I’ve had the Blackberry Storm since it first came out.  It was my second Blackberry (had the Curve prior) and I wasn’t a big fan of the touch screen.  The phone has grown on me though, and I’m starting to find myself doing more on my phone than on my actual laptop.  Here is a highlight of some of the apps that make that possible.  These apps are all gears towards generic day to day/social media tasks on the phone.

As an added bonus, these are also all free application.

Facebook – A little ashamed to admit it, but I do use this app on a daily basis.  Facebook really has developed quite the application though.  I never have to go to the actual website.  Everything can now be down just through my phone, any app that can do that is great in my book.

UberTwitter – Simply the most complete twitter application out there for Blackberry, or any other mobile phone that I’ve seen.  The program is still in Beta, but it is already a very complete program.  I have yet to run into any problems.

Viigo – This app really does more that it has to.  If you want, you can do almost any internet related thing on it.  What I really like though is the weather, sports, and travel sections.  The entire app is easy to use and customize, add in some clear navigation and all the features really don’t seem to get over-crowded.  You can customize each menu and get only the information you want.  You aren’t bombarded by useless information.  This app seems to be able to do multiple things better than most apps do one thing, very impressive.

Pandora – Who needs an iPod? Give me a Blackberry and Pandora any day.  I use Pandora pretty much everywhere now.  I’ve stopped buying/downloading music for the most part.  The free account lets you listen to 40 hours of music for free, if you go over they either shut you down or you can pay $0.99 for the rest of the month (very reasonable).  And I use it at work, home, and when traveling, anywhere there’s a connection.