Vlingo is one of the top 10 BlackBerry Apps for first half 2009 from Handango! Check it out!
Top BlackBerry Apps for First Half 2009 from Handango
By Contributor Wireless and Mobile News on August 26, 2009 12:50 PM
As we reported previously, BlackBerry apps are growing over at Handango. BlackBerry became the dominant platform within the Handango smartphone content catalog, constituting 44% of all apps sold in the first half of 2009, up from its 31% share in 2008.
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Top Handango Blackberry Apps for First Half of 2009
1. Ringtone Megaplex
2. Alltel TV
3. Aces Texas Hold'em - No Limit
4. Aces Solitaire Pack
5. The Weather Channel
6. e-Mobile Today Professional Edition
7. Pimp My Pearl
8. Vlingo Plus
9. Fart Machine!
10. MONOPOLY Here & Now
As the new dominant player on the Handango network, the BlackBerry platform added 229 new content partners and almost 3,000 new apps in the first half of 2009.
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BlackBerry accounted for 44% of all apps sold and represented four of the top ten devices adding software by both units sold and revenue. The Games category was the strongest with 36% of Handango's BlackBerry sales while PIM came in second with a 19% share.
In the first half of 2009, Vlingo emerged as Handango's hottest newcomer. Vlingo offers voice control software for BlackBerry, Symbian (beta), and Windows Mobile (beta). With only one quarter of sales under its belt with Handango, Vlingo jumped into the top 20 most popular apps in the first half of 2009.
Energized by its highly popular app, eMobile Today Professional, eMobile Software Inc. emerged as the top developer on the BlackBerry operating system and was Handango's second highest revenue producer. eMobile Software Inc. offers an array of Personalization, PIM phone tools, and Entertainment/Information apps for BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian devices.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
WSJ: Texting While Driving: Are You an Offender?
Below is an article posted today by Andrew LaVallee called Texting While Driving: Are You an Offender?. This is a follow up article to an earlier post called Firms Racing to End Texting and Driving. See the quote from a Vlingo user!
For the growing number of tech companies developing safety measures for texting while driving, the reasons are often personal.
Matt Howard, a co-founder of Reston, Va.-based Zoomsafer, began work on the service after nearly hitting a neighbor’s son while texting in his car. Looking for an application for his BlackBerry that could prevent that from happening, he was surprised to see nothing available. Zoomsafer’s BlackBerry app is now scheduled to become available in a few weeks, followed by versions for Windows Mobile and Google Android.
Timothy Smith, chairman of Aegis Mobility, heard about the company from someone who lost his son to a driver talking on his cellphone. Key2SafeDriving, a Windows Mobile service that deactivates the cellphone screen when the car is in motion, was created after its inventor was run off the road by a cellphone-using teenager, said Mike Fahnert, chief executive of Safe Driving Systems, the company producing it.
As with most wireless services, your carrier, phone and operating system will affect which ones you can use. Textecution, a $10 application that disables texting when moving faster than 10 miles per hour, is currently only available for Android-powered phones, said Joe Lemire, its co-founder. His goal is to connect with an insurance company that can help fund a second phase of development for other platforms.
On the flip side of firms providing text-delaying services are those that make it easier to speak your texts and keep your eyes on the road. Marcy Hurlburt, a Middletown, Conn., administrative assistant, sometimes had to take both hands off the wheel to use her BlackBerry Storm, but she’s since added Vlingo, a voice-recognition app. Now she speaks her tweets. “I use it in the morning on the way to work, or on my way home.” Oftentimes, she said, they’re about “frustration at the idiot drivers that cut me off — or are talking on their cellphone.”
Do you text while you drive? Do you see other drivers doing it?
For the growing number of tech companies developing safety measures for texting while driving, the reasons are often personal.
Matt Howard, a co-founder of Reston, Va.-based Zoomsafer, began work on the service after nearly hitting a neighbor’s son while texting in his car. Looking for an application for his BlackBerry that could prevent that from happening, he was surprised to see nothing available. Zoomsafer’s BlackBerry app is now scheduled to become available in a few weeks, followed by versions for Windows Mobile and Google Android.
