Fixmo Web Messenger Comes Out Of Beta
In case you missed it back in May when it was released in beta form Fixmo Web Messenger is now available to all. Fixmo Web Messenger lets you BBM through your phone from any PC or Mac with Flash installed. Its a pretty slick service and they have added some nice feature since the…
RIM Returns Free Avatar Builder Apps to App World in v1.0.1
In an odd turn of events RIM pulled the really slick Avatar Builder apps from App World less than 24 hours after they were released. I was hearing it was for a legal issue and it looks like @CrackBerry was hearing the same thing. In case you were wondering this is exactly what I…
Updated: BlackBerry Messenger 6.0.0.88 Leaked
UPDATE: We have learned that this beta update has some serious bugs including the removal of bubble chat view and other issues. @rr_yy and a few others have confirmed that this version is a bit of a downgrade from the previous versions. BlackBerry Messenger v6 has been around in leaked and beta zone availability for…
Distimo Tells You What Words NOT to Use in Your App Name
A friend of mind sent me this interesting blog post by Distimo highlighting what words developers should not use in their application name. They base this on the fact that if you use these words you will not only get lost in the thousands of apps but will also lack any distinction. Personally I…
Notifier Sends BlackBerry Notifications to Your PC or Mac over Wi-Fi
Notifier is an interesting new app to hit App World. The concept of the app is that it sends notifications from your BlackBerry to your PC or Mac from your BlackBerry over Wi-Fi. While there have been apps that do this in the past I am kind of digging the notifications on this one and…
Carphone Warehouse UK Has Some Fun Demoing the BlackBerry PlayBook
With the BlackBerry PlayBook launch this week in the UK the Carphone Warehouse had some fun demoing the device on YouTube. The video is part of their Eye Openers channel so it definitely is not a run of the mill demo. They focus on the gestures but they definitely seem to be having fun…
How to Install Country Restricted PlayBook Apps in App World
Most people who live outside of the US and Canada have usually experienced BlackBerry smartphone and PlayBook apps that are not available in their country. While there are a few drastic things you can do to change that on BlackBerry smartphones there is a relatively easy way to bypass this restriction on the BlackBerry PlayBook….
Free QR Code Scanner for the BlackBerry PlayBook
The PlayBook has not had a proper QR code scanner until now. Chris let me know about a new app called QR Scanner by Tobias Rothe that just hit App World which works very well. Hopefully RIM includes QR code scanning in the PlayBook APIs in the future but until then check out QR…