Comments on: Top 10 applications RIM should incorporate into BlackBerry

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:25:09 +0000

..just added TuneWiki, finally a reason to listen to Music on the BB.
You can add lyrics to songs that do not have lyrics at http://www.tunewiki.com

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:52:35 +0000

fone book is a must add for RIM

By: Susan Brew

Susan Brew — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:50:22 +0000

Hey, I just transferred all my Palm data to a blackberry easily, by first syncing my palm with Outlook. I spent time cleaning up contact list entries, adding “categories” for unclassified entries, etc. I can edit, compose, etc. in all applications on my PC through Outlook and sync my address book, calendar, notes, tasks, etc.. If I understand your issue correctly, perhaps you are only experiencing a problem with not being able to sync your blackberry to a Palm desktop application. Good luck.

–Susan

By: Chuck Gosh

Chuck Gosh — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:31:18 +0000

I’m astonished that I cannot edit my Blackberry’s data on anything other than its tinykeys. This is just inexcusable.

Yeah, yeah, I know, just buy a $35 proprietary external keyboard. You’re missing the point. I’ve already got plenty of proprietary crap laying around to accommodate other manufacturers’ incomplete products. This is just software, and the folks in charge at BB haven’t deemed my needs worthy enough to write the code. Maybe they all have tiny fingers and never learned to touch-type. Maybe this is their first address book. Maybe they’ve never Hotsync’ed a Palm.

Perhaps Palm has spoiled me, but I just took it for granted that, when I sync my data from my PDA to my laptop, I should be able to view and edit on the laptop, then sync again and get the updated info on my PDA (also handy for multiple users, a secretary updating my calendar, etc.). Full-size keyboard and mouse, large monitor, calendar, contacts, tasks, update my PDA’s data while I’m working on my laptop — Palm has let me do all that for 15 years.

The Bluetooth on my Curve doesn’t connect to anything that will do so, either.

Copying my entire address book from my old Palm to my new Curve using its tinykeys isn’t a joke, it’s a travesty (since there’s no feature to transfer my old contacts). I will NEVER get another Blackberry, just because of this single, total failure. Seems I’m locked into Palm until Blackberry produces a true business-class product. Palm Pre, here I come.

Palm’s failures for software and hardware over the years are legendary; I’d think BB would take advantage of that.

I’m not sure who’s in charge down there, but they really missed the boat on this one.

By: cody

cody — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:10:54 +0000

Also how bout a memory and battery booster? it seems that would be the easiest for them to add and would save me 9.99$ for each app. (Not that they help me neways)

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By: cody

cody — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:58:46 +0000

How bout vlingo or someother voice to txt app. I’m still praying to the app gods to make a text/email reader. We have apps to use voice to text and email why not one that reads your texts and emails to you? I’m on the go all day so having messages read to me while driving then reply with voice would be the greatest app ever

By: Kyle

Kyle — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:56:37 +0000

The version of Poynt I’m using is an unreleased preview that has the Reverse Phone Directory feature built into it.

This isn’t a leak or anything considering I’ve already shown the feature on our Best of WES page:

http://wes2009.posterous.com/poynt-lbs-app-for-blackberry

By: uncleman

uncleman — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:43:56 +0000

Edit to my earlier post. I see now that the reverse lookup feature will be added in a future update, due soon, but not out yet……

By: uncleman

uncleman — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:35:17 +0000

since when does poynt do reverse lookup? and how do you do it?

By: Guillermo

Guillermo — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:54:03 +0000

What about a flashlight app… I know you can already do it with the video camera.. but it’d be nice if you could just do it in one click.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:32:59 +0000

REXconnect – I use it all the time to quickly create tasks and calendar entries from email and to email vCards and iCals from Address Book and Calendar. When I run into a thrid party application that isn’t driectly supported (like viigo), I’m annoyed by the lack of what has become basic functionality….

By: Kylo

Kylo — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:46:59 +0000

I would say vPost, it’s fundamentally changed my BB experience. It basically replaces the camera, video & audio recording functions and enhances the BB by making it possible to send multiple multimedia attachments with a GEO-stamp if desired…

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:39:49 +0000

I also have to say ShortcutMe which allows you to create shortcuts to applications. Plus Aerize card loader (or better yet just allowing you to install AND run the applications off the media card).

By: CrackBaby®

CrackBaby® — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:20:08 +0000

How about:
App world for everyone, not just UK and some of it’s oversea collonies?
Mac support that works?
An operating system that is stable enough to be used (like Android or something)?
I can understand that Programming an entire OS is a bit much, but at least make the devices open for us users to choose another OS if we need a phone that can take calls without crashing. Or simply fix a stable BB-OS.

Everything else can wait.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:18:17 +0000

Podtrapper or another good podcast player/catcher. An amazon.com download app like the G1 comes with, so i can get music from amazon rather than from verizon. other than those i think its perfect just the way it is.