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Start Screen Game

OTA Install Links: (go to the URL in your BB browser to install)

95xx Storm Version - 360x480 (Start the game in portrait mode. It won't display correct if you launch it in Landscape)

9000 Bold Version - (480x320)

97xx(Bold2) / 96xx(Tour) / 89xx(Curve) Version - (480x360)

83xx(Curve) / 85xx / 88xx Version - (320x240)

82xx Pearl Flip Version - (240x320)

81xx Pearl Version - (240x260)

Release Notes


Recommended Apps

BlackBerry Swiss Army Knife (PC Utility for easy BB backup, restore, wipe, load OS, load apps, remove apps, save apps, dump phone, screenshots, etc. Highly recommended.)

Blackberry Apps:
When I buy apps/games from Handango or Mobihand, I do it directly from the Mobihand or Handango website. Developers get ~20% less if you do it from an affiliate website.


Browsers:

Bolt Browser (FREE) (My favorite, allows youtube playback and setting as default browser)
Opera Mini (FREE) (There are two options, v4 and v5 beta)


Chat Client Apps:

Beejive (PAID) (One of the most polished multi chat clients, recommended by many. It's a bit expensive though.)
DonTalk (FREE) (This app is pretty cool. Allows you to randomly chat with strangers with no signup required)
IM+ (PAID) (Another polished multi chat clients. Has a email push mode. Also expensive)
Instango (FREE) (AIM/MSN/Yahoo/etc client)

RIM Clients.
Even though these aren't as polished, I still use and recommend them because they use BIS push, so you get way less battery drain.
You can also go to http://mobile.blackberry.com, then select "Instant Messaging" to download them directly through your BB browser.
AIM (FREE)
Blackberry Messenger (FREE)
Google Talk (FREE)
ICQ (FREE)
Windows Live Messenger (FREE)
Yahoo Messenger (FREE)


Financial News/Stocks:

Bloomberg (FREE) (Stocks, financial news, etc)
Thomson Reuters (FREE) - (News articles, stocks, keyword news aggregation)
Y! Finance (FREE) (Stocks, financial news, etc)


Mapping/Navigation/Local Search:

Bing Mobile (FREE) (Prefer this over Google Maps. Driving directions, maps, movie times/locations, etc. Has built in voice commands)
Foursquare (FREE) (Discover the city and share with friends through social networking.)
Google Maps Mobile (FREE) (Driving directions, maps, locations, etc.)
Poynt (FREE) (Local search, restaurants, businesses, movies, weather, etc)
Citysearch (FREE) (Local search, restaurants, businesses, movies, etc)
Trapster (FREE) (View & report speed traps)
Where (Local search, restaurants, businesses, movies etc)


Media Playback/Sharing:

HippoMobile (FREE) (Take pictures with your BB and send physical postcards to people)
ITookThisOnMyPhone (FREE) (Highly recommended for image upload/sharing)
Qik (FREE) - (Shoot video and upload it online easily to share)
Radar (FREE) (Share pics, vids, conversations with Radar users, twitter followers, facebook, etc. Has Flickr integration)
XPlayer (PAID) (Video player, podcasts with push notifications, etc)


Radio Apps: (Recommend sticking with either Slacker or Pandora personally)

Slacker (FREE) (My favorite. Supports offline caching, higher quality audio than Pandora and larger song database)
Pandora (FREE) (Streaming radio, no caching.)
Nobex Radio Companion (FREE)
iheartradio (FREE)


Remote Desktop Apps:

RDM+ (Remote desktop, PC to mobile file transfer, a lot of other functionality)
There isn't much competition in this area. RDM+ is expensive, but it has a ton of features... They also have apps for accessing Linux, etc. Look through their site for a comparison.


RSS Readers:

Freerange (FREE) (Much more lightweight and a bit faster than Viigo, but missing a lot of Viigos extra features. UI isn't as polished, no Google Reader sync)
The Freerange OTA download URL can be tempermental. It might take a long time to get it to work or multiple tries.
Viigo (FREE) (RSS reader, weather, sports, stocks, podcasts, twitter, etc. Supports Google Reader sync and OPML import. Memory hog though)
Viigo News(FREE) (Only the RSS reader portion of Viigo, without the extra stuff)


Secure Information Storage Apps:

KeePassBB (FREE) (My favorite. It's free, works great, easy to customize, supports desktop sync and external file modes, and supports multiple platforms)
Splash ID (PAID) (Password/secure information storage and desktop sync)


Travel Apps:

Kayak.com App (FREE) (Flight/Hotel search and booking)
Worldmate Live (FREE+PAID) - (Travel information aggregator. Flight times, scheduling, itinerary, world clock, world daylight map, hotel scheduling, etc.)


