Photo Club – Funny Make Machines With Photos – 4.5 Stars, 5k reviews

Photo Club gives you a set of 6 functions with the ability to make some adjustments to your photos, add clipart, include effects, add custom elements and more. You can then export the photo, using as your wallpaper or screensaver. Additional options include uploading your customized photo to Twitter, MySpace, MSN Messenger and more.

Instapaper for BlackBerry – 3rd Party Application

I personally use Instapaper all the time. It’s the perfect “read later” application. Installing this app will add a menu to your BlackBerry Browser so you can send webpages you view to Instapaper to read later.

Stitcher Podcast Radio – 3.5 Stars, 144 reviews

Stitcher Podcast Radio is your solution to podcasts and radio programs. This app gives you on-demand access to all your favorites. Sort by topic or source, use it with your Bluetooth headsets, build your favorite station and rate shows along the way.

ScoreMobile for BlackBerry – 4 Stars, 3k reviews

With the NFL season kicking into gear tomorrow, ScoreMobile is your solution to keep up-to-date with instant scores, boxscores, player stats, game previews, top stories and league standings. For key game, they also provide live blogs. You can personalize the app by specifying your favorite teams.

Poynt - 4.5 Stars, 6k reviews

Poynt is one of the best designed BlackBerry Apps I’ve ever used. It’s a local search tool that will help you find businesses, restaurants, movies, weather, gas prices and more. By using your GPS location, you can find exactly what you’re looking for in your current location. Find phone numbers, browse company websites and map directions to the locations you’re getting ready to visit. Besides all the great review features, you can also use the handy reverse lookup to see who called.

Today’s post is a collection of 5 sexy free BlackBerry Themes in BlackBerry AppWorld. Free is magic word, so try on each one and see which fits the best.

Trace

I’m a fan of this dark, slick looking theme that uses a 5-card locked and sliding style. The theme features preview areas for your messages and calendar apps and customizable icons on the bottom for your favorites. This free theme has received an average of 4 out of 5 stars from a total of 98 reviews and you’ll need OS 5.0 or higher. It will take up 462 KB of your storage, but it’s definitely worth a look.

Mocha Theme

Easily my favorite on the list, the Mocha Theme will definitely spruce up your BlackBerry. With 140 reviews, BlackBerry users have given this theme an overall 4 out of 5 stars and will take 302 KB. The theme includes wallpaper, the background, custom menus and icons in a downloadable file.

iColor

This them is simple in design, but attractive and useful with the large icons.  After 325 total reviews, users have given an average of 4 out of 5 stars. The download is a whopping 453 KB. The download consists of a artistic backgrounds, an icon set and both premium and free links to grab different art designs.

Liquid Theme

This theme gives your BlackBerry the cool, aquatic look and feel. Users have given it 4 out of 5 stars after 105 reviews. The download is quite large though at 526 KB. The download consists of wallpaper, your background, custom menus and icons.

Imagining Theme 2.0

The Imagining Theme 2.0 is via world class art designer Javier Ocasio. Over 2816 users have weighed in, giving 3.5 out of 5 stars for this theme. It is on the smaller side, taking up 354 KB of your device. The theme provides great customization with the ability to adjust the subtext, lengthen the message display area and the placing of your third party apps.

GetMusic 

AppWorld: 3.5 Stars, 17 reviews

GetMusic takes 72 of the biggest bands and artists and gives them each a channel. The channels are broken down into genres. They provide up-to-date news on their tours, new releases, new music and where they stand on the charts. You even get the heads up on special appearances and secret gigs. GetMusic plans to expand upon the library artists in the next version release.

PodNao

AppWorld: 3.5 Stars, 5 reviews

PodNAO works through your BlackBerry’s WiFi connection, enabling you to control your iPod that’s docked in a NAO music system. You can see, navigate and control your iPod music from your BlackBerry device. If you can afford the cool new Cignia NAO Symphony Wireless System that will run you $279, this app is a must.

Pandora

AppWorld: 4 Stars, 6294 reviews

Pandora is a necessary addition to any music-related app list. With Pandora, you stream music on your device with your stations. You can personalize by selecting an artist or song to create a station based on your selection. You can then give a thumbs up or thumbs down for each song. If you thumbs down a song, you won’t have to hear it again.

Slacker Radio

AppWorld: 3.5 Stars, 1694 reviews

Like Pandora, Slacker Radio gives you personalized stations on your BlackBerry device. You have access to over 100 stations or the ability to create your own custom stations. Within Slacker Radio, you can view artist biographies, album reviews, lyrics and more.

iheartradio

AppWorld: 2.5 Stars, 1876 reviews

With iheartradio, you get 750 local radio stations such as the Eagles, Weezer and shows like Sean Hannity, Jim Rome and Bob & Tom along with the ability to download and stream podcasts.  Stream the stations and podcasts free directly on your device. Another cool feature is the offline mode, which lets you listen to podcasts without a connection.

Within the BlackBerry AppWorld, there are currently 142 IM and social networking applications, 97 of which are free. Today, I wanted to highlight the cream of the crop. Below, you’ll find five of the absolute best free BlackBerry apps to socialize your device.

CrunchSMS

CrunchSMS takes your BlackBerry SMS and makes it so much better. This app displays chat-style bubbles, includes smileys and signatures, while displaying pics of your contacts. Style and customize your SMS conversations and enhance your SMS.

Snaptu

Snaptu is a suite of apps which include Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Picasa as well as Sports news, AccuWeather, Movies, Soduku and more. The value of this app is that it’s all-in-one. BlackBerry apps can be a bit large, so you can replace multiple apps with Snaptu. It’s well designed and quite useful.

UberTwitter

UberTwitter gives you an awesome Twitter client that has all the same functionality and some added features such as photo integration, URL shrinking, Twitter Lists, embedded videos within Tweets and more. It also supports multiple accounts.

BlackBerry Messenger

BlackBerry Messenger lets you connect with other BlackBerry users by sharing your pin or barcode. Chat, while sharing pictures, videos with individual contacts or groups.

Translick Mobile Chat for Google

Transclick Instant Mobile Messenger is a chatting client that provides its’ users with text translation utilizing a Jabber-based IM platform.  The text translation supports 12 languages, integrates with Google Talk and is fully compatible with Jabber. This will be very handy when traveling.

