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v3.10.5.0

ShortcutMe v3.10.5.0 is now available for all BlackBerry models (Except old balckberries with trackwheel on the side) (Available here and on RIM AppWorld.)

New features in v3.10.5.0

  • - Added Power_Off to the supported apps

  • - Easier to create shortcuts

  • - (For Storm 1 and Storm2) Removed a bug that caused shortcut text getting drawn outside the frame.

v3.10.4.0

New features in v3.10.4.0

  • - A bug related to license key removed (it effected few users)

  • - "Show Me Online Info Page" added to Most Used Apps and the menu of Shortcut Setup page.

  • - Calllog, Msg_Compose, Calendar_xxxx all now runs with Test-Run

  • - Accepts background images smaller than the full size

  • - Added Backlight_Brightness to the supported apps

  • - Backlight brightness is set to 100 for Flashlight_Lxd

v3.10.1.0

New features in v3.10.1.0:

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  • - Launch ShortcutMe with Space key If you are in the BlackBerry Home Screen and no other app is assigned to launch with Space key, ShortcutMe will launch by clicking the Space key
  • - Multi-Space-Key Click feature From BlackBerry Home Screen just double, triple and quadruple Space key to launch your most used apps
  • - Loads background image Nicer look with background images, your own or the ones downloaded from www.shortcutme.com page
  • - 'Download Optimized Background Images' button to download images directly from our web site
  • - Background Image Rotation Instead of always having the same background image, you can choose to force ShortcutMe to load a new image every time it is launched.
  • - Multi-Click Apps View New view for Multi-Click apps. This new view can be launched if you click any of the multi-click keys 5 times.
  • - Test-Run button when you create/edit a shortcut. Test-Run allows you to test your shortcut as you create/edit it, instead of every time exit and test the shortcut.
  • - Display name will auto update when AppName is changed.
  • - For Call, Msg_Email, Msg_PIN, Msg_SMS, select a contact from the Address Book, instead of copy and pasting it
  • - Msg_Email can accept an Address Book group as parameter: Create a shortcut to send email to several people.
  • - Now_Playing added to the supported app If a media file is played, you can bring it to forefront using ShortcutMe
  • - Added Screenshot_PNG_SCM to the supported app Take a screenshot and save it as png file (Screenshot_SCM creates jpg file)
  • - Device_InfoPlus renamed to Device_Info_Plus
  • - Added Device_Info and Wifi_On to the supported app

3.9.2.0

ShortcutMe v3.9.2.0 is released for all BB models

New features in v3.9.2.0:

  • - Added "Google Talk_BG" to AppNames.
  • - Added "Google Talk_BG" to AppNames.
  • - Faster start up for the main page of SCM and the Direct Launch.
  • - Reminder for permission settings after upgrade.
  • - Optional Auto Permission Settings (user decides to use it or not)
  • - Added FlashLight_LxD. It accepts 2 parameters (1st being the area size, 2nd being Color). Conv key toggles the screen. (Users with BB with keypad can change color directly (w,r,b,g,y) so that the light intnsity can be changed after FlashLight_LxD shortcut is launched).
  • - Flash Light renamed to FlashLight_Flash
  • - Camera flash (FlashLight_Flash) stays on until the Video Recorder is closed.
  • - Msg_SMS without any parameter for BB OS 5.x (allows user to specify receiver(s): can be used as Compose SMS)
  • - Removed the bug where Search started the browser in background on some BB models and OS.
  • - Removed the bug in 3.8.x.x regarding not being able to launch InstantMessagingApps/etc.
  • - Clock and BedsideMode_Toggle not visible if BB OS is 5.x.x.1 to 5.x.x.460 (User can still add them as extra app in Common Config page).

3.8.4.0

ShortcutMe v3.8.4.0 is released for all BB models

New features in v3.8.4.1 (only for Storm1 and Storm 2):

  • - Removed a bug that caused categories not getting opened.

New features in v3.8.4.0:

  • - Direct Launch now allows you to enter shortcuts (A N for Addressbook_New, etc)
  • - A bug (double search word) in custom search (A search app with parameter set) is removed
  • - Some changes in the menus

3.8.3.0

New features in 3.8.3.0:

  • - "AIM_BG" is added to apps
  • - Added a new parameter to Screenshot_SCM. If set to 1, images are stored with time stamp in the /SDCard/BlackBerry/pictures
  • - Removed a bug that stopped ShortcutMe from exiting when apps in the background (Yahoo and BB Messenger) were launched.

3.8.2.0

New features in v3.8.2.0:

  • - Added Search_Answers to the long list of Internet Search apps embedded in ShortcutMe.
  • - Added "BlackBerry Messenger_BG" to AppNames.
  • - Added "Yahoo! Messenger_BG" to AppNames.
  • - Added "Google Talk_BG" to AppNames.
  • - "Screenshot" AppName is changed to "Screenshot_SCM" (It is because a user reported that a 3rd party program is called Screenshot.
  • - Faster launching speed

3.8.0.0

ShortcutMe v3.8.0.0 is released for 97xx.