Timothy Smith, chairman of Aegis Mobility, heard about the company from someone who lost his son to a driver talking on his cellphone. Key2SafeDriving, a Windows Mobile service that deactivates the cellphone screen when the car is in motion, was created after its inventor was run off the road by a cellphone-using teenager, said Mike Fahnert, chief executive of Safe Driving Systems, the company producing it.
As with most wireless services, your carrier, phone and operating system will affect which ones you can use. Textecution, a $10 application that disables texting when moving faster than 10 miles per hour, is currently only available for Android-powered phones, said Joe Lemire, its co-founder. His goal is to connect with an insurance company that can help fund a second phase of development for other platforms.
On the flip side of firms providing text-delaying services are those that make it easier to speak your texts and keep your eyes on the road. Marcy Hurlburt, a Middletown, Conn., administrative assistant, sometimes had to take both hands off the wheel to use her BlackBerry Storm, but she’s since added Vlingo, a voice-recognition app. Now she speaks her tweets. “I use it in the morning on the way to work, or on my way home.” Oftentimes, she said, they’re about “frustration at the idiot drivers that cut me off — or are talking on their cellphone.”
Do you text while you drive? Do you see other drivers doing it?
WSJ: Firms Racing to End Texting and Driving
This morning the Wall Street Journal published an article by Andrew LaVallee on the dangers of driving while texting. Vlingo has been included in the article
Firms Racing to End Texting and Driving
As U.S. regulators step up scrutiny of the dangers of texting while driving, software makers are scrambling to develop cellphone applications that block texts or minimize the distraction of texting.
Texting is wildly popular: the number of monthly text messages has increased more than tenfold in the past three years to 110.4 billion in December 2008, up from 9.8 billion in December 2005, according to the wireless industry trade organization CTIA.
But texting while driving is unsafe: Not only are a driver's eyes off the road, one or both hands are off the wheel. Texting has been implicated in the crash of a Los Angeles train in September, as well as a trolley collision in Boston in May. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have banned texting while driving, with 10 passing laws this year, the Governors Highway Safety Association said.
Earlier this month, Utah released a 15-minute video highlighting the risks of texting while driving and new stiffer penalties: Texting and emailing while driving in Utah is now punishable by up to a $750 fine and up to 90 days in jail.
Technology could supplement the new laws, said Illinois Rep. John D'Amico, who sponsored his state's texting ban. "I would hope it's not necessary," he said, but added, "No matter what you put in place, somebody can break the law."
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently said he supports a ban on texting while driving but has expressed concern that such laws would be difficult to enforce. His agency plans to host a distracted-driving summit with state regulators next month.
Until recently, most cellphone safety measures -- such as voice dialing and hands-free headsets -- were focused on keeping drivers' eyes on the road. Now, a wide array of technology companies are racing to bring texting-safety apps to market.
Many of the apps will simply block texts from being sent or received while the owner is driving. They generally require a smart phone with Global Positioning System technology.
Safe Driving Systems Corp. is building a system that takes over a cellphone's display when its owner starts driving. Calls and text messages are received but can't be accessed, though users can place emergency calls. The system includes an electronic "key" that is installed in the car and emits a Bluetooth signal that disables the keypad while the car is running.
"We are scrambling to get this out just as fast as we can," given the recent jump in interest, said Mike Fahnert, chief executive of the Salt Lake City company. He said a version of Key2SafeDriving, which will work with phones running Windows Mobile, will be available soon for $100.
One early tester, Chuck Lambert, said Key2SafeDriving hasn't inconvenienced him, but it has made him more aware of texting drivers, something he likens to reading a book while driving. "It's a very major problem," the Ogden, Utah, financial-business owner said.
