The BlackBerry Pearl 3G is the ultimate tool for keeping in touch with friends. But combine its innate messaging skills with some of friend-friendly apps and you’ll never be out of the loop when it comes to social circles. Read on for some social app essentials.
Twitter
Twitter for BlackBerry works just like it does on a desktop or laptop. You send can send tweets to followers and those you follow to let you know what you’re up to and what you’ve just seen and heard at your chosen festival. Create lists among your friends and follow them to find out what’s going on with your friend after the festival.
Read more BlackBerry Twitter tips
Facebook
The current king of social networking websites is available in app for for BlackBerry devices. Use it with the Blackberry Pearl 3G to instantly upload photos to your profile, update your status telling everyone which act you’ve just seen and tag your mates in photos that they’ll get notified to while there.
Read how to send photos instantly using Facebook
BlackBerry Messenger
The ultimate Blackberry tool for keeping in touch with your BlackBerry toting chums. Use it to create chat rooms with multiple contacts simultaneously in real-time. It’s perfect for when you get separated from your festival friends. You can even share photos with each other, even those not at the festival.
Read more about BlackBerry Messenger and how to use it
Snaptu
Snaptu is an all-in one app that corals all your social-networking apps in one place. If you want to peep Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and more in one place you’ll need this.
Read more about sharing festival photos on your BB
LinkedIn
With all the activities besides gigs on offer, festivals are a great place to meet new people. As if being able to add them to BlackBerry Messenger wasn’t enough you’ll want to stay in touch after the festival has ended. And with business social working site LinkedIn available as an app for BlackBerry Pearl 3G a chance meeting could lead onto better and bigger things. It’s the ultimate networking app.
Check out more BlackBerry Pearl 3G hints and tips.
