Bla1ze's most-used BlackBerry Apps of 2011

By Bla1ze on 29 Dec 2011 02:10 pm

You ever just sit down and look at all the apps installed on your BlackBerry and try to figure out when the last time you used each app was? I used to be really into downloading every single new app that came out, trying them all out but I then realized I wasn't using half of what I installed on a regular basis.

Instead, I was just filling up my device with apps I rarely use, if ever. I since then have stopped my app hoarding and realized what apps I use most on my device were and if you're looking to know what they are, you can check out my full list of most-used BlackBerry apps for 2011 past the break.

Bla1ze's most-used BlackBerry Apps of 2011

SocialScope

SocialScope

While Twitter for BlackBerry has finally grown up to an app that is sufficient for most people, SocialScope still wins my heart when it comes to Twitter. Plus, something often forgot about SocialScope is the fact that it actually does more then just Twitter, with Foursquare, Facebook and Flickr integration SocialScope is a must have app on my BlackBerry.

One caveat remains with the app though -- it's beta and as such, not available to everyone who wants it. You'll have to ask someone already making use of it for an invite, in order to get in on the action yourself.

Click here to learn more about SocialScope

Rdio

While there is plenty of music services out there to choose from on BlackBerry, being Canadian makes it difficult to find one that offers plenty of choice when it comes to music selection since big media still has their heads in the sand when it comes to licensing agreements.

For a lot of folks, Slacker is a great option but for me -- it's Rdio. The service does cost me $9.99 / mnth but it also allows me to stream and store for offline use music with no limits across all my devices. That includes iOS, Android and even on my desktop. No brainer for me, and a must have.

Click here to learn more about Rdio

Evernote

I'm forgetful. Ok, let's be realistic -- I'm beyond forgetful. If my head wasn't attached to my body I'd likely forget it somewhere and that's not a good thing. However, Evernote keeps me in line.

For things I need to remember or keep track of -- be it links, notes or even audio reminders Evernote is there for me. Plus, it's another one of those apps that is everywhere for me when I need it. iOS, Android and desktop -- Evernote has a client for them all.

Click here to learn more about Evernote

DropBox

A lot of my life depends on the cloud, I store pics, documents, videos and music there. I'm a bit of a nut when it comes to having things backed up, given the amount of personal items I've lost over the years thanks to hard drive failures, SD Card failures and just hardware failures in general.

Backing things up to Dropbox has become a habit for me now, and having the comfort of being able to grab files from there when I need them is important. Also note the pattern here again -- Dropbox has a client for just about any platform be it iOS, Android and most importantly, my desktop.

Click here to learn more about Dropbox

BlackBerry News

This is the odd app out here -- it's only available on BlackBerry products and that's fine. Ever since RIM bought out Viigo and consumed their staff and app, I've never been able to find a nice RSS reader that I enjoy using on BlackBerry.

That is, until BlackBerry News was released. Yes, it's not near as cool as Viigo once was but it does as I expect it to and that's deliver me my news while on the go. Plus, the sharing options and integration with BlackBerry are great and make it my one must-have app from RIM themselves.

Click here to learn more about BlackBerry News

Topics: Dropbox Evernote Rdio BlackBerry News Most Used Apps Social Scope BlackBerry Apps

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47 comments

anthonybaker Dec 29, 2011 at 2:18 pm

awesome post b1aze ! im loving these most-used apps of 2011 posts , and greaat choices around the board form all the crack staff. oh and SAY WHAT AGAIN, I DARE YA I DOUBLE DARE YA ! lol

Jake2826 Dec 29, 2011 at 2:28 pm

I didn't know about SocialScope. I might have to check that out.

My list this year...

whatsApp
IM+
Google Voice (with integration from Sprint)
Rebtel
UberSocial
Facebook
BlackBerry News Feeds
Evernote
BlackBerry Travel
Navita Translator
vScreenshot
BeBuzz
BatteryWatch
BlackBerry Bridge for Playbook
BBM Music

Draconianfire83 Dec 29, 2011 at 2:24 pm

Nice, Thanks Bla1ze... I've used all these apps except SS.

FS.9900 Dec 29, 2011 at 2:28 pm

Oh I'm sorry. Did I break your concentration?

JHopdevil Dec 29, 2011 at 2:33 pm

Hehe too funny!

akk60 Dec 29, 2011 at 2:35 pm

social scope is not available for download !!!

JHopdevil Dec 29, 2011 at 2:36 pm

Difference between SocialScope and native Social Feeds?

IsaacKendall Dec 29, 2011 at 6:41 pm

The difference is Social Feeds is available today to anyone.

