The Blackberry that millions of people are walking around with today has more computing power than the Freedom 7 that Alan Shepard piloted when becoming the first American to travel into space on May 5, 1961. Fortunately for today’s RVer, the Blackberry has a load of great apps to help them navigate their own personal frontier. Here are some that we thought might be of use to an RVer. We’ll let you decide if they have the right stuff.

SitOrSquat
Created by Densebrain Inc.
Price: FREE

This app claims to use a virtual GPS system to find bathrooms anywhere in the world. RV users may ask “Why would I need such an app when I have a bathroom in my RV?” Don’t worry. You’ll thank us the next time you’re desperate at a festival and the line is 10 deep at all the port-a-potties. One online reviewer posted approval of this app saying it has saved his pregnant wife and him twice. He also claimed he “wished the distance was more accurate.” But isn’t that always the case?

DriveSafely
Created by: iSpeech.org
Price: FREE

DriveSafely reads your text messages and e-mails aloud so you can concentrate on the road. iSpeech offers human sounding voices to read your messages so it does not feel like you’re having a virtual conversation with a computer. If BetterRVing had an award for safety through common sense in an app, this would win. We only wish you could choose your own voice from a selection of pre-recorded options. I’d pick Kathleen Turner or Kermit the Frog.

Where
Created by uLocate Communications, Inc.
Price: FREE

This location-based app will help you find things like restaurants, cheap gas, and places of interest around you. The app also offers updates on news, traffic, and weather. Even more, you can also connect and communicate with other Where users on the Where wall. Borrowing a page from Facebook, the Where wall is designed to help friends connect. The price makes this the kind of high-potential app that’s worth picking up and seeing how it evolves.

The Weather Channel
Created by: The Weather Channel
Price: FREE

Get detailed conditions and forecasts, local and national severe-weather alerts, airport delays and more delivered when and where you need it the most. The price is right, but many RVers may gripe that the app does NOT feature an animated regional radar to indicate the weather that lies ahead on the road. Still, this app is handy if you’re out for the day and wonder if it’s going to hail later in the afternoon.

MileageMeter
Created by Mariko Nozaka
Price: $3.99

MileageMeter keeps track of your fuel economy for up to 20 vehicles. Each time you fill up, just enter the odometer reading, the amount of fuel purchased and the price per gallon. The app then calculates your gas mileage and other stats like price per mile, average distance driven per day and when you’re approximate next refill should take place. The compiled data can be exported into your favorite spreadsheet program for your records. You can’t put a price on fun, but if you want to keep track of how much gas it takes, this is the app for you.

Find these apps and more at appworld.blackberry.com/webstore. To read about iPhone applications click here.