One of my personal favorite apps for the Blackberry is the Google Maps app. Technobuzz.net talks about the free Google Maps app in a list of the 51 best free Blackberry apps: “Many of today’s BlackBerry handsets come with built-in GPS; one of the best is Google Maps for Mobile.” It is great because it shows you exactly where you are and what direction you are heading on the map with a blue dot and arrow. Google Maps also can automatically set the destination or start point as the location that you are at without having to input an address. Another great app for the Blackberry is the free app Poynt. Poynt is used to find local businesses, compare gas prices, look for restaurants, and even give you a list of the top ten movies in theatres, among other things. The free Sudoku app is also an excellent app for the Blackberry. Robb Dunewood of Rimarkable.com says “Sudoku is the most addictive game, free or otherwise, that I have yet to play on my BlackBerry,” and I have to say that I agree. Whenever I find myself with a spare minute or two and nothing to do, I whip out my Blackberry and continue the puzzle where I left off last. One of the stupidest apps I have ever heard of is called Enjoy Toilet Paper. The app allows you to virtually unroll a spool of toilet paper as quickly as possible on the IPhone’s touch screen. The absolute stupidest app I have seen is called Cry Translator. To use the app, hold the phone up near your baby as it is crying; the app will then translate the crying and tell the parent to either feed the child, let it sleep, change it, give it a pacifier, or give it a teddy bear or some equivalent. “You can buy Cry Translator for $29.99, but you'll wind up with an app that's essentially a Magic 8 Ball for parenting” says Kenneth Butler of Laptopmag.com. The How Tall app measures how tall a person is by measuring the acceleration due to gravity of the phone after dropping it from the height of the persons head. This app is among the dumbest apps ever created; who is willing to spend $9.99 on an app that requires you to drop your $500 phone from six feet in the air? I think that a good idea for an app would be one that allows the user to sing something into it and the app tells you what note would harmonize with what you just sang. The app would also include something similar to a guitar tuner so that while you are singing into it, you can see what note you are hitting.
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