Thursday, June 18, 2009

Best and worst of BlackBerry App World; Feds: IPv6 is a priority; It's the Internet, stupid

Feds: IPv6 is a priority; It's the Internet, stupid
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The Best and Worst of BlackBerry App World

Research in Motion's new BlackBerry store, called Blackberry App World, lets you buy and download any of a few hundred applications without connecting to a PC or creating a special account (it relies heavily on PayPal). What's worth getting -- and what's not? Here's a collection of five cool BlackBerry apps and five clunkers. Read full story

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