Blackberry Weather app

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Thanks to BerryReview.com for this nugget.  A Java applet tgat displays the weather on your screen.

I am running it quite nicely on my Storm.

You can find the Weather App on the developers site at this link. OTA install is available at this link:weather.midlets.eu/dwn/. Just make sure to select the right Jar file for the size of your screen. The 320 version works like a charm on my Storm. Gergely recommends trying the 240 version if the 320 version does not work on your device.

Finally got my hands on a SocialScope Beta invite

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After trying now for a week, I finally snagged an invite to the new Blackberry uberTweet tool – SocialScope - thanks to Blackberry Cool’s efforts, and being in front of my RSS Reader at the right time.

So yet another tech toy, er, productivity suite for me to test out on my Blackberry Storm..

Stay tuned.

SocialScope Hands-on Impressions

– I wouldn’t download SocialScope yet if you’re a BlackBerry Storm user, as support isn’t really built in for it yet. If you must, then make sure to turn off Compatibility Mode.
– The amount of things I can do with my Twitter account via SocialScope is great - retweet, favorite, it’s all there. Facebook is a little more limited (I have to log in to Facebook to look at photos?), but I believe that is a testament to how much more open the Twitter API is. That being said, I love that you can add Facebook friends directly to your BlackBerry Address Book.
– Being able to ‘Tab out’ your favorite friends or followers is an incredible feature, and makes sure you don’t miss the important stuff.
– SocialScope users now have the ability to set their refresh rate. I don’t know what the ‘auto’ setting is, but the lowest is 5 minutes, which doesn’t seem low enough to me.
– Being able to customize what you receive notifications for is great. You can choose between Twitter replies, DM’s, or all messages (good luck!).
– Adding photos or links, even while not in SocialScope, is bonus. Great, great feature.

SocialScope Feature List

- SocialScope integrates your Twitter feed and Facebook updates into one application.
- A tabbed Interface so you never miss replies, direct messages or updates from specific contacts
- View all your social network status updates and picture updates in one place
- Address Book Integration allows you to save your contacts’ social network information and see there updates from the address book
- Support for standard BlackBerry shortcuts, r – reply, d – direct message, c – compose update, b – bottom, t – top, f – favorite
- Post updates directly from your Inbox
- Twitter search support with #topics highlighting throughout BlackBerry
- @username highlighting
- One click access to the “in reply to” messages
- BlackBerry spell checker support
- Tabbed Interface so you never miss replies, direct messages or updates from specific contacts
- A direct message interface that makes it easier to see conversations
- Post pictures via TwitPic from the camera or BlackBerry Media app
- URL Shrinking with bit.ly with the BlackBerry Browser integration
- NEW! Profile Notifications (Experimental) for each message type
- NEW! Refresh Rate Control (Experimental)
- NEW! ReTweet capability
- NEW! Added Follow/UnFollow
- NEW! Remembers posting preference

New Bolt Browser for Blackberry blasts in

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I have had the privilege of trying out a new Java based browser on my Blackberry Storm.

Thanks to BlackBerry Cool blog, they were able to get some invites to the beta program of this new browser.

Bitstream is the company behind this new browser, and they have been a little bit taken aback by the popularity of their beta program.

As reported in Blackberry Cool:

To get your copy of the BOLT beta, you must head on over to their download page and use the following referral code: ‘berrycool’. Do this even if you had already sent a request previously.Bitstream has now automated the request process, meaning you should get an email with the download link much quicker now.

So far I find it somewhat awkward on my Storm, although the built in RSS Reader is REALLY Cool. I will be trying it out shortly on my wife’s Pearl.

Stormgrounds.com – An Awesome place for Blackberry Storm backgrounds and ringtones

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I discovered stormgrounds.com today quite by accident, and I must say I am impressed with the variety and quality of the backgrounds and ringtones this site has, amd the owner of the site is quick and responsive too…