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 Note: I just discovered that I never published this, so here you go.

One of my favorite web apps, Google Notebook, recently added a mobile version of its website. Google Notebook is great because it allows you to save web content and other text in an easily searchable personal website. There is a nice Firefox extension that allows to copy info directly into the site. The mobile version doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that the full version does, but it’s huge that you can now keep all of your notes (to-do lists and reference data) on your mobile phone.

To check it out go to http://www.google.com/notebook/m on your mobile device.

via Lifehacker

I really like T-mobile despite the fact that I work for one of its competitors. In fact, I recently decided that I would check to see if I could save money by using the employee rate plan that I am entitled to by my employer, but after I added my Blackberry data plan and a sizable text messaging package, it wasn’t worth the few cents I would save to cancel my contract. Well today I started thinking about a service I signed up for recently, but haven’t used much yet. GrandCentral (recently acquired by Google) is a service that gives you number that can then be forwarded to a number of different places (home, cell, work, etc.). I signed up for the beta awhile back and haven’t really played with it that much since, but today it occurred to me that since all of these numbers presumably come from the same “number” perhaps I could add it as one of “my five” and all of those calls would be included in myFaves. I haven’t tested it yet, but after looking around to see if anyone else had he same idea, it seems that this will work.

Let me know in the comments if this is working for you.

I have been neglecting my Facebook account lately. That is, until yesterday when facebook and RIM released a Facebook app for the blackberry. You can download it here. I really like it so far, though it could integrate a little more with blackberry’s applications. Enjoy!

I would have sworn that I had installed this and tried it out in the past, but maybe I’m thinking of something else. At any rate, Windows Live Search is available now and I think it’s a nice free product for the blackberry. Once you tell the app what city you are in, it will give you directions, maps, movie times and other information. It’s not quite as good as Google maps or Beyond 411, but it’s pretty good. Try it by visiting wls.live.com on your blackberry.

Windows Live Search via Blackberry Cool

I recently ran across Beamberry, which allows you to save various types of attachments that you receive via email, for later viewing and/or printing via bluetooth. My printer does not have bluetooth, but this is shaping up to be a great app for the blackberry.

There is an OTA download available, just visit http://beamberry.com/download on your blackberry browser.

I have tried a lot of software on my blackberry over the years, but the first thing I install when I get a new blackberry is Berry 411. It’s a great peice of software that allows you to do multiple types of searches with opening the browser and going to Google or Yahoo. It also allows you to do a search for a type of business and when you find it, you can call or add the contact info directly to your address book.

One of my favorite features is the option to add 9 custom plugins for search types, including the ability to create your own. I use the standard Weather, Shopping and IMDB plugins that I found on the site, but I created my own netflix mobile plugin that allows me to search directly from the app and then it opens the results in the blackberry browser. Then I can simply add the dvd to my queue. It’s great for searching while on the go.