RIM Going All in for Rugby World Cup 2011 With Apps & Facebook Fun
The Rugby World Cup 2011 is currently going on down under and ends on October 23rd. RIM is one of the official sponsors of the event and they are there in full force and even giving away BlackBerry PlayBooks. They have thrown up a dedicated landing page for their Rugby World Cup 2011 activities at…
Rugby World Cup 2011 Gets Free BlackBerry PlayBook & Smartphone App
I cannot say that I know so much about the Rugby World Cup 2011 but they just released a slick app for both the BlackBerry PlayBook and select BlackBerry smartphones. The app includes BBM 6 integration for the smartphone app to share content, status, and even live match in-app chat. You also get access…
The Stats of a Successful World Cup App – WC2010
First of all congrats to Spain for winning the World Cup. With that said it is not often that developers share the statistics and usage of their BlackBerry apps. Polar Mobile sent us the high level stats on how users engaged with their popular & free World Cup App simply called WC2010. I did not…
Cool Stats on BlackBerry Messenger World Cup Usage Spikes
RIM was kind enough to share some great stats on BlackBerry Messenger usage during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. During the 30 days of the tournament RIM saw a interesting correlation between BBM traffic spikes and World Cup events. Here are some examples: During the final between the Netherlands and Spain on Sunday at Soccer…
Annoy Everybody With Free Vuvuzela App for BlackBerry
Josep let us know about a new app courtesy of Sistman, the developers of BBStation, that will provide you with hours of annoying fun. It lets you celebrate your love for the World Cup and the Vuvuzela by playing the joyous sound over and over again. It will make your next World Cup game that…
ShortcutMe 40% Off for World Cup With Free FIFA Background – $2.99
The awesome ShortcutMe app from Fonware is on sale in celebration of the World Cup. They have a new free FIFA background that they are offering for free on their site that you can use in the app. The app usually goes for $4.99 but until Jun 16th you can pick it up for $2.99…
Free South Africa on BlackBerry World Cup App With Push Notifications
Update: Who knew! RIM is actually promoting this app. They just sent a blast email out to “Get in the game with BlackBerry” using the South Africa on BlackBerry Super App… Jane let us know that July Systems has released a free World Cup app to join the many other apps available for football fans…
World Cup 2010 Content Featured in New Goal.com 3.0 App
Goal.com let us know that they have updated their application for the 2010 World Cup coverage in version 3.0 of their app. This is just in time for the 2010 FIFA World Cup providing you a “2010 FIFA World Cup” edition of the app. Together with Handmark the app features live scores, match details, team…