Here’s a list of the top 5 BlackBerry Apps that every Storm user should have on their smartphones. The list may apply to some non-Storm BlackBerry users as well. Sure, there are a few important apps that didn’t make this list, but the ones on it are the most essential.

1. BlackBerry App World

First off is BlackBerry’s application download center. Although the release of this application by BlackBerry turned out to be quite the downer, having collection of most BlackBerry apps in one place is the true bright spot. Yes, the navigation can be god-awfully slow and the organization is truly chaotic, but it’s a one stop shop if you know what you’re looking for and if you’re patient, you can find some neat apps. It’s nice to peruse the top 25 downloads occasionally, too, just to see if anything new is popular. From newbie to veteran, this should be the first thing on everyone’s phone.

Download – go to http://blackberry.com/appworld on the BlackBerry browser.

2. Viigo

For the web surfer, and face it, what BlackBerry user isn’t, there’s Viigo. Viigo is a free RSS feed reader. Every website (well, every site that knows what they’re doing) has an RSS feed. From sports stories to stocks to blogs to podcasts to craigslist, if it’s on the web, most likely, it’s tied to an RSS feed and most likely, it can be added onto Viigo. I like to add the rss feeds onto my account from their website; it’s much easier that way, but you can do it from inside Viigo.

Viigo can also subscribe to twitter, get sports standings, get flight information, weather repots… and the list goes on.

Download – search Viigo in BlackBerry App World… or download it from www.viigo.com/download on your BB Browser. I find the BlackBerry App World version tends to lag behind on the updates.

3. Poynt or Where

Using the internal GPS on the BlackBerry Storm, Poynt can find local movie theaters, businesses, restaurants, etc. It can display movies playing in the closest theaters, the times, the distances, reviews, trailers, and can even buy the tickets. It can send the address to BB Maps or Google Maps to give directions too. I prefer Poynt over Where just because it’s pretty and is one of the few apps I can say, wow, this looks nice.

Download – search Poynt in BlackBerry App World.. or go to m.mypoynt.com/ota on your BB browser.

4. QuickPull

Instead of having to open up the battery cover and removing then replacing the battery to do a battery pull (the process is even more tedious if you have a cover), BlackBerry Storm users can use QuickPull. The big plus about this app is that it can be scheduled to run once a day. I have mine set to run at 5 in the morning. What this does is essentially reboots my phone to make it fresh when I wake up in the morning. Memory leaks are a pretty large issue on most BlackBerry but this brings the phone back to square one. This may fix some people’s slow phone issues.

Download – Find it in BlackBerry App World

5. Vymail via YouMail

There’s Visual Voicemail from Verizon… a 3 dollar a month subscription. And there’s YouMail… it’s free! This service saves voicemails as sound files and can be saved and listened to individually. No more pressing voicemail codes. No more pressing 7 to delete or 9 to save. No more having to wait through a whole bunch of voicemails to get to the last important one. YouMail seperates all of them for you.

First, sign up at youmail.com and follow the directions to set it up. (This process can be tedious). On the website, it’ll keep track of your missed calls (that went to the voicemail) and you can set up specialized greetings for specific groups of people.

YouMail has their own BlackBerry app but it can be buggy or ad-filled. Instead, use VyMail. It’s simple and ad-free. The app downloads each voicemail to listen to whenever they’re needed.

Download – go to http://www.joekrill.com/vymail/ota/ using your BB Browser.

Honorable Mentions

Google Maps – it’s a battery killer if kept on but there’s no easier way to find local real-time traffic maps.

UberTwitter or TwitterBerry or whatever Twitter client – BlackBerry smartphones are made twitter and there’s really no easier way than Twitter to get quick and somewhat personal updates from people that you don’t even know and others that do.

Opera Mini or Bolt – I use Opera Mini for very large websites because the browser can render it pretty fast.

Slacker or Pandora – Somewhat of battery killers but essential if you want free, practically ad-free music streaming 24-7.