I'm looking for the best source for a comprehensive list of free apps available for Blackberry, if it helps I have using a BB8330 curve with Bell Mobility. I've looked at the LIST but it is incredibly out of date and many of the links don't connect me.

Wirelessly posted (Its All About the U!)

Look in Blackberry App World.

Aftermarket software in this forum.

search - lots of threads

I have searched here, went through the first few pages of this forum and used google. I certainly found tons of results but few were helpful, most were dated and all were headaches to sift through. That blackberryfaq link is great thanks!

After a few days of scouring I've scavenged the best of available freeware but was wondering if there were opinions on the best freeware for GPS, voicemail and voip long distance.

I just found YouMail - a very interesting voicemail app. You sure found it too ;)

Sure did, also fusion, vision, simulsays, and others. I was asking for opinions on the best, not whether or not there were any.

I pay 6.99 for You Mail Plus and am very pleased

I really like Youmail

I guess I'll give Youmail a whirl then. Any thoughts on radio, top runners being moodio, flycast or iheartradio. Same question for long distance/voip; voxofon vs bbcalls. Flashlight app; Bilbytorch, Freelight, Extralight.

For radio/music, I like Pandora. iheart is ok too. For the flashlight, I use the video camera light on the back of the phone instead of a separate app...it's much brighter.

I agree with Scooter. Pandora is #1 right now

For you yanks maybe! I will start with trying iheartradio and youmail. Think I'll need a micro sd card to utilize the video camera light but I assume it's similar to the camera flash only constant? The long distance/voip thing isn't urgent, just figured I'd test the waters since I'm fiddling with everything else.

Don't know if Slacker or Flycast work across the pond, but might be worth a try for the music thing. Lastfm's forum has a thread with someone working on a client for BB.

So after owning my new device for about a week I believe I have modified it to the best of my ability without help from others or purchasing software. Below I've outlined what I have done, if you feel there are better alternatives to the programs I list or essential apps I am missing please tell me. I haven't settled on is a VoIP/Long Distance app as there is no rush and I'm not certain how to compare them. I also have not found a voicemail app as the popular one, youmail, does not function with my provider.

Device: Blackberry 8330 Curve
Provider: Bell Mobility
Country: Canada
Theme: iBerry 1.0

Applications:
GPS - Amazegps
Radio - Iheart - Alternatives: moodio, flycast, pandora(USA)
Flashlight - Bilby Light - Alternatives: berrytorch(n/a 8330), freelight
Weather - BBWeather - Alternatives: Weathereye
eReader - Mobipocket
Brower - Opera Mini - Alternatives: Bolt Browser(beta)
Startup - BBToday
Alarms - MyAlarm
Voice Command - Vlingo
Trapster - Free service for detecting police traps.
Buzzme - Free app that allows for vibe+ring simultanerously.
Free Chronograph/Timer
Berryquery - App for searching most popular berry sites.
Dailyquote - Free quote app.
Quickpull - Free app that simulates a battery reset.
Morseme - Free app that translates messages into morse code and relays using screen.
BBLight - Free app that allows you to manipulate backlight.
Callsblocker - Free app that allows you to block specific numbers or prefixes.

Games:
BBtris - purchased on sale for 2.99 at crackberry.com
Invaders
Pacman
Medieval Chess 2
Sudoku

Other you might like:
Xenozu - A YouTube app

Shazam - Identifies songs for you

Yahoo Go - Widgets include Ebay, Wikipedia, Trapster, Facebook, Daily Dilbert, Yelp, YouTube, all the Yahoo stuff, etc, etc, etc. I like it becasue you can have a lot under one app.

In addition to the apps you mentioned, I use the following free apps & games:

Google Maps w/Latitude (GPS/maps)
Google Sync (syncs my Google Calendar with my BB calendar)
Pageonce Assistant (viewing social sites and my bank account balances)
YouVersion Bible (all sorts of versions)
Documents To Go (for viewing Microsoft documents)

Games:
BubblePopper

I forgot to mention Google Mobile App. Sync isn't necessary, I'm not using desktop organization yet but will consider that if syncing with Outlook isn't appealing in the future. I'm not a social site person and I imagine knowing my bank balances constantly would drive me insane. Documents to go came with the Blackberry so bonus! A bible is not a bad idea and I'll make sure my Google Mobile App is updated with Latitude. Xenozu is a great tip that I'll be sure to try. It's a damn shame sling media won't work my for BB8330. Still curious to find the best long distance/voip and voicemail for me.

YouVersion is excellent, thanks for mentioning it kathrynhr.

Among others I'm using:
Slacker
Pandora
iheartradio
facebook
YouVersion

The above in particular are very good.

