[ChickenGod]

Is there anything that i SHOULD/MUST get? :D

I have BeeJive right now and it is a really awesome IMing program!

Is there any other good stuff or tweaks on the blackberry I should do?

THANKS!

BeeJive is the only 3rd party program I have so far on my blackberry.

Also, would you recommend Google Maps over the map program pre-installed on the blackberry?

[Milk in Detroit]

ColorPearl is pretty cool

[VirexInc]

Originally Posted by ChickenGod

Is there anything that i SHOULD/MUST get? :D

I have BeeJive right now and it is a really awesome IMing program!

Is there any other good stuff or tweaks on the blackberry I should do?

THANKS!

BeeJive is the only 3rd party program I have so far on my blackberry.

Also, would you recommend Google Maps over the map program pre-installed on the blackberry?

i would say you get "soft reset" its a program that simulates the reboot like when you pull the battery, only you dont have to actally pull the battery. def a must have program for the pearl because you will need to do battery pulls at some point

[jeremyckitching]

I also recommend downloading and installing Viigo, which is a free newsreader. I like using the Opera Mini web browser as well.

[ChickenGod]

I have SoftReset and BBWeather right now. Is the Opera Mini web browser better than the browser that is pre-installed?

[mizditz101]

Originally Posted by Milk in Detroit

ColorPearl is pretty cool

As far as I'm aware, colorpearl doesn't work on the 8130s? No colored LEDs under the trackball

And Opera mini is pretty cool, It shows a zoomed out view of your web page your on, then you scroll over to the part you want :P I like it a lot!
I learned you can't post myspace bulletins on it though lol

[aiharkness]

Wirelessly posted (8700g: BlackBerry8700/4.2.1 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100)

On the mapping program, especially if you have gps, try both google maps and the native bb maps. I've had both and used both, depending. And see http://home.comcast.net/~tamsterra/O...kberry_GPS.htm for much good info.

[Milk in Detroit]

Originally Posted by mizditz101

As far as I'm aware, colorpearl doesn't work on the 8130s? No colored LEDs under the trackball

You are correct. My bad

[mizditz101]

Hehe it happens!
But, if you were in a gsm network and had an 8100, ChickenGod, then yes, colorpearl is awesome =D

[ChickenGod]

Haha oh that would have been cool. Sometimes I HATE Verizon D:

Any other apps i should get? 8D

[missin44]

I was under the impression Opera mini didn't support the 8130 w/Verizon?

[dwp1975]

Originally Posted by VirexInc

i would say you get "soft reset" its a program that simulates the reboot like when you pull the battery, only you dont have to actally pull the battery. def a must have program for the pearl because you will need to do battery pulls at some point

Where can I get this "soft reset" program? Is it free? I just got my 8130 literally about 2 hours ago, I had to do a battery pull as soon as I got home becuase the MMS didn't work right away. And pulling the battery on a 8130 is even more difficult than on the 8830 which I didn't think was possible...lol.

[smyto]

Originally Posted by Milk in Detroit

ColorPearl is pretty cool

I thought ColorPearl only worked on the 8100.

[Vipermad]

Yeah...thank goodness that was already covered in this thread on 02-29-2008, 08:52 PM.

[di377prncess]

I have an 8130 on Verizon and my Opera Mini works just dandy!!

[VZWBBnewb]

You can get SoftReset here: geek and proud - BlackBerry Software

I'd also get a Skin from Best Skins Ever Home Page to protect your Pearl.

[Tdcompton]

The Verizon employee told me my screen on the 8130 was almost impossible to scratch and that I didn't need to get a cover for the screen.. He was wrong and now I have a tiny scratch on my screen that is driving me insane