TiVo's tardy BlackBerry app may look a little barebones—and what BlackBerry app doesn't, honestly?— but it's a far sight faster than the DVRs' mobile web interface, and it's free.

TiVo's approach here is direct and clear: This is a basic scheduling app, for searching for, reading about, and marking content for recording, in situations when you can't get to a computer—though a good mobile app can keep a lot of people away of TiVo's TV interface for good. It'll work with Series2 or Series3 standalone TiVos, and BlackBerrys running OS 4.2.0 or later, and should be available in App World starting this morning. [TiVo]