The iPhone apps link to iTunes store from where you can purchase them immediately. You can also become a member of the site in order to rate, review and share apps. Also follow users, get app recommendations and more.

Features

• Delicious like site for iPhone and other mobile phone apps.
• Find iPhone as well Android, Nokia and other cellphone apps.
• Apps are organized under different categories.
• Register to rate, review and share apps.
• Similar tools: SmokinApps, AndroLib and AppWorldBlackBerry.

Check out Appolicious @ www.appolicious.com [via ReadWriteWeb] (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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• SmokinApps: Discover Latest Mobile Applications
• Waze: A GPS App To Avoid Traffic Jams
• Wattpad : Read and Share Books on your Mobile
• Venjuvo: Get Cash for Your Old Electronics and Gadgets
• SeeMyWhere: Share Your Real Time Location With Others

Clicking on a particular app shows its minimum requirements, star ratings, screenshots and user comments. To get an app user needs to provide an email address used on his/her BlackBerry device and wait for download link in the email. You can also share apps via email or on social networking sites.

Features:

• Web store for Blackberry apps downloads.
• Search for apps and browse by categories.
• Check out top free, top paid and recent submissions.
• View minimum requirements, star ratings, screenshots and user comments for each app.
• Share apps via email or on social networks.
• Similar sites: SmokinApps.

There were some other MakeUseOf posts for BlackBerry users. Some of the recent cover cool free Blackberry applications and best sites to download free blackBerry themes.

Check out AppWorldBlackBerry @ http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore

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• Wakoopa – Discover Cool Software
• Softonic : Popular Software Directory
• SnapFiles
• SmokinApps: Discover Latest Mobile Applications
• OpenWith: Open Any File Extention

Read description, view screenshots and download apps onto your mobile phone from the website. To receive updates on the newest reviewed apps without visiting the website, you can subscribe by RSS or follow SmokinApps on Twitter at twitter.com/SmokinApps.

Features:

• Discover the latest, useful and entertaining mobile applications.
• Browse apps by a mobile platform (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile etc.), by tags.
• Filter apps by free/paid, sort by rating and by date.
• Read independent app reviews, view screen shots and download the app’s version for your mobile platform.
• App developers, submit your own apps to be reviewed in the directory.

Check out SmokinApps @ www.smokinapps.com

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• Appolicious: Discover & Share Mobile Applications
• Waze: A GPS App To Avoid Traffic Jams
• Wattpad : Read and Share Books on your Mobile
• Venjuvo: Get Cash for Your Old Electronics and Gadgets
• SeeMyWhere: Share Your Real Time Location With Others

It works great on Blackberry, Windows Mobile and has a nice app for the iPhone.

Please also note that RideCharge taxi booking currently available only for users within United States.

Features

• Book taxis, sedans, limo and shuttle services online or on your cellphone.
• Currently limited only to US cities.
• Use your mobile phone to track your cab and pay for it.
• Get online receipts for the payments.
• A cool iPhone version of this tool called TaxiMagic is available.

Check out RideCharge @ www.ridecharge.com (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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• TriptropNYC: Travel Time Map For New York City
• SmokinApps: Discover Latest Mobile Applications
• ManyBooks: Free eBooks for your PDA, iPhone, Pocket PC etc.
• GooSync: Sync Google Calendar with Mobile, Blackberry or iPhone
• bPhone : iPhone Theme for Blackberry

1. Search and choose pictures you like from Flickr.
2. Chose your phone, select wallpaper aspect ratio and click on “Done” button.
3. Wait for BBsnap to generate the wallpaper.
4. Download the wallpaper to your computer or point mobile browser to the provided URL.

Apart from creating wallpapers you can also browse user gallery and download any wallpaper you like.

Features:

• Create wallpapers for your Blackberry phone online .
• Create as many wallpapers as you like.
• Integrated Flickr image search.
• Browse gallery of wallpapers created by others and download the ones you like.
• No sign up or registration needed.

Check out BBsnap @ www.bbsnap.com (via Technospot)

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• Wattpad : Read and Share Books on your Mobile
• WallpaperStock: Download High Resolution Desktop Wallpapers
• WallpaperSearch: Free Wallpapers for Your PC
• Wallpaper: Turn an Image Into a Wallpaper with Calendar
• Viscosity : Modearn Art Generator

Once it is installed you can start sharing your whereabouts with anyone you like by simply forwarding them your personal SeeMyWhere link. Anyone who has that link can check your location on the map.

