Cr-appberry
So I’ve been installing apps on my Blackberry and getting a feel for what’s out there. So far, I’m disappointed.
First shot, the facebook app. Hype around the web called this one Blackberry’s big reach for the consumer market. Unfortunatly, the missed the grab.
While the app let’s you do a lot of regular facebook’s functions the interface is clunky and linear. It’s a pain to check mail messages and does not sync with your web based account. So if you log in on a computer after checking messages on your phone, don’t expect things to balance out. I was back on the browser pretty quick after installing this app.
Next up, Gmail. I don’t have much to say about this one yet (I just installed it this afternoon) but I do have 1 question.
Why is big G trying to access my phone book info? And why, when I refuse access, must it crash the whole application and erase the mail I was composing?
Given that I used nearly a quarter of my monthly bandwidth to download these two cr-apps, I’m left saying: I want my bandwidth back!