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If you use a BlackBerry, I’m sure that at one point or another you’ve sent group emails. Many of you probably send them regularly. I’m on a few group emails, and I know there have been times when I’ve wanted to type an addendum to a group reply, but only for one or two of the group members. Usually this entails sending a whole new email. A new BlackBerry application, Bccthis, can make those exclusive comments a bit easier to send. It was previously an Outlook plugin, which I wouldn’t have known, being a Mac user and all. Now it’s available for the BlackBerry, so you can make all the behind-their-back comments you want.

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Keep your inbox automated and tidy with BerryMail
Yesterday we talked about Xobni, an application that gives you more control over your address book. Today we take a look at BerryMail which, while not quite as comprehensive as Xobni, still give you more control over your email inbox. If you have BIS you can control the flow of your inbox with filters, but BerryMail seems to do this a bit better. It certainly gives you more options, allowing you to set email rules based on a number of different criteria, and allowing you to perform far more actions once the application identifies said emails. It’s from the same company, by the way, as BerryBuzz, which just got an update.

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Remember last week when I talked about Swoosh Contact and wished it came with more features for that price? Turns out I should have waited a week or so. Via CrackBerry, we learn of an address book application called Xobni. It does the same thing as Swoosh Contact, ranking your contacts by your communication frequency. But it does even more — it even rebuilds your entire address book into a more complete directory.

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It wasn’t long ago that Fandango release a BlackBerry app. It covered the basics, allowing you to browse movies and purchase tickets for pickup at the theater. With more and more theaters having digital kiosks for purchase and pick-up, this was an excellent feature. The next step, then, was to turn your BlackBerry into your actual ticket. Fandango is all over that, rolling out the first phase this week. You can still purchase your tickets through the Fandango app, but if you go to one of the select theaters across the country, you can just show your Berry to the ticket attendant, who will scan it with a special machine. Then you’re in, and with no paper to speak of.

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It’s just about that time of year again, when the sports-loving population checks out of work and tries, for a few Thursdays and Fridays, to follow the NCAA basketball tournament without their boss finding out. The boss knows, of course. But I’m sure that won’t stop most people from enjoying the five rounds of tournament action. For fans, the tourney centers on brackets, our blind predictions that are, for the most part, based on how each school fared while we were in college. Yahoo! has a bracket management application, and it’s available now for your BlackBerry

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If you tether your BlackBerry smartphone to your laptop for data usage, you might have heard of TetherBerry. Last year we wrote about the company, noting how they could help Mac users in particular. A few things have changed since then, most notably their name. They’re now just plain Tether, though they’re offering the same great tethering service. The company recently turned one year old, and they’re celebrating in grand fashion. They’ve given us 25 copies of the application, which we’re giving away to our readers. Plus, they’re also holding a contest where you can win one of three BlackBerry smartphones, or, if you’re so inclined, one of three Android handsets.

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Your BlackBerry address book is boring. It just lists your contacts in alphabetical order, like every other address book on the planet. Wouldn’t it make sense to have different organization options? I’d like, for instance, to have my address book by default sort my contacts by the frequency with which I contact them. That would make things a little easier. If you’re among those who don’t think that is a trivial functionality, you can check out SwooshContact. It’s a new application that gives you greater control over your address book.

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As Apple will remind you, there is an app for nearly everything. If you look through the BBGeeks Store or App World you’ll find thousands of apps that can accomplish everything from making your BlackBerry glow to performing advanced calculations. This is mostly great, but like all good things it also comes with drawbacks. Your device has limited memory, so it can only store so many applications. Many of these apps cost money, and most people only have a limited amount of disposable income for software. The developers at VersatileMonkey know how you feel, and they’ve done something about it. Their new app, VersaTool, combines the functionality of multiple applications into one.

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Yesterday at 1 p.m. I let out a sigh of relief. For the first time in four months, I watched live baseball. Granted, it was a spring training game, and it’s not nearly the same pleasure as a regular season game. But it was baseball. If you had the same feeling, you’ll be happy to hear that MLB has released its At Bat application for the BlackBerry. That is, if you’re a Storm user. The rest of us are out of luck, at least for the time being.

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It might only be March 10, but I’m already dreading the unsavory date that lies just a month away. Sometime between now and then, I have to go through all of my 2009 records so I can optimally configure my tax return. Problem is, my finances are so disorganized that getting everything together becomes a task itself. Even if I had someone do my taxes for me — and they’re not complicated enough to warrant that — I would still have to figure out what in the world I did the previous year. This year, however, it might be a bit easier. I started using my BlackBerry to keep track of my finances, and I’ve found that it has enabled me to make a habit of it. Before, when I used a pen an paper, I’d always forget to write down my transactions when I got home. Now, though, it’s a reflex to reach for my Berry when I buy something or take cash out of the ATM.

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