We all know that the standard Blackberry unlock function is a bit slow and boring. Whereas the iPhone’s unlock slider is faster and cooler. Good news for Blackberry owners: now you can get your very own iPhone looking unlock-slider on your Blackberry with BerrySlider!

BerrySlider Download Page

Features of BerrySlider:

• Fast / Smooth Locking App
• Works with default lock button
• Simple to use / setup
• Landscape & Portrait Mode
• Secure, using a 4 digit password (you can enable / disable this)
• Activate on phone call (no more pressing buttons with your cheeks)
• Activate on screen timeout
• Activate on phone startup
• Tons of Customizable Options

via BerrySlider (Slide to Unlock)

During my weekend trip to Singapore, I (mostly) involuntarily found myself in the midst of many Blackberry VS iPhone debates. The iPhone of course is better, but it was entertaining to hear Blackberry owners attempt to argue how the Blackberry was superior for things like business and data input while the iPhone was mostly just a glorified games machine…

One thing that Blackberry users wished they had was more emoticons for messaging applications such as Whatsapp (which has only recently become available on Blackberry). Thinking about what to blog about, I stumbled across this best seller in our Mobile Software store that addresses this problem – Fancy Characters for Blackberry. With this application on your Blackberry, you’ll no longer be envious of iPhoners and their emoticons; you’ll be able to pimp up your messages like theirs, finally!

Try if for FREE – Fancy Characters for Blackberry.

Features of Fancy Characters for Blackberry:

• Integrates to any application
• Several categorized tabs for easy characters access
• 250+ Colored Smiles (BBM5)
• 200+ Country Flags support (BBM5)

via Fancy Characters – BlackBerry Apps.

KBLauncher is an application launcher and switcher. It lets you very quickly run any of your dozens of commands by typing the beginning of its name. In short, it is a command line for your BlackBerry.

Like many BlackBerry users, you are good at typing. Your keyboard kung fu leaves onlookers in awe. Your fingers are a blur of motion. But when it’s time run one of your many great apps on your BlackBerry, you have to scroll painfully through countless icons with your trackball. You know exactly what you want: why do you have to waste all this time? Now you don’t. Just configure one of your convenience keys to start KBLauncher, and your apps will always be just a few keystrokes away.

Behind the deceptively simple user interface is a sophisticated application detection engine. With no effort on your part, KBLauncher will detect both installed and running applications on your phone. You can seamlessly run installed applications, switch to running applications or execute special commands by typing the first few letters (or even one letter) of the command. When your command is up, just hit Enter. KBLauncher will adapt to your usage pattern and offer your most recently used commands first.

I encourage you to take advantage of the 7 day FREE trial to see if KBLauncher is for you. You may never look at your icons list the same way again.

New in version 1.1:

• Better font sizes for high resolution screens
• Configurable fonts and colors
• Power search: hold down your shift key to match the first letter of each word. For example, type Shift-BAW to match “BlackBerry App World”.
• Ensure apps launch in the foreground

Features of KBLauncher for Blackberry:

• Fast command access
• No setup. KBLauncher automatically detects installed and running apps
• KBLauncher learns from your usage by prioritizing your recently used commands
• Works on SureType keyboard layouts (Pearl, Pearl Flip, Storm)
• Cool transparent window effects
• Run commands not normally available on your Home screen: WiFi toggle, memory cleaner
• Low memory requirements: tiny install footprint!

Minimum Requirements of KBLauncher:

• OS 4.2.2 and newer

via KBLauncher – Personal Productivity BlackBerry Apps.

Working seamlessly, silently in the background, BerryJoose delivers improved Blackberry perfomance and so you experience fewer hassles. With BerryJoose, your Blackberry keeps you connected and in touch. Effortlessly. You won’t even know BerryJoose is there.

Features of BerryJoose for Blackberry:

• Memory leaks are minimized
• Super-charged for speed
• Turn on your Blackberry® in the morning and enjoy optimized performance all day. BerryJoose just does it.
• Battery pulls? BerryJoose keeps them under control.
• Warnings before you lose your work or that new client. You always look good with BerryJoose no matter what’s on the line. Or who.
• Deploy more apps simultaneously, increasing productivity.

Storm Users :
Please disable compatibility : Options->Applications->Highlight BerryJoose->Menu->Disable Compatibility Mode

*** IMPORTANT INFORMATION ***
YOU WILL NEED TO ENTER YOUR DEVICE PIN NUMBER WHEN PURCHASING THIS APP. GO INTO OPTIONS->STATUS TO FIND IT. (It is 8 Characters).

Reviews on BerryJoose:

Dwight54

working well on my Bold so far after 3 days. much less battery pulls. Glad i got it on sale.

Harrison

Works as advertised. Wasd getting fed up with my 8330 but now it is runng better than ever.

