The Bing BlackBerry Team has announced that the Bing application for BlackBerry smartphones is now available for the Curve 8300/8500 series and the 8800 series! Last week Daniel reviewed Bing for the Storm and basically gave the app a big thumbs up so I’m sure you Curve and 8800 owners will like it as well.

Features:

• Search Home with a brand new search experience:
  • New and Improved Home Screen with links to the user’s most favorite tasks.
  • Voice-Enabled search functionality
  • Autosuggest-enable text box that serves up your recent searches and favorite locations
  • Top News and Business Directory to expose news and local queries
  • Rotating promos to boost user involvement and knowledge of the application
• Web, Local, News and IA
  • Relevant and up-to-date web, news and local results
  • Easy access to interaction (Call, directions, map, save as favorite) for local businesses
  • Instant Answers for Movies (Showtimes, Theaters, Now Playing), Weather, Finance and Locations
• Maps, Traffic & Directions
  • Search the map for businesses around you.
  • Easy access to directions, favorites, centering yourself on the map
  • Step by Step directions to your locations of interest
  • Track your location on the map using responsive and highly accurate Location Based Services.

To download Bing to your compatible device go to m.bing.com from your BlackBerry Browser and select “Download Interactive Client” and then “Download Bing Now”. For more info visit rimsupport.spaces.live.com or discoverbing.com/mobile.

FileScout, a file management application for BlackBerry, has been updated to version 1.5.0.0 with a bunch of new features as well as some bug fixes.

What’s new?

• Display of thumbnails in search result (if thumbnail display is enabled and images are in the ‘FileScout Image Cache’)
• Thumbnail-Options: New Button to generate all all thumbnails for all images on your device (incl. the SDCard) – this operation can take a while till it’s completed – please be patient!
• When resizing images to device resolution size you can now select to keep the aspect ratio of the original image. If this option is selected, then FileScout will cut (left & right or top & bottom) of the image so that it will fit to your device screen resolution.
• UserDefined resolution (image resizing) can be now be max 9999 pixel [but it's recommended not use more then 1200px]
• Support for DesktopManager Backup & Restore (FileScout settings)
• A ” in the Screen Title indicating that the background threads (required for Search and other extended features) are still running (after FileScout is started) – once the threads are completed the ” will disappear.
• Integration in the RIMs FileExplorer Application: a ‘Explore with FileScout’ MenuItem is added

What’s fixed?

• Search files in the current Directory only function fixed to be usable multiple times
• Potential OutOfMemeory Error during start of FileScout (when the thumbnail store is getting too large)
• Accessing OS5 System Folder for Bold, Bold2, Storm and Storm2

To download FileScout OTA click here or visit the emacberry.com page for more info and a desktop download. This software is available as donationware and without limitations so if you find it useful consider sending a donation to the developer, Matthias.

* UPDATE I’ve created the dedicated page. It can be viewed at blackberryrocks.com/bitly-links *

I’ve been using bit.ly for quite some time, for everything I do on the web. Bit.ly is, in my opinion, the best URL shortening site. Not to mention that there is a free application for BlackBerry called bit.lify, which I’m hoping will be updated with more features in the future.

Today I decided to go crazy with bit.ly and bit.lified all the good stuff here on BlackBerry Rocks! You will now be able to save shorter links instead of the long ones, and they are very easy to remember.

Here are some examples:

• How To: Backup And Restore Your BlackBerry -> bit.ly/backuprest
• Pearl 8100 Series Themes & Wallpapers -> bit.ly/8100themes
• Curve 8900 Apps & Games -> bit.ly/8900apps
• Latest BlackBerry Operating Systems -> bit.ly/bbOS

All you have to do is replace the series number with your series number. I’ve put together a list of all the available bit.ly links for my site after the jump.

I will also be making a page dedicated to listing all my bit.lified links soon. Let me know what you think!
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* UPDATE Matthias has updated BBFileScout to version 1.1.0.1

Since I received user feedback that there is additionally the need for a user defined resolution setting in the new “Image Resize” function, I just have integrated this feature into BBFileScout. In the new ‘Image Option’ section you have an additional entry in the ‘target resolution’ called ‘user defined’.

If you downloaded version 1.1 please redownload BBFileScout below. *

Matthias let me know that he has updated his BBFileScout BlackBerry application from version 1.0 to version 1.1.

New functions include the ability to resize images to a user selected resolution ranging from 1200px, 1024px, 800px, 640px and the device’s resolution. There is also an option to show favorites at startup and URLs in the BBFileScout “About” screen will now bring you to the site.

BBFileScout is offered “free” as Donationware, which means the version available for download is fully functional with no limitations but the developer is asking for donations to help upkeep the development of the application. BBFileScout is available for all BlackBerrys on OS 4.3 and higher.

