If you consider yourself a Blackberry freak and want to test your typing skills on your phone, TyperSpeed will allow you to check how fast you can form words provided your Blackberry has a built-in keyboard (Blackberry Storm won't work). The program uses a metric similar to PC based words per minute calculators and is quite accurate. This app is unique in its category and I was unable to locate any other app that allows you to do the same on your Blackberry. The app also vibrates when you type an incorrect letter, allowing you to improve your accuracy. Apparently 60 words per minute on your Blackberry with a Qwerty keyboard is considered to be an exceptional score.
TyperSpeed contains six pieces of pre defined text that you can type. Four of them are english and two are in german. You need to type the text displayed on your screen and TyperSpeed calculates your speed. It thenshows you the number of characters typed in a given time and it shows you your average words per minute.
When you type an incorrect character, your phone vibrates. If you are inaccurate you will have your phone vibrating frequently. You can also turn this option off from the options menu if you find it annoying, like I did.
The application also features a Speed Writing mode that allows you to type anything you want in a particular time period and hit the stop button, the app then returns your average words per minute. This mode isn't as accurate as the pre defined text mode as you take additional time to hit the stop button.
Finally, the app also saves your high score and the top three scores are saved in the application.
Overall TyperSpeed is a one trick application. It allows you to measure your typing speed and compare them to those of your friends. Unfortunately since it only offers a few test texts it gets repititive after a while unless you like the idea of repeatedly improving your score by typing the same text over and over again.
The app is also a bit expensive at $2.95 considering that it isn't going to get much use. You can purchase it here.