Another start-up, Vancouver-based Aegis Mobility Inc., is developing DriveAssist, a software program that uses a phone's GPS to detect when it is moving at driving speed and intercept incoming calls and texts. It also blocks outgoing messages, though the owner can override it to make emergency calls.
Timothy Smith, chairman of Aegis, said he expects DriveAssist to be available next year for $6 to $12 a month. Aegis has signed a deal with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. in which policyholders will get a discount if they subscribe.
CTIA, whose members include carriers like AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless, says it supports banning texting while driving altogether. "We think it's incompatible with safe driving," said John Walls, CTIA's vice president of public affairs.
While these technologies may appeal to parents who want to limit their children's texting in the car, it isn't clear how many users will voluntarily install software that temporarily disables their texting.
Aegis's Mr. Smith said the services can help people whose reflex is to pick up the phone. "I've got three teens, and they are programmed to immediately respond, at dinner, in a car, when that phone buzzes," he said. "That's hard behavior to mitigate."
Text-blocking technologies also aren't available on Apple Inc.'s iPhone because its App Store doesn't allow apps that limit the device's core functions such as text-messaging. Apple didn't respond to requests for comment.
As a result, Zoomsafer Inc., a Reston, Va., start-up, says it is focusing on other devices, such as the BlackBerry. "We would love nothing more than to have a Zoomsafer app for the iPhone," said Matt Howard, a co-founder who began work on the service after nearly hitting a neighbor's son while texting.
Some software makers are pushing services that let drivers "speak" their texts. Montreal-based Mobivox Inc. offers its voice-to-text technology for 29 cents a message, as part of calling plans and through partners such as wireless carriers.
Vlingo Corp., of Cambridge, Mass., is marketing its speech-recognition services as a free workaround for BlackBerry and iPhone customers. It also sells an $18 version for the BlackBerry that can send texts to non-Vlingo users.
Shaun Ring, a wedding photographer in Lexington, Ky., admitted he frequently sends text messages while driving. "Texting, unfortunately, is a necessary evil while driving, for me at least," he said. "Clients expect very quick responses."
He has been using Vlingo for several months, and while it occasionally gets a word wrong -- "It butchers names," he said -- he is relieved to be able to focus on the road. "I have a horrible reputation for already being an awful driver."
Firms Racing to End Texting and Driving
As U.S. regulators step up scrutiny of the dangers of texting while driving, software makers are scrambling to develop cellphone applications that block texts or minimize the distraction of texting.
Texting is wildly popular: the number of monthly text messages has increased more than tenfold in the past three years to 110.4 billion in December 2008, up from 9.8 billion in December 2005, according to the wireless industry trade organization CTIA.
But texting while driving is unsafe: Not only are a driver's eyes off the road, one or both hands are off the wheel. Texting has been implicated in the crash of a Los Angeles train in September, as well as a trolley collision in Boston in May. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have banned texting while driving, with 10 passing laws this year, the Governors Highway Safety Association said.
Earlier this month, Utah released a 15-minute video highlighting the risks of texting while driving and new stiffer penalties: Texting and emailing while driving in Utah is now punishable by up to a $750 fine and up to 90 days in jail.
Technology could supplement the new laws, said Illinois Rep. John D'Amico, who sponsored his state's texting ban. "I would hope it's not necessary," he said, but added, "No matter what you put in place, somebody can break the law."
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently said he supports a ban on texting while driving but has expressed concern that such laws would be difficult to enforce. His agency plans to host a distracted-driving summit with state regulators next month.
Until recently, most cellphone safety measures -- such as voice dialing and hands-free headsets -- were focused on keeping drivers' eyes on the road. Now, a wide array of technology companies are racing to bring texting-safety apps to market.
Many of the apps will simply block texts from being sent or received while the owner is driving. They generally require a smart phone with Global Positioning System technology.
Safe Driving Systems Corp. is building a system that takes over a cellphone's display when its owner starts driving. Calls and text messages are received but can't be accessed, though users can place emergency calls. The system includes an electronic "key" that is installed in the car and emits a Bluetooth signal that disables the keypad while the car is running.
