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PrintJinni Lets Users Print Directly to PostScript Printers from their BlackBerry

Over the years there there have been quite a few printing solutions for BlackBerry but they either required specific software for certain printer companies or a client installed on your desktop. PrintJinni decided to change that up by allowing BlackBerrys to easily print a wide variety of documents incuding emails, web pages, photos, PDF files,…

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Free Junk Call Blocker for BlackBerry

We all know the annoyance of getting junk calls. They come at the most impossible times, and getting rid of them seems almost impossible! S4BB Limited recently released a FREE app to help you with this – Junk Call Blocker. Building on the success of their Hong Kong version, they have now built a free…

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Ekboo Encrypts Your BBM Chats for Total Privacy & Security

I tend to not discuss national secrets over BBM but there seems to be quite a bit of demand for encrypted communications. As we mentioned before BBM conversations are not encrypted but are rather scrambled using a key that is found on all BlackBerrys. Ekboo has decided to take things quite a few steps further…

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Updated: easyChat Google Talk Client Beta for the BlackBerry PlayBook - Free

Update: It looks like the developer has decided to charge $0.99 for the honor of beta testing his app. Not sure why they changed it from the previous free price. I guess good things come in twos. We just mentioned one third party Google Talk client for the PlayBook and now BBNews.pl noticed another one….

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Dev Releases Unofficial Google Talk & Facebook Chat PlayBook Apps

  Update: As Shane pointed out to me you can simply use the native Facebook app to do Facebook chat for free though I still want to see a Google Talk client come out officially. (Better yet Google Maps!) I am waiting for Google or RIM to release their own Google Talk client for the…

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Monster.com Apps for Job Seekers & Employers - Free

EarlySail has released two BlackBerry smartphone apps for those of you who use Monster.com regularly. They have released one targeted at those looking for jobs called Monster Jobs which lets you search for jobs on your phone and get real time alerts. They also released Monster for Employers which gives you the ability to hire…

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BlackBerry PlayBook Gets Another RDP Remote Desktop App via Android Player

I am starting to see the quality of the Android port apps showing up in App World increasing steadily. The latest gem is a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Windows Client (Aka Terminal Services client) for the BlackBerry PlayBook. It runs in the Android Player so you will need to be running PlayBook OS 2.0. This…

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Free VendorTool Offers App World Vendors Mobile Reports & Statistics - Free

  QuiteSimple has released an interesting new application called VendorTool. The free app pulls BlackBerry App World Reports and Statistics for App World vendors on their BlackBerry smartphones. Right now the interface and app are pretty simplistic but the idea is very cool. I have been telling RIM for ages that they need to offer…

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TrapCall Restricted Number “Unblocker” Now Supports OS 7 and 7.1

Some of you may have heard or TrapCall before but in case you have not its worth noting the service. TrapCall is a subscription service coupled with a BlackBerry app that attempts to solve the problem of annoying blocked calls. There is nothing more annoying than sitting in a meeting to receive a call from…

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Free YWCA Safety Siren Offers Canadian Women a Personal Alarm - Free

  Women in Canada should check out the new YWCA Safety Siren app that was released by the YWCA this week. The app targets young women in Canada (limited to Canada only) and offers up health and saftey information. It also offers a one touch button to send an SOS urgent email, phone, and BBM…

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WhatsApp Beta gets upgraded to v2.7.2115, Gets great new UI

WhatsApp messenger has been a BerryReview favorite for a long time, and they just keep making it better. In the newest public beta’s they have been working hard on improving the UI, and making it more efficient as well.  You can snag your own copy of the latest public beta v2.7.2115 here.  A few more…

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Splashtop Remote Desktop HD Released the BlackBerry PlayBook!!! (PC & Mac)

   Splashtop develops a sweet remote desktop tool that works on both Mac and PC’s. Ty let us know that Splashtop has released Splashtop Remote Desktop HD for the BlackBerry PlayBook for a sweet low price. The app lets you remote into your PC or Mac over the internet from your PlayBook. That means you…

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Kik for BlackBerry receives an update, a must get!

Kik Messenger has received an update, that the Kik team labels as a must get.  It is told to have improved performance and increased battery life.  If you are unfamiliar with Kik, it is an app with a lot of controversy behind it,  and one of the best multi-platform messaging apps available for BlackBerry. If…

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ProInsights for the BlackBerry PlayBook 50% Off for a Limited Time

   We told you about ProInsights by Xlabz for BlackBerry PlayBook late last week. In case you missed it ProInsights is a slick app that turns your LinkedIn profile data into bite-sized infographics providing insight into your network. The app extracts the data from your LinkedIn profile and shows you useful nuggets of information through…

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Visualize Your LinkedIn Profile With ProInsights for the BlackBerry PlayBook

   ProInsights by Xlabz for BlackBerry PlayBook is a beautifully designed new app that turns your LinkedIn profile data into bite-sized infographics providing insight into your network. The app extracts the data from your LinkedIn profile and shows you useful nuggets of information through a cool portfolio style design. ProInsights claims to “reads between the…

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Gym Technik Offering Online Personal Trainer with New Premium Plus Plan

Gym Technik likes to stay on the bleeding edge of mobile fitness. They just announced a new Premium+ (Premium Plus) plan for their customers that features an online personal trainer. This upgrade gives you access to a dedicated certified online personal trainer to help you “customize a workout plan based on goals, needs, and access…

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Free Jotsy Document Annotator Public Beta for BlackBerry PlayBook - Free

  Jotsy is a very slick document annotator that RIM showed off during the keynote at BlackBerry DevCon Americas a few months ago. It was scheduled to ship with OS 2.0 and is now coming out in a public beta on App World. The app is built on HTML5 and allows you to annotate documents…

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Free Daily Horoscope App for BlackBerry Smartphones - Free

Astrology is not exactly one of my things but I have a few friends that swear by it. On of them pointed out to me that there is a pretty popular DailyHoroscope app for BlackBerry by Comitic that has almost 5000 reviews and a 4 star rating in App World. The app is free and…

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Learning to type on your New PlayBook? Or feel you’re the Master? - Free

Typing Challenge is game that helps you either get the hang of typing on a virtual keyboard, or can help you prove your skills!  Words will appear on the screen, and fall towards the bottom, you must type the words before they go off the screen.   I know I’ve been using it to practice in…

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Citrix Receiver for the BlackBerry PlayBook Comes out of Beta with v1.0

Citrix has updated their Citrix Receiver app for the BlackBerry PlayBook today. The new update brings it out of tech preview/beta stage with a full v1.0 release. Citrix was even kind enough to offer up a change log for the new update. v1.0 of Citrix Receiver adds: ICA encryption (SecureICA) and SSL, to secure communications…

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