Welcome to this month’s edition of the Top 15 Free BlackBerry Apps!. Last month, CrunchSMS jumped to the top of the list by providing BlackBerry users with enhanced SMS features. CrunchSMS is still making an impact in this month’s list but we welcome 3 Soccer BlackBerry Apps, a YouTube player, a new game and more.

The list below is a snapshot of what the most popular apps are. The Top 15 Free BlackBerry Apps are calculated by number of downloads from BlackBerry App World. The information provided is via BlackBerry App World. Let’s jump right into the top 15 free BlackBerry Apps (as of 18 Jun 2010). Let’s kick it off with number 15.

15. (NR) WHERE 1.8.0.5 (Local Search) 3.5 Stars, 956 reviews, 1207KB

“Looking for somewhere new to eat tonight? Want to know what movies are playing at the local theater or somewhere else close by? Traveling and want to find the cheapest gas or closest cup of coffee? Everywhere you go, this app will help you find just about anything local – restaurants, news, weather, cheap gas, movies, friends and more!

This application is a local portal that will connect you with information that will help you find the people, places and things around you everywhere you go, while also saving you time and money. Local information includes weather, news, restaurant reviews, a store locator for top brands of your choice, cheap gas, traffic updates, movie show times and trailers, and the ability to connect with other people anywhere for a quick chat. And, location enabled coupons and special offers from top retailers and restaurants will help you save money while on the go. It also helps you get wherever you are going with maps and directions.”

14. (12) WeatherEye 2.0.2 (Weather) 2.5 stars, 3k reviews, 858KB

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

13. (NR) Sudafrica para BlackBerry 4.0 (Football & Soccer) 3 Stars, 86 reviews, 1019KB

“Enjoy all the action of World Cup Football in South Africa, right on your BlackBerry® with the “South Africa on BlackBerry” app. Football fans will love the rich features of the app including:

• Delivering real-time access to scores, breaking news and event coverage
• Push notifications of alerts that you can set for each match – Goals, Half/Full score, dismissals & more
• Share alert/news feature with Facebook, Twitter and Email
• Alerts sent right to your Inbox
• Add any of the World cup games to your calendar based on your time zone setting
• Share all the excitement of the World Cup along with your friends using BlackBerry Messenger (BBM)
• Great videos of Daily News, Players to watch, Teams progression to World Cup and more
• Supports English, Portuguese and Spanish languages

12. (10) DailyHoroscope 1.6.62 *recent version upgrade* (Entertainment) 4 Stars, 709 reviews, 237KB

“The DailyHoroscope is a horoscope application which is updated on a daily basis. Includes 12 zodiac signs with easy access to each one.  Get your daily horoscope everyday on the go through intuitive and user friendly interface.”

11. (NR) WC2010 3.0.4.21 (Football & Soccer) 4 Stars, 131 reviews, 921KB

“From the leaders in mobile applications for sports fans and the popular Sports Illustrated, The Hockey News, CBS Sports March Madness and Toronto Maple Leafs mobile apps comes WC2010, just in time for the start of World Cup 2010.

WC2010 is the premier app available only through BlackBerry® App World™ that gives football fans the destination to follow every team, game and player through the World Cup.

Download the fastest and most responsive BlackBerry® app available to track every goal and result while you’re on the go, anywhere in the world. View schedules and results round by round throughout the tournament.  After the group phase, view upcoming games through our bracket view that allows you to see future match-ups form as they happen.”

10. (6) Twitter 1.0.0.40 (test center) 3.5 stars, 2k reviews, 1001kb

“Be among the first to know what’s happening.
With Twitter® for BlackBerry® smartphones, you can get your Direct Messages as soon as they arrive.  It even works with your BlackBerry® Browser and BlackBerry® smartphone camera, so it only takes a moment to post a link or upload a picture directly to Twitter. Plus, you can follow friends, search for a topic of interest, and more.

Interested in discussing Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones with other BlackBerry users?  If you’re a resident of Canada/US/UK, register for a BlackBerry Beta Zone account today at http://www.blackberry.com/beta/ and join the conversation!”

9. (NR) Number Cruncher 1.1.1 (Puzzles) 4 Stars, 354 reviews, 1859KB

“No math skills needed!  Stringing together numbers has never been more fun!  In what is a cross between Sudoku and Tetris, the object is to generate as many sequences of numbers as possible within the allotted time.  A sequence consists of runs (like 2,3,4, or 4,3) and doubles or multiples of the same number (like 2,2 or 2,2,2.2), and can also wrap between 1 and 9 (like 2,1,9,1). As numbers are removed from the grid, new numbers fall into place.  Increase your high score by creating a very large sequence that also contains as many bonus tiles as possible.”

8. (4) Pandora 1.1.3.4 (Music & Audio) 4 Stars, 5k reviews, 439KB

“Pandora.  It s 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.

Pandora plays all your current and old favorites and introduces you to new songs that you ll love.  Rate songs as they play because Pandora caters your radio stations to your tastes and adapts the playlist to your feedback on the spot.  Pandora has all styles of music – from hip-hop to jazz, country to classical, latin to rock, dance to pop, and much more.”

7. (11) Flixter 1.5 (entertainment) 3.5 Stars, 1k reviews, 1223KB

“Movies by Flixster, the top movie app for Facebook is now on BlackBerry®!

• Get details for the top box office movies
• Browse the DVD catalog of over 50,000 movies
• Watch high quality trailers  currently only available on some devices
• Read reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
• View theater info with maps, phone number, ticket info and showtimes for theaters in the USA, UK or Canada
• Buy movie tickets from movietickets.com
• Search for movies by title, director or actors”

6. (5) Facebook 1.7.0.22 (social networking) 2 Stars, 5k reviews, 1397KB

“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!”

5. (NR) Player for YouTube 1.1.55 (Video & TV) 2.5 Stars, 656 reviews, 197KB

“Player for YouTube allows you to browse, play, search, share and bookmark YouTube videos on your BlackBerry® device with a very easy to use interface.”

