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		<title>BlackBerry Apps</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosanne Lester</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know, never having spent much time looking at iphone&#8217;s, I never really got what the big deal with the applications was about. And then RIM came out with them. heh. For the record, apps are awesome! I spent a few minutes looking around the store until I found this gem:
 
That&#8217;s right, not only [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You know, never having spent much time looking at iphone&#8217;s, I never really got what the big deal with the applications was about. <a href="http://www.blackberryworld.com/appworld">And then RIM came out with them</a>. heh. For the record, apps are awesome! I spent a few minutes looking around the store until I found this gem:</p>
<p><img style="float: left; margin-right: 20px;" src="http://www.rosanne-lester.com/pics/blogimgs/bbapps01.jpg" alt="Sid Meiers railroad tycoon" /> </p>
<p>That&#8217;s right, not only can I now play games on two computers, a Nintendo GBA and a DS, I can play trip-down-memory-lane-inducing 90&#8217;s computer games on my PHONE. (I used to have the 1998 version of RRT, not the newer 2003 or 2006 versions). </p>
<p>But since I couldn&#8217;t just stop there, I had to see what else I could find on the app store. I&#8217;m kind of broke right now (that whole &#8220;end of semester&#8221; thing and all), so I hunted around for a few free apps, and picked up these two:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.rosanne-lester.com/pics/blogimgs/bbapps02.jpg" alt="Macleans.ca news" /> <img src="http://www.rosanne-lester.com/pics/blogimgs/bbapps03.jpg" alt="weathernetwork" /></p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll find more cool ones, but I&#8217;m definitely going to need to buy a bigger memory card at some point. That will have to wait for awhile though (since I&#8217;m broke). There is a Japanese language app that I really want, since I&#8217;m learning Japanese, but it&#8217;s too expensive for me right now. Otherwise, there are a lot of different things for the phone. Lots of games, music, and news apps, but also some dictionary/eBook type things (which I should probably talk about, since this is technically supposed to be a library blog after all, though its clearly mostly about tech and gadgets!). And, of course, some social networking apps. (Personally I&#8217;m hoping for TweetDeck to get on board). I think it might be neat for libraries to try and make catalogue interface applications some day. I&#8217;ve tried to use my CrackBerry&#8217;s web browser to check out a few OPACs, but it really doesn&#8217;t work out so well (at least not the ones I&#8217;ve tried!). Now, clearly someone with better programming skills than me would have to make this mythical app, but I suppose it could be something to consider.</p>
<p>But, next on the agenda for me is the LIS end of year party! I finally finished my classes yesterday, so expect a post about my library school experience in a week or two. (Still have a few assignments to finish). It seems a bit strange to think I&#8217;m nearly done a master&#8217;s degree though!</p>
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