1. Viigo
Viigo is a full-featured RSS feed reader that lets you read your favorite feeds and keep up with important news wherever your day takes you.
You can add your own feeds (Viigo’s auto-detect function can discover the feed address for most Web sites), but Viigo also comes well equipped with a variety of tech, politics, sports, weather, and other feeds.
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Preconfigured feeds also allow you to easily set up traffic alerts; stay up to date with flight information; and track packages from UPS, the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx, and DHL. The new version, now in beta testing, adds support for custom search alerts and even podcasts.

2. Google Mobile
Access the entire suite of Google’s mobile-friendly services in one place with Google Mobile. A single interface gives you one-stop access to Google’s Gmail and Maps applications (the latter of which can integrate with your built-in GPS tool, if your BlackBerry has one).
It also includes links to Web services including search, Google News, Google Reader, Google Docs (which is read-only on mobile devices), Picasa photos, and your Google Notebook, all of which open in your BlackBerry’s built-in Web browser. Google Mobile also includes the Google Sync service, which allows two-way synchronization between your BlackBerry’s built-in calendar and the Web-based Google Calendar.

3. BBNotePad
Packing a little more oomph than your BlackBerry’s built-in MemoPad, BBNotePad is a plain text editor that allows you to write full-length documents or even code wherever you might be.
BBNotePad sports three text sizes for tired eyes, and it saves files as .txt files that can be opened directly on any computer, saving to either your BlackBerry’s internal memory or on your removable flash card. It’s very useful for sending notes and memos over Bluetooth to other handheld devices.

4. Opera Mini
Although a Web browser is included with your BlackBerry, the built-in browser’s lack of power and features gives you a limited view of the Web at best. Opera Software’s Opera Mini browser allows you to surf standard Web pages and renders quickly and accurately.
The secret of Opera Mini’s success is that it processes page requests through Opera’s servers, offloading much of the page processing away from your BlackBerry. Its caching is especially good, allowing almost instant return to the previous page; that’s useful for checking out Web search results, for example.
Opera Mini includes excellent bookmark features, as well as the ability to view pages as they would appear on a full-size computer screen, zooming in and out with a click of the track wheel.

5. Mobipocket Reader
You’ll always have something to read with Mobipocket’s e-book reader. Text is easy to read, even on a BlackBerry’s small screen, and you can add your own annotations as you go.
Mobipocket offers a wide range of titles for purchase through its store (which can be accessed on your PC or directly from your BlackBerry), but the .mobi format is a standard offered by most e-book sellers.

Source: infoworld.com

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