BlackBerry App World 3.0 is now available for download. This new release makes finding apps, themes and games easier than ever with new channels and an enhanced search. The sleek, new design is quicker to navigate and features rotating banners which highlight the latest and greatest additions to BlackBerry App [...]]]>

BlackBerry App World 3.0

BlackBerry App World 3.0 is now available for download. This new release makes finding apps, themes and games easier than ever with new channels and an enhanced search. The sleek, new design is quicker to navigate and features rotating banners which highlight the latest and greatest additions to BlackBerry App World. Functionality has also been greatly improved with the introduction of ‘My Account’, which allows users to manage their payment options and BlackBerry ID directly from the App World home screen. App World 3.0 users can also look forward to new and improved My World features that help them manage their apps and subscription content while users and developers alike will enjoy the new social sharing tools built right in to each apps, details screen. You can find more information, updates and downloads at http://us.blackberry.com/apps-software/appworld/.

» Browse and Download BlackBerry Apps online

» Download BlackBerry App World for your smartphone

Press Release:

Poynt allows users to pair their BlackBerry smartphone to their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to initiate calls to businesses, add contacts to the address book and more in the United Kingdom

CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire – June 16, 2011) - Poynt Corporation (“Poynt Corp.” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:PYN), a leading provider of mobile local [...]]]>

Press Release:

Poynt allows users to pair their BlackBerry smartphone to their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to initiate calls to businesses, add contacts to the address book and more in the United Kingdom

CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire – June 16, 2011) - Poynt Corporation (“Poynt Corp.” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:PYN), a leading provider of mobile local search services, today announced the launch of their award-winning mobile application Poynt for the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet in the United Kingdom. Poynt’s availability on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet today coincides with the launch of the device in the United Kingdom.

Poynt for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet has been built to take advantage of the enhanced graphics and user interface the tablet offers. Poynt for the BlackBerry PlayBook delivers the same search categories users have come to expect from Poynt. Users can search for businesses, movies, events, restaurants and weather information in their local area. Once users have located their desired listing, they can click-to-map, get directions, view movie showtimes and trailers, view restaurant reviews and book dining reservations all without leaving the App.

As an added feature, the latest version of Poynt for BlackBerry® smartphones allows users to pair their BlackBerry smartphone with their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to combine the convenience of viewing listings on the tablet’s larger display while using the BlackBerry smartphone to interact with the search results. Users can call businesses, add addresses to the address book or add events to the calendar on their smartphone. Mapping and directions can also be pushed to the smartphone.

To enable the connectivity, users pair their BlackBerry smartphone with their PlayBook by simply selecting the ‘Pair with PlayBook’ tab in Poynt on their PlayBook and entering their BlackBerry smartphone PIN. They will then be given a security code to enter under a ‘Pair with PlayBook’ menu item on their BlackBerry smartphone. Once the devices have been paired they will remain paired until the user opts to un-pair them.

“By pairing their BlackBerry smartphone with their PlayBook, users in the United Kingdom can take advantage of integrating two essential wireless devices,” said Andrew Osis, CEO, Poynt Corp. “The Poynt user experience is now enhanced with the larger format of the PlayBook and all of the features Poynt offers on the BlackBerry smartphone. The BlackBerry platform continues to innovate on a global scale with this latest device launch.”

The newest release also includes the ability to share listings with friends via Facebook, in addition to the previously released ability to share listings via Twitter and email.

To enable pairing users will have to download the latest versions of Poynt for both their BlackBerry smartphone and Poynt for BlackBerry PlayBook from BlackBerry AppWorld™ (www.blackberry.com/appworld) or OTA at m.poynt.com.

