Check out Fuel Economy Calculator for BlackBerry and the BlackBerry PlayBook - 50 free copies available!

It's good to keep track of your vehicle's fuel efficiency as well as scheduled maintenance and oil changes. I remember as a kid my dad kept a little notebook in the glovebox, jotting down notes when we went to the gas station. Times have changed, and now instead of that notebook, smudged and wrinkled in the glovebox, we have apps that can take the hard work out of keeping track of this information.

Dekerta Software has a nice app for this, Fuel Economy Calculator. While it's been available for BlackBerry for quite awhile, they have also just released a version for the BlackBerry PlayBook. All you have to do is enter in your odometer reading and how much fuel you purchase, and the app will calculate the efficiency for you. You can track the data over time automatically by averages and a handy graph. This app supports multiple vehicles, metric and imperial units, and you can even keep track of oil changes and maintenance as well as set reminders. Available for most BlackBerry smartphones, you can grab Fuel Economy Calculator for $2.99 for your BlackBerry, or just $.99 for your Playbook.



Contest: Dekerta Software has given us 50 copies of Fuel Economy Calculator for BlackBerry. To enter, leave a comment below. The contest ends this Sunday at midnight PST. One entry per person please, and good luck! *Please note, the contest is not for the PlayBook app, due to App World limitations.*

More information/screenshots and purchase Fuel Economy Calculator for BlackBerry

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ShortCutMe is Today’s BerryReview Store Deal of the Day

Today’s Deal of the Day is a great one!  I have been using ShortCutMe for a while now, and it is one of my must have apps for BlackBerry.  It is on sale for $1.99 from $6.99.  At this price it should be a no brainer.  Fonware has done a great job adding new features to this app, and it is always being update.  If you are looking to add more functionality to your BlackBerry, then check it out here at the BerryReview Store.

Here are some of the features the app has:

-150 fully customizable shortcuts for major BlackBerry applications and tasks.
-Assign 3 applications to each convenience key.
-Assign 3 applications to Space key (Only for devices with full QWERTY keypads).
-Create your own shortcuts to do various tasks i.e. toggle Bluetooth or launch apps
-Use Direct Launch feature to launch apps without even creating a shortcut for it.
-Cascade your shortcuts so that they run one after the other (Leaving Home shortcut, where ShortcutMe turns off WiFi, Turns on Bluetooth, Turns on cellular radio and launches your favorite music so that you can hear it in the car stereo system. All of that by for example just double clicking the Space or side key.
-Built-in fast 5 days weather forecast for several cities.
-Built-in fast stock market overview
-Built-in screen capture feature
-AND many more. Please visit ‘shortcutme dot com’ for a complete list of features.

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Deal of the Day Sunday, July 10th: Add to Contact 2 is 50% off today only!

Tired of having to copy and paste whenever you want to add new information to your existing contacts? It gets to be tiresome, selecting the information, copying, switching applications, finding the right contact, pasting into the right field… but it doesn't have to be that way. Add To Contact 2 by MobiChampion Software makes adding a new phone number, email address, or PIN easy and painless. Simply select the call log entry, SMS, email or PIN message that contains the information, press menu and select "Add to existing contact", then select the contact from the list.

This is a great utility to have on your BlackBerry, and will prove itself useful time and again. Available for all BlackBerry smartphones, Add To Contact 2 is normally $2.99, but it's todays Deal of the Day so you can get it for half off! That's right, $1.49, today only. There's even a free trial, so you can try it out, but if you like it don't wait too long to buy.

For more information and to download Add to Contact 2

Free Conqu is a Powerful Task App for Your BlackBerry PlayBook

 

A couple readers have pointed out a slick task manager called Conqu for the BlackBerry PlayBook. This slick task manager is perfect for those who don’t want to use Tasks over the bridge or simply don’t have a BlackBerry. There is quite a bit of customization available in Conqu for anybody who needs tasks from a simple task list to a GTD style use case. That means you can use it for a shopping list or get more complex by assigning projects, energy, time to finish a task, and additional context like tags.

Main features:

Best of all Conqu is totally free. Hopefully they are working on a BlackBerry smartphone version that will sync (suggest it to them here) but until then you can pick up Conqu in App World.

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