New features in v3.8.0.0:

  • - Direct Launch
  • No need to create a shortcut to launch an applicaiton anymore!

    Just double click the conv key and start entering the name of the applicaiton in your mind! (If you click the conv key once then you are in the old mode where your shortcuts are, click it twice to launch apps directly. Assuming you have set the double-conv-key-click to "DirectLaunch_Toggle") Direct Launch is not only for launching installed applications but also for 'launching' applicaitons that are already running in the background and for launching ShortcutMe tasks like Calendar_New, MemoPad_New, Radio_Toggle, Search_google, StayLit, etc.

    (set double conv key click to DirectLaunch_Toggle, or hit 0 to use it)

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  • - Added many new Quick Search Apps
  • Added Search_All, Search_Google, Search_Amazon, Search_YouTube, Search_Wikipedia, Search_Yahoo, Search_Flickr, Search_GoogleNews, Search_IMDB, Search_Newegg, Search_Twitter to the list of App Names

  • Normal Use: Click S G to launch Search Google. Then enter your search phrase and click on OK to see the google search results.

    Power users (as usual, something there for power users): Quick Advance Search

    Steps to setup:

    1- Use BlackBerry Browser to search using any search engine with advance search feature. Let's say Google advance. Set all the parameters in google search as you wanted to use for your advance search. (For example set Data and region parameter of the google search, or any other parameters avaialble). Set the search phrase to shortcutme. Click on the search button to start the google search. Then use the menu options to copy the web link for the search result page.

    2- Now create a shortcut (for example) like this: AppName: Search_Google DisplayName: Search Google Advance Shortcuts: S G A Parameter: (Paste the web address from step 1 here) Shortcut Color:

    Now, any time you hit S G A, and enter a search word, you do an advance search for that word!

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  • - StayLit added.
  • Create a shortcut to force teh backlight to stay on. (When activated, it can only be turned off by launching ShortcutMe) Available also from Direct Launch so you don't even need to create a shortcut for it!

v3.7.2.0

ShortcutMe v3.7.2.0 is now released for 97xx, 96xx, 95xx, 90xx, 89xx, 88xx, 85xx, 83xx, 82xx, 81xx. Available here and soon on RIM AppWorld.

New features to v3.7.2.0:

  • - Category: Set category for your shortcuts to have a cleaner main screen.
  • - Launch any app that is running in the background [/B]: If you find an app that doesn't launch, add it's name in the Common Config page and create a shortcut using that name. If that app is running in the background, ShortcutMe can launch it.
  • - New user interface.
  • - Maximum # of shortcuts increased from 70 to 150.
  • - More embeded info and warnings to make it easier to creat shortcuts.
  • - Auto Backup feature. Users can choose to restore from the latest, automatically backed up settings or from latest manualy stored settings.
  • - Ability to load and use new background images for the main page of shortcutme.
  • - Two new drawing styles added.
  • - Directly upgrade from the Check For Update page.
  • - Check For Update with link to WhatIsNew, UpgradeInstruction and UpgradeCode.
  • - If conflict exists, clicking ENTER will launch the first shortcut that matches the user input regardless of the conflict.
  • - New icon.
  • - Few other bugs removed.

3.6.8.4

ShortcutMe v3.6.8.4 is released for 95xx, 97xx, 96xx, 90xx, 89xx, 88xx, 85xx, 83xx, 82xx, 81xx.

What are new features to v3.6.8.0? Click here

3.6.8.4

ShortcutMe v3.6.4.0 is released for trackball/touchpad BlackBerries. Available here and on RIM AppWorld.

New features in v3.6.4.0:

  • - Can launch BB Messenger (including 5.0), Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, or any other instant messenger application (AppName=InstantMessagingApps)
  • - Not-Storing-Styles bug removed.
  • - Few other bugs removed.

3.6.0.0

ShortcutMe v3.6.0.0 is released. Available here and on RIM AppWorld.

New features in v3.6.0.0:

  • - Embedded, quick stock market data and portfolio: Double click (or triple/quadruple click) a convenience key to see your stock portfolio and major word stock market indexes. It is very quick. Loads in less than 1.5 seconds.
  • - Faster 5 days Weather forecast for several cities: Double click (or triple/quadruple click) a convenience key to see 5 days weather forecast for your and other cities. Loads in less than 1.5 seconds
  • - Improved, fully customizable Bluetooth_Toggling feature: Double click (or triple/quadruple click) a convenience key to toggle BT saving battery.
  • - "Check for Sofware update" to get info about the latest available version and instruction about how to upgrade to the latest version. Doesn't matter where you have bought ShortcutMe (including App World) you can always update to the latest version from Mobihand and partners. App World shoppers don't need to wait weeks for getting the latest version of ShortcutMe!
  • - Shortcut to open SMS and MMS pages: Double Click a conv key to see your emails, triple click the same key to see your SMS, and quadruple the side key to see your MMS account.
  • - Allows sending a shortcut to friends: Help out your friends with setting up their shortcuts in ShortcutMe by sending your shortcut as an example.
  • - Style settings available for the main page (Semi Transparent, No Header, Top Header, Above Header, Partly Transparent, Not Transparent)
  • - Embedded examples and info for setting up shortcut parameters

