Top 10 BlackBerry Travel Apps
Got a Blackberry? Well with Thanksgiving and Christmas almost upon us I’ve selected a group of ten top travel apps to ensure you arrive on time and in comfort, take a look at these…
All of these apps can be downloaded by heading to the Blackberry app store – here
DriveSafely
This super safe application reads your text messages and emails out loud so you can concentrate on the road when you’re behind the wheel. Eliminate the temptation to reach for your phone by letting DriveSafe.ly read to you and automatically respond, ensuring that you never miss an email again whilst out on the road. This great application allows you to stay connected, it’s the answer to texting whilst driving.
Free
WiFiCaféSpots
This app helps you find a Café or restaurant with a free WiFi hotspot. It lists more than 14,000 cafes and restaurants with free WiFi in Europe, the US, Canada and Australia so perfect for the keen traveller. The locations of these Cafés and restaurants are stored on your BlackBerry, so that you can find them even without internet access. It also uses in-built GPS to locate all cafes near your current location.
$3.99
Tube Map
Tube Map is a fully functional London Underground application that not only allows you to scroll across the tube network, but provides you with live updates on tubes and stations. It will even calculate the best route between start and end stations and no network connection is required.
Free
XE Currency
Convert 180+ currencies on-the-go with the XE Currency converter by XE.com. With live up-to-the-minute rates, this currency calculator is simple, powerful, and FREE!
Every World Currency
– Access all 180+ world currencies and precious metals.
– Monitor up to 10 currencies at a time.
– Easily switch your base currency.
– XE currency rates are trusted by millions of people.
– Brought to you by XE, the world’s favorite currency site.
Free
Localipedia
Localipedia provides you with location based information – everywhere, everytime!
The location can be automatically detected via Cell or GPS. Of course, you can also enter any address manually. The results are then displayed in a list or on a map.
The connection to the mobile version of Wikipedia enables fast access to detailed background information for all places worldwide.
Free
Telmap Navigator – North America Edition
TelMap navigator turns your BlackBerry smartphone into a fully featured SatNav GPS that stays with you wherever you go. TelMap provides in-car and pedestrian navigation, with updated scrolling maps that give you the best route. In addition, you can search to find local businesses and contact details. Even if you’re not quite sure what you’re looking for, just type in ‘pizza’ if you’re
hungry and it will show you a list of local restaurants.
$49.95
ATW FBO
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Free
iSpeedy – Flights
Book your flights (domestic or international) with over 200 airlines.
View your current and future trips easily.
Sign into our website to edit your personal details, add credit card and frequent flyer numbers, add additional companions to keep that information at your fingertips when booking using your Blackberry.
Free
WorldMate
WorldMate identifies your flight, hotel, and car rental confirmation emails on your BlackBerry and creates a single itinerary with all the details synched to your BlackBerry, as well as the www.worldmate.com website. Once you embark on your journey, WorldMate comes to life guiding you throughout your trip. You will receive pre-trip reminders with weather and flight info, a greeting when you land with directions to your hotel or meeting, and much more.
Free
MyAssist
MyAssist is the premier mobile personal assistant service staffed by experts in everything from restaurant referrals to medical care and travel assistance. Call upon our services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – anywhere in the world, and we will help simplify your life. Our live personal assistants are always here to accommodate your needs. We keep you safe, secure and connected, wherever you happen to go.
Free
Joanne Carter
Joanne Carter is a British photography journalist, editor, curator, and the founder of *TheAppWhisperer.com*, one of the world’s leading platforms dedicated to mobile photography and art. Since its launch in 2009, TheAppWhisperer has become an international hub for artists of all levels to discover, learn, exhibit, and engage with contemporary photographic practice.Built on principles of inclusivity, accessibility, and artistic excellence, Joanne has spent almost two decades championing mobile photography as a serious artistic medium. Through interviews, critical essays, exhibitions, competitions, and education, she has helped shape and document the evolution of mobile art on a global scale.Her work has taken her internationally, lecturing on photography and mobile art at institutions and events including the Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, alongside appearances in the UK and Europe. She has served as a juror for international photography and mobile art awards across Portugal, Canada, the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the UK.Joanne is also the founder of *TheAppWhispererPrintSales.com*, one of the first online galleries dedicated exclusively to collectible mobile art, connecting artists with collectors across Europe, the United States, and Asia.Before founding TheAppWhisperer, Joanne worked extensively in print journalism and photographic publishing, including roles at a paparazzi photo agency and as deputy editor of a leading photography magazine. Her freelance journalism, criticism, and commentary have been published widely in both the UK and the US, with bylines in *The Times*, *The Sunday Times*, *The Guardian*, *Popular Photography*, *NikonPro*, *DPReview*, *Which?*, *Vogue Italia*, *LensCulture*, the *BBC*, and more recently, the *Financial Times*, where her published letters on photography continue to contribute to wider conversations around the medium.Alongside her editorial and curatorial work, Joanne’s own photographic practice has been exhibited internationally across the UK, Europe, South Korea, and the United States. Her work increasingly explores themes of grief, loss, death, memory, and the body.Her current research interests centre on grief, death, and poverty, with forthcoming postgraduate study leading towards doctoral research in these areas.Joanne is currently developing new long-form writing and photographic projects and is available for commissions, editorial projects, speaking engagements, and collaborations.Contact: joannetheappwhisperer@gmail.com)