Via Marketwire

» Download Poynt for BlackBerry devices

» Find Poynt at BlackBerry App World

Today Research In Motion released a new application which allows BlackBerry users to easily create and customize their own BBM avatar. Available in either Girl or Guy editions, Avatar Builder lets you create a unique BBM avatar by customizing facial features, hair styles, colors, clothes and accessories. Once you’ve created your [...]]]>

BlackBerry Avatar Builder

Today Research In Motion released a new application which allows BlackBerry users to easily create and customize their own BBM avatar. Available in either Girl or Guy editions, Avatar Builder lets you create a unique BBM avatar by customizing facial features, hair styles, colors, clothes and accessories. Once you’ve created your avatar you can easily save it to your device, share it with your friends or set it as your personal BlackBerry Messenger image. Avatar Builder is a nice free app from RIM and makes for a great addition to BBM.

» Download Avatar Builder, Guys Edition
» Download Avatar Builder, Girls Edition

Cyber Monday is here and our partners over at the Mobihand store are doing things up right with a 50% off sale featuring 25 of the best selling BlackBerry apps around. This sale kicks off Monday November 29th and runs through Tuesday the 30th.  Several of my favorite BlackBerry [...]]]>

Cyber Monday & Tuesday Mobileheist

Cyber Monday is here and our partners over at the Mobihand store are doing things up right with a 50% off sale featuring 25 of the best selling BlackBerry apps around. This sale kicks off Monday November 29th and runs through Tuesday the 30th.  Several of my favorite BlackBerry apps have made the list (including BerryWeather).  So if you’ve been looking to spruce up your BlackBerry but waiting until the price was right, then there is no better time to find a great deal on some great apps.

Don’t forget you can even send someone an app as a gift.

>> Check out Mobihand’s Cyber Monday & Tuesday Sale

Facebook’s BlackBerry app received an update today, bringing the popular social networking application to version 1.9.0.20.  Facebook’s on-device app allows users to send messages, poke friends, write wall post and upload photos.  Long time users of the app can look forward to several new features [...]]]>

Facebook Version 1.9.0.20 Now Available in BlackBerry App World

Facebook’s BlackBerry app received an update today, bringing the popular social networking application to version 1.9.0.20.  Facebook’s on-device app allows users to send messages, poke friends, write wall post and upload photos.  Long time users of the app can look forward to several new features and enhanced functionality.  New features include support for Facebook Places, a dedicated user inbox and faster navigation with the inclusion of Facebook search.  More about this update and device downloads can be found in BlackBerry App World.

>> Download Facebook from BlackBerry App World

Today BlackBerry App World took a major leap forward by launching an online version of it’s already popular on-device app store.  The new online storefront will offer BlackBerry users the ability to download and purchase apps directly from the website and will allow customers to read and write [...]]]>

BlackBerry App World Storefront Now Online

Today BlackBerry App World took a major leap forward by launching an online version of it’s already popular on-device app store.  The new online storefront will offer BlackBerry users the ability to download and purchase apps directly from the website and will allow customers to read and write reviews, rate products and sync downloads directly to their smartphones.  Head on over to the new online version of BlackBerry App World to see more of what’s new.

>> Visit BlackBerry App World

Today RIM announced that BlackBerry developers will now be able to integrate various functions of the BBM service into their applications including chat capabilities, content sharing, and invitations. This new ability to access BlackBerry Messenger’s unique social platform will allow developers to design their apps to not only function [...]]]>

BlackBerry Messenger App Integration

Today RIM announced that BlackBerry developers will now be able to integrate various functions of the BBM service into their applications including chat capabilities, content sharing, and invitations. This new ability to access BlackBerry Messenger’s unique social platform will allow developers to design their apps to not only function for one user on one device but to build apps that encourage sharing on a multitude of levels. Some of the more intriguing BBM functionality accessible to developers through the BBM Social Platform include:

• Contact list – allows users to choose from their BBM contacts from within another application in order to initiate social interactions such as chatting or initiating game play
• BBM user profile – an application can insert application status updates into the user’s BBM profile allowing it to be launched or downloaded from BBM by the user’s friends
• Application-specific communities – users can create BBM friend groups specific to an application
• Data Transfer – allows users to transfer pictures, audio, video and other content directly from an application to their BBM contacts or groups
• Invitations – allows users to invite new friends to BBM, invite their friends to interact within or download an application, and accept invitations, all from within an application

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA–(Marketwire – Sept. 27, 2010) – BlackBerry DEVCON 2010 – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today announced the BBM™ (BlackBerry® Messenger) Social Platform, giving developers the tools to build applications that take advantage of the social aspects of the popular BBM service.