As far as sling goes you can always give Orb.com a try.

We LOVE Latitude. My husband and I use Latitude to access each other's GPS. Now we don't have to ask how far someone is from home during evening rush hour. Also, it's a great safety feature. We have 2 old vehicles that are about to die. If someone's car breaks down, the other will know right where they are without needing directions.

Add to this the ability to see traffic maps, and GM+L has become vital. Now if we could only integrate it with messaging apps:

If husband.distanceFromHome <= 5 miles, Kathryn.SendText "Put pizza in oven."

THAT would be full of win.

That's a really good example of it's use, currently setting it up and glad I am since Google Maps wasn't installed for some odd reason. With Maps installed do I need to bother with amazegps or the bb maps?

I don't use either of those, or Sprint Navigation. Only GM+L.

Good to know. I think all that's left to do is find a free voice mail app that works with my provider and decide on a free VoIP/Long distance app. Thanks for all the help so far.

Figured I'd post my final app settings in the hopes that someone else finds them useful:

Device: Blackberry 8330 Curve
Provider: Bell Mobility
Country: Canada
Theme: bPhone icons - Theme Downloader | RogersMJ.com
Background: 1up Shroom 1 up | CrackBerry.com

Applications:
GPS - Google Maps w/ Latitude - http://www.google.com/mobile/default/maps.html

Radio - Iheart - Your iPhone & BlackBerry are Now Radios - iHeartRadio.com 750+ Radio Stations, Videos & More

Flashlight - Bilbytorch - Download Bilby Light 1.0.1 for Blackberry - Bilby Light is a flexible torch and smart background light tool developed for BlackBerry. - Softpedia

Weather - BBWeather - http://www.tateu.net/software/bb.php?f=BBWeather_alpha

eReader - Mobipocket - Mobipocket

Brower - Opera Mini - Opera Mini - Download
- Bolt Browser(beta) - Bolt Browser - Download

Startup - BBToday - http://blackberrytools.sourceforge.n....5/BBToday.jad

Alarms - MyAlarm - http://lhurtado.vtrbandaancha.net/

Voice Command - Vlingo - Vlingo (BlackBerry) - Free software downloads and reviews - CNET Download.com

Bible - Youversion.com - BlackBerry - Mobile - YouVersion.com

Google Mobile App - Google Mobile | Google Mobile App for your BlackBerry phone

Youtube Player - Xenozu - Free and available on app world
- Alternatively use m.youtube.com

Trapster - Trapster® - Speed Trap Sharing System
Free service for detecting police traps.

Buzzme - http://www.bigtincan.com/misc/BuzzMe.jad
Free app that allows for vibe+ring simultaneously.

Free Chronograph/Timer - Internet Archive Wayback Machine
Self-explanatory.

Berryquery - S4BB Limited » Free Software (free through e-mail)
App for searching most popular berry sites.

Dailyquote - S4BB Limited » Free Software (free through e-mail)
Free quote app.

Quickpull - Products - QuickPull, BerryAnnoying, MessageScheduler, and more | Steelthorn Software
Free app that simulates a battery reset.

Morseme - S4BB Limited » Free Software (free through e-mail)
Free app that translates messages into morse code messages using screen.

BBLight - http://blackberrytools.sourceforge.n...82/BBLight.jad
Free app that allows you to manipulate backlight.

Callsblocker - CallsBlocker - Block unwanted calls on your BlackBerry | Software for All
Free app that allows you to block specific numbers or prefixes.

Stopwatch - BlackBerryToday: Software: Utilities: StopWatch

Games:
BBtris - purchased on sale for 2.99 at crackberry.com
Invaders - http://blackberryfreeware.com/images...e_invaders.zip
Pacman - http://www.jaml.com/blackberry/Pacman/pacman.jad OTA
Pipes - mobile.kornhornio.net
Medieval Chess 2 - free from magmic and available on app world
Sudoku - free from magmic and available on app world

That's a pretty decent list!

Nav 4 all - free turn based GPS (voice prompts)
qsms -> type "q" to create an sms
youmail (love it)
slacker mobile
pandora!
trapster (alerts you to possible speed traps)
berry 411 (clean and fast 411 /direction look up)
Jetris (free java based Tetirs game)
Max Mem (removes voice-dial & themes etc )

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Great list though!
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Maybe we should create a new thread that links to an editable(by all) ...Similar to how slickdeals has the 2nd msg editable by all....Not sure if that is possible.

kinda like a Wiki page?... perhaps a page on blackberryfaq.com?

Oh, u dont use app: BBdict, BeeJiveIM,....