• Featured, Popular, Top Rated, Newest and Most Viewed Feeds
• Playing videos over RTSP Streaming or Wifi and WAP
• Share video links by email with your friends
• Bookmark your favorite videos for easy access
• Search for videos, including saved search history
• Browse videos by Categories and Tags
• View user channels
• Click on YouTube.com links from other BlackBerry applications

4. (NR) Goal Mobile 3.0.1 (Football & Soccer) 4 Stars, 234 reviews, 906KB

“Goal.com offers a truly global perspective on the world’s most popular sport and, with a team of 550 reports based in more than 160 countries, the largest new media football community is the representative voice in football reporting for the World Cup.

The content is provided by reporters immersed in the cultures on which they report, delivering local content that is supported by our worldwide network of editions.

Just in time for the World Cup 2010, the Goal.com Mobile News 3.0 app will enrich fans’ experience of the tournament in South Africa by providing all the latest developments as they happen. Simple and easy to navigate, supporting an optimized reading experience from your mobile device, the Goal.com mobile app brings its content to life with photo-rich articles and constant updates, even when it’s not in use.”

3. (1) CrunchSMS 2.14 *recent version upgrade* (Instant Messaging) 4 Stars, 2k+ reviews, 441KB

“You love your BlackBerry® smartphone as much as we do? You SMS all the time? Wish the experience was a little more fun? Then crunchSMS is for you: it’s a chat-style bubble SMS application like those seen on other smartphones. It’s intuitive, easy to use, and makes texting enjoyable!

No more message limit: crunchSMS automatically splits messages in 160 character chunks on CDMA networks. Now includes smileys and signatures as well…nice!”

2. (2) BlackBerry Messenger 5.0.0.57 (Instant Messaging) 3 Stars, 6k+ reviews, 3213KB

“Battery life has been improved with the latest BlackBerry Messenger.  This version also addresses some of the issues identified in BlackBerry Messenger 5.0.0.33, such as file transfer not working or working slowly, no file preview, and file transfer requests expiring after a short period of time. This version does not include any new features. The Check Spelling As You Type feature has been restored for all devices.”

“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”

1. (9) BlackBerry App World 1.1.0.35 *recent version upgrade* (Shopping Tools) 3 Stars, 1k+ reviews, 1023KB

“Discover a world of possibilities at the BlackBerry App World™ storefront. 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.”

What’s your favorite Free BlackBerry App? Which do you think are too high? How about those apps that you feel are ranked too low or deserve to be listed? Feel free to share your favorites.

I’m happy to see this month’s listing with a bit different look. The Top 15 Free BlackBerry Apps are calculated by number of downloads from BlackBerry App World. This is a snapshot of the top free BlackBerry Applications. The information provided is via BlackBerry App World. Let’s jump right into the top 15 free BlackBerry Apps (as of 20 May 2010), beginning with number 15.

15. (12) Navita Translator 2.0.1.41 *recent version upgrade* (translator) 4 Stars, 1k reviews, 268KB

“Translate-and-Speak words, phrases from e-mails as well as from the BlackBerry Browser, SMS or typing in the software.
Navita Translator translates more than 50 languages and is capable to speak languages like English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Russian.

Other Features:
- send your translations to: Twitter, Mail, SMS, PIN, MEMO
- supports English, Portuguese and Spanish interfaces.
- free support
- Compatible with all devices”

14. (7) Dictionary and Thesaurus – Dictionary.com 1.1 (Education) 4 Stars, 1k reviews, 360KB

“New in this version:
* Now available for the Storm and Storm 2
* Antonyms in Thesaurus

The only free dictionary app for BlackBerry® is from Dictionary.com. Our well-known reference content from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com includes more than 500,000 words, definitions, and synonyms. The app also features phonetic and audio pronunciations, spelling suggestions and Dictionary.com’s popular Word of the Day that is enjoyed by millions of people.
*    Dictionary and Thesaurus
*    Word of the Day  English and Spanish
*    More than 325,000 words and definitions
*    More than 275,000 synonyms and antonyms
*    Phonetic and audio pronunciations
*    Spelling suggestions
*    Recent history
*    Social networking functions
*    Email integration”

13. (NR) LearnChinese 1.2 (Education) 2.5 Stars, 42 reviews, 428KB

“LearnChinese has more than 400 self-contained audio lessons to pick from! Choose the lessons that suit your level and interests to build on your knowledge of Chinese and your growing confidence with the language.

All audio lessons are easy to understand and contain useful phrases and dialogues. You can schedule your own time when you want your lessons to begin. Within each lesson, you may pause at any time and resume later from that time onwards. Anytime, 24/7, lessons are available for you to access immediately. Lessons are short, effective, easy and fun, you can sit at home, in the office, or any other place to study Mandarin Chinese.”

12. (8) WeatherEye 2.0.2 (Weather) 2.5 stars, 3k reviews, 858kb

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

11. (10) Movies 1.4.1 *recent version upgrade* (entertainment) 3 Stars, 1k reviews, 1223KB

“Movies by Flixster, the top movie app for Facebook is now on BlackBerry®!
- Get details for the top box office movies
- Browse the DVD catalog of over 50,000 movies
- Watch high quality trailers  currently only available on some devices
- Read reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
- View theater info with maps, phone number, ticket info and showtimes for theaters in the USA, UK or Canada
- Buy movie tickets from movietickets.com
- Search for movies by title, director or actors”

10. (NR) DailyHoroscope 1.5.61 (Entertainment) 4 Stars, 577 reviews, 235KB

“The DailyHoroscope is a horoscope application which is updated on a daily basis. Includes 12 zodiac signs with easy access to each one.  Get your daily horoscope everyday on the go through intuitive and user friendly interface.”

9. (2) BlackBerry App World 1.1.0.33 (Shopping Tools) 3 Stars, 1k+ reviews, 835KB

“Discover a world of possibilities at the BlackBerry App World™ storefront. 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.”

8. (NR) Pixelated 2.1 (Games) 4 Stars, 675 reviews, 49KB

“The object of the game is to change the colour of the squares until the entire screen is a single solid colour. This is done by using the coloured buttons on the bottom of the screen to change the colour of the square in the upper left hand corner to that of those surrounding it. Changing this square to the colour of those around it, allows it to slowly grow until it fills the entire screen. The ultimate goal is to clear the screen in as few moves as possible.

