Iconify lets you create quick links to contacts, emails and more on your homescreen so they can be accessed right away. The app also gives you the ability to assign a user-defined hotkey to an Iconify link to make the launch process even faster. Recently, the app has gone freemium and there’s plenty of functionality for free. More after the jump.
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Flip Silent is a pretty cool app that lets you simply turn over your device in order to silence it. The developer, S4BB, is currently holding a promotion where they’re giving away the app for free for one month. The app works with any device with an accelerometer and features:
- Flip your phone to Silent
- silences all incoming calls and messages
- Flip the phone back to deactivate Flip Silent
- Silence your phone with a cool gesture
Majestic Media let us know about their Mobile Supremacy Suite, a set of BlackBerry utilities packaged into one app. The suite includes 10 apps that are all practical to use and buying the suite will definitely save you money if you plan on owning one or more of these types of apps. Here is a full list of the apps you get with the Mobile Supremacy Suite:
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Ever noticed how BlackBerrys put the BIS email signature at the very bottom of an email chain? That isn’t helpful for anyone. With SmartSig, you won’t have this problem. SmartSig lets you create your email signature in SmartSig and it will place the signature in the proper location in outgoing emails, which is right at the end of the message body you are sending. Other features of SmartSig 2.0 include:
- Create, edit, and delete email signatures directly on your device.
- Automatically places the correct email signature in the proper location within your outgoing email messages.
Signature conditions can be added to test the To, CC, BCC, From, Subject or Message Body for the presence or lack of keywords. - Signature can require that all conditions be met or that any condition be met in order to apply the signature.
- Backup and restore your signatures using the BlackBerry Desktop Manager.
- Enable and disable individual signatures.
- Support for all BlackBerry 4.5 and higher devices, including BlackBerry 6.
SmartSig is available in the store for a reasonable $2.99 and even comes with a free trial.
Last week we wrote about a signal measuring app from Xtreme Labs that was launched in response to the claims made by Apple that the Bold 9700 and other smartphones have antenna issues. Hayes.mobi has launched its BlackBerry radio monitoring utility called Antennagate, which has some great features to help you get a better picture of your radio’s status. Antennagate produces a chart that refreshes over a specified time interval so you have a visual representation of what is going on with your radio signal.
Features of the Antennagate app include:
- Track antenna signal over time
- Carrier antenna signal
- WiFi antenna signal
- Customizable refresh interval
- Customizable display options
- Screenshots
- Use to find best reception indoors
- Use to test “Death Grip”
Mobholic is a fun app that lets you track your BlackBerry usage. The app has recently been updated with new features for tracking your stats, as well as a host of bug fixes. This app is turning out nicely and since the developers are students, it’s always good to support the community.
New features include:
- New website with 3D charts.
- Charts accessible also from the mobile app
- Ranking per Email Sending/ Receiving / Deleting
- Ranking per words typed in your Email.
- Ranking per distance traveled with your BlackBerry (if mobile phone supports GPS)
- Top Movers in the last 24 hours ranking.
Mobholic is available in App World for $2.99. While buying the application some might still fall on the old version of Mobholic due to an App World bug that is still not fixed since December. Email the developers support line and they’ll give you the updated version with proof of purchase.
