PatternLock Lite app is tailor made for the touch screen Blackberry. With the app, you first define your locking pattern, and in order to unlock the screen or any application next time, you got to trace your finger in the pattern you drew before. A wrong pattern will not unlock the device. The full version of PatternLock Lite application for Blackberry comes with a price tag of $2.99.

The Application

The lock screen of Blackberry PatternLock Lite app comprises of a 3×3 grid, on which you are supposed to draw the pattern. As you drag your finger on the screen, the app will highlight the path you are taking. Once you done with the dragging, and lift your finger, the screen will unlock if the pattern you’ve drawn is correct, while an incorrect pattern will change the color of the pattern path. If you’ve gone wrong with the pattern, the app may or may not request you to repeat the procedure depending upon the settings.

Through the Blackberry app’s options and settings, you can change the theme, background images, the icons to represent the various dots, or even the color of dots and the way they visually respond to touch. That is, you can set colors to represent the path you trace, correct/incorrect dots, rings, dock trays etc. Another feature of the app is that you can set the app to lock/unlock other apps. The apps are classified into three categories: currently running apps, built-in apps, third party apps. There is also an option wherein you can customize the ‘lock message’ that is displayed when you/someone gets the lock pattern wrong. Also, you can either opt to activate the lock manually or set it to auto-lock after a fixed time interval.

Another noteworthy feature of PatternLock Lite app for Blackberry is its location based lock feature. That is, you can set the app to lock your Blackberry when you’re in the office, and leave it open for anyone to use at home. It is also worth mentioning that the app is compatible with Bellshare’s BerryWeather application.

Conclusion

PatternLock Lite app for Blackberry is all about drawing certain patterns to unlock your touch screen Blackberry screen/app. But in order to preempt anyone from cracking the pattern by trial and error, you can set the maximum number of tries and the time duration of lockout period before they can try again. For the complete set of features, go for PatternLock Lite’s full version that comes with a price tag of $2.99.

Judging the veracity of BlackBerry applications, especially ones that are paid, is difficult to do. Even people with experience reviewing hundreds of different applications don’t know all of the options and that means that there is always going to be some element of uncertainty in the relative rating systems. That is why the most honest reviews are about the absolute value of any given application and Nogago Outdoor GPS app for BlackBerry definitely scores high on that list.

Offline navigation

One of the most valuable features that you will find on Nogago Outdoor GPS BlackBerry app is the ability for offline navigation to work into the system. You can download maps for just about any place on the planet you could visit from their site and then use those maps to help yourself navigate around the area without having to rely on your data or your internet connection to do so. This may not seem like such a big deal now when you have ample network coverage, but when you are in some of the more remote areas of the world, network coverage is hard to come by and that means that you are going to end up paying a lot of money in order to get what you want because of data roaming fees. Nogago Outdoor GPS app for BlackBerry allows you to go around that problem and still get the benefits of GPS in the process.

Focused on people

Another important aspect of BlackBerry Nogago Outdoor GPS app is the fact that it is focused on people. It is an online app that will give you the chance to track, collect waypoints and create paths based on your movement, but it is also an online app that will allow you to do these things accurately without borrowing from the car-based GPS modelling that is intended for a wholly different purpose. Many free apps simply rip off car codes and this is not good for the average hiker or tracker. You don’t have to worry about these things with Nogago Outdoor GPS BlackBerry application.

Final Score

Nogago Outdoor GPS app for BlackBerry is reliable, fast, accurate and safe to use. The final price tag of $7.99 that is applied to this app might cause some people to pause a bit, but the fact of the matter is that Nogago Outdoor GPS BlackBerry app will give you the chance to really appreciate everything that GPS has to offer. Our final score for this paid BlackBerry application is 10 out of 10.

If there is one problem out there that everyone with a smart phone has to face on a regular basis, it would have to be the problem of duplicate contacts. No matter how much you try to keep on top of things, a person using their phone for everything from e-mail to IM conversations is a person that will have duplicate contacts. Contact Cleaner app for BlackBerry is a paid app that claims to be able to help you merge those contacts on a regular basis.

