Top 5 Free Blackberry Applications Every User Should Download (Page 2 of 2)

This excellent Blackberry Twitter app makes it easy to micro-blog with your Twitter account via your device. You can read twitters from your friends list, send your own tweets via your @ replies, and even write direct messages directly from your Blackberry device. TwitterBerry also allows for quick access to spell checking by allows you to pull up the Blackberry spell checker, to insert symbols, and even look at your friend's timelines and public timelines as well.

Here's a screenshot from BBGeeks.com:

The Blackbery Notepad that comes standard on Blackberry devices is okay for quick notes but that's where it ends. BBNotePad on the other hand is a plain text editor that allows for full documents to be written, and even allows for code to be implemented.

The application also provides three different text sizes and saves files at .txt files so you can transfer the files directly to your computer and open them in a word editor. BBNotePad also allows documents to be saved directly to your Blackberry device or via a memory card for easy file transferring. Finally, if you want to share your documents with other users the program gives access to file sharing via Bluetooth between units.

Here's a quick look at the BBNotePad App:

Vlingo takes the capabilities of Blackberry Voice recognition to a whole new level. Not only can users dial a number by simply saying a name, but they can also perform web searches, such as saying "Find Movies In Chicago Illinois". You can also launch Blackberry Apps with commands such as "Open Calendar" and compose entire emails and text messages by simply speaking into your device.

To me, the ability to easily transcribe messages was also a big plus. I dictated a 2000 word memo and then pulled up the Blackberry Spellcheck application and found only 2 mistakes, which was much better than what I would have done if I had to type the entire memo. Not to mention speaking 2000 words was much easier than typing 2000 words on the Blackberry keyboard.

Here's a look at Vlingo:

I'm pretty sure many readers are wondering why I didn't include the Google Mobile Apps along with several other popular Blackberry Applications. Essentially I wanted to focus on possibly less known applications that served unique purposes, for that I believe the Top 5 Blackberry Apps I listed above accomplish that goal. Blackberry is a robust system with thousands of Apps, each offering their own unique twist on the mobile platform, hopefully the options I've given you in this article help make your Blackberry experience more enjoyable.