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Weatherbug Direct BlackBerry App Review

Get live, local weather condition from any of the WeatherBug Tracking Stations.

Weatherbug Direct BlackBerry provides current temperature, weather alerts and extended forecast directly to your BlackBerry phone. The local weather conditions are available from any of the WeatherBug Tracking Stations in the U.S. There are more than 8,000 WeatherBug Tracking Stations to provide the weather forecasting service.

Weatherbug Direct BlackBerry app is absolutely free. It features two icons and displays the live temperature as an icon. Weatherbug Direct gives you direct access to the Weatherbug site, and at the same time shows your local forecast (hi/low temperatures) as the second icon.

This weather forecasting app supports some excellent features such as icon changing with the weather as well as weather alerts. Also, it has the ability to show you up to 3 days weather forecast which is not compared to other options. Compared to other weather forecasting app, Weatherbug Direct is simple and easy to use. Relevant details will be displayed immediately as you roll over the icon. If you want more details, you are allowed to browse wap.weatherbug.com.

WeatherBug Direct gives you absolute control. The Weather Alerts supported by the app work with the existing audio profile on your BlackBerry. The app provides alert profiles as some users want to be alerted for thunderstorm or severe weather. Alert profiles allow you to select audio/visual alerts, depending on the way you want to be alerted. WeatherBug Direct also provides you with some advanced settings where the user can set alert updating, updated forecasts and animate your forecast.

Features of Weatherbug Direct BlackBerry

• Supports US as well as international location.
• Provides real time, local weather status.
• Provides local weather forecasts.
• You will get live temperature on home screen.
• Supports Standard as well as Metric unit.
• Updates on weather alerts
• Provides quick link for maps and radar.

Installation Instructions

Visit WeatherBug’s website at http://blackberry.weatherbug.com and download the software by clicking on “Download WeatherBug Direct”. The app will be downloaded to your BlackBerry smart phone.

Minimum Requirements

• Blackberry OS 4.1 and later
• BB Dimension-Icon or BB Insight-Icon theme

Conclusion

Having WeatherBug Direct app on your BlackBerry is a necessity, as it saves your valuable time over and above getting caught up in a rain. The app has scored 7 out of 10.

StudentDocket BlackBerry App Review

Task Management Tool to Organize and Manage Your Tasks

Designed specifically for students, StudentDocket is a premier BlackBerry tasking application which provides a user-friendly, logically organized task management program to meet the needs of students. With StudentDocket app for BlackBerry, the tasks, projects, and assignments are organized in a simple and straightforward way so that it’s easy to remember and work on. Besides managing your work efficiently, StudentDocket mobile application provides you with reminders to make sure that your works are done promptly. Also, it allows users to view the assignments by day, week, month, or class.

StudentDocket BlackBerry app features an easy to read main display, which helps you to know what your next action should be, and provides information on how much more is left to be done. All of your information is easily available from the home screen.

How StudentDocket app for BlackBerry Works?

Classes, projects and tasks can be created with this BlackBerry smart phone app. The first step is to create a class using the menu button provided on the main screen. Simply click on the menu button and choose the “New Class” tab and enter all the necessary details such as course name, location, date and time, start and end date of the course.

You can input all the necessary information such as name of course, location, details of scheduling, notes specific to the class and curriculum requirements. You have the option to enter details of professor like name, location, office hours, email and contact phone number.

In the same way, one can also create a project using StudentDocket app. By choosing “New Project” option under menu button, a project can be created. There you can enter project name, the class to which it belongs; date to start displaying the project, project completion date, and any short notes about the new project. By simply opening up the project display, you will get a complete overview of your entire project.

Similarly, you can create tasks. Two kinds of tasks can be created using StudentDocket mobile app for BlackBerrry.

•    Standalone
•    Projects

To create task, select the “New Task” option under menu button. On the same screen, enter name of task, the class to which it belongs, due date and any notes about task. Open the desired project to include a task in a project. Then you will get a screen titled “Tasks due for”, followed by project name. To add a new task in a project, simply click the button “menu”. After this, follow the same steps to create standalone projects.

StudentDocket app has a top navigation bar, which helps in viewing the projects and tasks created by users.

Conclusion

StudentDocket is a must to have tool for your BlackBerry smart phone and we rate this mobile app as excellent.