As I have stated in another thread, the native apps for BB are superior to any 3rd party apps out there in my opinion. I will concede that they are not as 'techno' as some but when you bypass the native apps on a device and start using 3rd party's, you lose a certain amount of the intended features. Case in point... Opera Mini. OM is a neat/cool browser, however it cannot be set as the default browser which means when you click a link the native browswer opens, not OM. Also, you can't use the T/B shortcuts for top and bottom, etc. These are just a few examples but there are many others.