Resolve duplicates

Although there have been some claims made that Contact Cleaner BlackBerry app does not address contacts that have been synced wirelessly, it seems to be a hit-or-miss proposition. Some users have claimed to be able to do this while others have not. With all of your other contacts however, it appears as though this app is beyond reproach. It will show you the criteria upon which the duplicate identification has been made and then based on that criteria you can go ahead and resolve duplicates by merging them together.

Logical cleaning progression

Contact Cleaner app for BlackBerry has a very logical cleaning progression that you can use to get everything that you want out of this particular mobile application. You can get it to look through your entire database of contacts and once it does that you can get it to find duplicates and then query you as to whether or not those duplicates should be merged. You can even configure which attributes are used to perform the search so that you make absolutely sure that the contacts you are deleting are in fact duplicate contacts that should be merged with each other.

Final Score

Contact Cleaner app for BlackBerry costs $1.99, but in return for the money that you pay you will definitely get a lot of enhanced functionality from your BlackBerry smart phone device. You will be able to quickly and efficiently merge your duplicate records together and that is something that in the final calculation will really help you maintain a reasonable level of completion and neatness when it comes to your BlackBerry device. There may or may not be other apps out there that can do a better job with wireless syncing that cost more, but dollar-for-dollar this is probably one of the best apps out there for the BlackBerry given its specific purpose. Our final score for BlackBerry Contact Cleaner app is 8 out of 10.

MobileSafer is a handy Blackberry application that pre-empts the temptation to text, while keeping yourself connected to the phone through hands-free services. Blackberry MobileSafer app automatically responds back to incoming calls/emails/text messages, by letting the caller/sender know that you are on the wheel. By forcing the user away from the mobile device, the app prevents accidents, crashes, and tickets. MobileSafer app for Blackberry device can be purchased online for a price of US$19.99.

The Application

The MobileSafer device goes into ‘safe drive’ mode when any Bluetooth device in your vehicle activates on starting the vehicle. In the said mode, the app restricts access to keypad and screen, while allowing the user to communicate through hands-free options via Bluetooth solution. Locking the keypad and screen eliminates the dangerous temptation to text and email while driving.

Further, MobileSafer app for Blackberry lets you know who is calling in the event of an inbound call so that you don’t have to look at your phone. The app automatically responds back to incoming calls by letting the caller know that you are driving at the moment. Even though, access to the screen and keypad is restricted, still the user can make use of hands-free voice dialer to make outbound calls through hands-free device. As far as the text of auto-replies is concerned, you can opt to edit it to suit your needs. The said changes to the reply option can be made from the ‘Basic Options’ menu in the app interface.

MobileSafer also lets the user call ‘911’ in the event of an emergency. If one dials ‘911’, the app exits all settings for a period of one hour. This gives the window for the emergency services to contact you if required.

Finally, using the ‘suspend’ option, you can suspend the app for 1 to 5 minutes, if so required. During this period, you can access the mobile phone, and all its features without any restriction. For example, imagine that you are in your car and parked, but the engine is still running; so, under normal conditions, the app won’t exit on its own. But you can choose to suspend the app for a short time duration, and access the various services in the Blackberry phone otherwise is restricted while the engine is running.

Conclusion

MobileSafer app for Blackberry certainly helps reduce road accidents, considering the fact that many a times, accidents are caused by using mobile phones while driving. By restricting access to the keypad/ screen, and forcing the user to communicate only via Bluetooth hands-free devices, the app will ensure that the user’s hands will always on the wheel and eyes fixed on the road while driving. In other words, the app pre-empts any potential distraction that could arise for the driver in terms of text message/email/ incoming call. The MobileSafer app can be purchased online for a very a reasonable price tag of $19.99.

BuzzOff is a very hand call-block application made for Blackberry phones. BuzzOff App for Blackberry simply does not block the incoming calls that you wish to block. Instead, it uses a pick up and hang-up type of operation, thereby preventing the caller from leaving even a voice mail. This is a paid mobile application for Blackberry ($4.95) that requires the user to pay and buy the license once the free trial period expires.

The Application

Blackberry BuzzOff app sends a busy tone when a call comes from an unwanted number. You can set the numbers you wish to block from the message log or address book or from a previously received call record. BuzzOff mobile application also lets the user mark and block numbers from a certain series such as 1800, 1877 etc. Such cases mostly arise in case of automated marketing or promotional calls. It is even possible with the application to match the last three or 10 digits to ensure that you receive no calls from a certain location.

