Salesforce recently announced Chatter Mobile - a free smartphone app that will bring CRM and social networking together for BlackBerry by year-end. The app is a mobile version of Salesforce's Chatter collaboration service launched back in June, and will allow users to follow feeds related to sales opportunities, top accounts, service issues, reports, metrics, bosses, colleagues, projects, groups and more. Chatter Mobile is likely going to be a success considering around 20,000 Salesforce customers alreaady use the desktop version of Chatter.

MasterCard has launched a free money transfer service app in App World that lets US citizens transfer money from person-to-person from their BlackBerry. The app works by allowing the user to send or request money via their BlackBerry through participating banks and credit unions or when they create a virtual prepaid account through Bancorp Bank. Users can then link their existing debit or credit cards or bank checking account to the new virtual prepaid account and begin sending money via their BlackBerry. The designated account funds the MoneySend transaction, and users can manage and trigger the exchanges through the app.

When you work for a company as large as RIM, a lot of patents get filed that aren't necessarily part of the company's business, but more part of its process. It's also a great way to keep an inflated legal department busy during a lull in leak season.