The tracking can be easily turned off and stay untraceable at anytime.

Features:

• Share your real time location with others.
• Currently works on most Blackberry phones. More devices are coming soon.
• Option to turn tracking on/off at any time.
• See the location of your friends who have SeeMyWhere installed on their phones.
• Free

Check out SeeMyWhere @ www.seemywhere.com

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• Locle: Share Your Location without GPS
• Spokeo : Find and Track Your Friends
• SmokinApps: Discover Latest Mobile Applications
• Scred : Track Shared Expenses
• Sailwx: Real Time Ship Tracking

The only thing you should keep in mind is that in order for GooSync to keep your Google and phone calendars synced it needs to be abe to continuously connect to the internet. So unless your mobile phone plan has an unlimited data plan, you might end up with a hefty sum on your phone bill.

Features:

• Synchronize your Google Calendar with Blackberry, iPhone or almost any other cell phone.
• Supports 100’s of mobile phone, see the full list of supported mobile phone models here.
• Free account lets you sync appointments upto 30 days in advance.
• Bi-directional calendar synchronization.
• Google Apps Support: Synchronize your device with your Google Apps Calendar.
• Premium account with more options is also available.

Check out GooSync @ www.goosync.com

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• Twittercal: Add Events to Google Calendar via Twitter
• Tungle: Online Calendar Sharing & Scheduling
• SmokinApps: Discover Latest Mobile Applications
• RideCharge: Online Taxi Booking
• NomaDesk: Backup and Sync Files Between Computers

Once you install the Wattpad reader you can start downloading books to your phone. The book reader app provides some nice features such as auto-bookmarking (stop and resume reading at any time), option to adjust scrolling to match your reading speed, and settings to adjust text size and color. It also lets you to search books, browse books by category, rate books, submit your own stories, leave comments, see what’s hot among Wattpad readers and more.

Features:

• Search, browse, read, download and share short stories with friends from mobile.
• Get free access to over 75000 books.
• See most popular titles among Wattpad users.
• Read stories online or download them to your phone.
• Supports Symbian, Windows Mobile, Java phones and BlackBerry devices. Check the full list here.
• Upload and share short stories and jokes with Wattpad community.
• Download book reader app to your mobile phone.

Wattpad demo video

Get Wattpad Book Reader @ www.wattpad.com

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• ReadPrint: Read Whole Books Online
• Mygazines: Read Latest Issues Of Print Magazines Online for Free
• MagMe: Read Print Magazines Online
• FeedBooks: Free eBooks to Read on your Portable Device

There are two ways to use Dexrex.

(1) Firstly, it’s an online instant messenger for AIM, GTalk, WLM / MSN, Yahoo and Skype. Simply login using your username and pass and you will be able to chat with your buddies directly from the browser window.

(2) Alternatively, you can download the Dexrex addon for your chat program. In the latter case, Dexter automatically monitors your chat conversations and stores them in your online account. Currently it offers addons for AIM, Pidgin and Skype.

Features:

• Store, search, share, and access your chat history whenever and wherever you want.
• Upload and export existing conversations to Dexter.
• Supported chat clients: AIM, Windows Live Messenger, Skype, Yahoo! Messenger, Pidgin, Trillian, Digsby, Miranda, Instantbird, Meca, Mercury, Emesene, and MSN.
• Login and chat with contacts online using your existing username and pass.
• Blackberry usres: Store your SMS messages online.
• And more … For more details check out the Dexrex demo video below.

Dexrex Intro Video

Check out Dexrex @ www.dexrex.com

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• IM-History : Store Your Chat History Online
• Heysan: Chat with Friends Online from Mobile Phone
• Fring : Free Mobile Calling and Chat
• Yeigo: VoIP and Instant Messaging for Your Mobile
• WeBuzz.im: Online Multi Client IM Service

Apart from downloading ebooks there is an option to upload your own content and and let FeedBooks users evaluate it. Furthermore, there is a great feature that lets you turn your favorite RSS Feeds into a PDF file that can be viewed on your mobile device.

Features:

• Search, browse and download ebooks to your mobile phone or portable book reader.
• Download as many books as you like. There are thousands of books you can choose from.
• ebooks are in universal e-paper platform and compatible with all e-paper devices.
• Browse books by well known authors, see which books are downloaded most, most commented and so on.
• Turn any RSS Feed into a PDF file that can be downloaded in different formats.
• Publish and share your own content with others.
• Coming soon: Create customized newspapers from RSS feeds.