• Download OTA: BBFileScout
• Info: BBFileScout Homepage (ZIP available for desktop installation)
  
• How To:
  • Install applications and themes via OTA with or without using data
  • Install Applications and Themes via Desktop Manager

View the detailed changelog after the jump.

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The last time I mentioned BBFileScout it was at version 0.6.9. Matthias let me know that he has released version 1.0 with many bug fixes and new features according to user feedback.

Just to clarify, BBFileScout is offered “free” as Donationware, which means the version available for download is fully functional with no limitations but the developer is asking for donations to help upkeep the development of the application. BBFileScout is available for all BlackBerrys on OS 4.3 and higher.

• Download OTA: BBFileScout
• Info: BBFileScout Homepage (ZIP available for desktop installation)
  
• How To:
  • Install applications and themes via OTA with or without using data
  • Install Applications and Themes via Desktop Manager

BBFileScout is one of those must have applications for anyone that actively uses their BlackBerry with various file types. Check out a full list of features and the changelog since version 0.6.9 after the jump.

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Viigo is going to announce a new version at WES 2009 with some new and very cool features.

Among the new features are:

• Enterprise features (employee directories, calendars, products…)
• Post to Facebook
• Streaming audio
• Full Twitter integration
• More to be announced as a “surprise”

Streaming audio is a feature that many have been waiting for for quite some time. Even without these upcoming features, Viigo continues to be one of my top BlackBerry applications and a “must have” that I suggest to all BlackBerry users.

If you don’t have Viigo on your BlackBerry yet, head on over to getviigo.com from either your PC or your BlackBerry Browser.

I (and Viigo I’m sure) would love to hear some feedback on what everyone thinks about this application, so be sure to leave some comments!

BBFileScout has been updated to version 0.6.5 with support for thumbnail images, new features and a fresh set of application icons.

From the changelog:

2009/04/22 – BBFileScout update to 0.6.5

What’s new?

• Thumbnail support for images (if enabled in BBFileScout options)
  BBFileScout is able to display a small (depending on the selected font site) preview of supported image files.
  Please note that this option could eat up a lot of performance of your device, if you open a directory that contain a large number of images that have a file size which is larger the 500KiB. In order to avoid serious performance problems the search result will not display thumbnails for images.
• BBFileScout will display a 128px preview of image files in the details dialog [Key shortcut: I] The thumbnail creation could take some moments – so please be a bit patient.
• Select your favorite folder icons
• When you have chosen ‘Ask each time’ in the ‘When destination exist’ option then it can become quite inconvenient when you will be prompted for plenty of files and you have to select each time the option of your choice. This have been improved: BBFileScout will now remember the first made choice and for the next time the dialog will be displayed the ‘OK’-Button is automatically focused.

2009/04/18 – BBFileScout update to 0.6.4

What’s new?

• I am sorry that there is again another update within 24h – but the initial new icons, that I have bought where IMHO not optimal for the Blackberry® device – so I have worked the last 24h with high pressure on an update for the icons of BBFileScout and finally after spending the night with “pushing pixel around” I am more or less happy with the result
• I hope now the contrast for the icons is improved and if there is somebody around who would like to help me with further improvements please do not hesitate to get in contact with me.

Don’t forget, BBFileScout is provided free as dontation-ware. If you’d like to help with a dontation or with the development of this application be sure to contact the developer.

• Download
  • OTA: BBFileScout
  • ZIP: BBFileScout v0.6.5
• Info: BBFileScout homepage
• How To:
  • Install applications and themes via OTA with or without using data
  • Install Applications and Themes via Desktop Manager

The Superpages BlackBerry application is now available for the Storm!

From the description:

Only the downloadable version of Superpages harnesses the power of the leading Internet Yellow Pages in a format that lives up to the quality of the BlackBerry.

• Locate a Business With millions of businesses available from the Superpages.com database, you’re sure to find what you need, when you need it. Get extended business information such as business profile, hours, parking, customer reviews, photos and more.
• Get Movie Info Fast Search by movie, theatre or genre. See show times, read reviews and connect directly to driving directions from wherever you are.
• Map Your Way With interactive maps and turn by turn directions, you can get where you’re going quickly, easily and without the frustration of having to find that piece of paper on which you wrote directions.
• Find a Person The People Finder function allows you to find a friend, old neighbor or coworker across town, or across the country.
• Plus More! Get a local 5-day forecast with current conditions, reverse lookup of people or businesses, access your My Superpages account and easily see your previous searches.

The Superpages application is also available for many other BlackBerry models.

• Download OTA: Superpages
• Info: Superpages Mobile for BlackBerry

Source: CrackBerry