Allow me to try to make things a little less painful:
Replacement for SplashID
Dynoplex has a program called
eZcase. If you want something free and no-frills, the Password Safe built into BlackBerryOS4 can do the job. However, eZcase is more full-featured.
WorldMate Features
Send an email to the WorldMate people and ask if the features are planned. If not, try using a spreadsheet for packing list and conversions. I actually keep my Packing List in either a spreadsheet (XLS) or text file (TXT). The dynoplex eCell spreadsheet supports macros, so something can be whipped up to automatically do conversions, if required.
Lack of SD Card
One of the ways to bypass lack of SD card is to use the
Dynoplex eFile (free) which provides a filesystem for BlackBerry ... which also has the ability to connect wirelessly to network storage (extra cost).
Another trick to keep in mind: Did you know you can even have tons of attachments (i.e. 1 gigabyte in your Inbox): The email attachments are only downloaded on demand, and are automatically downconverted 'on the fly' (i.e. images automatically scaled down before wireless transmission to your BlackBerry). So you can take advantage of the fact that the BlackBerry keeps most of the email data server-side, so that you can access a gigabyte of emails, with just a 32meg BlackBerry.
Email Program
Try to use the Email built into your BlackBerry. Configure your BWC website (via the Desktop PC) to create separate folders for separate email accounts. However, if you are not allowed to use BWC, or you don't like BWC for handling your POP/etc emails, then there's Reqwireless Emailviewer at
http://www.reqwireless.com ... It is not nearly as good as SnapperMail. It does the job for POP and IMAP. Someone needs to write very good third party POP client for the BlackBerry, I predict this will happen by this summer now that BlackBerries are rapidly becoming more and more popular (and finally more developer friendly too).
RSS Reader
Yep, there's a few RSS readers now, including
NewsBerry and
Berry BlogLines .... Or you can use a web-based RSS reader such as
Bloggo.
Database
I think I heard of one, but I can't find it yet. At worse, you can use a spreadsheet since they're very flexible, and with a Dynoplex suite, you can copy XLS files to your BlackBerry using eFile for eCell to read.
BlackBerry Music
Not yet. Probably not on model 7290. Unfortunately, the BlackBerry cannot yet be used as a music player.
(Exception: This may be possible in the future on the model 7100 though since it supports ADPCM, and software could theoretically convert MP3 into ADPCM on the fly -- as well as future BlackBerries, as RIM generally add features gradually, as long as they do not interfere with security)
And of course, you have probably seen my BlackBerry FAQ, including
Instant Messaging FAQ,
Killer Software and
PowerToys.
Forced to BB from Treo... Missing Palm Programs