George

this is a great app!! My curvei is flying since I installed it…no more freeze ups!

Franky

Wow…what a difference my phone is since I loaded the Joose! it’s like a brand new phone…excellent app…well worth the money!!

Buzz65

really see a nice improvement on my Tour. verry happy.

Daviburt

Before I installed this on my Storm 9530, I was having slowness issues, and having to pull battery at least once a day, so I thought this app would be perfect. I purchased it, installed it, and within 2 hours I removed it from my phone. It kept my app memory at a constant 0kb, caused numerous hour glasses freezes, and drained my battery from half to almost dead within that 2 hours of installing it. I’m glad it’s working for other people, but this didn’t work for me in the least.

Features:

• Upgrades will be free!

Minimum Requirements:

• OS 4.2.1

Display Dimensions
160×160, 240×160, 240×240, 240×260, 240×320, 320×240, 360×480, 480×320, 480×360
Operating System
4.2, 4.3, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 Non-Touch, 4.7 Touch Screen, 5.0 Non-Touch, 5.0 Touch Screen

BerryJoose – Personal Productivity BlackBerry Apps

If there was one must-have app that we had to recommend to all Blackberry users, it would probably be MeterBerry. It replaces multiple applications with one, and does it better! In a nutshell it helps you manage your Blackberry battery, memory and device much more effectively.

MeterBerry was also received the accolade of being a Crackberry Best Utility App of 2009 Nominee!

Features of MeterBerry:

• Auto-refreshing status screen displays battery, memory, and device info and statistics.
• Calculates average battery discharge rate over time.
• Discharge rate is resettable, allowing you to detect a failing battery, or to determine how operating system updates or third party applications affect battery usage.
• Discharge rate resets automatically upon application installation and when the phone is charged.
• Calculates change in free application memory since the device was last started, allowing you to detect memory leaks.
• Customizable, dynamic home screen icon shows battery level, battery temperature, free memory, change in free memory since startup, or uptime since the phone was last restarted.
• Choose a single icon or rotate between multiple icons at a selectable rate.
• Icons change color to indicate status.
• Customize at what levels icons change color to suit your specific needs.
• Customizable battery and memory notifications. Be notified when your battery or memory drops below a threshold you specify, even when MeterBerry isn’t open.
• Reset your device when memory drops below a threshold you specify.
• Logs battery level, free memory, signal strength, and temperature over time. Track down applications that are causing excessive battery usage or memory leaks. Find areas or times of the day where your signal strength drops. Determine if your phone is overheating.
• Add personalized notes to the logs to help track changes to your phone.
• Initiate a soft-reset (battery pull) on-demand or schedule one daily at a specific time to free up memory and resources.
• Scheduled resets provide a 10 second warning window when they can be cancelled to avoid interfering with current tasks.
• Be notified when a scheduled reset was missed due to your device being locked or holstered, or because you were on the phone, with the option to perform the reset immediately.
• Initiate the Java garbage collector on-demand or hourly when the phone is idle to free up memory and resources.
• View the system Event Log to troubleshoot application or operating system problems.
• Clear the system Event Log hourly when the phone is idle to free up memory.

Minimum Requirements for MeterBerry:

• Blackberry with OS 4.7 or 5.0 (Bold 9700, Curve 8520/30, Storm, Storm2, Tour).
• Leaked / beta / hybrid OS’s are not officially supported. Results may vary.

Display Dimensions
480×360
Operating System
4.7 Non-Touch, 4.7 Touch Screen, 5.0 Non-Touch, 5.0 Touch Screen

Get MeterBerry Here (Download Page)

Are you a business person or somebody who needs to keep tabs on the current time of the other timezones?  Well, I’ve got good news for you. BlackBerry Storm has its very own Storm MultiClock which allows you to set the screen to show you 4 different timezones with different backgrounds for every clock you set!

Don’t you just hate it when you call somebody from the other side of the globe only to find out that it’s 3am and you just woke that person up from his restful sleep?  Now you don’t have to be embarassed again by not knowing what the current time of the person you want to call is.  Let’s just say that the Storm Multiclock of your Blackberry Storm is your own personal timekeeper.

Just remember though, the Storm Multiclock is made only for the BlackBerry Storm.

Features for the Storm Multiclock for  the Blackberry Storm:

• 4 customizable analog clocks
• all BlackBerry-supported Timezones: over 80 in all!
• nearly 130 custom backgrounds featuring flags from around the world
• the ability to label each clock separately
• clock ‘states’ are persistent
• multi-threaded (runs faster)
• ‘Click a Clock’ to change it!
• All available backrounds are posted on our website at blueinc.ca

Minimum Requirements:

• BlackBerry Storm 9500/9530

Display Dimensions
480 x 360
Operating System
4.7 Touch Screen

Try it for FREE today : Storm MultiClock for the BlackBerry Storm