The file size of BuzzOff Blackberry app is about 746KB. The installation process is pretty straight forward and simple. It must be over in flash. Once installed, you can quickly set the numbers you wish to block from the message log and address book. From the preference menu, the first option lets you block the unknown numbers from which you’ve been receiving marketing calls based on the number sequence/pattern of the said phone numbers.

The last option of the menu is a checkbox, that lets you enable/disable the vibrate feature for blocked incoming calls. That is, the user will be notified by a vibration alert when an incoming call is blocked by the app. The BuzzOff app is compatible with Blackerry OS 4.2 or higher. The list of Blackberry smart phones that are compatible with the application is given in the developer website.

Final Thoughts

BuzzOff is a handy mobile application to have in your Blackberry phones, especially if your daily meetings are frequently interrupted by unwanted calls coming in from mostly unknown numbers. For the price, the app offers top performance all the time. The menu is easy to navigate, while configuring the app is a cake walk. If you wish to try it out first, go to the website and install the trial version of BuzzOff Blackberry app for free.

For the young and upcoming professional on the move, it can sometimes be a pain to figure out exactly what the time switch is for where you are currently going. Although you might have the best of intentions in this area, today’s world is so fast and packed full of material that it is understandable forgetting to do something this minor. World Clock app for BlackBerry is an app that can help you out by making the entire process as simple as it can possibly be.

Lots of cities already available

The main strength of an app like World Clock BlackBerry app is of course the fact that it covers many presets of cities that are already available. You simply click on the city and the time settings are changed to reflect the reality in that city. It is a very simple single click process that can make time changes very easy to deal with. To date, World Clock BlackBerry application includes data for 800 different cities located in 150 different countries around the world.

Add cities that are not there with search functions

Since the list of cities is so large, World Clock app for BlackBerry gives you the chance to quickly and efficiently search through the list, finding the city that you are after. Most of the cities that you would need to potentially travel to are included and the search function is very good at picking up alternate spellings of city names and associating them with the proper metropolis. However, if the city you seek is not on the list, adding it is a simple process of a few seconds after which you’ll always have it to refer to whenever you’d like.

Final Score

World Clock app for BlackBerry is one of those handy little applications that will just make your life so much easier. It isn’t groundbreaking or highly innovative, but it is very useful.Our final score for World Clock BlackBerry app is 8 out of 10.

YouTube is of course one of those online websites that has revolutionized the internet with the web 2.0 push. There are many different pretenders to YouTube that have really not even made a dent in the online video market, but Wattpad is a site that is extremely underrated. It is like YouTube but for writing and as a result of that the BlackBerry community was very excited when they came out with a Wattpad BlackBerry app.

Get the content on your BlackBerry device

If you have been to Wattpad before, you know that it is probably the most popular YouTube-like website for written content. If you have not been there before and you are a fan of reading writing by others, you should definitely give this particular online website a try. In both cases, you can now benefit greatly from having Wattpad app for BlackBerry on your smart phone device. The reason for this is that now all of that content can be accessed on your mobile device and this gives you the chance to read through it all on your own time.

Lots and lots of content

Wattpad app for BlackBerry will give you access to over 200,000 different pieces of writing. Whether you are after novels, pieces of fan fiction, short stories, poetry or anything in between, you can easily use Wattpad to gain access to what you are looking for.

Final Score for Wattpad App for BlackBerry

Reading and enjoyment derived from reading does not have to be all about the name on the novel. People that don’t make money as authors can still be responsible for writing compelling poetry and prose and that is exactly what Wattpad app for BlackBerry proves. We love this BlackBerry application and have given Wattpad BlackBerry app our highest score of 10 out of 10 along with a strong download recommendation for anyone that loves leisure reading.

Caller ID is definitely a cool way for you to figure out exactly who is calling you. The custom music selective ringtones are another cool way to do things. However, if you’d like to be on the cutting edge then you need Color ID Free app for BlackBerry as it is definitely the newest way for people to keep track of the people contacting them.

Custom LED colors

When you are called, texted or e-mailed on your BlackBerry, there is LED flashing going on before you acknowledge the call. When you get Color ID Free BlackBerry app, what you can actually do is go ahead and make sure that you assign custom colors to the different LED lights that are present on your handheld device. These will be different based on the different people that call, allowing you to assign specific colors to different individuals and know immediately when someone important is trying to contact you based on the color that the LED lights are blinking.

