Phone Number Checker - Put in a phone number and it tells you if it is part of the Verizon IN network. A great tool to see if your friends are free calls or not. Psss, here is the Cingular/AT&T version.
Verizon Minutes Used Firefox Extension - This tool is really sweet, a firefox plugin that looks at your Verizon account and displays how many minutes you have used, text usage, how many minutes left, next billing cycle and more at the bottom of your FireFox browser.
5135555555@vtext.com - This is your verizon email address (replace with your area code phone number of course).
Who Called Us - Not a verizon tool but a still good to know. Plug in the phone number and see who really called you from that 1800 number.
Written by Tim on August 31st, 2007 with 4 comments.
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So now I’m running with a Blackberry 8830, carried by Verizon. Verizon stripped out the GPS in this phone & a bunch of people are more then upset (see class action lawsuit). Hopefully they will get the picture soon & release a firmware update to un-disable their feature.
Applications I’m running
- Gmail - A must have if you are running a gmail email account.
- Google Maps - I find it better then Blackberry’s Maps, plus the ability to search for local business and get directions is too easy. Google Maps mobile is a must have.
- Opera 4 mini beta - It gives you that iPhone feeling browsing the web. It’s the not the greatest but the best small phone browser I’ve found
- Berry Bloglines - A Bloglines rss reader that works very nicely. It only pulls down unread entries and allows you to read post there and not have to
- JiveTalk - Verizon won’t let you run the Blackberry native AIM client (http://www.blackberry/aim), Jive Talk gives you multiple IM clients (AIM, Yahoo, Live). I’m running the 30 day eval, if I end up buying it, it’ll cost me $19.95. Pretty sweet.
Written by Tim on August 31st, 2007 with no comments.
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