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Vlingo is my favourite hands-free app for BlackBerry, bar none, and they’ve launched version 3.0 which now lets you send your transcribed messages without having to hit a key. There are some additional read-back functions but, sadly on the surface it looks like Vlingo is cutting features (sending transcribed e-mails and text messages to anyone) reserving them for their new $17.99 Vlingo Plus. Not to fret, though; you can still send those messages if your receiving contact also has the software, and the vast majority of Vlingo’s cool voice commands (tweeting, updating Facebook status, web searches, launching apps, etc.) are still intact in the free version. It’s been a nice free ride while it lasted, but if quick, hands-free transcribed e-mails are at all important to you, it’ll be worth the $17.99.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