Easy setup

Not only is this type of caller ID really cool and cutting edge, but it is also very easy for you to set up on your BlackBerry smart phone device. All you really need to do is allow permissions for Color ID during the installation, pull your battery after the installation has taken place and then sync up with your address book so that you can assign the different colors easier to the people that call in.

Easy upgrades

When you start with the BlackBerry Color ID Free version, you are severely limited in the sense that you can only actually assign a couple of different contacts. However, once you decide to purchase the full version that is unlimited. The limited contact number is the only feature difference between the two versions though so you can still see how good Color ID Free BlackBerry app is with the free version albeit with a smaller number of people.

Final Score

Color ID Free app BlackBerry is a really cool BlackBerry mobile application that is only going to get better with the passage of time. More and more people are starting to get into this method of caller ID and as time goes by and more people see just how functional and fun it can be, you should only expect this number to increase. Our final score for BlackBerry Color ID Free App is 10 out of 10.

Handheld devices often get overlooked as grounds for themes just because of how small they are and how small their screens are. However, a good theme for something that you like is definitely something that you can get a lot of pleasure out as fans of The Sims are discovering with this excellent theme for the BlackBerry.

Download from Sunset to here

The Sims 3 is supposed to take place in Sunset Valley, a beautiful place where you can see your Sims progress through their life. They can get better jobs, get to work and do everything in between while you help them and guide them through their life. This allows you to feel like part of the crowd, but this BlackBerry theme will give you that feeling even though you’re not playing the game!

Easy setup

Setting up the theme on your computer is very easy to do. All you have to do is start by actually downloading The Sims 3 Theme app to your BlackBerry. Once you’ve done that, install it and then navigate to the options part of your device. From options, select the themes option and then find The Sims 3 Theme on the list that comes up. Once you’ve selected that theme you’ll easily be able to see all of the changes that have been made to the look and feel of your BlackBerry handheld device.

Great changes

It will start with the backgrounds on your BlackBerry that will change to reflect your interest in The Sims 3 game. In addition to that however, you will see that graphics on your BlackBerry have changed. Also, you can easily see all of the new icons and/or buttons that come from this theme. As you begin to explore your BlackBerry more and use more parts of it, you’ll see just how deep this excellent them has permeated throughout your handheld device.

Final Score

Feeling part of the crowd with The Sims 3 Theme BlackBerry app is as easy as following the above instructions. Try it out for yourself and you’ll truly get a chance to see just how easy doing all of this really is. The best part is that once you’re done, you’ll have a great theme on your smart phone that you can use forever. This great software app theme gets a final score of 10 out of 10 from us.

Although it is not free like some of the other apps that have been reviewed, Call Blocker Professional app for Blackberry is one app that many people believe supplies extremely good value for the money. Many people in fact would say that it is the best $3 they’ve ever spent because of what it does.

Choice on every call that comes in

When Call Blocker Professional Blackberry app is running, you get some sweet choices on every single call that comes in. You can choose to have the phone pick up and hang up on the caller in a way that does not allow them to realize what has just gone on. If you’d like to hear what the person has to say and just don’t want to talk to them right now however, you can instead choose to send the call right through to voicemail. The choice is completely yours.

Change options on the fly or preset

Whenever Blackberry Call Blocker Professional app is running you will get the options mentioned above. However, if you do not want to get those options all you really have to do is turn the app off and your Blackberry will go back to normal mode. In addition to these on the fly changes, you can also create presets for this mobile application. A good example of this would be choosing to block all calls at night and allow them all during the day.

Custom number actions

At the same time that you have blanket options available with Call Blocker Professional app for Blackberry, you can also create exclusions for those blanket options for special numbers. You can have numbers that are always let through, numbers that are always blocked and of course you can do both of these things to all of your numbers. If you want you can even put a whole area code on the block list so that all 800 numbers as an example are blocked before they’ve even had a chance to register.

Final Score

All of these actions are extremely useful as is the block history that is kept by the app that you can use to review how well your current settings are working. This really is your full call blocking solution as it has everything that you could want. Our final score for Call Blocker Professional Blackberry app is 10 out of 10. If we could give it more than perfect we would.