Check out FeedBooks @ www.feedbooks.com

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• Wowio : Download Copyrighted eBooks for Free. Legally.
• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
• Wattpad : Read and Share Books on your Mobile
• Project Gutenberg : The Ultimate Source of Free eBooks
• PDFse: Search for PDF Files on Google

Features:

• Downlod free eBooks to read on your computer or mobile device (PDA, iPhone, iPod, cell phone etc.).
• Search for ebooks or Browse by category, latest additions, popular, recent downloads, etc.
• Most of the ebooks can be downloaded in several different fomats.
• Over 20.000 eBooks available and more added every day.
• Some ebooks also available in audio format (see screenshot).
• Tips on how to convert PDF ebook to make it compatibe with your mobile device.
• It’s 100 free. No sign up or email required.

Go to ManyBooks @ [ www.manybooks.net ]

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• Wowio : Download Copyrighted eBooks for Free. Legally.
• WitGuides: Find And Download Ebooks
• TextOnPhone : Over 30.000 eBooks for Your iPhone
• SmokinApps: Discover Latest Mobile Applications
• ScienceBooksOnline: Free Science eBooks

Basically, you get everything as on standard web browser but it’s on your mobile. Another noteworthy feature is speed: it is more than twice as fast as most of the other mobile browsers. It can compress and download web pages a lot quicker. This also results in lower data usage and thus less fees.

OperaMini Features

• Automatically adjusts websites to the size of your phone’s screen.
• Synchronize your mobile phone bookmarks with the ones on your PC.
• Landscape mode feature: View websites in landscape mode (quite useful for phones with narrow screens).
• Easily zoom in on the certain parts of the web page.
• Virtual mouse : Scroll in any direction on the screen.
• Turn search field on any website to your own search engine.
• Twice the speed of the other mobile browsers.
• for BlackBerry users: offers “native BlackBerry menus” to mimic Blackberry user-interface.
• Download it to your phone, PC or via text messaging.
• For more details go to service FAQ page.

Videos

Opera Mini – What is it?

Opera Mini vs. iPhone

Check out OperaMini @ www.operamini.com

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• WireNode : Create your Own Mobile Startpages
• Wattpad : Read and Share Books on your Mobile
• Wapipedia : Browse Wikipedia from Mobile Phone
• Ubik: Create a Mobile-Friendly Website
• SmokinApps: Discover Latest Mobile Applications

bPhone Features

• Download theme from your PC or get it directly on your Blackberry via mobile website.
• Make sure to reset the BlackBerry (by pulling out the battery) after downloading the theme.
• All fonts are set at a medium size.
• Get gree Blackberry themes in case you want to revert back to normal.

Before you go ahead and install the theme on your Blackberrry please make sure your device meets the requirements. bPhone theme supports following models: 8700 series (BlackBerry OS 4.2.1 or later), Pearl (BlackBerry OS 4.2.1 or later), Curve (BlackBerry OS 4.2.2 or later), 8830 (BlackBerry OS 4.2.2 or later) and 8800 (BlackBerry OS 4.2.1 or later).

Please note that developer offer no warranty and cannot be held responsible for anything that may happen to your BlackBerry as a result of installing this theme.

Get bPhone @ rogersmj.com/tech/blackberry/bphone/

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• iPhone Theme Maker: Create & Download Themes for Your iPhone
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Digby is a new service for BlackBerry users only that connects them with online retailers. Use your BlackBerry to find, browse and buy popular merchandise including books, music, DVDs, flowers etc.

I didn’t think much of this when I found it, but after reading about it, it appears to be pretty neat. Since I don’t have a BlackBerry I can’t adequately test it, but I think it looks pretty promising, especially in the demo. Listed below are just some of the online retailers they feature:

They offer products in categories of DVDs, Electronics, Music, Books, and even flowers for that special someone. Of course, Digby maintains a 24/7 catalog updated daily to keep it up-to-date with special product offers. Still skeptical? Check out the demo here.

Features Digby Offers:

• Huge catalogs with popular brands
• Powerful search and easy to use navigation
• Rich content including descriptions and images
• Mobile shopping cart with support for multiple retailers in one order
• Offline capabilities
• Reminders
• Secure transactions
• Shipping confirmations in your inbox

Check out Digby @ www.digby.com

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• eAuctionAlerts: Free eBay Auction Text Alerts
• ZYB : BackUp Your Mobile Online