BlackBerry’s Top Z10 & Q10 App Releases for the Week

Its the Wednesday again which means BlackBerry has put out their list of top app releases for the week. Eikon is getting featured this week along with Unity adding support for BlackBerry 10 in their addons. Many of these we have already covered in the past week but we will cover the others shortly!

Highlights of the Week:

Eikon

Thomson Reuters launched the Eikon app this week for BlackBerry® 10! It is the first financial markets data application to be developed using the native development tools for the BlackBerry 10 platform. The app features a customized dashboard for quick access to the most important data, market-moving news, and seamless list monitoring. It also includes saved news searches with synchronization to the Eikon desktop and a powerful briefcase feature for reading content offline. For a full experience on the Eikon app, head on over to BlackBerry World today!

Unity

BlackBerry and Unity made a special announcement this week enabling Unity’s more than 2 million strong developer community to now publish their games for the BlackBerry 10 platform. Stay tuned for the exciting titles to come!

BlackBerry Z10 Apps:

Games

· Battleship for BlackBerry 10 (Electronic Arts Inc)

Social

· WeChat (WeChat International Pte. Ltd)

Music & Audio:

· iHeartRadio for BlackBerry 10 (Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc.)*

Lifestyle

· ASOS Daily Edit (ASOS.com Ltd)*

Navigation & Travel

· Kabbee (Kabee)*

Publications & News

· CNNMéxico (Grupo Expansión)

Photo & Video

· UVideos (Univision Intactive Media, Inc.)

*Also available on BlackBerry Q10

BlackBerry Q10 Apps:

Sports

· PGA Tour (PGA TOUR)

Navigation & Travel

· Lufthansa (Deutsche Lufthansa AG)

Utilities

· My O2 (O2 UK)

Here are the top ‘must-haves’ apps according to our BlackBerry developers:

1. Battleship for BlackBerry 10 (Electronic Arts Inc) “One of the classic games for EA designed for explosive action! Launch strikes with touch-driven precision. Witness 3D guns blazing and smoke-billowing carriers sinking to their dooms.”

2. 9GAG (9GAG Limited) “I had to nominate this app, the official 9GAG apps for BlackBerry 10 allows for funny gags all day and all night (not to mention it has nice UI).”

3. Evil Era (FloatingLand) “This is a classic game but always interesting.”

4. CNNMéxico (Grupo Expansión) “With this app we can get the latest news and stories about Mexico.”

5. Travel Items checklist (KQSoft Inc.) “Travel Items checklist app make it easy to organize our travel include the trips, to do list, items that you need, etc.”

6. Study Buddy (John Cassidy) “This app is useful for studying because with it we create own custom card to study for an exam, learn a new language, or even build your child’s growing vocabulary.”