3.4.2.0

ShortcutMe v3.4.2.0 is released. Available

New features in v3.4.2.0:

  • - Style settings available for the main page (No Header, Top Header, Above Header, Semi Transparent, Partly Transparent, Not Transparent)
  • - Allows creating shortcut for Profile settings (AppName: Profile_Selector), for example you can double click conv key to set profiles to Quiet and triple click to set it to Normal.
  • - New AppName called Gmail_Menu. It is opening Gmail program with the list of accounts open in a menu ready to be selected by the user. Very useful if you use Gmail app and if you have more than one Gmail accounts.

3.4.1.0

ShortcutMe v3.4.1.0 is released.

3.3.0.0

ShortcutMe v3.3.0.0 is released.

New features in v3.3.0.0:

  • - Screen Capture: Take screenshot images, email them, MMS them, send them to MySpace or Facebook. Set it to take screenshot by for example double clicking the convenience key or ConvKey + S
  • - Double click to see 5 days weather forecast for your city and 3 other cities (Temperature, current conditions as image and text). Very fast. Takes 2 sec to load the weather data.

3.2.1.0

ShortcutMe v3.2.1.0 is released.

New features in v3.2.1.0:

  • - Create shortcuts to any folder or file on your Blackberry memory or micro SD card (FileLauncher, FolderShortcut) .
  • - Create shortcuts to Media Explorer (Media_Explorer)
  • - Create shortcut to toggle all wireless radios (including WiFi and Bluetooth) simultaneously. Useful for travelers (AirplaneMode_Toggle).
  • - Create Shortcuts to toggle Bluetooth (Bluetooth_Toggle)
  • - Create shortcuts to Bluetooth Config page (Bluetooth_Config).
  • - Create shortcuts to GPS Config page. Easier to toggle GPS. (GPS_Config)
  • - Create shortcuts to any item on the BlackBerry Options page (Options_SubPage).
  • - Alternative launching mechanism allows users to enforce a different launching mechanism to launch apps that previously could not be launched.
  • - Embedded examples showing how to create a shortcut and how to set a proper parameter.
  • - More colors to choose from for your shortcuts.
  • - Easier to create shortcuts with the new user friendly interface.
  • - File explorer for easily picking up a link to files or folders when creating/editing a shortcut.
  • - Possibility to easily remove all pre-programmed shortcuts and start from scratch.
  • - Possibility to remove several shortcuts at once.
  • - Support for launching BlackBerry Wallet.

3.1.1.0

ShortcutMe v3.1.1.0 is released.

New features in v3.1.1.0:

  • - Customizable Display Name: Specify your own name for application shortcuts.
  • - Shortcut categories: use Display Name feature to create shortcut categories. i.e., click 'B' to see all of your Browser shortcuts.
  • - Touch to select a shortcut (valid for Storm devices)
  • - Allows creating shortcuts to the following added items on the application list:
    Calendar_New, AddressBook_New, Calendar_DayView, Calendar_WeekView, Calendar_MonthView, Calendar_AgendaView, Msg_Compose
  • - Add a # or * to the end of an AppName in Extra AppName to try to launch applications that normally could not be launched.

3.0.0.4

ShortcutMe v3.0.0.4 is released.

New features in v3.0.0.4:

  • - Easier setup: Add/move/MassRemove shortcuts directly from the main page.
  • - Allows creating shortcuts for Wifi-Browser, Wap-Browser, BES-Browser, and BIS-Browser.
  • - Allows color coding of the shortcuts on the main page.
  • - Allows creating shortcut for a light version of Application Switcher
  • - Saving license key, in addition to all shortcut settings, in a file on uSD card.
  • - Configurable font size for the main page

2.0.5.0

ShortcutMe v2.0.5 is released.

New features in v2.0.5:

  • - Easier Setup: Modify most of the configuration settings on PC then load it into ShortcutMe.
  • - Easier Setup: Modify/delete a shortcut directly from the main page.
  • - Launch Call Log
  • - Launch Event Viewer
  • - Launch Maps with your own coordination
  • - Launch Shazam
  • - Create Media file shortcut to launch your media files (For BB OS 4.3 and 4.5, BB Browser setup needed).
  • - Clock: See what time it is from any other program just by pressing conv. key.

2.01

ShortcutMe (the new name for ShortBerry) is on RIM AppWorld.

2.01

ShortcutBerry v2.01 for Strom (95xx) is released.

2.01

ShortcutBerry v2.01 for 81xx, 82xx, 83xx, 85xx, 88xx, 89xx, 90xx, 96xx with many new and interesting features is released.

1.21

ShortcutBerry v1.21 is now available for Trial Download and purchase.