Update: The iSpeech team have given us 5 copies of DriveSafe.ly premium for our readers, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post. Contest ends Thursday October 14 at 11:59 pst.

During the BlackBerry Developer Conference I had a chance to sit down and chat with the creators of DriveSafe.ly and talk about their application and what they had in-store, and I’m glad to say that the additions to the application like voice control are now available. The Application is free in BlackBerry App World but the Paid version is defiantly worth the download. The paid version will bring some premium features like automatic voice selection (i.e auto selects a male for female voice) but just give the free version ago and see if you want to upgrade, the link to app world is right here for you. Check out the full press release after the break.

iSpeech® announces DriveSafe.ly™ 2.0 distracted driving app – 6 million users; Opens underlying Text to Speech and Speech Recognition API to mobile developers

October 7, 2010 San Francisco, CA ‐ (CTIA) ‐ iSpeech®, creator of the DriveSafe.ly™, and Caller ID Reader™ mobile apps announces the launch of DriveSafe.ly™ 2.0, reading text (SMS) and email messages aloud and allowing voice response, hands free. iSpeech’s award winning anti‐distracted driving app, DriveSafe.ly™, first launched one year ago. Since then, the first of its kind application has been used by over 6 million people and has read over one‐quarter‐billion messages to users. With DriveSafe.ly™ 2.0, iSpeech® hopes to reduce the danger created by texting while driving by allowing people to send and receive txt messages (SMS) and emails entirely by voice.

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The BlackBerry Developer conference has been pretty good, so far we’ve had some amazing announcements for us BlackBerry addicts and for BlackBerry developers. As of today MLHSoftware has put their applications on sale, not 10% or 20% off your going to receive 50% off all of their available games and productivity apps for the reminder on Devcon 2010. Getting this deal is pretty simple, just head over to TheBerryFix.com SuperStore on your BlackBerry (coupon only works from your BlackBerry) and enter coupon code “MLHDEVCON10″ and you will instantly receive 50% of the app. Enjoy the rest of Devcon 2010.

The popular message reading application, DriveSafe.ly, has received an update today to version 1.35.  The update brings the version up just one point from the previous version, 1.34.  There don’t seem to be any visible changes to the app.  The majority of the changes in this update seem to be bug fixes and back-end updates.  If you use DriveSafe.ly then head on and pick up the update.  If not, you can follow the link below to try the app out for yourself today.

• Download DriveSafe.ly Here

For the longest time the eBay application for BlackBerry just sat in the test center section. Today the eBay app is a little wiser as it leaves test center and joins the rest of the applications in App World. If your an eBay junky then this app is going to help you get your fix on the go, not only can you check your listings but you can pay for your won items using paypal and integrate it with your BlackBerry calendar making it one of those Super Apps RIM keeps talking about. But dont just take my word for it grab the link below to download the app from BlackBerry App World.

• Download eBay for BlackBerry from BlackBerry App World

Studies all over the world have shown that using your cell phone while driving is quite dangerous. Even looking at your caller ID can cause you to get into an accident. The team over at iSpeech have been providing a way for your BlackBerry to read out your text messages and emails while your driving your car through the phones speaker or your Bluetooth, and now they have announced the next step to a truly hands-free BlackBerry experience. Today BlackBerry users will be able to have their called ID spoken to them through their Bluetooth or the BlackBerry speaker with the new Caller ID Reader app from iSpeech. The application is available in BlackBerry App World or from their web site www.CallerIDReader.com. I personally have been using DriveSafe.ly application for some time now and find that the app works as indicated and has one of the best TTS (text to speech) quality and is almost guaranteed to be the best super app in BlackBerry App World, and i cant wait to try out Caller ID. So give the app a test drive (pun intended). iSpeech has given us five copies of their new application to give our readers, all you have to do it leave a comment and your entered also Check out the full press release after the break.

*Contest ends on Wednesday June 30th at 11:59 pm est time

Download DriveSafe.ly for the BlackBerry.

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If your a proud owner of a WiFi enabled BlackBerry smartphone than you can understand the frustration that is linked to your WiFi and your battery life. The issue is that when you have your Wifi on it kills your battery, and turning on and off your wifi when u aren’t using it can be a pain. So this is were AutoWifi comes into place, AutoWifi automatically turns your WiFi on and off depending on your location, it does so by using cell towers and not GPS thus saving your battery life. Now the best part is that these types of apps are usually $4.99 and up, but today is your lucky day, you can now pick up AutoWifi from theberryfix.com superstore for FREE just grab the links below.

• Get TheBerryFix.com SuperStore on your BlackBerry today
• Download AutoWifi for your BlackBerry smartphone free

Blurts is a desktop notification application for the BlackBerry and Pc (no mac support yet) that allows you to receive text,pin and email messages on your desktop. With the upgraded version of Blurts you can now respond to SMS from your pc and answer/place calls from your desktop all while having you blackberry in your pocket. If you would like to read our Review on Blurts it can be found >here also the full change log can be found after the break.

• Blurts webpage

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