BlackBerry For Dummies®

Chapter 23. More than Ten Must‐Have BlackBerry Programs

In This Chapter

• Handmark Pocket Express

• BBWeather

• Beyond411

• Digby

• Google Talk Mobile and Yahoo! Messenger Mobile

• iSkoot Skype Client

• bbTV

• AskMeNow

• Stock Ticker

• Ascendo Money

• Ascendo Fitness

• BBToday

The industry of BlackBerry software is growing at a dizzying rate. In Chapter 21, we describe ten programs that should help increase your productivity — and in Chapter 22, another ten programs to entertain you. In this chapter, we introduce ten more applications that aren't necessarily designed to make you more productive or entertain you. However, these are great programs; whether you will like them depends on your personality.

There are no specific reviews to quote, but these choices are the results of our quest to find programs that people use, discerned from either postings on message boards or commentaries in the public domain. Some of this software is free, but never underestimate the freebies; those that we include here are useful and neat.

The applications we feature here are just the tip of the iceberg. By all means, feel free to surf the Internet because by the time this book is published, more software will likely be available. And don't forget to visit our Web site at www.blackberryfordummies.com.

Handmark Pocket Express

If we have to recommend one application, Pocket Express is it. This is a handy and reliable tool to get news and other important information such as weather, sports updates, maps, and stocks. This application is one of ...