Not too long ago, BlackBerry 10 developer Toysoft Development ported over his popular Power Tools app to the Google Play Store. This Swiss Army knife of apps provides an extensive list of features to enhance your efficiency on a daily basis. The latest version is now available for you to download in Google Play and comes with several new options, enhancements, and bug fixes.
New features in v2.0:
- Power Tools is now free to try with In App Purchase for $2.99 USD
- Speak SMS - Speak incoming text messages. Perfect when you are driving. Supports over 20 different languages such as Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and more
- Added Good Morning. Every morning when you turn on your device you can tell Power Tools to speak the current time, current outside weather temperature, coming up appointments (Only Google Calendar), new email messages
- Email Spam Filter and Ringtone - Be spam free and get ringtone when email arrives at your inbox. Supports GMail, Yahoo, Outlook/Hotmail and IMAP servers. Note: Power Tools pools the server for new messages and spam filtering. You can set the interval to check for new messages
- Added AppLock support for OS 4.x. Protect any app from launching
- Bug fixes
You can download this all-in-one utility app for free in Google Play, though it's worth noting that the free trial has a limited feature set (though you can use it forever). Unlocking the full feature load of Power Tools comes in the form of a reasonable $2.99 in-app purchase.
Learn more / Download Power Tools from the Google Play Store
Reader comments
Power Tools for Android updated with Speak SMS, Email Filters, and Good Morning capabilities
Made BB'ians fool.
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got bb10 update but doesn't appear to have some of the android updates, the Good Morning feature specifically.
Tools for Fools!
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GeoFencing doesn't work here :(
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Will not let me sign into the gmail says something about security and google has blocked access
Not happy since I paid the $2.99
Had this app on my bb10 devices and it was the first I bought for my Priv. Excellent customer service from the dev.
Not sure why all the bb10 doom and gloom talk is here.
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The gloom and doom they all think the fricking world is ending, because they dont have a life and BB10 is all the live and breath!
wake up people its not the end of the world your stupid phone will still work and most people have not even upgraded to the latest OS or loaded many apps
Chen announced there will be no future bb10 devices only support for the current devices for 2 more years and thats it for bb10. So sad such an amazing OS has to go to an waste.
Blackberry Passport (I0maginary 10.3.3)
@jojo...
I'm not sure... I'd imagine there is a full-on "what do we do with the elephant in the room?" concerning Chen's now-official comments.
Since this is one of the largest places for BlackBerry enthusiasts to hang out, I'd hazard a guess there is some damage-control plan being worked through.
I'm not an app guy. Never have been. BlackBerry has always provided me, and still does with my incredible Passport, the means to get things DONE.
I've seen hundreds of comments in past "news posts" when this app or that app does or doesn't work... this update or that or what the CEO of T-Mobile is or isn't doing, and not a single work that BBOS 10 is officially being sunsetted.
Blaz1e, vots da schkoop?
Why there isn't any news here about the shocking, catastrophic story that anyone is now talking about except Crackberry????
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I actually think most people are saying what they've been saying for years, "BlackBerry still makes phones?"
~TheRealFixxxer
Chen seems clueless in what direction he wants to go with hardware. He's not going to win in the Android market, that's for sure. Just turn hardware over to someone more experienced than him (which is almost anyone) and he can go play with his software all he likes. Get someone who has a good rapport with the app developer market.
Reminds me of Amiga computers when Commodore screwed that up. The user community was the source of great software and hardware add-ons. Looks like we'll have to do that on our own.
Toysoft was an Amiga developer btw.
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The Forums are all Quiet. What about all those companies and Government Chen sold BB 10 to? Oh well, I guess con artist corporate clown Chen got em fooled. Good job Chen...we are all very proud of you.
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@AppReview...Can't hack Apple's latest so what the helll !
Strange, it seems, that Chen's interview, and the content thereof, went seemingly unnoticed here.
Seems news-worthy... if battery chargers and arcade games earn spots here...
Or... I've missed the conversation altogether. :-/
None of this is "new" news in regards to what John Chen has said. And based on his track record for "flip flopping" he could say the opposite tomorrow or "clarify" what he meant. I don't know and I am not sure John Chen knows where he's going. Nor do I think the markets know. Can't imagine how I would feel if I were a larger client. The ambiguity and back and forth would drive me nuts.