In the normal setting you have 21 moves to clear the screen. For more difficulty levels and the option of a move counter download Pixelated Plus from BlackBerry AppWorld.”

7. (NR) QuickPull Free 4.0.2 (Utilities) 3 Stars, 3k reviews, 137kb

“Unlike the red power button on your phone which merely reloads your device, QuickPull will actually refresh the device, freeing up memory and increasing performance! QuickPull Free has more than 1,500,000 users to date.

Schedule to run a QuickPull at a certain time each DAY, or multiple times each WEEK with NEW convenient scheduling features to keep your memory and performance running at its best. You can even set a MEMORY threshold that will allow QuickPull™ to alert you when your available memory drops too low. If the memory drops, memory monitoring will prompt you to run a QuickPull™
QuickPull is extremely easy and convenient to use.

6. (5) Twitter 1.0.0.40 *recent version upgrade* (test center) 3.5 stars, 1k reviews, 1001kb

“Be among the first to know what’s happening.
With Twitter® for BlackBerry® smartphones, you can get your Direct Messages as soon as they arrive.  It even works with your BlackBerry® Browser and BlackBerry® smartphone camera, so it only takes a moment to post a link or upload a picture directly to Twitter. Plus, you can follow friends, search for a topic of interest, and more.

Interested in discussing Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones with other BlackBerry users?  If you’re a resident of Canada/US/UK, register for a BlackBerry Beta Zone account today at http://www.blackberry.com/beta/ and join the conversation!”

5. (6) Facebook 1.7.0.22 (social networking) 2 Stars, 4k reviews, 1397KB

“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!”

4. (3) Pandora 1.1.3.4 *recent version upgrade*(Music & Audio) 4 Stars, 5k reviews, 439KB

“Pandora.  It s 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.

Pandora plays all your current and old favorites and introduces you to new songs that you ll love.  Rate songs as they play because Pandora caters your radio stations to your tastes and adapts the playlist to your feedback on the spot.  Pandora has all styles of music – from hip-hop to jazz, country to classical, latin to rock, dance to pop, and much more.”

3. (NR) Color ID FREE! LED Light Customizer 1.1.8 (Utilities) 3 Stars, 1k+ reviews, 326KB

“Know at a glance who’s contacting you! Assign custom LED colors to SPECIFIC CONTACTS for Email, SMS & Phone Calls! (We know you guys want BBM too but RIM won’t let us do it for SPECIFIC contacts at this time…hopefully soon!)

* This Lite & Free version ALLOWS ONLY 2 CONTACTS for specific colors – if you want more please purchase full version. * Syncing w Address Book is easy! Go into ur Contacts list, highlite the contact u want to add and hit the BB menu button – select “Add to Color ID” and ur set!”

2. (1) BlackBerry Messenger 5.0.0.57 (Instant Messaging) 3 Stars, 5k+ reviews, 3213KB

“Battery life has been improved with the latest BlackBerry Messenger.  This version also addresses some of the issues identified in BlackBerry Messenger 5.0.0.33, such as file transfer not working or working slowly, no file preview, and file transfer requests expiring after a short period of time. This version does not include any new features. The Check Spelling As You Type feature has been restored for all devices.”

“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”

1. (NR) CrunchSMS 2.8 (Instant Messaging) 4 Stars, 1k+ reviews, 234KB

“You love your BlackBerry® smartphone as much as we do? You SMS all the time? Wish the experience was a little more fun? Then crunchSMS is for you: it’s a chat-style bubble SMS application like those seen on other smartphones. It’s intuitive, easy to use, and makes texting enjoyable!

No more message limit: crunchSMS automatically splits messages in 160 character chunks on CDMA networks. Now includes smileys as well… Note: works on O/S versions 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, and 5.0, but doesn’t work on 8350i phones.

What’s your favorite Free BlackBerry App? Which do you think are too high? How about those apps that you feel are ranked too low or deserve to be listed? Feel free to share your favorites.

The Top 15 Free BlackBerry Apps are calculated by number of downloads from BlackBerry App World. This is a snapshot of the top free BlackBerry Applications. The information provided is via BlackBerry App World. Let’s jump right into the top 15 free BlackBerry Apps (as of 29 Apr 2010), beginning with number 15.

15. (NR) Ka-Glom – Free 1.5.1 (games) 3.5 Stars, 1k ratings, 317KB

“Now Free for a Limited Time!
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.  Play in Survival mode for a classic puzzle experience or try some deep thinking with the Puzzle mode.

Features
- 3 Different modes of Play: Normal, Time Attack, and Puzzle Mode
- Hidden modes to be unlocked
- Learn how to play with an easy and quick tutorial”

14. (10) Bible 2.1.4 *recent version upgrade* (religion) 4 Stars, 1k+ reviews, 337KB

“##Latest release fixes connection problems experienced on some phones including the Bold 9700
Read through the Bible this year using one of the 20+ Bible Reading Plan that were added in the 2.1 release. We also made improvements with outstanding compatability issues. This App now works on all Blackberry devices.
Introducing the BlackBerry® Bible App
powered by YouVersion.com (a free online Bible)
Read, explore, and learn from the Bible no matter where you are.  A great way to read the Bible more or begin reading the Bible for the first time.

