If you’re in the process of moving from Windows or Palm over to Blackberry, here’s another long time favorite calendar/contact/task manager that is also making the Blackberry transition. Last week Agendus posted a public beta of their Agendus personal information manager. No pricing is available as of yet, however you can grab a copy of this beta via the link below and a FAQ here. Pocket Informant is also scheduled to release their program for Blackberry in August.

Agendus for Blackberry beta via Mobility Site and IntoMobile

Dataviz have just announced that Documents To Go for Blackberry is now available for download via their web site. The list price is $69 and it requires that you be using the Blackberry Device Software version 4.5 or higher on a Blackberry 8700, 8100, 8300, 8800 or Blackberry Bold. To use Documents To Go to view and edit e-mail attachments, your organization must be running BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 4.1.5 or BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) 2.5. A 30 day free trial is available. Included in the software suite are tools to edit Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Powerpoint files in their native formats.

Link: Documents To Go for Blackberry
Link: FAQ

I don’t know about you, but I think WebIS has some of the best software available for the Pocket PC/WM platform. I live and die by my calendar, so Pocket Informant has been a staple in my Pocket Outlook arsenal since, like 2001 or so. 

I just got some interesting news… Alex at WebIS will be releasing new versions of both FlexMail and Pocket Informant in the imediate future.  What’s so hot about that… oh, nothing, except that the release of PI will include versions for both BlackBerry and iPhone.

Check it out..!

UPDATE: FlexMail 4 is available now. Upgrades are very generous with FlexMail 4: Free upgrades to purchases after April 1st 2007 and $16.95 before that. Its well worth upgrading! Before upgrading, please take a look at the new PDF Documentation to read the upgrade instructions.

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This just in from the Gear Diary Store…

It’s time for another MobileHeist – providing our readers with outstanding deals on great products for a very limited time!  Our partner, Aerize, is offering a fantastic deal on two exciting products for BlackBerrys. Buy Aerize Card Loader and get Explorer for free. Aerize Card Loader allows users to install limitless applications to-and-from an SD card to their BlackBerry; this latest version includes Over-the-Air (OTA) download and multi-COD Bundle support.  Aerize Explorer is a perfect complementary application, with its powerful file and archive management utilities. This bundled package retails for $40.00, but for two days only, this Thursday and Friday, May 22nd & May 23rd, we’re offering them together for $20.00.  That’s 50% off the retail price!

This bundled pricing starting at 7PM PST on Wednesday, May 21st and runs until 11:59 PST on Friday, May 23rd. You will only need to add the “Better Together” bundled package to your shopping cart – no coupon code required.

Link: “Better Together” bundled package

Kevin Doel forwarded some information that should come in handy for anyone with a Palm OS, Windows Mobile or BlackBerry device. There is a new collection of fun SMS “blips and bloops” available which he says will “make great message alert sounds and increase the choices available from the “default” options that come with phones.” Looking at the product description, it appears that Ringo will give you a bit more than just “blips and bloops”, though; it might be worth a look.

The purpose of Ringo is to make it really easy to change your ringtones on your smartphone:
1.      Easily turn your favorite music and sound clips into ringtones & alerts.
2.      Jazz up your phonebook by setting tones and pictures for friends & contacts.
3.      Group business and personal contacts, then silence one group with a tap.

Link: Ringo

Were you aware that WES is currently going on? If you aren’t very knowledgeable about the BlackBerry scene (admittedly, I fall into this category), then you might not have been aware that WES is the Wireless Enterprise Symposium, or the “Biggest BlackBerry Conference of the Year”. This is the event where developers and IT professionals go to be trained, certified, and explore the latest in BB goodness. We actually have a warm body there, and he should be posting more info later this evening.

It stands to reason that announcements will be rolling out during the symposium, and here is one of the first…

Premier mobile media provider continues to expand mobile catalog for BlackBerry customers, together with Astraware(R), the Handmark Game Studio

Orlando, FL - Wireless Enterprise Symposium 2008 - (May 13, 2008) - Handmark(R), a global leader in mobile media, today announced new, exclusive applications for BlackBerry(R) smartphones including Bible translations; a new ringtone application, Ringtone Junkie; as well as best-selling games from Astraware(R), the Handmark Game Studio.

“A rapidly growing number of BlackBerry users are turning to Handmark for their mobile information and entertainment needs,” said Cassidy Lackey, VP of Handmark Studios. “Astraware, the Handmark Game Studio, focuses on providing only the best mobile content, and we are pleased to bring these new, quality titles to BlackBerry.”

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Can you believe that it has been ten years since HanDBase came out? This was one of the first business tools I bought to run on my Palm, and it was also an application that I eagerly added to my Pocket PC once they crossed platforms. Modern versions of HanDBase will seamlessly sync between Palm OS, Windows Mobile (for Pocket PC and Smartphone), Symbian Series 60 and UIQ, and BlackBerry smartphones, and can be run from either a Windows or Mac computer. Pretty slick, right?

So what is HanDBase and why should you care?

HanDBase is a light and fast relational database manager for desktops, PDAs, and smartphones which offers data entry, searching, sorting, filtering, printing and synchronization across a wide variety of desktop computers, handheld computing devices and smartphones.

With HanDBase, you can create database forms to keep track of everything and anything. If you aren’t up to creating your own personalized forms, you can also download ones that others have created from DDH Software’s extensive database repository - which currently has over 2,000 titles!

That’s where the competition comes into play:

To mark their 10th Anniversary, DDH is “reviving its “HanDBase Applet of the Year” contest, seeking the most innovative uses for its popular HanDBase mobile database program for PDAs and smartphones. The goal for this year’s contest is to demonstrate how easy it is for anyone to develop a mobile solution for either work or personal use. The company will reward the Best Commercial Applet and Best Personal Applet with “HanDBase Runtime” licenses (a US $1,000.00 value) which will enable the winners to turn their entries into commercially-available standalone mobile applications.”

Are you up to the challenge? Read on…

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CIO Magazine has a great article that provides links to six free programs for the Blackberry. Included among the freebies are: Yahoo! One Search, Tellme 2.0 with Voice, Opera Mini Web Browser, Google Mobile Updater, Tiny Twitter and Blackberry Weather Push. This is a followup article to one they did in February which spotlighted an additional 6 free Blackberry programs.

Link: 6 free Blackberry Downloads You Don’t Want to Miss
Link: Six (More) Free Blackberry Apps You Don’t Want to Miss
Via: Howardforums

If you need a quick and dirty reference to check when wondering what time the latest episode of the Big Bang Theory will be showing, or whether the Illusionist is coming on Encore again this week, look no further than the free TV Guide Mobile from Handmark.

Alison sent me a bit of information on it today, and so far I like what I see.

Available for both Windows Mobile* and BlackBerry devices, TV Guide Mobile should have you plotting out your Tivo or DVR schedule like a pro in no time.

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Our giveaway program has been a huge success and we’re going to change things up a little this time around. For one day only, our partner Shape Services has agreed to offer a huge discount on their best-selling IM+All-in-One Messenger for Blackberry. IM+ supports simultaneous connection to all leading public IM services including ICQ, AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, GoogleTalk, and MySpaceIM. The program consistently earns outstanding reviews from both editors and users. This perennial best-seller normally retails for $49.95 but for one day only, this Friday, April 11, we’re going to sell it for only $24.95. That’s 50% off the retail price !

This special pricing is only for IM+ for Blackberry version.

You’ll just need to add IM+ for BlackBerry to your shopping cart – no coupon code is required.