20 Free BlackBerry Applications Worth Downloading
Your BlackBerry is a pwerful and awesome device just like it is out of the box, and there are tons of third-party applications available that can make the phone even more useful. Adding applications is an easy process, either by downloading and installing the file directly from a website, or by having an e-mail sent to your prized phone with a direct download link.
Here are 20 of the best free applications available on the planet for your BlackBerry.
1. Nice Office - turns your smartphone into a virtual mobile office. Allows you to manage your email, calendar, contacts, and tasks. Users can store forms and documents online and send them directly to their customers. Track sales and lead activity by workflows and status evels. Create custom sales fields and record sales activity.
2. Call Time Tracker – this application is for those business professionals who must account for their time to bill more hours, recover costs, and save valuable time.
3. Personal Assistant – a must have application for those with busy schedules, what this software does is combines 10 essential life management applications in one great app such as: Credit card control, Bank account status, Investment portfolio, Mobile minute tracker, Frequent flyer miles, Travel itineraries, Shopping management, Bill management, Netflix queue, Alerts
4. Opera Mini - there is a Web browser included with your BlackBerry, but it lacks of power and features that Opera has. highly recommend you install this if you surf the Internet.
5. Poynt - assist you to locate people, businesses, movie theaters, retailers and restaurants near you. Poynt uses GPS or cell-site locations to pinpoint information needed.
6. DriveSafely - this handy little app reads your text messages and emails out loud so you can concentrate on the road. Eliminate the temptation to reach for your phone by letting Drive Safely read to you and automatically respond for you. I think everyone should have this one and a must have for those professionals that spend a great deal of time behind the wheel such as sale people or truck drivers.
7. WorldMate Live – turns your BlackBerry into a powerful tool putting all needed travel resources at your disposal. If you find your self in the air a lot then this app is a must have for you.
8. UberTwitter - is a full featured Twitter client which supports all of the features of Twitter as well as advanced capabilities such as: photo integration, embedded videos in tweets, tweet shrinking, URL shortening, and a long list of other features.
9. GridMagic Community Edition - allows you to create spreadsheets or run complex calculations. It app supports typical spreadsheet functions like freeze panes, select by row or column, and copy-and-paste are also available. Spreadsheets can be e-mailed as Excel .xls attachments via a new menu item in the BlackBerry’s built-in e-mail composition screen.
10. Google Mobile - this handy app provides easy access to Gmail, Picasa, Google Maps, Google Sync and more. Access the entire suite of Google’s mobile-friendly services in one place.
11. iSkoot - send and receive Skype calls on your BlackBerry using iSkoot’s excellent Skype client.
12. BlackBerry App World – I tossed this one back and forth as to whether it should be included on this list, as you can see it made the cut.
13. BBFileScout - a real handy application that gets a fair bit of usage on my BlackBerry. This app is a simple and effective file manager that should be native to every Blackberry..
14. WebMessenger - lets you chat with friends or business contacts on the most popular Instant Messenger Networks such as AOL, Google, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Skype or Yahoo.
15. Mobipocket Reader – you’ll always have something to read with Mobipocket’s e-book reader. This is an eBook reader as well as creator, and it comes with an on-line eBook store built in the software.
16. Viigo - is a full-featured RSS feed reader that lets you read your favorite feeds and keep up with important news wherever your day takes you. Lets you choose from Viigo’s large list of built-in feeds, or you can simply add your own. A must have if you want to stay informed.
17. Vlingo - this is a speech-recognition application. BlackBerry does support voice dialing, but this application goes far beyond dialing numbers from the address book. You can do Web searches using your voice, all you have to do is give a command like “Find post offices in Pensacola, west side district”, you can also compose e-mails and send text messages. Again a must have for those busy individuals that have to find a way to save time.
18. Pandora - allows you to listen to your favorite music via the Internet just like you do on your desktop.
19. Amazon.com App – you can’t beat Amazon prices and now you can order on the move.
20. BBWeather – simple and neat forecasts with an interactive home screen icon
Here is a list of my favorite Blackberry Apps (in no particular order)
*Twitterberry
*TV Guide Mobile
*Facebook
*Pocket Express
*WebMessenger (for Skype)
*Google Maps
*Radio Companion
*Stock Viewer
*Shark Modem
*Guitar Hero 3 Mobile
*Google Sync
*FlipSide
*Yahoo Messenger
*GTalk
*Beyond 411