Remember last week when I talked about Swoosh Contact and wished it came with more features for that price? Turns out I should have waited a week or so. Via CrackBerry, we learn of an address book application called Xobni. It does the same thing as Swoosh Contact, ranking your contacts by your communication frequency. But it does even more it even rebuilds your entire address book into a more com...

This little hidden feature in the BlackBerry address book can either be your best friend or the beginning of the worst prank ever. For example, I have been having an issue with my device where my BES contacts are duplicated on my device twice. A few quick keystrokes later I can force a re-sync ...

Your BlackBerry address book is boring. It just lists your contacts in alphabetical order, like every other address book on the planet. Wouldnt it make sense to have different organization options? Id like, for instance, to have my address book by default sort my contacts by the frequency with which I contact them. That would make things a little easier. If youre among those who dont think that is...

After a while in closed beta, Iconify is finally released in public BETA. Iconify is a brand new application brought to you by emacberry.com that, basically, lets you create an Iconify Dial Link to any contact of your BlackBerry address book directly on your Home screen. In fact, you can create Home screen icons/links for ...

Loopt for BlackBerry has been updated with a new feature called Tips. The Tips feature is just like foursquares tips. If you want to recommend a good dish or comment on the venue, just leave a tip for others to discover. Loopt is also now integrated into your BlackBerry Address Book, allowing you to see where your friends are. This update also includes general performance enhancements. Do download...

SHAPE Services, announced the BlackBerry release of its bestselling Business Card Reader app for BlackBerry. Business Card Reader makes a picture ("scan") with a BlackBerry camera, then "reads" business card information usingOCR technology and inserts complete and accurate contact details into the appropriate fields of the contact info in a BlackBerry address book. "We are happy to make a New Year...

SHARE Services has a new app that is a must-have for anyone attending conferences such as CES in January. Business Card Reader lets you scan a business card and the contact information is added to your BlackBerry address book. This app supports newer BlackBerry devices such as the Storm, 8900, Tour, 9700 because the app requires a decent camera with auto focus. Business Card Reader even supports F...

YouTube link for mobile viewing Copy2Contact is a simple way to take contact information from emails and store them in your BlackBerry Address Book. In the latest version of the app, you can grab contact and calendar information from SMS, web and search results, and add them directly to your BlackBerry address book and/or calendar. The app will even update existing contacts if a match is found. Th...

We cant think of anyone that couldnt use a personal assistant helping keep track of emails and contacts. Its too bad a living, breathing personal assistant just isnt feasible for everyone. Thats where Xobni comes in. Xobni is a super-charged, super-smart address book for your BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM). The Xobni for BlackBerry app trawls through

RIM has updated all of its Instant Messaging clients for AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, and ICQ. All versions are now 2.5. All of your BlackBerry IM cliets are OS 5.0 compatible and have some new features. Version 2.5 features better integration with the BlackBerry address book. The new IM clients now have conversatio...