WordPress for BlackBerry PlayBook v2.1.3 Squashes Some Bugs
I have been using WordPress for BlackBerry PlayBook since it launched in February. The app is really an Android port but it works quite well especially in the latest PlayBook dev beta. They just updated the BlackBerry PlayBook version together with the Android source to v2.1.3. Digging through the change log this release includes: Fixed…
Foursquare 5.0 Released for BlackBerry With UI & GPS Improvements
Foursquare has been on a roll with their app updates recently. The latest makes a huge jump from v3.9 to v5.0 with a revamped new user interface. I tried getting a screenshot of it for you but my App World account is acting up. Either way you should be able to test it out for…
Free CleanRead Makes It Easy to Save Articles to Read Later
ReadItLater has been doing this for years but its interesting to see a BlackBerry specific simplified version come out from Mobywan. Patrik let us know about CleanRead which makes it easy to save articles from your BlackBerry Browser to read later with or without data coverage. It also cleans up the web pages to make…
Slacker Adds New Personalize Lifestyle Stations with ABC Content
Slacker let us know about their latest effort to further differentiate themselves from competitors such as Pandora. They just announced a new partnership with ABC to bring personalized lifestyle stations to Slacker with content from sources including Esquire, Car & Driver, Consumer Reports, Popular Mechanics, Complex Magazine and GQ. Topics include Style & Fashion, Cars…
Spotify for BlackBerry Comes Out of Beta for Certain BlackBerry Devices
Spotify has been running a public beta of their BlackBerry app for awhile now and Deb let us know that it is now out of beta. The app lets you listen to your Spotify music but is sadly only supporting certain BlackBerry models on GSM networks. Specifically it claims to support the 9900 Bold, 9780…
Nintendo 64 (N64) Mupen64Plus Emulator for the BlackBerry PlayBook
Nintendo 64 fans can celebrate. We now have a N64 emulator for the PlayBook courtesy of CatalystG. He posted on OSBB about the release of the new emulator (Thanks Mackie for the tip). The emulator is based on the TouchPad emulator by Metricity and works quite well. I finally got a chance to set it…
Evernote For the BlackBerry PlayBook v1.3 Now in App World
After ironing out the bugs that crept up in Evernote from the latest OS updates we now have an official release. Evernote originally pulled the app for the PlayBook due to issues but since then has been beta testing a fix. Well we just heard from one of our friends at RIM that Evernote is…
TalkBox Updates Voice Messenger Beta App to v0.923 (Now 0.930!)
Jason let me know that TalkBox has updated their recently launched public beta of their BlackBerry smartphone client. As we mentioned previously the apps allows you to send voice messages back and forth in an instant messaging fashion. In other words think of it as a walkie talkie service that works cross platform from iOS,…