SocialScope has been in a private beta for literally YEARS.

myfairkadie Dec 29, 2011 at 2:39 pm

Awesome post!

Thats right I just did it on 'em!! <3

gord888 Dec 29, 2011 at 2:42 pm

I like these posts. It gives us readers a chance to learn more about the crack team.

Supermex13 Dec 29, 2011 at 3:18 pm

I'm with bla1ze, SocialScope is the best. @supermex13

mesnewberry Dec 29, 2011 at 3:25 pm

Those who use socialscope - is there a way to tag people in a photo upload? I can't figure it out. Thanks

newportironman Dec 30, 2011 at 2:02 pm

not that I know of.. I still can't out how to do a facebook update and add a photo and have the photo show in the FB stream as a photo and not a link to a photo. Can you?
I love socialscope but it has limitations such as no Flickr uploading . And I'd love for them to add linkedin. Oh well still great guys and a great product.

eve6er69 Dec 29, 2011 at 3:39 pm

chris i am there with you and socialscope. i feel its the most simplified app with all the social network goodies in it. i can check in on 4sq and post it to my fb and 2 twiter accts at the same time.

samgbx Dec 29, 2011 at 3:49 pm

One of my everyday used apps...ruined by RIM!!

beantown85 Dec 29, 2011 at 4:29 pm

How/why? It just seems like the trendy thing to trash RIM these days.

beantown85 Dec 29, 2011 at 3:51 pm

Some of them look cool but I rather not pay for apps, and I'm sure as hell not paying monthly for an app, ESPECIALLY a music app. This day and age it's foolish to pay for music unless it's a live performance.

SteakArmstrong Dec 29, 2011 at 5:43 pm

I'm sorry, then how are the artist supposed to make $$$?

recompile Dec 30, 2011 at 12:16 am

They can make $$$ the same way everyone else does. Hold shift, and press "4" three times.

More seriously, most "artists" don't make anything appreciable on album sales (often nothing at all!) The bulk of their income comes from live performances.

Check out this illuminating article:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100712/23482610186.shtml

Maestrodog Dec 29, 2011 at 4:06 pm

I have nothing good to say about Socialscope. It forces itself on, so you deal with that every reboot, it is very slow to shut itself off, so you deal with that every reboot, it's been in beta for years, and there's no privacy policy or any way of finding out what they might be doing with your personal information. Oh, and they never answer questions about this stuff when you ask them.

UberSocial's a far better way to go, although Twitter For Blackberry's simpler, with a lot less setup to keep it from being spyware like Uber wants to be.

BeBuzz hijacked the heck outta my phone. Evernote tried, but I tamed it and it's a usefel app.

IsaacKendall Dec 29, 2011 at 6:44 pm

Agreed.

I don't use SocialScope on principle alone. I have an invite and tried it for about 5 minutes and deleted it.

Can't stand this whole permanent beta crap. Get off your high horse and release your app or kill it already.

mathewsband Dec 29, 2011 at 4:10 pm

i see a lot of people have ever note is it worth it

gyubok Dec 29, 2011 at 4:48 pm

depends. if you want some note to remember forever (i.e. I use it to keep my interviewing skills like the questions I need to ask in the next interview, what characteristic I should watch out for, how I describe the job, etc.) Evernote is great.

If you need quick access to jot down whatever is flying out your way (i.e. phone number someone is telling you, grocery list, company name someone is telling you right now, etc.) try InstaNote, it's perfect.

Nolanllano Dec 29, 2011 at 5:06 pm

yea! it's a great app!!

IsaacKendall Dec 29, 2011 at 6:51 pm

Evernote is THE SHIT. It should be a must use for absolutly everyone. Check out Adam's post

http://crackberry.com/why-i-use-evernote

This is a good read and shows many great uses for Evernote.

cmajer Dec 29, 2011 at 4:49 pm

No doubt everyone has their own favorites but I have to throw mine into the mix. I couldn't get by without these:

Vlingo to do as I say
Bloomberg Mobile for market and financial data
Score Mobile for well.... scores and sports data
TeleNav to help me find my way
Poynt to help me decide where I want to go
Hangman and Aces Solitaire to keep me occupied when I'm not

Angelo_Campher Dec 29, 2011 at 5:06 pm

1. Sugarsync (Really can't do without it and prefer it to dropbox)
2. Evernote (So so app but serves its purpose especially when I need to make a note of an email I just forward it to my Evernote account)
3. Twitter
4. FaceBook
5. BlackBerry News
6. Garmap

IsaacKendall Dec 29, 2011 at 6:53 pm

@Hush9300 couldn't agree more.

