[CheetahAce]

*** THIS RELEASE IS FOR PHONES WITH OS 5.0 ONLY! ***
QuickLaunch will be released for 85xx phones with OS 4.x later this week.

QuickLaunch 2.18 for the 85xx with OS 5.0 is now available!

Note: YOU MUST SET ALL PERMISSIONS TO ALLOW DURING INSTALLATION FOR THIS RELEASE TO WORK PROPERLY!
Go to Options, Applications, QuickLaunch. Highlight QuickLaunch; don't click it.
Hit the menu key. Select Edit Permissions. Set ALL permissions to Deny. Save. Then set ALL to Allow. Then save. Then pull the battery for 30 seconds.

*** If you are a current owner of QuickLaunch for a device other than the 85xx and you wish to load the 85xx version on your phone and you did NOT purchase from Blackberry App World you must sign in to your account page at Mobihand.com here: Smartphone Software and Accessories- MobiHand Software Store Support
and then click on the link that says 'Contact Us'.
Fill out the form and have them switch your device type and they will get back to you.


New Features in 2.18:

3 Letter Shortcuts
You can now assign shortcuts with 1-3 characters.
For example:
DI = Device Info
CNY = Call New York
BT = Bluetooth Toggle
etc...

Web Search
(see images below)
This is added functionality to the already existing Google, Wikipedia and Dictionary search included in previous versions of QuickLaunch.
Now with Web Search you can quickly search using the following sites:
. Google
. Yahoo
. Bing
. Amazon
. eBay
. BBC
. Google News
. Google Images
. YouTube
. iMDb
. Dictionary
. Thesaurus
. Wikipedia
. Wikipedia 2

Web Search will save the previously utilized site for your next search.


Multi-click Launching
You can now configure QuickLaunch to launch an app / function with a double, triple or quadruple click of a convenience key. In QL Options set the convenience key option to 'Multi-click'.
If you have QuickLaunch to run from a convenience key a multi-click of your convenience key will launch your configured app/function. If QL is not set to run from a convenience key you can still start quicklaunch from Icon or a hotspot from a QuickLaunch supported theme and then double, triple or quadruple click the convenience key (after 1 second) and your configured setting will launch.

Backlight Brightness
You can now set a shortcut to set the desired brightness of the backlight.
A handy feature allowing you quickly dim or brighten the screen.

Configurable Homescreen Hotkey
You can now launch QuickLaunch by hitting a letter on the keypad from your homescreen.
To use this feature you must disable Home 'Screen Dialing' in your phone options.
Go to Phone->Options->General Options->Dial From Home Screen and set it to 'No'.
Currently available hotkeys are:
Space bar, Q, E, G, I, J, R, X, Y, Z or none

Configurable Screen Capture Image Format
You can now choose between JPG and PNG.

SMS Inbox
Quickly access your sms inbox

MMS Inbox
Quickly access your mms inbox

New Colors:
Added the following colors: Royal Blue, Violet-Red, Magenta, Sienna, Lime, Light Sea Green, Teal, Hot Pink, Gold and Platinum



Watch the QuickLaunch Demo Video in HD here:

Price:
Current owners who've purchased on or after April 1st, 2009: Free
Current owners who've purchased before April 1st, 2009 and who do not have version 2.0+: $1.99
New Customers: $4.99

QL 2.18 for the 85xx is not yet available on App World.
It has been submitted to RIM for inclusion but they have a minimum 1 week approval time.

Go here for the 2.17 release thread:
http://forums.crackberry.com/f146/ne...ut-key-399679/

Go here for the 2.16 release thread:
http://forums.crackberry.com/f146/qu...nching-397163/

For more information please visit: NikkiSoft - makers of QuickLaunch BlackBerry Shortcuts and App Launcher

QuickLaunch

Thank you.

[CheetahAce]

QL for 8520 os 4.x will be released next week.

[mrrobinson]

When will the new version be released for the BB Tour 9630?

[CheetahAce]

early next week also.

[mrrobinson]

early next week also.

Thanks for the 411!

[cosmicBB]

Just wondering if it is available for the 8520 with OS 4.6 yet?
Keen to get this app!

[CheetahAce]

should be available friday-ish

[ppchkn]

amm... i having a little trouble with quicklaunch.

i have been using it for about 15 minutes and i am already in love with it, my problem is this:

i add the sms inbox
then the messages inbox (email for my 3 accounts)
and then return to the home screen

quicklaunch will launch (lol) the same inbox (if i open sms first, messages displays sms, and around) in the two options. Not SMS or Messages

another one... wheres my windows msn? =( (i have read that is the X quicklaunch hotkey... but i like to dial from my home screen)

and i hope this is the right place to put this =) if not, please, throw me a link and i will follow it