Dropbox continues to develop its cloud storage service for a trio of mobile platforms: Android, iPhone, and now BlackBerry. Dropbox for BlackBerry has previously been available as a beta has now become available today through a Web download--point the mobile browser to dropbox.com/blackberry.

As with other mobile Dropbox apps, the BlackBerry version lets you view uploaded files on your smartphone, including streaming music and videos. You're also able to upload files, like photos, to your Dropbox account.

There's prompting to add it from your library or to snap a new one. A menu option will generate a link to e-mail to friends. We'd like to see the app make use of BlackBerry's other sharing outlets, like BlackBerry Messenger and social networks.

We should note that the app worked as advertised on a Blackberry Curve 3G for Verizon, but choked on an error on our trusty BlackBerry Bold 9700 from T-Mobile--we're still working with Dropbox on it, but let us know if you experience any hangups. Dropbox for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch is still more advanced, with features to download files for offline viewing, swipe through photo galleries, and open Dropbox files in other iPhone and iPad apps.

Dropbox's enhancements to iOS include support for HD video, interface tweaks, and support for file uploading/downloading in the background. Dropbox for Android comes to the Android Market in addition to a Dropbox.com download. It's now commissioned to support photo galleries and multiple photo uploads, and can automatically push out files to Dropbox from other apps as part of the Android share feature (perform a long press on a file to share it).

You'll need a free Dropbox account to begin viewing uploaded files on each of the mobile platforms. Dropbox gives you 2GB of free storage; beyond that, you'll need to upgrade your account.

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Having turned more than a dozen Dr. Seuss classics into e-book gold, Oceanhouse Media is heading to Bear Country.

The Berenstain Bears and the Golden Rule, The Berenstain Bears Go To Sunday School, and The Berenstain Bears Say Their Prayers are now available in the App Store for an introductory price of $2.99 each.

If you have kids, you probably don't need me to introduce the series. These books are classics; I think I may have read a few back when I was a kid (the first title appeared in 1974). Although a handful of the books have religious themes (including two of the three new apps listed here), the majority of them focus on everyday life lessons.

Like Oceanhouse's Dr. Seuss titles, these offer three viewing options: Auto Play, Read it Myself, and Read to Me. Professional narration accompanies all three, though in Read it Myself mode, it's optional. Each word gets highlighted as it's read--a nice little educational perk that the paper editions can't match.

There's an interactive element as well: when the reader taps something in the accompanying picture, the corresponding word is pronounced--and displayed as zooming text. This is another great learning tool for younger readers.

The apps are designed for both iPhone and iPad, meaning you get full-screen HD goodness if you run them on the latter.

As with the Dr. Seuss titles, I wholeheartedly recommend the Berenstain Bears e-book apps. They're the perfect entertaining and educational diversion for young kids.

While we're on the subject, what other children's classics do you think would make good apps?

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Originally posted at iPhone Atlas

There may be a category of business apps on the iPad, but most people I've spoken with struggle to see how a tablet is currently relevant as a standalone business device the way that a laptop or even a smartphone is. Fuze Box (operated by CallWave) is attempting to bridge the gap with Fuze Meeting HD, a free audio conferencing app for the iPad that joins the company's other mobile apps for iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry.

As with most Web conferencing tools, Fuze Meeting HD has audio and visual components. You can both host and participate in meetings, and can tune into audio via your iPad mic (using in-app VoIP), or by calling into the Fuze-generated conferencing number. Most of the logging-in process is familiar--you'll see meeting times, the host name, and sign-in pins.

If you're a host, you can invite people and add content like locally stored images and documents, and items you've previously loaded into your Fuze library online. Dropbox users will also be able to share files from the Dropbox app on the iPad. Since the iPad has no multitasking, you'll have to temporarily leave the meeting to do so. When your content loads, presenters can use zoom and pinch, as well as a tool that mimics a red laser pointer to draw attention to an item.

There are other useful tools in Fuze Meeting that can manage attendees, like a feature to mute all lines, and in-app use of chat networks like AIM, Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, and Fuze chat, to communicate with or invite attendees. The slide-out side bar also gives you access to your full Fuze meeting schedule and to the application Settings.

While for the most part intuitive for those who know their way around an iPhone app, it did have a learning curve when it came to finding some of the settings and tools. We're also not sure whether pushing a button to address the participants is a benefit or a hindrance. We'd like to see an always-on option at the very least. It also bears repeating that your connection is only as strong as your Wi-Fi or 3G connection.

While Fuze Meeting for iPad worked fairly well during a demo and in-house testing, there are bumps the company can smooth over, and new features that will make the app much more useful when Apple's multitasking and Fuze's other ways to integrate presentation content come into play.

While the app is free, you'll need an account--about $30 per month--to host meetings.

Originally posted at iPad Atlas