Utility Apps:

AddOnIs (PAID) (Multiple BB tools, very lightweight)
BBFileScout (FREE) (Great file explorer/manager)
BerryBuzz (BeBuzz in Appworld) (PAID) (Highly recommended. Customize LED alerts, vibrate + ring. They have a free version with limited functionality also.)
BerryPopup (BePopup in Appworld) (PAID) (Email/sms popup notifications)
CaptureIt (FREE) (Capture screenshots of your BB)
Dictionary.com (FREE)
Elertify (PAID) (View emails, calls, sms as popup and audible notifications on your PC)
eMobile Today Pro (PAID) (A complete interface replacement. Rather expensive but it has a ton of customization and features. Check it out on the website)
Google Voice (FREE)
magicIcon (PAID) (Change system and 3rd party app icons)
Navita Translator (FREE) - (Awesome translator app)
QSMS (FREE) (Compose a new SMS by pressing Q)
Radio Saver (PAID) (Extend battery life, settings to auto turn off your radio when the signal drops too low.)
SuperQwerty (PAID) (Set up hotkeys to launch any app)
Upvise (FREE+PAID) - (Cloud sync mode + offline modes. Shopping List, contacts import/export, rss reader, wikipedia, notebooks. Premium paid account has data backup/restore, security, remote wipe, etc.)
VIP Access by Verisign (FREE) - (Generate security codes every 30s for secure web logins)
Wallpaper Shifter (FREE) - (Auto change wallpapers in a specified durationn)
Youmail (FREE) - (Visual voicemail, requires call forwarding)


Weather Apps:

BBWeather (FREE) (My favorite. Not the prettiest UI, but it's free, works great, very lightweight, and very customizable. Supports creation of multiple profiles with hotkeys and update rules.)
BerryWeather (BeWeather in Appworld) (PAID) (The nicest UI for a weather app, although a bit pricey.)
The Weather Channel (FREE) (Another good weather app. On some devices you only get a link to the website though...)
Viigo (FREE) (RSS reader, weather, sports, stocks, podcasts, twitter, etc. Supports Google Reader sync and OPML import. Memory hog though)
Poynt (FREE) (Local search, restaurants, businesses, movies, weather, etc)


Youtube Apps: (All of the BB youtube apps have some major caveats, so don't expect miracles)
These don't seem to work for me over wifi, but they work over 3G. YMMV

Vision (FREE) - (Much better looking UI and has more features like top rated, etc.)
Xenozu Youtube Player (FREE) - (UI is a bit faster than Vision, but doesn't look as nice. Allows you to watch youtube without using the browser + media player. Quality is still low. I like this one because it's a bit faster to navigate than Vision)
You can also use Bolt Browser as an option to view youtube videos as well.


Other Apps:

Amazon.com App (FREE) (Access Amazon, able to sign in, track orders, search, etc)
BerryBlab (PAID) (Gives you a great interface to view forums like CrackBerry without having to use the mobile site and works better. If you get an error try editing the app permissions and setting Interactions to "Allow". This is free currently in beta, but it will go paid eventually.)
Engadget App (FREE)
MaraTick (FREE) (Shopping list)
Mobihand App Store (FREE) (I like this a lot better than AppWorld and it has more stuff.)
Shazam (FREE+PAID) - (Free on a limited use basis, $3 one time fee to purchase. This app can identify songs by listening to them)
Texts From Last Night (FREE) - (Official app for Texts From Last Night, funny stuff)
UberTwitter (FREE+PAID) ($5 a year for paid version)


Games:

Free Games:
GT ConnectFour (Play connect 4 online)
GT BlackJack (Play blackjack online)
Pacman (Updated by Benny Chow to now support the Bold/Tour/8900 as well)

Paid Games:
Addictive Tower Defense (Tower defense game, one of the best BB games out and properly priced)

Aces Traffic Pack (Puzzle game, organize the cars to let out a certain car)
Bubble Defense (Tower defense)
Bubble Defense 2 (Tower defense)
Cliffed (Platformer)
Deviled EggBowl
Dictator Defense (Tower defense)
Escape (Strategy/puzzle)

Euro Fighter (Arcade plane shooter)
Fierce Towers (Tower defense, doesn't support 320x240 devices sadly)
Lucky7Slots (Slot machine game, doesn't support 320x240 devices sadly)
Nintaii (Block rolling puzzle game, quite addictive)

PDA Bowling
Sid Meier's Pirates
Street Fighter Alpha (Works quite well and plays a lot like the original. A little hard to control with the keyboard, but fun regardless)
Ultimate Fighter (Arcade plane shooter)
Zombie Attack! Bad Blood (Zombie survival/shooter)

Storm/Storm2 only:
Air Traffic Control
Nintaii - Storm Edition (Block rolling puzzle game)
PDA Bowling 2 (Storm 2 only)
Road Mania (Traffic strategy game)

Wrath (Arcade plane shooter)


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