Features:
- Use the Bible reader to study any part of Scripture
- Low memory use:  No large Bible files stored in your phone’s memory
- Completely Free:  No additional purchases or file downloads required to read the entire Bible
- Browse by books of the Bible – the entire Bible is at your fingertips.
- Take your pick from 41 different Bible translations available in 21 different languages.
- The One-Year Bible Reading Plan provides daily selections to help you read through through the entire Bible in one year.
- Learn from others by checking out recent user contributions from YouVersion.com associated with each Bible verse.
- Join the community at YouVersion.com and have your Bible contributions viewable in the BlackBerry® Bible App.  Contribute videos, photos, blog posts, and more and engage in a unique social network focused on the Bible at YouVersion.com
- Easily email Bible verses to your contacts. Tweet verses to Twitter®”

13. (NR) WeatherBug 1.1.0.150 (Weather) 3.5 Stars, 1k ratings, 1010KB

“Stay informed and prepared with live local weather, severe weather alerts, in-depth forecasts, camera views, detailed radar maps and international weather. The features of the WeatherBug application for the BlackBerry Storm include:

* Live neighborhood weather from over 8,000 weather stations in the U.S.
* Current weather, forecast and NWS alerts for your GPS location.
* Current conditions icon and outdoors temperature on your BlackBerry desktop.
* “Always on” NWS weather alerts such as Tornado warnings.
* 7-day and hourly forecasts.
* Detailed radar and maps.
* Daily National Weather Outlook broadcasts provided by WeatherBug meteorologists.
* Check the weather on BlackBerry Maps by simply touching any area on the map for two (2) seconds.
* View snapshots and time-lapse animations from more than 2,000 weather cameras in the U.S.
* Set-up new locations by pulling the location information from your contact list.
* Share the current weather information, forecast, alerts and camera views with friends and family.
”

12. (NR) Navita Translator 2.0.1.32 (translator) 3.5 Stars, 1k reviews, 244KB

“Translate-and-Speak words, phrases from e-mails as well as from the BlackBerry Browser, SMS or typing in the software.
Navita Translator translates more than 50 languages and is capable to speak languages like English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Russian.

Other Features:
- send your translations to: Twitter, Mail, SMS, PIN, MEMO
- supports English, Portuguese and Spanish interfaces.
- free support
- Compatible with all devices”

11. (12) FREE Sea Storm Animated Theme 2010.4.15.2108 (Nature Theme) 4 Stars, 3k+ ratings, 809KB

“Features:
* Professional Front Screen Animation
* Custom color scheme on menus
* New front Hidden Dock navigation for full front screen Animation display
* NEW – At least 6 icons on front Page for all handsets.
* NEW – Mobstar Slider adds more Icons (81xx, 83xx, 87xx and 88xx currently NOT supported)
* NEW – Clear Highlight for selected front screen icons.
* Animation pauses when phone is on standby to reduce battery drain”

10. (11) Movies 1.3 *recent version upgrade* (entertainment) 3 Stars, 1k reviews, 1201KB

“Movies by Flixster, the top movie app for Facebook is now on BlackBerry®!
- Get details for the top box office movies
- Browse the DVD catalog of over 50,000 movies
- Watch high quality trailers  currently only available on some devices
- Read reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
- View theater info with maps, phone number, ticket info and showtimes for theaters in the USA, UK or Canada
- Buy movie tickets from movietickets.com
- Search for movies by title, director or actors”

9. (NR) Poynt 1.5.4.12 (maps & navigation) 4.5 Stars, 4k reviews, 723KB

Use Poynt to find people, businesses, movie theatres, 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 connect 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, the United Kingdom, and now in France, Italy and Spain

8. (NR) WeatherEye 2.0.2 (Weather) 2.5 stars, 3k reviews, 858kb

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

7. (13) Dictionary and Thesaurus – Dictionary.com 1.1 *recent version upgrade* (Education) 4 Stars, 1k reviews, 360KB

“New in this version:
* Now available for the Storm and Storm 2
* Antonyms in Thesaurus

The only free dictionary app for BlackBerry® is from Dictionary.com. Our well-known reference content from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com includes more than 500,000 words, definitions, and synonyms. The app also features phonetic and audio pronunciations, spelling suggestions and Dictionary.com’s popular Word of the Day that is enjoyed by millions of people.
*    Dictionary and Thesaurus
*    Word of the Day  English and Spanish
*    More than 325,000 words and definitions
*    More than 275,000 synonyms and antonyms
*    Phonetic and audio pronunciations
*    Spelling suggestions
*    Recent history
*    Social networking functions
*    Email integration”

6. (3) Facebook 1.7.0.22 (social networking) 2 Stars, 4k reviews, 1397KB

“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!”

5. (NR) Twitter 1.0.0.37 (test center) 3.5 stars, 1k reviews, 963kb

“Be among the first to know what’s happening.
With Twitter® for BlackBerry® smartphones, you can get your Direct Messages as soon as they arrive.  It even works with your BlackBerry® Browser and BlackBerry® smartphone camera, so it only takes a moment to post a link or upload a picture directly to Twitter. Plus, you can follow friends, search for a topic of interest, and more.

Interested in discussing Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones with other BlackBerry users?  If you’re a resident of Canada/US/UK, register for a BlackBerry Beta Zone account today at http://www.blackberry.com/beta/ and join the conversation!”

4. (NR) Drive Safely 1.23 (utilities) 3.5 stars, 1k reviews, 600kb

“DriveSafe.ly 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 DriveSafe.ly read to you and automatically respond for you.

Stay connected by listening to your messages without texting while driving or reading emails in your car.  DriveSafe.ly is the answer to texting while driving  TWD .

For even more functionality download DriveSafe.ly Pro – also available on BlackBerry® AppWorld™.  DriveSafe.ly Pro adds the ability to use additional voices, listen to text messages and emails without sponsor messages and much more!

Features include:
-It is free to use DriveSafe.ly
-Automatically plays incoming text  SMS  and email messages
-Play messages on demand through menu
-No complicated software to install  easy to use
-Small footprint  lightweight app does not slow down your phone
-Customizable auto-response and timeout duration
-Human sounding text to speech powered by iSpeech.org”

3. (7) Pandora 1.1.3.3 *recent version upgrade*(Music & Audio) 4 Stars, 5k reviews, 352KB

“Pandora.  It s 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.

Pandora plays all your current and old favorites and introduces you to new songs that you ll love.  Rate songs as they play because Pandora caters your radio stations to your tastes and adapts the playlist to your feedback on the spot.  Pandora has all styles of music – from hip-hop to jazz, country to classical, latin to rock, dance to pop, and much more.”

2. (1) BlackBerry App World 1.1.0.33 (Shopping Tools) 3 Stars, 1k+ reviews, 835KB

“Discover a world of possibilities at the BlackBerry App World™ storefront. 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. (2) BlackBerry Messenger 5.0.0.57 (Instant Messaging) 3 Stars, 5k+ reviews, 3213KB

“Battery life has been improved with the latest BlackBerry Messenger.  This version also addresses some of the issues identified in BlackBerry Messenger 5.0.0.33, such as file transfer not working or working slowly, no file preview, and file transfer requests expiring after a short period of time. This version does not include any new features. The Check Spelling As You Type feature has been restored for all devices.”

