{"id":81,"date":"2012-02-02T20:55:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T20:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zaffy.co.za\/blog\/?p=81"},"modified":"2014-03-05T15:37:06","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T15:37:06","slug":"apps-for-blackberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zaffy.co.za\/blog\/computers-it\/apps-for-blackberry\/","title":{"rendered":"Apps for Blackberry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobiola Xplayer (Free from App World)<\/strong>
\nAlot of you may or may not have realised that Blackberries with OS 5 cannot fast forward in larger than a few second increments. In OS4 you could fast forward a lengthy movie with a few swipes across the trackpad but in OS5 you cannot. Mobiola Xplayer returns this functionality to OS5, allowing you to squiz through videos much faster. It also provides a bookmark feature which comes in handy if you would like to save a position in a video file for later viewing.<\/p>\n

Viilingo (Free from App World)<\/strong>
\nA fast and well-integrated RSS reader for Blackberry, currently go through most of my RSS feeds though this app. Has the ability to connect to Google Reader and share the same feeds.<\/p>\n

Gmail application (Free from m.google.com)<\/strong>
\nA seperate application for Gmail. Some may ask ‘why would you need a Gmail application?’ when you can receive your gmail emails on the blackberry itself. Explanation: The app comes in handy when you want to search your entire Gmail inbox, specifically if you are looking for a really old mail or invoice, as it allows you not only to search but forward the email to another address allowing you to retrieve any mail in your Gmail Account whenever you need it.<\/p>\n

Google Sync (Free from m.google.com)<\/strong>
\nA syncing tool, that allows you to sync the contacts and calendar on your phone with the contacts in your gmail account and calendar with your Google Calendar account. Can be setup to sync periodically.<\/p>\n

PDF Creator Ultimate Free (Free from App World)<\/strong>
\nAllows you to create a pdf from images on your phone, making it easier to email out.<\/p>\n

Interval Timer (Premium from App World)<\/strong>
\nTimer for interval training, can set intervals, warm-up and cool down periods.<\/p>\n

News24 app (Free from App World)<\/strong>
\nNews information, like that you can see user pictures uploaded to News 24.<\/p>\n

QR Code Scanner Pro (Free from App Word)<\/strong>
\nScans and displays the text in QR codes. This is what QR codes look like:<\/p>\n

bMind (Premium from App World – last I paid around R 100)<\/strong>
\nA mindmapping tool for blackberry, compatible with freemind. Allows me to create mindmaps on the move.<\/p>\n

repligo Reader (Premium from App World – last I paid around R 100)<\/strong>
\nThe best mobile pdf reader I have used, scales large pdfs well.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg Mobile (Free from App World)<\/strong>
\nStock markets prices and information from around the world.<\/p>\n

Twitter (Free from App World)<\/strong>
\nUse it to follow my favourite bloggers, news leaks and updates.<\/p>\n

SalatMK (Free from App World)<\/strong>
\nGives an adequate representation of Muslim Prayer times. Can be set with alarms to remind you to pray, can provide Qibla (prayer) direction based on location)<\/p>\n

One Touch Flashlight V2N (Free from App World)<\/strong>
\nAn app that puts the Blackberry screen on and at its brightest. Handy when you don’t have a flash light around.<\/p>\n

Google Maps (Free from m.google.com)<\/strong>
\nA mobile version of the popular Google Maps web app, use it to get me directions and satellite images of areas I don’t know, before I have meetings there.<\/p>\n

Rock File Manager (Free from App World)<\/strong>
\nHandy file manager, with much more features than the standard file browser on the phone.<\/p>\n

DropBox (Free from App World)<\/strong>
\nUse it with my Dropbox account to grab files recently stored on my desktop, for referencing when in meetings or while I am travelling.<\/p>\n

Quickpull (Free from App World)<\/strong><\/p>\n

At times your blackberry can get slow or stuck requiring you to open the back cover to pull the battery out to force a restart. Quickpull will fake a battery pull allowing you to restart your blackberry without doing any physical work besides selecting it from the menu.<\/p>\n

WiFi File Transfer (Premium from App World – last I paid around R 30)<\/strong>
\nCreates a HTTP file server on your blackberry that you can connect via wireless to. Can be used to download and upload files directly to your blackberry via a shared wireless network with your pc.<\/p>\n

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