BlackBerry Files Patents for BlackBerry 10 Keyboard & Toast Notifications
BlackBerry has quite a few innovative user interface elements in BlackBerry 10 including the awesome flick keyboard. N4BB spotted two patent applications for some of these UI elements including the virtual predictive keyboard and the toast notification system. Both were published late last month. Check them out below: HANDHELD DEVICE WITH NOTIFICATION MESSAGE VIEWING TOUCHSCREEN…
Rovio Brings Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons to BlackBerry 10 for $0.99 Each
I am not sure what took so long on this one but Rovio has now brought the classic Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons to BlackBerry 10. These games were available for awhile on the PlayBook and they were finally ported over now. The only one in the collection now missing is Angry Birds…
BlackBerry 10.2 Adding Dark and Light Themes For Certain Apps
Michael Clewley at BlackBerry has confirmed on his BBM Channel over the weekend that BlackBerry does listen (sometimes). BlackBerry is going to allow users to change between a dark and light theme in the following apps: Calendar, Contacts, BBM, and SMS. I am not sure why they don’t allow on all apps but something…
BlackBerry Q10 Shown Off in Sprint’s First Commercial
Now that Sprint has finally released the BlackBerry Q10 they have also decided to release a commercial. Kiavash pointed out the new commercial to us and I have to say I am impressed. I was expecting less with all of the screw ups in the Sprint launch. They actually do a nice job of highlighting…
Circuit Panic is a Game Sure to Shock the Senses
Circuit Panic is a game that came across my email a couple days ago… and since then I have been addictively playing it. It is a different style of game play that keeps you on edge the whole time. You need to manage 3 birds on electrical wires and have them moving from wire to…
HP ePrint Enterprise Hits the BlackBerry Z10
Corporate users on BlackBerry 10 will be happy to learn that HP has brought their ePrint enterprise app to BlackBerry 10. This allows you to print from wherever you are using their HP ePrint Enterprise cloud if your company has it deployed. You can also use the app to search for public locations that…
Fieldrunners 2 Tower Defense Game Back in BlackBerry World for OS 10.1+
Subatomic games released Fieldrunners 2 for BlackBerry 10 (requiring OS 10.2) yesterday and then quickly yanked it. They left us a note that it was pulled due to a quick bug fix they had to issue. Now Fieldrunners 2 is back and it only requires OS 10.1! If you like Tower Defense games I HIGHLY…
BlackBerry Releases BlackBerry Beta Zone in BlackBerry World for BlackBerry 10
Previously in the actual Beta Zone, and now released in to BlackBerry World is the Beta Zone client. Before this app, if not on a Legacy device, you had to sideload all of the new beta’s which was a little annoying. Then you would have to cut and paste the long Keystring in to the…