“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”

What’s your favorite Free BlackBerry App? Which do you think are too high? How about ranked too low or not listed? Feel free to share your favorites.

The Top 15 Free BlackBerry Apps are calculated by number of downloads from BlackBerry App World. Previously, I was compiling this list each week but have transitioned into a monthly post. Since the transition, I’ve decided to bump the number up to 15. The information provided is via BlackBerry App World. Let’s jump right into the top 15 free BlackBerry Apps (as of 6 Apr 2010), beginning with number 15.

15. (NR) AP Mobile 2.5.6 (News & Scores) 3.5 Stars, 500 reviews, 495KB

“AP News is an award-winning mobile news application, rated the Top 3 App of 2008 by TIME magazine and Best in News by The New York Times.  Hailed as one of the best applications for your BlackBerry by CrackBerry.com, AP News provides a one-touch, comprehensive news solution, featuring breaking international and national news from the AP, plus more than 1,000 local newspaper and broadcaster sources from AP members.

As a downloadable application, AP News updates and caches content upon launch, thus keeping users in the know while on a plane or underground. It includes a complete set of news categories including Sports, Entertainment and Wacky News, plus AP s award-winning photos.”

image via itworldcanada.com

14. (10) Animated Screen Savers Free 2.20 (Personalize) 4 Stars, 1k reviews, 295KB

“Animated Screensavers for BlackBerry® smartphones. Please give a 5 star rating if you like these. More screensavers will be released in due course. If you have any suggestions for new Screensavers please email me at ani@getempower.com and I will try to add them!

Note: Screensaver will not work if your battery is below 40%. This is to save your battery. Please don’t put it as a ‘Does not works’ review – please charge your battery instead.

Note: The error screen is a part of the BSOD screensaver that simulates the Windows Blue Screen of Death. It is not an error but just a screensaver reminding you how better BlackBerry is from other smartphones.

Random Screensaver now shuffles screensavers every minute.

Version 2.20 includes the following screensavers:
* Bouncing Balls
* Falling Hearts
* Floating Hearts
* Bubbles
* Decay Screen
* Starfield
* Snowfall
* Dull Jack
* BSOD(The infamous Blue Screen of Death)”

13. (15) Dictionary and Thesaurus – Dictionary.com 1.0.1 (Education) 4 Stars, 1k reviews, 258KB

“Dictionary.com – Dictionary and Thesaurus
The only free dictionary app for BlackBerry® is from Dictionary.com. Our well-known reference content from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com includes more than 500,000 words, definitions, and synonyms. The app also features phonetic and audio pronunciations, spelling suggestions and Dictionary.com’s popular Word of the Day that is enjoyed by millions of people.
*    Dictionary and Thesaurus
*    Word of the Day  English and Spanish
*    More than 325,000 words and definitions
*    More than 275,000 synonyms
*    Phonetic and audio pronunciations
*    Spelling suggestions
*    Recent history
*    Social networking functions
*    Email integration”

12. (6) FREE Sea Storm Animated Theme 2010.2.23.810 (Nature Theme) 4 Stars, 2k+ ratings, 679KB

“Features:
* Professional Front Screen Animation
* Custom color scheme on menus
* New front Hidden Dock navigation for full front screen Animation display
* Animation pauses when phone is on standby to reduce battery drain”

11. (NR) Movies 1.2.5.1 (entertainment) 3 Stars, 800 reviews, 1178KB

“Movies by Flixster, the top movie app for Facebook is now on BlackBerry®!
- Get details for the top box office movies
- Browse the DVD catalog of over 50,000 movies
- Watch high quality trailers  currently only available on some devices
- Read reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
- View theater info with maps, phone number, ticket info and showtimes for theaters in the USA, UK or Canada
- Buy movie tickets from movietickets.com
- Search for movies by title, director or actors
“

10. (NR) Bible 2.1.3 (religion) 4 Stars, 1k+ reviews, 329KB

“Read through the Bible this year using one of the 20+ Bible Reading Plan that were added in the 2.1 release. We also made improvements with outstanding compatability issues. This App now works on all Blackberry devices…Read, explore, and learn from the Bible no matter where you are.  A great way to read the Bible more or begin reading the Bible for the first time.

Features:
- Use the Bible reader to study any part of Scripture
- Low memory use:  No large Bible files stored in your phone’s memory
- Completely Free:  No additional purchases or file downloads required to read the entire Bible
- Browse by books of the Bible – the entire Bible is at your fingertips.
- Take your pick from 41 different Bible translations available in 21 different languages.
- The One-Year Bible Reading Plan provides daily selections to help you read through through the entire Bible in one year.
- Learn from others by checking out recent user contributions from YouVersion.com associated with each Bible verse.
- Join the community at YouVersion.com and have your Bible contributions viewable in the BlackBerry® Bible App.  Contribute videos, photos, blog posts, and more and engage in a unique social network focused on the Bible at YouVersion.com
- Easily email Bible verses to your contacts. Tweet verses to Twitter®
“

9. (NR) BigTinCan BuzzMe 2.6.9 (gadgets) 3.5 Stars, 1k+ reviews, 141KB

“*** New Version 2.6 includes a FREE trial of BuzzMe Premium (includes BuzzMe Pro features) *** If you want to hear your BlackBerry® smartphone ring and have it vibrate at the same time you need BuzzMe. BuzzMe lets you:

• Control the LED color when you receive a phone call.
• Create your own custom color for your ringtone.
• Receive a missed call reminder on your phone with LED and vibration.
• You can even set a “disco” mode to have a flashing disco in your Blackberry when you receive a call.
• And best of all BuzzMe is totally free!
• Its easy to install, and has been used on millions of BlackBerry® smartphones worldwide.