“The BlackBerry developer community has been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to integrate BlackBerry Messenger with their apps. BBM is a very popular service with over 28 million users and opening its real-time social connectivity to third party applications presents incredible opportunities,” said Alan Brenner, Senior Vice President, BlackBerry Platform at Research In Motion. “Access to BBM services from within apps will revolutionize gaming, enhance multimedia experiences, and add a new dimension to location based applications.”

Developers will be able to integrate various functions of the BBM service into their applications including chat capabilities, content sharing, and invitations. For example, users will be able to invite their BBM friends to join them in a game and then chat with one another while the game is being played.

Other BBM functionality accessible to developers through the BBM Social Platform includes:

• Contact list – allows users to choose from their BBM contacts from within another application in order to initiate social interactions such as chatting or initiating game play
• BBM user profile – an application can insert application status updates into the user’s BBM profile allowing it to be launched or downloaded from BBM by the user’s friends
• Application-specific communities – users can create BBM friend groups specific to an application
• Data Transfer – allows users to transfer pictures, audio, video and other content directly from an application to their BBM contacts or groups
• Invitations – allows users to invite new friends to BBM, invite their friends to interact within or download an application, and accept invitations, all from within an application

Through the BBM Social Platform, RIM is providing the BlackBerry developer community with the opportunity to leverage the power of BBM in their own applications in order to help drive loyalty to their applications through social and community interactions, as well as increase discoverability of their applications through peer communications and referrals.

Several BlackBerry® Alliance members are already testing the BBM Social Platform as part of an early access program.

“Kik is all about sharing, buying and experiencing music on a mobile platform, so integrating with BBM will deliver huge value to our users,” said Kik CEO Ted Livingston. “Kik users will be able to connect with friends and colleagues to discover and share music, the experience will be much more intimate through BBM.”

“With the new BBM Social Platform we will be able to build a ground breaking social eReading experience,” said Dan Liebu, Chief Technology Officer at Kobo. “We expect to increase engagement as Kobo users share their reading and shopping experiences in real-time.”

“The BBM Social Platform will allow us to bring innovative social features to our games that get friends playing together. Making social connections is a cornerstone to successful casual gaming, and with BBM integration, our fans will be able to easily connect with their friends to compete or cooperate,” said Nick Tremmaglia, Product Manager THK Live, Magmic Games

“The integration of BBM functionality into our leading sports app will be a game-changer for ScoreMobile,” says Benjie Levy, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Score Media Inc. “We expect that embedding key BBM features will deepen user engagement, lengthen visit sessions, and help virally grow ScoreMobile’s user base.”

“Telmap’s search, mapping and navigation solutions have been a huge success in recent years and have proven to be extremely popular with BlackBerry smartphone users. We are proud to be one of the first application developers to integrate with BBM, as we strongly believe that the combination of a community together with Telmap’s expert location capabilities and BBM’s best-in-class messaging solution, will result in a winning offering,” said Motti Kushnir, Telmap CMO.

The BBM Social Platform is expected to be available in the spring of 2011.

Quick Links:

http://www.blackberry.com/developer/bbm

For RIM insights into developing for the BlackBerry Platform, visit http://devblog.blackberry.com or follow @blackberrydev on Twitter.

Visit the BlackBerry Developer Zone at www.blackberry.com/developers for the latest news, information and updates for BlackBerry developers leading up to the conference and throughout the year.

