How to Get Free BlackBerry Software is a page focusing on the wealth of resources to improve your experience when using your BlackBerry. Just to clarify, the BlackBerry is a family of mobile e-mail and smartphone devices. These have been developed by Canadian company, Research In Motion, often abbreviated to (RIM).

Each BlackBerry device comes pre-loaded with a variety of software packages. Most users find though that there experience can be considerably improved by downloading additional software. Some of this software is fee paying and requires the use of a license. If users look though there is a wide variety of high quality open source/freeware Blackberry software available for download.

There are different types of BlackBerry devices. The free BlackBerry software within this guide is designed to work with the entire family, which is listed below:

• BlackBerry Bold Series
• BlackBerry Curve Series
• BlackBerry Pearl Series
• BlackBerry Storm Series

This guide concentrates on providing you with all the information you will need to know to heighten your BlackBerry experience through the use of free downloadable software.

This guide is split into 3 steps, these are listed below:

• Step 1: Types of Free BlackBerry Software – An analysis of the types of free software for the BlackBerry which can be downloaded from the Internet
• Step 2: Methods of downloading free BlackBerry software – Methods of downloading the software are provided
• Step 3: Free Blackberry Software download websites – A variety of free BlackBerry software download websites are provided

In step 1, we investigate the various types of free BlackBerry software available to users on the Internet. We list the software types by genre and state some sub-groups and provide a couple of example pieces of software to download:

BlackBerry Themes http://software.crackberry.com/platformMain.asp?platform=5§ion=themes&category=470 - A BlackBerry theme enables users to customize their Blackberry Smartphone to their preferred theme. This is achieved with custom items such as wallpapers, ringtones, icons, and full screen layouts. A theme normally refers to a packaged set of items relating to a subject. For example, the Blackberry Dallas Cowboys theme containsDallas Cowboys wallpaper along with matching ringtone and icons.http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/6198 BlackBerry Ringtones http://software.crackberry.com/platformMain.asp?platform=5&Category=469 - BlackBerry Ringtones are downloadable music and a variety of sound effects for your BlackBerry device. Ringtones are normally split into sub-genres. A usual list to select from would include: Alternative Rock, Blues, Christmas, Classic Rock, Classical, Comedy, Contemporary, Country, Easy Listening, Famous Quotes, Hip Hop/Rap, International, Latino, Movie & TV Quotes, Musical, Oldies, Other, Pop, Pop/Rock, R&B, Rap, Reggae, Religious, Rock, Sound Effects and Techno

BlackBerry Wallpaper This is simply a picture or design, which is displayed on the background of your BlackBerry. This typically is included within a theme, but can also be acquired separately as just wallpaper. This is more frequent when you try to obtain the downloads for free. There are many types of wallpaper, too many to list. Wallpaper can be anything, which users would like to display as their background. BlackBerry Applications http://software.crackberry.com/homeSoftware.asp These are a variety of software applications, which can be downloaded to enhance the enjoyment of your BlackBerry. This guide excludes games, which are a type of application as these are listed separately. Example application genres include Contact Management, Databases, eBooks, Fonts, Icons, Information, etc and many more

BlackBerry Games http://crackberry.com/crack-team/blackberry-games These are simply games of various types, which can be played on your BlackBerry. Examples of genres include Action Games, Card Games, Puzzle Games, Strategy Games, Arcade Games, Combat Games, Board Games and Sports Games.

In Step 1 you will have learned the different genres of free BlackBerry software that are available. In step 2, a wide variety of methods are discussed which enable software to be downloaded to your BlackBerry. These methods are listed below:

1. Direct from your own PC –
   1. If the software is already on your computer, you can install to your BlackBerry from there. First of all, install an SD memory card, turn the mass storage on, "drag and drop" the software from your computer to the SD memory card
   2. Receive your software by e-mail and apply them to the SD memory card
   3. Transfer the software by Bluetooth from other devices - The BlackBerry is a fully Bluetooth-compatible device. Bluetooth is a wireless messaging system that lets you connect any Bluetooth enabled Cell phone to other Bluetooth enabled PC's, Headsets, Car kits, etc.
   4. Obtain software from free BlackBerry software websites. Software is available from many sources, this is discussed in detail in step 3

Once the software is on your computer from any of the above sources you can then download. Connect your BlackBerry to the SD Memory Card on the computer and transfer your software from your computer to your BlackBerry

1. Via a 3G uploader service - There are numerous free "3G Uploader" services available on the Internet. The process is to save your software onto the 3G Uploader website. You will then be provided with a temporary URL. You then navigate to the temporary URL with your BlackBerry's internet browser, from here you can download the free software. Some example services are:
   1. PCS Phone Toneshttp://www.pcsphonetones.com/
   2. 3G for freehttp://www.3gforfree.com/web/

Now that you learned in Step 2 the various methods of downloading free BlackBerry software from your computer to your BlackBerry in step 3 sources of software are provided.

There are a large variety of free BlackBerry software download websites available on the internet. Some are more specialist than others but all of the websites below offer free Blackberry software. N.B. Be careful, most of these sites intersperse free software with chargeable software.

Sources for Free BlackBerry Themes are:

1. Agorics http://www.agorics.com - A wide variety of free and chargeable software for the [[BlackBerry]
2. Blackberry Application Store http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/business/ Probably the largest selection of BlackBerry Software available. This is the official store operated by Research in Motion, [[[RIM]] – manufacturers of the BlackBerry
3. BlackBerry Freaks http://www.blackberryfreaks.com/ A large selection of BlackBerry software and themes available for free
4. BlackBerry Freeware http://www.blackberryfreeware.com/ A very large selection of BlackBerry software available. Everything in this sited listed is available for free
5. BlackBerry Software list http://www.blackberrysoftwarelist.net/ A relatively small but interesting list of free BlackBerry software downloads
6. Crackberry http://software.crackberry.com - Around 300 items of free BlackBerry software available for download from CrackBerry.