BlackBerry Roundup: Google Mobile, Xobni Beta, and Twitterlerts
You know the best thing about owning a smartphone like the BlackBerry? Information at your fingertips. These three new tools are all about information: searching it, syncing it, and tracking it. Take a look:
Google Mobile The latest version of Google's eponymous app brings one killer new feature to the table: e-mail and contact search. Just enter (or say!) your query -- say, a person's name or some text from an e-mail -- and the app will search through the e-mails and contacts on your device.
Twitterlerts Want to see how your brand or product is faring in the Twitterverse? This BlackBerry app lets you search tweets, save your searches for future use, and monitor designated keywords -- alerting you when there's a match (that's the "lert" part). Twitterlerts requires BlackBerry OS 4.3 or later and costs $4.99.
Xobni Mobile for BlackBerry After months of waiting, you can finally sign up for the Xobni for BlackBerry beta. Xobni, of course, is the Outlook plug-in we all know and love. The BlackBerry version promises to connect you with your Outlook contacts while composing messages, sync contacts automatically, and deliver Facebook/LinkedIn info on your 'Berry.
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