Also, visit the new BlackBerry Developer Video Library at www.blackberry.com/go/developervideolibrary to view a variety of instructional videos.

Sign up for the BlackBerry Developer Newsletter at http://na.blackberry.com/eng/developers/resources/newsletter.jsp.

Heads up BlackBerry fans, BerryWeather (the best weather app ever made) is Mobihand’s Deal of the Day! This is one of the few premium apps out there that I refuse to let my BlackBerry go without and today only you can pick it up for 50% off ! [...]]]>

Deal of the Day - BerryWeather

Heads up BlackBerry fans, BerryWeather (the best weather app ever made) is Mobihand’s Deal of the Day! This is one of the few premium apps out there that I refuse to let my BlackBerry go without and today only you can pick it up for 50% off ! If you’ve been waiting to purchase this app because of the price tag or have been using the awesome free version and are just ready to upgrade, than today is the day to do it.

BerryWeather features include:

• NO SUBSCRIPTION!
• Current conditions including “Feels like” temperature, wind, pressure, dew point, humidity.
• 7-day forecast with high/low temperature and precipitation probability
• 24-hour forecast with temperature, precipitation probability, wind and humidity
• Easily switch between 7 different views (Today, Today with Daily Forecast, Today with Hourly Forecast, Full Daily Forecast, Full Hourly Forecast, Compact Daily Forecast, Compact Hourly Forecast)
• ANIMATED RADAR MAPS (for US Locations only, add a custom radar map for international locations)
• Track your location via GPS/CELL TOWER LOCATION so you always know the weather where you are. (Cell location for GSM devices only. GPS does not work for non-Storm devices on Verizon due to carrier restrictions)
• Replace the default BerryWeather radar maps for any location with your preferred weather service’s radar maps!
• Sunrise/Sunset times and moon phase
• Weather advisory notifications, SUPPORT FOR CUSTOM LED COLORS VIA BERRYBUZZ
• Customizable homescreen icon showing current conditions
• Customizable homescreen wallpaper showing current conditions (OS 4.7 and higher)
• See your current weather as a homescreen wallpaper, includes many customization options
• Support for different themes (Widgets, Simple and Simple Dark)
• Customizable background wallpaper
• Customizable font size
• Customizable icon size
• Smooth animations

>> Download BerryWeather here via our Mobihand powered shopping cart

Here’s a bit of good news for WordPress bloggers on the go. The WordPress for BlackBerry app has been updated to version 1.4.1. This latest update which is defined in the release notes as a ‘bug squashing’ release, fixes several small but annoying issues found in the last version. Check out [...]]]>

Wordpress for BlackBerry

Here’s a bit of good news for WordPress bloggers on the go. The WordPress for BlackBerry app has been updated to version 1.4.1. This latest update which is defined in the release notes as a ‘bug squashing’ release, fixes several small but annoying issues found in the last version. Check out the fixes below.

• Fixed empty title issue for those blogs with “Site Title” field set to empty value.
• Fixed an issue on the comments screen that doesn’t permit editing of comments with weird characters within URL or e-mail field.
• Introduced a better integration with the VideoPress service and the WordPress.com Space-Upgrade option.
• Added support for blog shortcut icon.
• Minor bug fixing.

If you’ve already been using the WordPress app on your BlackBerry these bug fixes will likely be greatly welcomed. Or If your already a WordPress blogger but new to the WP for BB app or mobile blogging in general, than there is no better time to check out this great free app and take your favorite blogging platform everywhere you go.

>> Download the WordPress for BlackBerry app, from BlackBerry App World

>> Download WordPress for BlackBerry directly to your device via OTA

Heads up devs, the latest webcast for BlackBerry Developers takes place tomorrow afternoon and will focus on the development possibilities of the new BlackBerry 6 operating system and RIM’s newest device, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone.

Talking points of this webcast include: