Top 10 Free BlackBerry Apps – Color ID, Facebook & Slacker Radio Emerge

The last three weeks, I’ve listed the top 10 free downloaded BlackBerry Apps, per BlackBerry App World.  This is an ongoing series that I’ll be publishing weekly. All Apps that I list are those that I personally download and try on my BlackBerry Storm. I keep many of the Apps, but discard those I don’t care for. The description is quoted from the BlackBerry App World description. I continually update the most current version of software, along withh the ratings, reviews and size of the App.

Let’s take a look at the current Top 10 BlackBerry Apps, as of  September 5, 2009. From last week’s listing, you’ll find that Ka-Glom, XENOZU YouTube Player and Viigo for BlackBerry have dropped out of the top 10, while Slacker Radio, Facebook and Caller ID Free have made this weeks Top 10.

To download these apps, you must first install BlackBerry App World onto your BlackBerry. Visit BlackBerry App World from your PC and enter your e-mail address to have the download link e-mailed to you or visit www.blackberry.com/appworld/download from your BlackBerry Browser. Once you’ve download BlackBerry App World, you’ll have the ability to download Free or Pay Apps from their collection of 1300+ BlackBerry Apps.

10. (6) ScoreMobile for BlackBerry 1.1 (Sports) 4 Stars, 77 Pages of Reviews, 330 KB

“Provide up-to-the-minute sports scores, boxscores, fantasy player stats, betting odds, game previews, recaps, top stories, and league standings. In addition we publish exclusive live blogs for key games. Coverage currently includes: Football (NFL, NCAAF, CFL), Baseball (MLB), Basketball  (NBA, NCAAB), Hockey (NHL), Golf (PGA), Auto Racing (NASCAR Sprint Cup) and Soccer (EPL, MLS)…Personalize Favorite teams and Data Refresh intervals.”

9. (10) QuickPull Lite 2.2.1 (Utilities) 4 Stars, 265 Pages of Reviews, 28 KB

“..A free tool that frees memory quickly by simulating a “battery pull” soft reset. Unlike the red power button on your phone which merely reloads the device, QuickPull will actually refresh the device, freeing up memory and increasing performance!

8. (NR) Slacker Radio (Music & Audio) 4 Stars, 156 Pages of Reviews, 1.5MB

“Listen to all your favorite personalized Slacker stations on your BlackBerry for free! You can listen to over 100 stations programmed by music experts or create your own custom stations right from your BlackBerry. You’ll have detailed artist biographies, full album reviews and more. Best of all, the music can be stored on your phone so you can listen even when you don’t have a connection!”

7. (4) BigTinCan BuzzMe 2.0.7 (Utilities) 4 Stars, 126 Pages of Reviews, 110 KB

“If you want to control the LED color when you receive a phone call, you need BuzzMe. If you want to hear your BlackBerry smartphone ring and have it vibrate at the same time you need BuzzMe. BigTinCan BuzzMe lets your BlackBerry smartphone vibrate and ring at the same time as well as control the color of the LED on your phone. You can even set “disco” mode to have a flashing disco in your BlackBerry when you receive a call. “

6. (5) BlackBerry App World 1.1.0.15 (Utilities) 3 Stars, 46 Pages of Reviews, 906 KB

“Personalize your BlackBerry smartphone with games, social networking, personal productivity applications and so much more. BlackBerry apps can take full advantage of proven features like BlackBerry push technology and GPS to name a few so you can experience apps like never before. Put more of your life on your BlackBerry smartphone.”

5. (2) Poynt 1.4.2.72 (Utilities) 4.5 Stars, 302 Pages of Reviews, 581 KB

“Use Poynt to find people, businesses, movie theaters, retailers and restaurants near you. Poynt uses GPS or cell-site locations to pinpoint you and quickly deliver the information you need whenever and wherever you need it. Find phone numbers and contacts with one click, browse websites and map directions. Plan a night out – book movie tickets and dinner reservations, add it to your calendar and invite your friends. Add listings to your BlackBerry Address Book, add movie and restaurant events to your BlackBerry Calendar, share listings using BlackBerry Messages. Poynt is free and available in Canada, the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.”

4. (NR) Facebook 1.6.0.21 (Social Networking) 2.5 Stars, 188 Pages of Reviews, 1.1 MB

“With Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones, you can..view your friends highlights like status updates, photo uploads, comments and wall posts…check out your friends’ profiles with access to status updates, wall posts, friends and recently added pictures..open recently added photos, entire albums, or tag photos of friends. You can even comment on pictures…Receive instant notifications on your BlackBerry smartphone with tags/comments and post to Facebook with just one click.”

3. (1) Pandora 1.1.1.1 (Music & Audio) 4.5 Stars, 561 Pages of Reviews, 286 KB

“Radio that is personalized just for you, playing only the music that you love. Simply enter one of your favorite songs or artists and Pandora creates a radio station that explores just that kind of music. With your BlackBerry smartphone, Pandora brings an effortless personal soundtrack right to you whenever you want to listen to music.”

2. (7) WeatherEye 1.1.1.6 (Weather) 3 Stars, 208 Pages of Reviews, 934KB

“WeatherEye BlackBerry provides you the following information and allows you to select from any city The Weather Network provides content for Current locations, Short-term forecasts, Long-term forecasts and Warning updates.”

1. (NR) Color ID – Free 1.1.2 (Utilities) 3 Stars, 9 Pages of Reviews, 427KB

“Know instantly who or where an email, sms or incoming call is from just from the colors of the flashing light on your BlackBerry. Assign multiple LED colors for SMS messages, Email and Incoming Calls to SPECIFIC contacts. Assign any one or two colors to the BlackBerry LED indicator. Select from 9 colors and combinations of them: Orange, Pink, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Red, White or none. Multiple phone numbers and email address ability for one color combination. Syncs with BlackBerry address book for easy additions! Easy-to-use interface with preview functionality. Share with a friend feature. Setup wizard for first-time users. ”

So not only is Color ID Free newly listed, it jumped to Number 1, making the biggest climb of the week.  Other big jumps include Facebook  (not previously ranked in the top 10) and WeatherEye, which jumped 5 spots. Pandora and Poynt remain a fixture in the top 5 and on my BlackBerry. I use Facebook, but only occasionally as I’m not a big fan of the BlackBerry App. Color ID is pretty cool, but the free version only allows you to add two contacts.  I no longer use Slacker Radio, as I’m a bigger fan of Pandora. Do you have any favorites that you feel should be included in the top 1o? What are your thoughts on this weeks’ top 10?