"We are scrambling to get this out just as fast as we can," given the recent jump in interest, said Mike Fahnert, chief executive of the Salt Lake City company. He said a version of Key2SafeDriving, which will work with phones running Windows Mobile, will be available soon for $100.
One early tester, Chuck Lambert, said Key2SafeDriving hasn't inconvenienced him, but it has made him more aware of texting drivers, something he likens to reading a book while driving. "It's a very major problem," the Ogden, Utah, financial-business owner said.
Another start-up, Vancouver-based Aegis Mobility Inc., is developing DriveAssist, a software program that uses a phone's GPS to detect when it is moving at driving speed and intercept incoming calls and texts. It also blocks outgoing messages, though the owner can override it to make emergency calls.
Timothy Smith, chairman of Aegis, said he expects DriveAssist to be available next year for $6 to $12 a month. Aegis has signed a deal with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. in which policyholders will get a discount if they subscribe.
CTIA, whose members include carriers like AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless, says it supports banning texting while driving altogether. "We think it's incompatible with safe driving," said John Walls, CTIA's vice president of public affairs.
While these technologies may appeal to parents who want to limit their children's texting in the car, it isn't clear how many users will voluntarily install software that temporarily disables their texting.
Aegis's Mr. Smith said the services can help people whose reflex is to pick up the phone. "I've got three teens, and they are programmed to immediately respond, at dinner, in a car, when that phone buzzes," he said. "That's hard behavior to mitigate."
Text-blocking technologies also aren't available on Apple Inc.'s iPhone because its App Store doesn't allow apps that limit the device's core functions such as text-messaging. Apple didn't respond to requests for comment.
As a result, Zoomsafer Inc., a Reston, Va., start-up, says it is focusing on other devices, such as the BlackBerry. "We would love nothing more than to have a Zoomsafer app for the iPhone," said Matt Howard, a co-founder who began work on the service after nearly hitting a neighbor's son while texting.
Some software makers are pushing services that let drivers "speak" their texts. Montreal-based Mobivox Inc. offers its voice-to-text technology for 29 cents a message, as part of calling plans and through partners such as wireless carriers.
Vlingo Corp., of Cambridge, Mass., is marketing its speech-recognition services as a free workaround for BlackBerry and iPhone customers. It also sells an $18 version for the BlackBerry that can send texts to non-Vlingo users.
Shaun Ring, a wedding photographer in Lexington, Ky., admitted he frequently sends text messages while driving. "Texting, unfortunately, is a necessary evil while driving, for me at least," he said. "Clients expect very quick responses."
He has been using Vlingo for several months, and while it occasionally gets a word wrong -- "It butchers names," he said -- he is relieved to be able to focus on the road. "I have a horrible reputation for already being an awful driver."
Thursday, August 20, 2009
FREE Vlingo Plus for New England AT&T BlackBerry Customers
Have you been debating getting that new BlackBerry?
This weekend, August 22 – August 23 is the perfect time for you to buy that BlackBerry you know you need and want! Why? Well, Vlingo is partnering with AT&T to give away FREE Vlingo Plus with the activation of a new BlackBerry® device! Vlingo Plus is valued at $17.99 so take advantage this weekend. Please see your local store for additional details and eligibility!
Click here to find an AT&T store near you!
This weekend, August 22 – August 23 is the perfect time for you to buy that BlackBerry you know you need and want! Why? Well, Vlingo is partnering with AT&T to give away FREE Vlingo Plus with the activation of a new BlackBerry® device! Vlingo Plus is valued at $17.99 so take advantage this weekend. Please see your local store for additional details and eligibility!
Click here to find an AT&T store near you!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Vlingo now available for the BlackBerry Tour and BlackBerry Curve 8520
At Vlingo we are constantly looking for ways to allow as many users as possible the ability to download Vlingo. Whether it be new features, or the ability to work on more BlackBe
rry devices. As of today, we are excited to announce, that all BlackBerry Tour and the Curve 8520 owners can download Vlingo. Just go to BlackBerry App World™ or the Vlingo website to download.
