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It’s Saturday and time for this weeks top 10 Free BlackBerry Apps. The Top Free BlackBerry Apps are calculated by  total number of downloads from  the BlackBerry App World. Last week, the Top 10 was led by (#1) Pandora, who has been the most consistent number 1 for the last few months. We also saw (#2) ScoreMobile make another strong stance in the listing. (#3) Facebook climbed into the top 5 after failing to make the list the previous week.  (#4) Shortcovers made the list for the first time, while the remainder of the list featured a little bit of everything. Let’s take a closer look at the Top 10 Free BlackBerry Apps, as of September 26, 2009 & be sure to visit us next Saturday to see which Apps make the cut.

10. (NR) XENOZU YouTube Player 1.0.13 (Video & TV) 2.5 Stars, 483 Reviews, 567KB

“Enjoy your favorite YouTube videos on BlackBerry now with full screen support! With XENOZU Free YouTube player for BlackBerry you can stay in touch with your favorite videos while on the go. Now supporting BlackBerry Storm. Videos are categorized by Featured, Most Viewed, Most Recent, Top Rated, plus you can search for videos of your choice. You can also bookmark a video, view the history of the videos you’ve watched and get additional video details.”

9. (NR) Poynt 1.4.2.72 (Local Search) 4.5 Stars, 1655 Reviews, 531 KB

“Use Poynt to find people, businesses, movie theaters, retailers and restaurants near you. Poynt uses GPS or cell-site locations to pinpoint you and quickly deliver the information you need whenever and wherever you need it. Find phone numbers and contacts with one click, browse websites and map directions. Plan a night out – book movie tickets and dinner reservations, add it to your calendar and invite your friends. Add listings to your BlackBerry Address Book, add movie and restaurant events to your BlackBerry Calendar, share listings using BlackBerry Messages. Poynt is free and available in Canada, the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.”

8. (NR) QuickPull Lite 2.2.1 (Utilities) 4 Stars, 1414 Pages of Reviews, 29 KB

“..A free tool that frees memory quickly by simulating a “battery pull” soft reset. Unlike the red power button on your phone which merely reloads the device, QuickPull will actually refresh the device, freeing up memory and increasing performance!

7. (3) Facebook 1.6.0.22 *Recent Update* (Social Networking) 2.5 Stars, 1067 reviews, 2333KB

“View your friends’ highlights like status updates, photo uploads, comments and wall posts. Check out your friends’ profiles with access to status updates, wall posts, friends and recently added pictures. Open recently added photos, entire albums, or tag photos of friends. You can even comment on pictures! Receive instant notifications on your BlackBerry smartphone’s home screen. Send/receive message or wall posts, pokes and friend requests. Update your status, view and comment on your friends’ status. Share photos from your BlackBerry smartphone with tags/comments and post to Facebook with just one click. Connect your Facebook friends with your BlackBerry Address Book – including profile picture integration to bring new meaning to caller ID. Stay organized with birthday reminders and event integration into your BlackBerry Calendar.”

6. (5) Color ID – Free 1.1.3 *Recent Update* (Personalize) 2.5 Stars, 183 reviews, 438KB

“Know instantly who or where an email, sms or incoming call is from just from the colors of the flashing light on your BlackBerry. Assign multiple LED colors for SMS messages, Email and Incoming Calls to SPECIFIC contacts. Assign any one or two colors to the BlackBerry LED indicator. Select from 9 colors and combinations of them: Orange, Pink, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Red, White or none. Multiple phone numbers and email address ability for one color combination. Syncs with BlackBerry address book for easy additions! Easy-to-use interface with preview functionality. Share with a friend feature. Setup wizard for first-time users. ”

5. (9) Ka-Glom – Free 1.3 (Arcade & Action) 4 Stars, 466 reviews, 328KB

“Combine the explosive Ka-Glom jelly to blast blocks and get the ultimate chain reaction. Ka-Glom is a high-pressure game of falling blocks. Of the two block types, only the Ka-Glom jelly is explosive. Connect four Ka-Gloms of the same color to start an explosive reaction eliminating all connecting blocks of that color. In building huge chain-reacting explosions your Ka-Glom Factor increases  and the bonus points multiply”

4. (6) WeatherEye 1.1.1.6 (Weather) 3 Stars, 1156 reviews, 957KB

“WeatherEye BlackBerry provides you the following information and allows you to select from any city The Weather Network provides content for Current conditions, Short-term forecasts, Long-term forecasts and Warning updates.”

3. (NR) Viigo for BlackBerry 3.1.352 (News) 4 Stars, 755 reviews, 1275KB

“Now includes Twitter and Streaming Audio Podcasts! Imagine a one click access to News, Weather, Entertainment, Live Sport Scores and Schedules, Markets, Stock Portfolios, Flight Schedules and Status, Movies, Shopping, Twitter and more… delivered quickly, efficiently and intuitively in a format specially designed for your BlackBerry. Tell Viigo what you are interested in and it keeps itself up to date.”

2. (2) ScoreMobile for BlackBerry 1.2 (Sports & Recreation) 4 Stars, 684 reviews, 345KB

“Provide up-to-the-minute sports scores, boxscores, fantasy player stats, betting odds, game previews, recaps, top stories, and league standings. In addition we publish exclusive live blogs for key games. Coverage currently includes: Football (NFL, NCAAF, CFL), Baseball (MLB), Basketball  (NBA, NCAAB), Hockey (NHL), Golf (PGA), Auto Racing (NASCAR Sprint Cup) and Soccer (EPL, MLS)…Personalize Favorite teams and Data Refresh intervals.”

1. (1) Pandora 1.1.1.1 (Music & Audio) 4.5 Stars, 2992 reviews, 326KB

“Radio that is personalized just for you, playing only the music that you love. Simply enter one of your favorite songs or artists and Pandora creates a radio station that explores just that kind of music. With your BlackBerry smartphone, Pandora brings an effortless personal soundtrack right to you whenever you want to listen to music.”

To download these apps, you must first install BlackBerry App World onto your BlackBerry. Visit BlackBerry App World from your PC,  then enter your e-mail address to get the download link e-mailed to you. You may also visit www.blackberry.com/appworld/download from your BlackBerry Browser. Once you’ve download BlackBerry App World, you’ll have the ability to download all the Free or Paid Apps from a collection of 1300+ BlackBerry Apps.

Since I began publishing the weekly listing, Pandora has been the dominant App, blowing the competition away. Now that football season has started, ScoreMobile has become a must-have App and has consistently made the top 5. Of the list, I use Pandora, ScoreMobile, Poynt, Facebook, Viigo,  Ka-Glom, WeatherEye and QuickPull Lite. I personally don’t care for XENOZU and Color ID Free is just too limited with 2 contacts. The top 2 listed are my two favorite BlackBerry Apps. Pandora gives me reliable streaming radio, while ScoreMobile lets me stay up-to-date with NFL scores and statistics. Do you have any favorites that you feel should be included in the top 1o? What are your thoughts on this weeks top 10?

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