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JC knows where the company needs to go and is pushing it and large customers there. I believe that JC wants customers to demand a more secure Android because they could never buy enough BB10 to ever make that line profitable. BB10 has to be shut down since clients have never been willing to pay enough to make it profitable and it doesn't offer recurring income stream like BIS. Perfect situation would be for android manufacturers to offer the BlackBerry Android OS to buyers of their phones for a additional charge. Android/IOS will become as secure over time because that's where the demand is by government markets and the BYOD enterprise users.
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What does Jesus have to do with this?
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BB needs a couple of Hail Mary to survive
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Android and ios will never be secure
trust me
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@StringDriver... Blaz1e is probably going nuts trying to get all the low down,lol
Soo if noooo more bb10 devices are going to be developed!
Does that mean BlackBerry will lose all the government staff and agencies that use BlackBerry 10 devices for security??? If so that is a lot of sales down the drain!!??
Not only a loss of sales but that will open the door for these governments and agencies to start using Droid and ios!
Not good cuz then these companies can say "look all these agencies use our handsets and provide the best security"
Idk just my 2 cents!
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this!! even stupid Microsoft made this mistake recently with the X20 series Lumias
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Was the first thing I looked for when I got my Android.... glad to see they have finally made the move to Android!
If other app developers will be as devoted as BlackBerry devs working on passing their apps to BlackBerry world! This will be a better places!
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This app is great on my PRIV. I got it to support their team, but I couldn't imagine not having it now! Looking forward to what comes from this team
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Currency BlackBerry 10 Power Tools are 3.99
However, the BlackBerry itself does same tricks. So, I am not sure why to get the app....?
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Not sure how BlackBerry itself does the same tricks... I used Power Tools for geofencing to change my profile based on the location. That's not something that BB10 does. I also does blocks calls with no notification at all.
Power Tools has many other features.... that many of us have found to be very useful.
Hope BlackBerry 10 updates will follow!
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Yeah......don't bet on it
Posted from my z10
It was actually updated yesterday for BB10 as well.
Heck of an app. Nice work by the developers.
Frosty White Q10/.2876 CB10
Yes, I got an update for it the other day on my Z30 as well.
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The App of Apps... :-D
A real app catalogue in itself, once you go through the menu...
• There's a Crack in the Berry right now... •
I guess you missed the interview yesterday that Mr Chen finally gave the EOL of BB10 OS and devices no more development. All maintenance support will end 2018 so you have roughly 18 months to find another device to use.
Jump over N4BB to read the article..
I tried reading that this morning but it wouldn't load up. Tried my computer and my phone and still wouldn't load
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Here's a part of it. (from n4bb)
Production for BlackBerry 10 smartphones stopped
by Usha Bhavani April 13, 2016
BlackBerry users have been predicting the death of BlackBerry 10 for quite some time, and Chen has now confirmed that there will be no further BB10 devices in the future. The company will continue to support the software and release updates for the next two years.
Speaking to the media – BlackBerry CEO and Chairman John Chen said that the company will now be focusing solely on its Android phones with the goal of producing “most secure Android smartphone for the enterprise.”
The company has stopped the production of BlackBerry 10 smartphones.
In his latest interview with Gulf News, Chen clearly stated: “We will support BB10 for minimum two more years as a lot of governments are using it, such as Canada, the U.S., Germany, and UK.”
He said that two more software updates for BB10 devices are due; this year and next year. He said BlackBerry will reassess the situation then, based on the level of security of its Android software.
“If we can make Android phone as secure as Blackberry 10, which will be difficult, but if we can make it then the two lines will merge,” Chen said. “If it doesn’t, then I have to look for an answer to the customer.”
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Sinking boat...
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That's the exact same thing he has been saying since the release of the PRIV. It's for all those that have to have "The Google." If I wanted "The Google" it would have been long ago. A lot can happen in two years so we will just wait and see. No big deal. Life's not ending. I will definitely miss a "proprietary" hardware/software product from BlackBerry as I have been using one since '07.
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@Hidjk...great,here's the link :-)
http://n4bb.com/official-blackberry-farewell-blackberry-10-devices/
Wow. What a mess...
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