I couldn't find a proper site for BBdict but from what I saw if it's a free English dictionary I am certainly interested but otherwise I'll stick to surfing to Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster Online. Beejive is a universal IM app I imagine which I really don't need as I still to Live Messenger for the most part occasionally using Google Talk both of which I prefer in their original formats. I updated my device a bit so here is a new version of it, I encourage you to let me know what I'm missing even if it means I have to shell out a few bucks to round off my device.

Device: Blackberry 8330 Curve
Provider: Bell Mobility
Country: Canada
Theme: bPhone icons - rogersmj.com/tech/blackberry/download/?theme=bPhone&mode=ota
Background: 1up Shroom - crackberry.com/wallpaper-video-games-1

Applications:
GPS - Google Maps w/ Latitude - Google Mobile | Maps for your phone

Radio - Iheart - Your iPhone & BlackBerry are Now Radios - iHeartRadio.com 750+ Radio Stations, Videos & More

Flashlight - Bilbytorch - handheld.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Enhancements/Bilby-Light-65711.shtml

Weather - BBWeather - www.tateu.net/software/bb.php?f=BBWeather_alpha

eReader - Mobipocket Reader - m.mobipocket.com/

Brower - Opera Mini - Opera Mini - Download
- Bolt Browser(beta) - boltbrowser.com/download.html

Startup - BBToday - blackberrytools.sourceforge.net/OverTheAir/bbtoday-1.5/BBToday.jad

Alarms - MyAlarm - lhurtado.vtrbandaancha.net/

Voice Command - Vlingo - download.cnet.com/Vlingo-BlackBerry/3000-2379_4-10906121.html

Bible - Youversion.com - BlackBerry - Mobile - YouVersion.com: Online Bible

Google Mobile App - Google Mobile | Google Mobile App for your BlackBerry phone

Trapster - Trapster® - Speed Trap Sharing System
Free service for detecting police traps.

Buzzme - www.bigtincan.com/misc/BuzzMe.jad
Free app that allows for vibe+ring simultaneously.

Free Chronograph/Timer - no longer updated or hosted by designer

BBLight - blackberrytools.sourceforge.net/OverTheAir/bblight-1.82/BBLight.jad
Free app that allows you to manipulate backlight.

Callsblocker - soft4all.info/free-software-download/callsblocker-block-unwanted-calls-on-your-blackberry/
Free app that allows you to block specific numbers or prefixes.

Stopwatch - BlackBerryToday: Software: Utilities: StopWatch

Quickpull - Products - QuickPull, BerryAnnoying, MessageScheduler, and more | Steelthorn Software
Free app that simulates a battery reset.

Berryquery - S4BB Limited » Free Software (free through e-mail)
Shortcut for searching the most popular blackberry sites.

Dailyquote - S4BB Limited » Free Software (free through e-mail)
Free quote app.

Morseme - S4BB Limited » Free Software (free through e-mail)
Free app that translates messages into morse code messages using screen.

Games:
BBtris - purchased on sale for 2.99 at crackberry.com
Invaders - blackberryfreeware.com/images_games/space_invaders.zip
Pacman - www.jaml.com/blackberry/Pacman/pacman.jad OTA
Pipes - mobile.kornhornio.net
Rhex - Free BlackBerry Game: RHex For BlackBerry Bold, Storm, And Curve 8900

Blackberry App World
Medieval Chess 2

Sudoku
Xenozu - Youtube player
Shazam - Song identifier

that' an awesome list!!

btw, is it possible to download Xenozu without having to go through the App World? App World isn't in India yet, so that might be a problem?

Thank you SO much

double post

I'm considering creating a post like the LIST but geared towards solely free applications. Was thinking an alphabetized list of free useful applications and games but also categories for when there are multiple options for that app type like browser, flashlight, etc... Would start off with my list and create a format that other users can follow to add what they think should be on it, something like:

Radio
App Name: Iheartradio
Compatible Devices: Pearl, Curve, Storm, Bold
Download Link: Your iPhone & BlackBerry are Now Radios - iHeartRadio.com 750+ Radio Stations, Videos & More (Unsure if we want to include OTA and Desktop, stick to one or just whatever we find available)
Region: Anywhere (For those of us who can't use Pandora!)
Brief Description: Radio application with 750+ stations.

I just tried to get you mail, to find out that sprint charges .20 a min when calls are forwarded to voicemail. What a bummer, it dont make sense when i have unlimited data plan. That had me steamy! Anyway other than that this ia a great thread. thanks

Recently i enjoy alot Google Maps, together with GPSed, its pretty good GPS navigation, tracking and GEOcaching combination

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any free apps that let you send contacts via sms?

i switched from Pandora to Slacker for radio. for all you mass transit people, slacker can also cache stations to your microsd card if you want to listen to music when there is no signal