If you have a BlackBerry Storm, BuzzMe includes Facedown mode for calls – that turns off the BuzzMe vibration when you set the phone facedown – its the coolest way to control your phone vibration. If you want more control over vibration and LED color for calls, messages, emails, Blackberry Messenger, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, BeeJive and more try BuzzMe Pro and BuzzMe Premium.”

image via blackberrysoftware.org

8. (9) UberTwitter 0.971 (social networking) 4 Stars, 1k+ reviews, 493KB

“UberTwitter is a full featured location aware Twitter client which supports all of the features of Twitter as well as advanced capabilities such as:  photo integration, embeded videos in tweets, tweet shrinking, URL shortening, twitter lists, changing your twitter avatar,  and a plethora of other features.”

7. (5) Pandora 1.1.3.2 (Music & Audio) 4 Stars, 5k reviews, 352KB

“Pandora.  It s 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.

Pandora plays all your current and old favorites and introduces you to new songs that you ll love.  Rate songs as they play because Pandora caters your radio stations to your tastes and adapts the playlist to your feedback on the spot.  Pandora has all styles of music – from hip-hop to jazz, country to classical, latin to rock, dance to pop, and much more.”

6. (NR) Blocked Traffic Free 2.1 (Games) 3 Stars, 600 reviews, 121KB

“This is a free version of  Blocked Traffic  application with subset of positions. The goal of the game is to get a car on third line out of a box by moving the other cars out of its way. Cars can not enter Construction areas.

Game has:
* 80 positions (Easy & Medium)
* 4 graphic themes
* Min moves and undo move”

5. (3) Imagining Theme 1.3 *recent version upgrade* (Abstract Themes) 3 Stars, 1k+ reviews, 336KB

“The luxury imagining theme reflect the prosperous of modern city life!
Changelog in v1.30:

1. Font is adjusted into default, so users can change the size
2. Fix the font is so big then “…” bug
3. Fix the folder missing bug
4. 6 icons in dock
5. Add profile icon in homescreen
6. Adjust the background into darker of the calling & incoming call
7. Add ‘Status text’ when highlight an icon in homescreen

Features:
1. Dedicated background with splendid feeling!
2. A theme can be used for long time and wont feel tired!
3. A theme will not drag system performance.”

4. (7) The Weather Channel 1.5 (Weather) 3.5 Stars, 500 reviews, 2098KB

“It’s The Weather Channel® when and where you need it the most. Get detailed conditions and forecasts, radar maps, local and national severe weather alerts, airport delays and more. You can even access the weather from your calendar or address book, and forward alerts to friends and family.”

3. (8) Facebook 1.7.0.22 (social networking) 2 Stars, 3k+ reviews, 1397KB

“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 Messenger 5.0.0.57 (Instant Messaging) 3 Stars, 4k+ reviews, 3213KB

“Battery life has been improved with the latest BlackBerry Messenger.  This version also addresses some of the issues identified in BlackBerry Messenger 5.0.0.33, such as file transfer not working or working slowly, no file preview, and file transfer requests expiring after a short period of time. This version does not include any new features. The Check Spelling As You Type feature has been restored for all devices.”

“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”

1. (1) BlackBerry App World 1.1.0.33 (Shopping Tools) 3 Stars, 1k+ reviews, 835KB

“Discover a world of possibilities at the BlackBerry App World™ storefront. 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.
”

What’s your favorite Free BlackBerry App? Which do you think are too high? How about ranked too low or not listed? Feel free to share your favorites.

The Top 15 Free BlackBerry Apps are calculated by number of downloads from BlackBerry App World. Previously, I was compiling this list each week but have transitioned into a monthly post. Since the transition, I’ve decided to bump the number up to 15. The information provided is via BlackBerry App World.

15. (13) Dictionary and Thesaurus – Dictionary.com 1.0.1 (Education) 4 Stars, 925 reviews, 258KB

“Dictionary.com – Dictionary and Thesaurus
The only free dictionary app for BlackBerry® is from Dictionary.com. Our well-known reference content from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com includes more than 500,000 words, definitions, and synonyms. The app also features phonetic and audio pronunciations, spelling suggestions and Dictionary.com’s popular Word of the Day that is enjoyed by millions of people.
*    Dictionary and Thesaurus
*    Word of the Day  English and Spanish
*    More than 325,000 words and definitions
*    More than 275,000 synonyms
*    Phonetic and audio pronunciations
*    Spelling suggestions
*    Recent history
*    Social networking functions
*    Email integration”

14. (6) WeatherBug 1.1.0.147 *recent version upgrade* (Weather) 3.5 Stars, 1421 reviews, 825KB

“Stay informed and prepared with live local weather, severe weather alerts, in-depth forecasts, camera views, detailed radar maps and international weather. The features of the WeatherBug application for the BlackBerry Storm include:

* Live neighborhood weather from over 8,000 weather stations in the U.S.
* Current weather, forecast and NWS alerts for your GPS location.
* Current conditions icon and outdoors temperature on your BlackBerry desktop.
* “Always on” NWS weather alerts such as Tornado warnings.
* 7-day and hourly forecasts.
* Detailed radar and maps.
* Daily National Weather Outlook broadcasts provided by WeatherBug meteorologists.
* Check the weather on BlackBerry Maps by simply touching any area on the map for two (2) seconds.
* View snapshots and time-lapse animations from more than 2,000 weather cameras in the U.S.
* Set-up new locations by pulling the location information from your contact list.
* Share the current weather information, forecast, alerts and camera views with friends and family.”

13. (NR) Shazam 2.5.1 (Music Services) 3 Stars, 926 reviews, 540KB

“Lovin’ that tune? Create music moments: discover, buy and share music. Enjoy and use Shazam for FREE* limited to 5 Tags per calendar month with options to buy and share your music discoveries.

Shazam now offers even more…
YouTube:  Watch the video!  The YouTube features allows you to view related videos and other music content on YouTube.
Twitter:  Tweet your Tags!  Post artist and track details to Twitter in seconds
7Digital:  Buy MP3s from 7digital

Alternatively, upgrade to enjoy additional features: unlimited Tags, Tag Chart, Similar Tracks, Artist Bios, Reviews, Discographies and Search by Lyrics.  Try before you buy: 7 day FREE* trial of our additional features with this download. After trial, upgrade or keep Shazaming for FREE* with limited usage and features. Available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Portuguese.

