Happy Saturday! Time for another weekly installment of the Top 10 Free BlackBerry Apps. Apps listed are the official BlackBerry Apps, found at BlackBerry App World. The Top 10 is based on number of downloads via BlackBerry App World. Last week’s Top 10 was again highlighted by new version upgrades, (#1) BlackBerry Messenger, (#2) BlackBerry App World and (#3) Facebook. This week is very similar. Let’s take a look.
10. (NR) Vlingo 3.1 (Voice Dictation) 3.5 Stars, 466 reviews, 1106KB
“With Vlingo you can instantly send a text message, call a friend, search the web using Google or Yahoo!, update your Facebook or Twitter status and more by just speaking. Vlingo is the fastest way to get things done on your BlackBerry.”
9. (NR) Bloomberg Mobile 1.9.11 *recent version upgrade** (News & Information) 4 Stars, 372 reviews, 347KB
“Bloomberg offers news, stock quotes, company descriptions, market leaders/laggers, price charts, market trends analysis, customized list of stocks and more. Auto refresh. Full support for Storm devices, including zoom & pan of charts using finger swipes. Equity Index Futures in “Markets.” Fractional positions in “My Stocks.” Option to clear stock history in “Stock Finder.” Option to change the “My Stocks” column order using the column order from the home screen. Show status of background story downloading.”
8. (8) WeatherEye 1.1.1.6 (Weather) 3 Stars, 1319 reviews, 957KB
“WeatherEye BlackBerry provides…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.”
7. (5) Poynt 1.4.2.72 (Local Search) 4.5 Stars, 1899 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.”
6. (4) Pandora 1.1.1.1 (Music & Audio) 4.5 Stars, 3304 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.”
5. (NR) Color ID – Free 1.1.3 (Personalize) 2 Stars, 358 reviews, 437KB
“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. ”
4. (6) WHERE 1.4.5.3 *recent version upgrade* (Local Search) 3.5 Stars, 459 reviews, 766KB
“WHERE is a location-based application that helps you find the people, places and things around you. Local information available includes everything from the weather, news, and restaurant reviews, to the cheapest gas, traffic updates, and the ability to connect with other users on the where wall. WHERE also helps you get where you are going with maps and directions.”
3. (3) Facebook 1.7.0.18 (Social Networking) 2.5 Stars, 1400 reviews, 1394KB
“Stay on top of your social life with Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones. This free application makes Facebook services – like sending messages, poking friends, writing wall posts, inviting friends to join and uploading photos – available on the go! Take Facebook wherever life takes you and don’t miss a beat!”
2. (2) BlackBerry App World 1.1.0.20 (Shopping Tools) 3 Stars, 527 reviews, 740KB
“Personalize your BlackBerry smartphone with games, social networking, personal productivity applications and so much more. BlackBerry apps can take full advantage of proven features like BlackBerry push technology and GPS to name a few so you can experience apps like never before. Put more of your life on your BlackBerry smartphone.”
1. (1) BlackBerry Messenger5.0.0.33 (Instant Messaging) 4 Stars, 1270 reviews, 2940KB
“Share your pin or unique barcode to connect with friends anywhere, anytime. Take comfort in knowing your friends are only a BlackBerry Messenger message away whether you want to make plans for the night or ask a quick question. Chat and share funny stories, pictures, videos and more with individual contacts or groups of friends instantly. Stay in touch like never before with BlackBerry Messenger”
Just like last week, the recent version upgrades and popularity of the top three have again made the same Apps the top 3. 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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