Have you seen all that Vlingo can do? Here are some tips! With Vlingo did you know that….
Be sure to regularly check the Vlingo blog we will continue to post news, tips & tricks. Also, follow us on Twitter and on Facebook.
rry devices. As of today, we are excited to announce, that all BlackBerry Tour and the Curve 8520 owners can download Vlingo. Just go to BlackBerry App World™ or the Vlingo website to download.- You can speak things like ”dial”, “send” to accomplish your task by just pressing the side key.
- You can speak your punctuation. Just say” period” or “question mark” and the symbols will appear.
- You can open some websites but just saying “launch”? For example “launch CNN”, “launch New York Times”.
Be sure to regularly check the Vlingo blog we will continue to post news, tips & tricks. Also, follow us on Twitter and on Facebook.
TMCNet: Awareness Needed to Prevent Driving While Texting Accidents
TMCnet’s Amy Tierney interviewed Dave Grannan, President & CEO of Vlingo in her article “Awareness Needed to Prevent Driving While Texting Accidents".
Numerous studies have shown that texting while driving is downright dangerous. In fact, a recent poll by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that 87 percent of people consider drivers texting or e-mailing pose a “very serious” safety threat.
But despite the threat, drivers continue to practice the bad habit. What’s needed, industry officials say, is widespread awareness to educate drivers on the dangers and safety issues texting poses in the car.
According to the AAA survey, more than half of those drivers who admitted to reading or sending text messages or e-mails while driving indicated they were much more likely to have an accident. In addition, more than two-thirds admitted to talking on a cell phone and 21 percent said they read or sent a text message or e-mail while driving in the past month.
Those findings are similar to a report Vlingo,a Cambridge, Massachusetts maker of speech-recognition technology for mobile phones, conducted earlier this year. Vlingo’s study indicated that 26 percent of mobile phone users admitted to texting behind the wheel.
“Tougher action needs to be taken on those drivers caught driving while texting,” Dave Grannan, CEO of Vlingo told TMCnet in an interview. “Fines won’t prevent users from driving while texting.”
As legislation gets underway, companies like Vlingo are issuing their own warnings to customers, recommending that drivers don’t anything else while operating a car. For drivers that have to talk and drive, Vlingo technology solutions makes the practice safer, Grannan said.
An application like Vlingo lets users send and reply to e-mails and text messages, and search the mobile Web by speaking into the device. Users also have a text-to-speech read-back feature for hands-free confirmation of what was spoken and the ability to speak action requests such as “send.”
Other studies demonstrate the danger involved when drivers are distracted with cell phones. A recent study from Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, which measured the time that drivers took their eyes from the road to send or receive texts, found that in the moments before a text-related crash, drivers typically spent nearly five seconds looking at their devices. That is enough time at typical highway speeds to cover more than the length of a football field.
Currently, seven states have laws banning texting while driving, while others have partial laws. But that isn’t enough, Grannan said.
“Until states nationwide have a full ban, or law on driving while texting and until the dangers of driving while texting are made very aware to all drivers, people will continue to use their phone while driving if there,” he said.
Text-messaging likely played a role in the tragic accident in Los Angeles last fall in which a commuter train collided with a Union Pacific freighter, killing 25 people. The National Transportation Safety Board said a Metrolink engineer driving the commuter train sent a text message 22 seconds before the crash, according to a CNN report. The engineer, Robert Sanchez, was among those who died in the Sept. 12 accident in a northwest Los Angeles suburb.
And in May, nearly 50 people were injured when a Boston trolley operator crashed into a stopped trolley near Government Center Station. The operator, who admitted sending a text message shortly before the accident, was later fired. Since then, the MBTA implemented a ban on cell phone use by operators.
