It Has Begun! BerryBuzz v2.0 by Bellshare GmbH Is In Private Beta

Bellshare GmbH has announced that BerryBuzz has started it’s v2.0 Beta. It was open for a while through requests, but they are no longer accepting requests. For those of you who are unfamiliar with BerryBuzz, it’s an extension to your BlackBerry alert system, using buzz and changing of LED lights to alert you.

What makes BerryBuzz unique is that you can customize the led lights by the color, the time it flashes, and even choosing disco lights with the newer beta. You can keep the light flashing longer than the default of 15 minutes, and add vibrate and ring. It now adds support  for the BlackBerry messenger and Facebook. Their website has a list of all the new changes this app will include.

The original BerryBuzz is in the BlackBerry Sync Store and includes the following features:

Customize the LED color and set an individual repeating alert for

- E-Mails (individual for each account or one for all)

- PIN Messages (sent via the default e-mail messaging application)

- SMS

- Calendar Events

- Missed phone calls

When multiple alerts are active at the same time, every color will flash in a repeating pattern. SEE WHATS GOING ON WITH YOUR BLACKBERRY FROM ACROSS THE ROOM!

Customizable rapid flashing LED for incoming phone calls

Customizable vibrate for incoming calls. Vibrates while ringing.

LED will keep flashing until acknowledged (BlackBerry defaults to flash only for 15 min).

Optional slow down of LED flashing after specified time to save battery life

Optimized for minimum battery and memory usage

Support for instango custom colored LED (instango 2.2.83 or higher)

 

I added a few pictures so that you can see some of the neat and new things to look forward to. Meanwhile, we still have the BerryBuzz V1.0.25 in the BlackBerry Sync Store for $5.95 or you can download the free trial, while you wait for the app to come out of Beta.

I have also included the changelog for you from the beginning to current status for the BerryBuzz Beta v2.0.

Version 2.0.34 (July 5th, 18:00 CET):
- Improved LED flashing implementation to improve battery usage / more constant flashing
- Re-added short vibrate times, now showing an info popup when those are selected
- Removed tooltips which where causing sluggishness on some devices
- Clearing PIN messages when messaging app is opened/closed
- Fixed problems with add custom LED color popup on Storm
- Fixed always using slow LED interval when coverage indicator is active

Version 2.0.25 (July 4th, 23:05 CET):
- Added customizable flash length
- Fixed no flashing on incoming call on OS 4.6.1, improved handling on other OS versions

Version 2.0.8 (July 4th, 03:45 CET):
- Added new notification item ‘Tasks’
- Fixed SMS LED flashing not stopping
- Fixed ‘Stop LED Flashing After’ not working

Version 2.0.5 (July 3rd, 13:50 CET):
- Added support for BlackBerry Messenger (yep, we did it)
- Added support for Facebook
- Added coverage indicator that can be triggered when Radio/Data is available or when Radio/Data is not available
- Changed to a more compact layout
- Added support for custom LED colors
- Added new color ‘Disco’, will flash all colors in sequence
- Added LED color preview indicators to every item
- If multiple notifications with same LED color are active, the LED will only flash once for that color
- Mail notifications are now cleared only after messaging app has been opened
- Added new option to stop LED flashing after specified time
- Added new option to stop reminders after specified time
- Added option to set LED flashes interval
- Added option to set slow LED flashes interval
- Added option to set slow LED flashes interval for new coverage indicator
- Added scheduling option to mute LED and reminders during specified times of the week
- Added support for SmartAlerts, SmartAlerts notifications will override more general BerryBuzz notifications
- Added BerryPopup clearing notifications after preview is being dismissed
- Reminder items in BlackBerry profiles renamed to better match the OS names
- Restricted minimum vibrate times to 2s (Fixes single/no ring tone issue)
- Fixed ‘Slow Down LED’ option
- Fixed ‘Edit Profiles’ not working when changing reminder times
- Fixed homescreen icon on Storm showing the OS 4.2.1 icon
- Fixed LED flashing delay for SMS
- Fixed calendar only flashing for default calendar
- Fixed calendar notification not working on OS 5.0

Filed in: Beta, BlackBerry, BlackBerry Sync Store, Downloads | Tags: Bellshare GmbH, BerryBuzz, BlackBerry