5 Free Apps you should download from BlackBerry App World

by The PocketBerry Team

23 September 2009 View Comments

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It’s important to maintain an adequate amount of useful application on your BlackBerry at all times. The BlackBerry App World is quite large and many of you are not navigating it often enough as there is just so much out there. Furthermore, you all love free applications for BlackBerry and for those reasons, we have decided to share 5 free essential ones you can download from the BlackBerry App World. Continue reading to check out the full scoop on apps such as WeatherEye, Poynt, QuickLock Lite, Xenozu YouTube Player, and Slacker Radio. All these apps are displayed with their stock descriptions from the BlackBerry App World along with download links for them. Enjoy.

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1.) WeatherEye BlackBerry® provides you the following information and allows you to select from any city The Weather Network provides content for Current conditions, Short-term forecasts, Long-term forecasts and Warning updates. Click here to download WeatherEye.

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2.) Another wonderful app to download is Poynt. Use Poynt to find people, businesses, movie theatres, retailers and restaurants near you. Poynt uses GPS or cell-site locations to pinpoint you and quickly deliver the information you need whenever and wherever you need it.

Find phone numbers and connect with one click, browse websites and map directions
Plan a night out – book movie tickets and dinner reservations, add it to your calendar and invite your friends
Add listings to your BlackBerry® Address Book, add movie and restaurant events to your BlackBerry® Calendar, share listings using BlackBerry® Messages
Poynt is free and available in Canada, the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom

Discover why Poynt won the 2008 BlackBerry Developer s Challenge Grand Prize and was recognized as the Most Innovative Consumer Application in GSMA’s Mobile Innovation Grand Prix, EMEA Tournament, and much more. Click here to download Poynt.

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3.) From the makers of AutoStandby and StormLock comes QuickPull Lite, a FREE tool that frees memory quickly by simulating a “battery pull” soft reset. Unlike the red power button on your phone which merely reloads your device, QuickPull will actually refresh the device, freeing up memory and increasing performance! QuickPull Lite has more than 650,000 users to date. The new QuickPull Pro gives you even more power to monitor your phone’s performance. QuickPull is extremely easy and convenient to use. Compatible with all BlackBerry devices with OS 4.5+!

QuickPull Lite Features:

FREE
Simulates a “battery pull” equivalent reset
Integrates with AutoStandby
Ability to schedule to run daily
*NEW* Automatically accepts reset dialog

Click here to download QuickPull Lite.

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4.) Enjoy your favourite YouTube videos on BlackBerry® now with FULL SCREEN SUPPORT (v. 1.0.12 and up) ! With XENOZU FREE YouTube® player for BlackBerry® you can stay in touch with your favourite videos while on the go ! Now supporting BlackBerry Storm and Tour (ver. 1.0.13 and up) !
To view in full screen – just wait until video starts playing, don’t press any keys.
NOTE: video and audio format/quality is controlled by YouTube’s API for 3rd party mobile apps, YouTube doesn’t allow to change it from the client’s end.
Videos are categorized by Featured, Most Viewed, Most Recent, Top Rated, plus you can search for the videos of your choice. You can also bookmark a video, view the history of the videos you ve watched and get additional video details.
Please RUN CONNECTION WIZARD AT FIRST START-UP and when SWITCHING NETWORK/CARRIER. Please read help. OS supported: 4.3, 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7 (Storm and Tour).

Click here to download Xenozu YouTube Player.

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5.) Listen to all of your favorite personalized Slacker stations on your BlackBerry for free! You can listen to over 100 stations programmed by music experts or create your own custom stations right from your BlackBerry.

You ll have detailed artist biographies, full album reviews and more. Best of all, the music can be stored on your phone so you can listen even when you don t have a connection!