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While at DevCon I was shown a demo of NBA Game Time and was impressed by watching a game recap on my BlackBerry. The app is really smooth and has some great features like live scores, game summaries, and more. The best part is that the game comes in both a free and $9.99 version [...]
I am not sure how many people still use TwitterBerry but Adam @CrackBerry noticed that they changed their name to OpenBeak. I was just reading the latest issue of Laptop Magazine and even they featured TwitterBerry as the main Twitter client for BlackBerry. I don’t think that changing the name of the app was [...]
I am not a sports fan myself but I have heard of the National Football Post before. They partnered up with Handmark to release a free BlackBerry application for Pro-Football fans. The app gives you real-time access to NFP sports content, news, and information.
Quite a few of you sent in tips about Automattic updating their popular Wordpress BlackBerry client to version 0.9.0.169. They claim they are almost out of beta and I would have to agree with them. Some of these latest new updates are really slick like the ability to upload videos and the new user [...]
We mentioned Urbanspoon’s service a bit back but they just released a BlackBerry app at DevCon. They sent me an email that their new app lets you choose restaurants near you with a sort of slot machine for picking a favorite.
You just hit the space bar or shake your Storm and it will find [...]
Loopt just announced an update to their application that will add some more uses to their free application. The app will now help you find places and people nearby using background location updating. My guess is that it will always use GPS or maybe even cell tower triangulation in the background to find people and [...]
iblipped is a cool little application/service spotted by Adam @Crackberry that aims to create a user generated coverage map. They provide a free application that measures coverage while using your GPS to find your location. This way they plan on creating a user generated coverage map like you can find at www.iblipped.com.
The app runs [...]
Here is another update from Google but this time it is a bit confusing. When you head to m.google.com/mail it says the version available is 2.0.6 but if you hit the download button it gives you v2.0.7.
Jason let me know about this update on his BlackBerry 9700 and I confirmed this on my AT&T [...]
Looks like Google just put up a quick bug fix for Google Maps. Josep let me know that you can now download Google Maps v3.2.1 from Google’s website. In typical Google fashion there is no change log so its time to play guess what Google fixed!
You can download the update at m.google.com/maps
The team at Widgetlabs let us know that the Vodafone Update Twitter & Facebook client we told you about before has been updated to version 2.0.1. Its a pretty solid Twitter client, though not the most powerful, but its nice to have options.
The new version 2.0.1 adds:
Copy & Paste
AutoText
BIS Connections
We mentioned Aloqa a bit back when it was in beta but it was limited to the Curve 8900 and Bold 9000. Now the app is out of Beta and is available for a broader range of devices including the Tour, 83XX series, 88XX series, 87XX series, and 8520. The app is now also feeding [...]
Slacker let me know that Verizon has preloaded all their Storm2’s with a link to download Slacker. Looks like that little partnership is going well for both Verizon and Slacker. Bla1ze also spotted an update for Slacker to version 2.0.91 which sadly does not have a change log.
Still I wish Slacker would finally release an [...]
Tom let me know that App World has been updated by RIM to version 1.1.0.23. I am not updating myself since the last update bricked my BlackBerry but if you use App World regularly it may be worth it.
You can pick it up OTA at www.blackberry.com/appworld
Luis let me know about Vodafone Update which is a slick Twitter and Facebook client for the BlackBerry Bold 9000 & BlackBerry Curve 8900. The app kind of reminds me of SocialScope and looks quite good. It will not replace the BlackBerry Facebook client but the Twitter functionality is pretty cool. I guess it [...]
BerryBuzz has been renamed BeBuzz to get into the App World due to RIM’s ridiculous policies where they think they own the word Berry. Adam @CrackBerry spotted BeBuzz Free edition which gives you a smaller feature set of the full BeBuzz application for free. For example it lets you customize the LED color and [...]
NightFire let me know about this free app called Kisses that looks pretty cool. With all the talk about spyware on BlackBerry I thought it would be worth mentioning. While all of this spyware requires somebody to install an application and accept 3-4 security warnings it may still be a concern for some people.
Kisses [...]
It has been awhile since the last Pandora update and this one is focused on OS 5.0 users. Sunkast@BBOS caught wind that Pandora has been updated to version 1.1.2. This fixes the issue where towards the end of a song Pandora would freeze and not move to the next song on OS 5.0.
From Pandora:
Good news [...]
Hotness! RIM has just released the BlackBerry Developer Conference Mobile Guide. The app was made by a unknown developer, Sweet Caesar Inc., which is interesting but it looks great. I hope to make it to the developer conference so I will definitely be checking this out! Let me know if you are coming too and [...]
The very useful, popular, and free BBSAK software has been updated yet again by RIMGeeks to version 1.7.0. This new version adds auto updates and a couple other fixes includes speed tweaks. In case you don’t know BBSAK is useful for accessing some of the more complex Javaloader.exe features like backing up your 3rd [...]
DavidB let me know about these two little applications that really kind of scare me. The BlackBerry is pretty impenetrable to attacks but software can be installed on a BlackBerry to let you do some pretty scary stuff.
For example, there is a FREE application called PhoneSnoop that lets you dial into the infected BlackBerry [...]
