Must Have Blackberry Apps

As I’ve posted before, I’m not a mobile apps user.  But, I‘m still very interested in the obsession of having to have everything imaginable as an app on your cell phone.  A recent article about “10 Must-Have Blackberry apps for Small Business” caught my eye (being a small business owner myself).

Listed as top 10 were:  (I’ve described a few that I was unaware of.)

1. Blackberry Messenger
2. Evernote  (great for those ah-ha moments when you just have to write down an idea before you forget it)
3. Google Sync (“The Google Sync BlackBerry app syncs your calendar and contacts between your phone and computer, allowing you to add, modify, or delete items on either device, and access them on-the-go.”)
4. Worldpress
5. Skype
6. Google Mobile Apps
7. Bridge for Highrise
8. Tungle.me (“Tungle.me enhances your existing calendar by syncing it with a public version where you can propose meetings to partners or clients and allow them to book the appointments at pre-approved times.”)
9. Do Not Disturb (This filter sounds like a must-have!)
10. IM+ (“An all-in-one instant messaging system that integrates AIM/iChat, MSN/Windows Live, Yahoo, ICQ, Jabber, Google Talk, MySpace, Skype and Facebook chats into one BlackBerry app.”)

The entire article can be viewed at: http://mashable.com/2010/05/14/blackberry-apps-small-busines/

So this got me thinking…IF I ever get a blackberry and conform to the world of apps, what would be some that I couldn’t live without?

Maybe these exist and maybe they don’t:

1. An app to update me on the lottery number.  Even though I rarely play, for some reason I’m always checking to see if the number I would have played came up.  (Yes, I know it doesn’t make a lot of sense and isn’t a necessity, but it is something I spend a couple minutes looking up on the Internet a couple days a week.)
2. An app for current and changing weather conditions in my area.  This is something that would be helpful to me.  I play softball and my daughter plays, and I’m always checking the weather for rain this time of year.
3. An app for garden and flower planting tips.  I love to plant flowers and expand my landscaping around the house.  Unfortunately I didn’t inherit my Grandmother’s green thumb.  I always seem to pick plants and flowers that don’t do well in my soil (which is more like clay in most spots.)  I’m also not good and determining which flowers would look nice grouped together and will bloom at the same time.
4. A Pediatrician app that I could enter in symptoms of a sick kid and get a list of possible illness.  Obviously it would be unofficial and not usable for major illness.  But just a recommendation for a fever, upset stomach, cold, sore throat and other minor things would be helpful.

Ok so the apps I’ve come up with are pretty insignificant.  Guess that justifies my delay of conforming to this new technology.  It just doesn’t have an importance in my everyday life………..yet.  (That, and the fact that I’m out in the country and don’t have very good mobile reception here, so the wonderful apps on my phone wouldn’t do me much good unless I want to walk through the field up to the top of the hill just to use it.)

What are some of the apps you couldn’t live without?

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