Compatible with the Bold 9000, 9700, Curve 83XX, Curve 85XX, 8900, Pearl 82XX, 81XX, World Edition 88XX and Storm 95XX.”

12. (3) Poynt 1.5.3.14 (Maps & Navigation) 4.5 Stars, 3641 reviews, 712KB

“Use Poynt to find people, businesses, movie theatres, 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 connect 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, the United Kingdom, and now in France, Italy and Spain

Discover why Poynt won the 2008 BlackBerry Developer s Challenge Grand Prize and was recognized as the Most Innovative Consumer Application in GSMA s Mobile Innovation Grand Prix, EMEA Tournament”

11. (NR) ScoreMobile for BlackBerry 1.3.2 (News & Scores) 4 Stars, 4233 reviews, 409KB

“ScoreMobile is a true application that’s been built from the ground up for all recent BlackBerry® smartphone models.  We provide up-to-the-minute sports scores, boxscores, 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: American Football (NFL, NCAAF, CFL), Baseball (MLB), Basketball (NBA, NCAAB Men’s), Hockey (NHL), Golf (PGA), Auto Racing (NASCAR Sprint Cup, F1) and Soccer (EPL, Champions League, MLS).

Personalization:
-The Dynamic Home Screen Icon is a unique feature of ScoreMobile where the application continues to monitor in the background the league or game which was last viewed.
-Users can personalize Favorite Teams and Data Refresh intervals.
-Game start times are customized based on the Time Zone setting on the device.”

10. (5) Animated Screen Savers Free 2.20 (Personalize) 4 Stars, 1009 reviews, 295KB

“Animated Screensavers for BlackBerry® smartphones. Please give a 5 star rating if you like these. More screensavers will be released in due course. If you have any suggestions for new Screensavers please email me at ani@getempower.com and I will try to add them!

Note: Screensaver will not work if your battery is below 40%. This is to save your battery. Please don’t put it as a ‘Does not works’ review – please charge your battery instead.

Note: The error screen is a part of the BSOD screensaver that simulates the Windows Blue Screen of Death. It is not an error but just a screensaver reminding you how better BlackBerry is from other smartphones.

Random Screensaver now shuffles screensavers every minute.

Version 2.20 includes the following screensavers:
* Bouncing Balls
* Falling Hearts
* Floating Hearts
* Bubbles
* Decay Screen
* Starfield
* Snowfall
* Dull Jack
* BSOD(The infamous Blue Screen of Death)”

9. (8) UberTwitter 0.971 *recent version upgrade* (social networking) 4 Stars, 1190 reviews, 493KB

“UberTwitter is a full featured location aware Twitter client which supports all of the features of Twitter as well as advanced capabilities such as:  photo integration, embeded videos in tweets, tweet shrinking, URL shortening, twitter lists, changing your twitter avatar,  and a plethora of other features.”

8. (7) Facebook 1.7.0.22 (social networking) 2 Stars, 3521 reviews, 1397KB

“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!”

7. (NR) The Weather Channel 1.5 (Weather) 3.5 Stars, 369 reviews, 2098KB

“It’s The Weather Channel® when and where you need it the most. Get detailed conditions and forecasts, radar maps, local and national severe weather alerts, airport delays and more. You can even access the weather from your calendar or address book, and forward alerts to friends and family.”

6. (NR) FREE Sea Storm Animated Theme 2010.2.23.810 (Nature Theme) 4 Stars, 961 ratings, 671KB

“Features:
* Professional Front Screen Animation
* Custom color scheme on menus
* New front Hidden Dock navigation for full front screen Animation display
* Animation pauses when phone is on standby to reduce battery drain”

5. (1) Pandora 1.1.3.2 (Music & Audio) 4 Stars, 4977 reviews, 352KB

“Pandora.  It s 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.

Pandora plays all your current and old favorites and introduces you to new songs that you ll love.  Rate songs as they play because Pandora caters your radio stations to your tastes and adapts the playlist to your feedback on the spot.  Pandora has all styles of music – from hip-hop to jazz, country to classical, latin to rock, dance to pop, and much more.”

4. (NR) WHERE 1.6.0.3 (Local Search) 3.5 Stars, 795 reviews, 1285KB

“Looking for somewhere new to eat tonight? Want to know what movies are playing at the local theater or somewhere else close by? Traveling and want to find the cheapest gas or closest cup of coffee? Everywhere you go, this app will help you find just about anything local – restaurants, news, weather, cheap gas, movies, friends and more!

This application is a local portal that will connect you with information that will help you find the people, places and things around you everywhere you go, while also saving you time and money. Local information includes weather, news, restaurant reviews, a store locator for top brands of your choice, cheap gas, traffic updates, movie show times and trailers, and the ability to connect with other people anywhere for a quick chat. And, location enabled coupons and special offers from top retailers and restaurants will help you save money while on the go. It also helps you get wherever you are going with maps and directions. “

3. (10) Imagining Theme 1.2 *recent version upgrade* (Abstract Themes) 3 Stars, 1528 reviews, 320KB

“The luxury imagining theme reflect the prosperous of modern city life!
Changelog in v1.1:

1.Fonts changed
2.Default icons setting inside
3.Fixing bug of cutting off the PM/AM

Features:
1. Dedicated background with splendid feeling!
2. A theme can be used for long time and wont feel tired!
3. A theme will not drag system performance.”

2. (2) BlackBerry Messenger 5.0.0.57 (Instant Messaging) 3 Stars, 4330 reviews, 3213KB

“Battery life has been improved with the latest BlackBerry Messenger.  This version also addresses some of the issues identified in BlackBerry Messenger 5.0.0.33, such as file transfer not working or working slowly, no file preview, and file transfer requests expiring after a short period of time. This version does not include any new features. The Check Spelling As You Type feature has been restored for all devices.”

“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”

1. (11) BlackBerry App World 1.1.0.33 *recent version upgrade* (Shopping Tools) 3 Stars, 1294 reviews, 835KB

“Discover a world of possibilities at the BlackBerry App World™ storefront. 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.
”

What’s your favorite Free BlackBerry App? Which do you think are too high? How about ranked too low or not listed? Feel free to share your favorites.