“Last year, only 26 states had full bans or partial bans on the books,” Grannan said. “This year, 30 states have some form of law on the book against driving white texting, but it doesn’t matter – people are still driving while texting. States need to raise more awareness.”
Numerous studies have shown that texting while driving is downright dangerous. In fact, a recent poll by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that 87 percent of people consider drivers texting or e-mailing pose a “very serious” safety threat.
But despite the threat, drivers continue to practice the bad habit. What’s needed, industry officials say, is widespread awareness to educate drivers on the dangers and safety issues texting poses in the car.
According to the AAA survey, more than half of those drivers who admitted to reading or sending text messages or e-mails while driving indicated they were much more likely to have an accident. In addition, more than two-thirds admitted to talking on a cell phone and 21 percent said they read or sent a text message or e-mail while driving in the past month.
Those findings are similar to a report Vlingo,a Cambridge, Massachusetts maker of speech-recognition technology for mobile phones, conducted earlier this year. Vlingo’s study indicated that 26 percent of mobile phone users admitted to texting behind the wheel.
“Tougher action needs to be taken on those drivers caught driving while texting,” Dave Grannan, CEO of Vlingo told TMCnet in an interview. “Fines won’t prevent users from driving while texting.”
As legislation gets underway, companies like Vlingo are issuing their own warnings to customers, recommending that drivers don’t anything else while operating a car. For drivers that have to talk and drive, Vlingo technology solutions makes the practice safer, Grannan said.
An application like Vlingo lets users send and reply to e-mails and text messages, and search the mobile Web by speaking into the device. Users also have a text-to-speech read-back feature for hands-free confirmation of what was spoken and the ability to speak action requests such as “send.”
Other studies demonstrate the danger involved when drivers are distracted with cell phones. A recent study from Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, which measured the time that drivers took their eyes from the road to send or receive texts, found that in the moments before a text-related crash, drivers typically spent nearly five seconds looking at their devices. That is enough time at typical highway speeds to cover more than the length of a football field.
Currently, seven states have laws banning texting while driving, while others have partial laws. But that isn’t enough, Grannan said.
“Until states nationwide have a full ban, or law on driving while texting and until the dangers of driving while texting are made very aware to all drivers, people will continue to use their phone while driving if there,” he said.
Text-messaging likely played a role in the tragic accident in Los Angeles last fall in which a commuter train collided with a Union Pacific freighter, killing 25 people. The National Transportation Safety Board said a Metrolink engineer driving the commuter train sent a text message 22 seconds before the crash, according to a CNN report. The engineer, Robert Sanchez, was among those who died in the Sept. 12 accident in a northwest Los Angeles suburb.
And in May, nearly 50 people were injured when a Boston trolley operator crashed into a stopped trolley near Government Center Station. The operator, who admitted sending a text message shortly before the accident, was later fired. Since then, the MBTA implemented a ban on cell phone use by operators.
“Last year, only 26 states had full bans or partial bans on the books,” Grannan said. “This year, 30 states have some form of law on the book against driving white texting, but it doesn’t matter – people are still driving while texting. States need to raise more awareness.”
Friday, August 7, 2009
8/7/09: Wireless and Mobile News: Top 10 BlackBerry Apps (Downloaded) from BlackBerry App World
Vlingo is listed as number 4 on Wireless and Mobile News article on the Top 10 BlackBerry Apps from BlackBerry App World.
For BlackBerry app users its always fun to see what the top downloaded apps from BlackBerry App World. Here's the latest list and we find it really interesting because many of apps appeared on our top apps lists for the BlackBerry Storm and BlackBerry Tour. In general, BlackBerry apps must be completely compatible with your BlackBerry smartphone model to work properly.
No. 10: QuickPull Lite (Steelthorn Software) - makes it easier to reset your BlackBerry by simulating the pulling of the battery. They calim it frees available memory and increases device performance. Free.
No. 9: Facebook (Research in Motion Limited) - popular social networking native app with tons of features. Free.
