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Day 18: BerryTunes – $FREE Trial – $19.99 Full Version

I’m not into turning my BlackBerry into a portable music device (that’s what my iPod is for ), but some of you may be interested in playing some tunes on your BlackBerry. I give you BerryTunes. You can listen to audio files, live Internet radio and streaming podcasts right from your BlackBerry!

Features:

• NEW! Improved Single Click Navigation
• NEW! Pause an MP3 file and resume later
• Listen to Streaming Radio & Podcasts!
• Audio Formats (MP3, AAC, M4A, MIDI, WAV, WMA)
• Stereo Bluetooth Support
• New File Navigation for Audio Player
• Add Preset Stations and Podcasts to Favorites
• Update BerryTunes OTA from the menu
• Listen to Live Internet Radio Stations
• Add and edit your own Internet radio stations
• Select between Wifi and Mobile Network (Wifi Devices only)
• Status bar scrolls full station name
• Store files on SD card or internal memory
• Listen through headphones, speakers, or bluetooth
• Transfer via USB cable
• Preview music before sending
• Easy to use MP3 Browser for Windows
• Automatically converts files to optimal format
• Choose Encoding (128K, 64K, 32K, or None)
• Fast Forward / Rewind using the trackball
• Time Counter displayed on screen
• Adjust volume with BlackBerry volume keys
• Player pauses on incoming phone call
• Shuffle the order of your songs on the BlackBerry
• Supports password protected devices

With BerryTunes, you can:

Listen to over 100 streaming internet radio stations on your BlackBerry. Choose from 20 categories, including Rock, Pop, Classical, Jazz, News, etc. with no monthly subscription required!

and

A wide variety of streaming podcasts are available or you can add your own. You can choose from over 20 categories including music, news, sports and travel. We even feature several BlackBerry related podcasts. Most Podcasts can be stopped and resumed where you left off.

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BerryTunes includes MP3 file transfer software for Windows to transfer your MP3 files via the USB cable. The MP3 Browser for Windows allows you to easily select the MP3 files you want to send to your BlackBerry. You can even preview your songs in the MP3 Browser before transferring them to your BlackBerry.

BerryTunes can store your songs on a SD memory card (recommended) or use the internal memory of the BlackBerry.

To install BerryTunes, visit http://na.blackberry.com/eng/support/downloads/download_sites.jsp.

Is a Home Media Center right for you? Is your TV ready for the Digital Transition? Are YOU ready? Moms Gone Geek discusses alternatives to cable TV, Mac Mini or desktop PC versus the Apple TV, resolution, hardware required, and other details we ponder when thinking about replacing traditional TV with streaming internet and digital content. This episode has out-takes at the end.

Read the full show notes over at Moms Gone Geek

Day 17: MyAlarm – $FREE

The BlackBerry devices only have one alarm, but some people need more than one alarm. Well, hello to MyAlarm. MyAlarm gives you additonal alarms to set up on your BlackBerry.

Features

1. 6 more alarms.
2. Choose which day it will beep.
3. Snooze 1, 5 and 10 minutes.
4. Optionally enter random code to turn off the alarm.
5. Monophonic tone, midi and mp3 support.
6. Each alarm has its own tone. Also you can override the individual tone with a global one.
7. Change the Layout of the application (this is needed to support some older OS version and trackweel models).

To install MyAlarm, visit http://lhurtado.vtrbandaancha.net/MyAlarm.html.

Day 16: txtForward – $FREE Trial – $9.99 Full Version

There are times I receive a text message I really need to forward to an email, whether it be to email the text message to myself or forward it to someone else’s email. The need is definitely there and now txtForward makes that function a real possibility.

txtForward automatically forwards SMS text messages you send or receive on your BlackBerry or Windows Mobile smartphone to any email address you supply. Using txtForward to send your incoming text messages to email can be useful in a number of different ways…

To install txtFoward, please visit http://electricpocket.com/txtforward/

I love music and I’m always searching for new artists. This week I ran across singer/songwriter Brooke Fraser on emusic.com and I downloaded her latest album titled “Albertine”. WOW!!! What an amazing album. Brooke has a great voice and her song lyrics are thoughtful, strong and beautifully arranged. I can listen to this album from start to finish without even wanting to skip over a song.

However, there are a few songs that really stand out for me:

1. Shadowfeet
2. Love, Where is Your Fire
3. Albertine
4. C.S. Lewis Song
5. Epilogue

This is the video for one of my favorite songs on this album. It’s the title track “Albertine”. This song is really powerful and beautiful. Enjoy!

Day 15: BeamReader – $FREE Trial – $19.99 Full Version

I downloaded the trial version and BeamReader works like a charm. I was very impressed with its ease of use.

BeamReader is the first full fidelity native PDF reader for the BlackBerry. Now you can view your PDF e-mail attachments or PDF documents stored on your memory card without any loss of quality (i.e. the documents look exactly as they would when viewed on the PC). All of the original fonts, images and formatting is completely preserved. Furthermore, rendering of the documents is completely local to the device and you do not need a data plan to use the reader. BeamReader is the fastest and most intuitive PDF viewing solution available for the BlackBerry platform.