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I haven't myself, but I've worked at a company that did. Here's what I picked up: BlackBerry users tend to use their devices a lot and are not afraid to download things.

It's not going to be nearly the same market as the iPhone reaches, so iFart and the like would, IMHO, fail miserably on the BlackBerry. I bet there is money to be made in apps targeting certain verticals where BlackBerries are common. Law, real estate, and investing come to mind.

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My understanding of the ifart/novelty apps is that people with disposable income bought them to entertain their kids randomly for 3 minutes. Why will that be so much less common on the Blackberry? Do people not want to pervert their business device with things so frivolous?

On a business device, usually paid for by the company?

Many companies don't allow their Crackberries to be used for personal crap; iFart and other novelty apps definitely fall into that category.

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