No. 8: Poynt (Multiplied Media Corp.) - 411 with movie times, restuarant information, mapping and directions. Free.
No. 7: Nobex Radio Companion (Nobex Technologies Inc.) - streams over 2000 radio stations from all over the world and offersscrolling lyrics while the music is playing and the ability to buy songs that you hear on the radio. Free and paid versions.
No. 6: Cricket ICC World Twenty 20 England 09 Lite (Jump Games Pvt. Ltd) official cricke game with auto shot selection for easy play, or manual mode for the advanced players. It has 12 teams, 9 shots, player selection and free hit rules.
No. 5: KaGlom (Magmic) - Ka-Glom is a high-pressure game of falling blocks.
No. 4: Vlingo (Vlingo Corp.) -gives users "hands-free" control of BlackBerry smartphones through voice commands. Free for basic features and paid for advanced features.
No. 3: Pandora (andora Media Inc.) - Pandora creates radio stations based on songs and artists that you like based on algorithms from the Music Genome Project. Pandora Radio streams the songs to your BlackBerry. Free.
No. 2: BlackBerry App World (Research in Motion Limited) - the way to buy the apps, can't buy many of the apps without downloading the App World app. Free
No. 1: Viigo for BlackBerry (Viigo Inc.):information consolidation service with widgets for news, weather sports, entertainment, travel, local events and and markets. Free, advertising supported.
For BlackBerry app users its always fun to see what the top downloaded apps from BlackBerry App World. Here's the latest list and we find it really interesting because many of apps appeared on our top apps lists for the BlackBerry Storm and BlackBerry Tour. In general, BlackBerry apps must be completely compatible with your BlackBerry smartphone model to work properly.
No. 10: QuickPull Lite (Steelthorn Software) - makes it easier to reset your BlackBerry by simulating the pulling of the battery. They calim it frees available memory and increases device performance. Free.
No. 9: Facebook (Research in Motion Limited) - popular social networking native app with tons of features. Free.
No. 8: Poynt (Multiplied Media Corp.) - 411 with movie times, restuarant information, mapping and directions. Free.
No. 7: Nobex Radio Companion (Nobex Technologies Inc.) - streams over 2000 radio stations from all over the world and offersscrolling lyrics while the music is playing and the ability to buy songs that you hear on the radio. Free and paid versions.
No. 6: Cricket ICC World Twenty 20 England 09 Lite (Jump Games Pvt. Ltd) official cricke game with auto shot selection for easy play, or manual mode for the advanced players. It has 12 teams, 9 shots, player selection and free hit rules.
No. 5: KaGlom (Magmic) - Ka-Glom is a high-pressure game of falling blocks.
No. 4: Vlingo (Vlingo Corp.) -gives users "hands-free" control of BlackBerry smartphones through voice commands. Free for basic features and paid for advanced features.
No. 3: Pandora (andora Media Inc.) - Pandora creates radio stations based on songs and artists that you like based on algorithms from the Music Genome Project. Pandora Radio streams the songs to your BlackBerry. Free.
No. 2: BlackBerry App World (Research in Motion Limited) - the way to buy the apps, can't buy many of the apps without downloading the App World app. Free
No. 1: Viigo for BlackBerry (Viigo Inc.):information consolidation service with widgets for news, weather sports, entertainment, travel, local events and and markets. Free, advertising supported.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Calling All Current and Former Vlingo for Nokia Beta Users
We need your help!
We are conducting a survey to get an understanding how we can improve our software prior to release. If you are currently using the Vlingo beta on your Nokia phone, or particularly if you downloaded but are not currently using the software, we want to hear from you. Click here to fill out a short survey.
* Not sure what Vlingo is? If you have a Nokia N81, N95, N95 8GB, N96, E51, E71, E75 or Nokia 6120 with a data plan, try our free beta software by visiting: http://www.vlingo.com/betaen from your Nokia mobile phone. With Vlingo, you can send a text or email message, search the web and much more just by speaking to the phone.
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