SugarSync is the way to go, and much much better than DropBox. I only have a DropBox account is because CrackBerry uses it for staff stuff.

Otherwise it is all SugarSync.

rpayne#CB Dec 29, 2011 at 6:16 pm

My most important apps are:

Ewallet
Tether
Weather channel
Blackberry News
GPS logger II
Zagat
AIM
Dropbox
Fly Delta

Bilaal Dec 29, 2011 at 6:34 pm

I don't know what's better: Bla1ze's wallpaper or his list of apps!

Bla1ze Dec 29, 2011 at 7:32 pm

http://t.co/3XUh6w3f ^^ The wallpaper, for those who want it.

Bilaal Dec 29, 2011 at 7:54 pm

Thank you. Much appreciated

Joneser2006 Dec 29, 2011 at 9:11 pm

Blaze, did you copy Parsons' apps post from Android Central for Evernote and Dropbox, or did he copy yours?

dnottingham4 Dec 29, 2011 at 9:11 pm

love these posts and love to see a similar one for the playbook.

hedone.hawker Dec 29, 2011 at 9:42 pm

Dude... Pulp fiction?!?!?! ;) thumb up!!!!!!!!

HUTCH66 Dec 29, 2011 at 11:12 pm

Apps used the most;
1. SocialScope
*I have invites for those interested!*
2. PageOnce
3. Evernote
4. Pandora
5. BB News
6. Score Mobile

Tried Social Feeds but found it to be a memory hog and SocialScope does the same thing plus it includes Foursquare & Flickr.

lifeiscallin Dec 30, 2011 at 12:10 am

Hi,

Can you please send me an invite for socialscope, I have been looking to install this app for 2 years now but no help

Can you help? Appreciate it

Please send the invite on saurabh.behar@gmail.com

newportironman Dec 30, 2011 at 2:08 pm

I sent you an email to follow me at @newportironman if you still need an invite. if you do I'll DM you one.

Angelo_Campher Dec 30, 2011 at 1:50 am

I love socialscope but deleted it because the UI still needs work. I would like to use my font settings from timeline when opening up a certain post, the selected theme needs to be carried over as well instead of the white screen and there is some text overlapping. It starts up automatically with no option to change it and the constant logging out when changing a setting needs to be looked at as well as their customer service because you get no response from them when giving feedback which is strange for a Beta product as you would expect them to actually want to improve the product.

All that said, if those issues are addressed I would certainly pay for the app.

shoshin Dec 30, 2011 at 10:13 am

Hey Hutch,

I sent you a PM.

:-)

- Shoshin

Michele Weisneck Dec 30, 2011 at 4:01 am

When it comes to apps Im pretty much a minimalist my favorites are:
BB Traffic - more reliable than am news and i love all the features!
Poynt
BB Bridge for my PB
BB Smart Alarms Pro

The rest are used irregularly or fluff (games or camera related apps).

serversurfer Dec 30, 2011 at 7:14 am

COOOOL wallpaper... ;-)

cbfan123 Dec 30, 2011 at 8:26 am

I will be upgrading to a OS7 device in March, and I will miss Viigo. As pretty much everyone else has said, Viigo is much better than Blackberry News and not having it compatible with BB devices beyond OS5 is disappointing.

oliverlock Dec 30, 2011 at 9:23 am

What is the difference between BlackBerry News and Social Feeds? Isn't Social Feeds just BlackBerry News + social feeds, podcasts, media and so on? It's a better app, no?

Joe257 Dec 30, 2011 at 10:25 am

Nice list, Bla1ze but you still missed Google Sync, Twitter, Podcasts, Poynt, Dropbox, and BB Traffic! :D

. Among all my apps, I can't live without Google Sync. I can't imagine not being able to sync all my calendars on my BlackBerry. Surprised it was on no one else's list!

. Twitter on BlackBerry rocks!

. Podcasts are sweet when driving! Easy to use, gets the stuff I need.

. Poynt is priceless! For finding everything! Shopping, dining or just going to the movies.

. Dropbox has really become a necessary app for me. Would have liked to use Google Docs, but there is no BlackBerry app :( Dropbox is it.

. BlackBerry Traffic really raised the stakes with voice guidance! Now, it's a very, very useful app!

joelab Dec 30, 2011 at 12:11 pm

Social scope invite anyone? Wouldn't mind giving it a try..

olblueyez Jan 3, 2012 at 7:47 pm

Does Google Sync do anything OS7 doesn't? Be nice if it synced my alarms too.

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