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Wow. It’s been over a year since we first reviewed YouMail, a free visual voicemail service. A lot has happened since then, and we’ve reviewed plenty more in that time. Earlier this year the company released a BlackBerry application, but it wasn’t met with positive reviews. In fact, many die-hard users recommended VyMail for YouMail usage. YouMail then updated their client, and all seemed right with the visual voicemail world. Yet there was still an issue or two to work out. YouMail has now addressed and corrected one of them involving the greetings feature.

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Last time we checked in on the BOLT browser, we saw a few upgrades, mostly in the way of streamlining device function. As many noted upon the first private release, scrolling was way, way too slow. Not only did Bitstream, developers of BOLT, address this immediately, but they’ve seemingly made improvements in all subsequent updates. This is true, though to a lesser extent, of their latest release, Beta3. It’s available now. After the jump, we’ll go over the upgrades.

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Great news for Viigo users out there: the company has upgraded to Tango 9, which brings along a number of long-awaited upgrades. The new release furthers Viigo as the “everything” application for the BlackBerry. Where it was once an RSS reader, it is now an all-in-one source of information and entertainment. The new version brings an upgrade we’ve been clamoring for since WES 2008: Podcasts. Check out that, plus all of the other new features, after the jump.

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When I saw this headline on BerryReview, I nearly flipped. It was over a year ago that we debated pushing your Gmail vs. the Gmail BlackBerry app, and the debate rages on through today. But to add push email to the application would completely change the game. In fact, if not for the message integration issue, I’d say that the app would win convincingly. However, there’s a bit caveat to all this: it’s not free. Boooo. Yeah, it’d be nice to have a push version of the Gmail app, but it looks like you’ll have to pony up for the privilege. Details after the jump.

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Here’s a great find from Kyle at BBCool. It’s an app called BBFileScout, and it gives you a free and easy way to manage your BlackBerry files, both on device memory and media card. This is version 1.0, so it seems like the first release out of beta. We went over a file manager in our Father’s Day apps post, and while that one is a mean filing machine, BBFileScout offers many of the same functions for free. After the jump we’ll go over some of the features. Plus, of course, the download link.

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Earlier this month we learned that BlackBerry Twitter client ÜberTwitter would be getting an update. On Saturday we saw them release version 0.75. Later that day they upgraded that to 0.78, owing to a fix in the timeline update issues. So this one has all the fixes and upgrades they promised when we first learned of the new release. After the jump we’ll go over those changes again. Plus, a sneak preview of what will be on tap for the next iteration of ÜberTwitter.

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Fantasy sports is a crazy, crazy industry. People get all sorts of obsessed over their fake teams. Go to any bookstore and you’ll see dozens of magazines dedicated to the topic. There are hundreds of online sites on how to better your fantasy team and win your league. We’re right in the middle of baseball season right now, and the mother of all fantasy sports leagues, the NFL, is right around the bend. With an assist from BerryReview, we now learn that Yahoo! has released a fantasy sports app. Details after the jump.

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How many contacts do you have on your BlackBerry? Two of my friends, both working at an independent Verizon retailer, who have a contest to see who transfers more BlackBerry contacts. Honestly, they make my 100+ contacts look paltry. The current leader transferred 1,500 in one shot. Whoa. So I assume plenty of readers out there have hundreds, even thousands of contacts. How do you manage that? If I did, I’d check out acceloDex, a contact management application which makes it easier to scroll through your massive address book.

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Here’s a great catch by Kyle at BBCool: developer eCom is close to releasing a MasterCard application for BlackBerry. Of course, “close” is a relative term, so we might not see this until the dog days of summer hit, but it’s still good to know it’s coming. This application will allow MasterCard holders to install an application on their devices which then allows them to transfer funds between accounts. After the jump we’ll go into some of the specifics regarding this app.

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It feels like Father’s Day comes a bit late this year, doesn’t it? That just gives you more time to shop for Dear Old Dad. Plenty of people save their shopping for the last minute, mainly because, well, it’s tough to shop for Dad. He has everything he needs, right? Well, other than that 50-inch flat panel, but that might exceed your budget just a bit. What we’ve got here are 10 applications that any dad would love for Father’s Day. So take a look through and see which ones your BlackBerry-addicted Dad will enjoy most.

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