what Mobile Web apps r u using ?

so i’m a totally newbie to blackberry, never being quite


enough of a corporate suckup to get a flash push email exchange integrating black berry it’s ugly but it makes bad suit wearers into txting lower case emoesque fiends. i’m totally hooked into this blackberry 8800 as i have no home internet, a 33 minute train ride, and um it takes them 90 seconds to make the latte. (this also reminds me to ask do people use twitter mobile ?)

after an initial crash and 3 phone calls to optus (was it because i downloaded the open source gcalendar syncher before i realised there was a mobile google calendar ? or maybe it was the google maps app which totally crashed the device in a quite severe way when i tried to shut it down delete it….) so what Mobile Web apps Do You Use ? (on your blackberry or the mobile web browser component before u order and unlock that lovely change your life i promise it will browse the web on your phone just as it does on that 20″ display)

i’m using google’s gmail to compose mail (nicer UI, remembers email addresses etc) but blackberry’s messages for the push email, sms etc integration. I’ve now made the switch from no calendar (it’s a great app that one: remember it in your head, write down in $4 non moleskin notebook but then leave notebook at home) to google calendar.. so I input appointments when in front of computer but then it’s accessible on the bb browser. (btw blackberry apps/ui is pretty um basic eh ?) Are there other better layed out browsers i can download btw ?

so what i havent found is a notebook/to do list type app that is configured well for mobile (google notebook isn’t mobile yet, but hey we’ll all be on ggears (wow - i can read my google reader feeds offline - last 2000 items) anyway so who needs the internet?) so does anyone have a suggestion for a mobile web configured app there, that is partial to a blackberry version ?

i’d also love to hear if you anyone uses google’s once was writely now what do they call it ? a word processor ? i’m having visions of doing my baby wildebeest product spec on the blackberry at cafes, then being able to power at the real work on the mac, then have others (ie the engineers who do the work) collaborate on the same .doc in multiple locations ?

i want. i want. here comes my teenagers santa claus list. blackberry/8800 wallpaper (gotta google that iphone version) and then other fun stuff that doesn’t crash my machine and end me up needing a call support crackberry fix.

i’m using greader, but if i could export/import my opml into a power feed reader when I can read more than 10 items (or is there a setting on greader for this ? btw greader doesn’t have a mobile version does it ? this one isnt that great…. not enough content on a page.. clicking every 10 items when u read 1500 feeds is kinda um crazy.. but it does kill time on a 33 minute train ride on the sloow but ok gprs…)

your Mobile Web using apps and favourites muchly appreciated.

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2 Comments

  1. Myles
    Posted June 1, 2007 at 2:04 am | Permalink

    I use my mobile (Nokia N70) a lot.
    Here is my list:

    1. Built in email client - not spectaular, but it does the job if I need to send a quick mail

    2. ShoZu for uploading pictures straight to Flickr http://www.shozu.com)

    3. Google Maps for directions - although this chews A LOT of bandwidth. Much easier than trying to battle with a UDB. Be even better if it could read out directions

    4. I use FeedDemon on my Desktop for RSS, and they have recently released NewsGator Go! Which brings my RSS straight to my phone. Great for those long queues

    5. Finally (Warning: Shameless plug) I use the Mobile Twitter app that I wrote: Twitteresce for all my micro blogging needs :)

    On the wish list:

    A decent google calendar plug in. I haven’t found one that works with my phone properly, yet.

  2. Posted November 12, 2009 at 12:37 pm | Permalink

    There a lot of mobile apps around nowadays. Of course the best apps I have found in the Apple's app store. I am using those ones which are converting my music from pc format, step - o - meter, and other nice ones. I think that everyone can find what they want there. Thanks for the great article though.