Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Using Vlingo and loving it!

I have been using the free version of Vlingo since returning from WES and I love the SafeReader feature.
While driving, the feature reads incoming text and email over my Bluetooth visor speakerphone. With the paid version, I can dictate messages that can be sent with a push of a single button. The free version let's you test the feature and I found the speech recognition to be decent. I have one other email reading app to test before I make my decision but right now, I am leaning towards paying for Vlingo Plus so I can dictate messages and keep my hands on the wheel.

LNS

DirecTV now has a DVR Scheduler App for the Blackberry.
I have used my Bberry browser for a few years now to schedule my home DVR while on the road. Hopefully this app will be easier and faster.
It took me less than 5 mins to install and setup. It allowed me to store my DirecTV login information. It also allows you to set a filter so it will only show search results based on the channels you subscribe to.
The real test will come when my wife asks me to schedule something...let's hope it works.

LNS