChat. Because I use Gmail so frequently, I often check the Labs section to see if they added anything beneficial. A while back I activated tasks, and have never looked back. It looks like a simple chat window, and you can write up your to-do list right in it. Gmail provides the check boxes. As Google expands its wireless sync — it started with calendar and now includes contacts — I wondered if they’d ever allow for task sync. It’s not an official Google product, but one developer has created a way to accomplish this.

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If only I had heard about this application a week earlier, it would have been perfect timing. Former Cardinals and A’s slugger Mark McGwire came forward and admitted using steroids throughout his baseball career, breaking a five-year silence. It wasn’t a revelation or anything; everyone assumed that Big Mac was on the juice. Ballplayers took, and probably continue to take, steroids because they help them stay on the field longer and hit the ball harder. So what if you could install something on your BlackBerry that would make it run faster and use less memory? That’s what BerryJoose does. Thankfully, using it won’t get you the negative attention McGwire received last week.

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