Not long after OS 5.0.0.533 leaked online for the BlackBerry “Tour2″ Bold 9650, a complete user guide for the 9650 was also leaked. The user guide is 328 pages long so if you want to learn everything about this device before it launches here’s your chance. I guess “Bold” is the device name that will stick with the 9650 instead of Tour2.

• Download via MegaUpload: BlackBerry Bold 9650 User Guide

How’s this for a random leak? It’s happened before as you can see on the BBRocks! OS Page with the 8910 and 9100. OS leaks before a device is released to the public seems like an occasional (but becoming a regular) thing. Can anyone actually use this OS? Don’t be shy .

• Download via RapidShare: OS 5.0.0.533 for the BlackBerry “Tour2″ 9650
• How To:
  • Backup And Restore Your BlackBerry
  • Upgrade your BlackBerry Operating System (OS)

Please report any feedback/findings in the comments.

DISCLAIMER: Install at your own risk. This is Leaked/Beta software that is not guaranteed to be stable, and therefore will not be supported by RIM or your wireless carrier should you run into some problems. As a precaution, if you decide to upgrade, it is highly recommended that you make a backup before using this software. If you are not comfortable using Leaked/Beta software you should probably wait for the next official release. *

• Download via MegaUpload: OS 5.0.0.548 for the BlackBerry Tour 9630
• How To:
  • Backup And Restore Your BlackBerry
  • Upgrade your BlackBerry Operating System (OS)

Please report any feedback/findings in the comments.

DISCLAIMER: Install at your own risk. This is Leaked/Beta software that is not guaranteed to be stable, and therefore will not be supported by RIM or your wireless carrier should you run into some problems. As a precaution, if you decide to upgrade, it is highly recommended that you make a backup before using this software. If you are not comfortable using Leaked/Beta software you should probably wait for the next official release. *

Lots of “coming soon”s for BlackBerry lately. What a bunch of teases! This latest “coming soon” is GyPSii’s new Tweetsii application, unfortunately initially being launched on the iPhone with a BlackBerry version to follow. Tweetsii will allow users to connect, create and share with the power of Twitter.

Tweetsii™ is a radical new way to use social media and the mobile Internet that breaks down the barrier between the real place-based world and the digital world, providing a real time connection between a user’s social graph, places around them, and Twitter. It is a real time app that supports a mobile lifestyle, with user created tweets, images, reviews, comments, checkins, tips, and more. It builds an aggregated real world index of places, not a corporate created index, with updates from Twitter users and location-based services, including GyPSii, Gowalla and Foursquare, among others. All content contributes to a place-based index that delivers real time, mobile, location-specific content creation and search to connect users with the people, places, activities and ideas they’re interested in.

Some feature highlights:

• Streams – View the Twitter world in a new way: the latest tweets from who you are following, see who’s nearby and what people are saying about the area you’re in, hot places, and what’s trending. PlaceStreams provide real time trending and a record of events at location-enabled places.
• Explore – Tweetsii provides an “Explore” feature that utilizes GyPSii’s core PlaceRank™ search technology to combine Twitter streams with millions of place-based points of interest and events. Explore results are based on not only the trends people tweet about, but also the places and events they go to, and their social graph. The places and content come from users, including other networks like GyPSii, Gowalla, Foursquare, and an index of tens of millions points of interest. Users can also search by interests – on everything from bagels to burlesque – for an instant view of what’s nearby and what people are saying about it. Explore results reveal a treasure trove of contextual tweets, photos, events, and points of interest sorted by proximity, ratings and time.
• Location-based Tweeting – users geo-tag tweets, they can easily add a photo and tie it to a location and their Twitter timeline. Check-in and be heard – allows users to “check-in” to places and share their experience, add to an existing conversation about the place or start a new one and check out relevant content around you. It provides an easy interface that helps users tweet, check-in, make recommendations, or send alerts all in a single screen. Tweetsii™ extends the GyPSii vision of user created content, by providing an easy way for users to create their own personal places and experiences, all tied to a location and their Twitter timeline. Tweetsii couples your real-world place-based life to your virtual-world Twitter experience, and brings more relevance and context to the Twitter experience.

Tweetsii is not yet available for BlackBerry devices but you can check out their site and blog at tweetsii.com or the press release after the jump for more info. I’ll also be posting about Tweetsii as soon as it’s available so be sure to keep an eye on BBRocks!

Any thoughts about this application (as it’s described) compared to the ones you use now?

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I’m constantly on the lookout for a good RPG or MMORPG whether it’s a computer or console game. I’m also big into movies, particularly apocalyptic movies, so when I found out about Fallen Earth I got all geekcited. I didn’t get geekcited because the game looks awesome but because Icarus Studios, the creators of the game, has partnered with AFK Interactive to extend their Fallen Earth Mobile Companion to BlackBerry smartphones!

“People have been talking about interconnectivity between MMOGs and mobile devices for a long time, but until now, no one has gone so far as to build an app that provides real-time interaction to this level,” said Jim Hettinger, CEO of Icarus Studios. “Just the ability to chat with members of your clan in-game from your mobile phone is a huge benefit, but this product does so much more than that.”

The Mobile Companion will allow users to chat, send and receive in-game mail as well as:

• Manage crafting queue and craft items
• Access all of the in-game features of the Auction House
• Interact with clan members
• View character profiles
• View the world map

Very cool! The Fallen Earth Mobile Companion will be available for free in Q2 of 2010. If you’re interested in a preview of the app, AFK Interactive will be offering demonstrations at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco March 11th through the 13th at booth 712.

The computer game itself goes for $19.99 (discounted) at fallenearth.com with a free 10-day trial available. For more info visit their site or check out the press release after the jump.

Sidenote: The game might be a bit graphic for some of you as it is rated “Mature”. You’ve been warned .

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The increasingly popular foursquare for BlackBerry application has been updated to version 1.7.0. I found out about the update yesterday and reached out to foursquare for a changelog about what was new, but since many of you are already wondering I figured I’d post about it with my own observations. Here’s what I see that’s new:

• Refreshed user interface
• New icons for the Friends, Places, Tips and More tabs
• New “gold crown” icon to show mayorship (instead of the black one)
• Users’ avatars are now displayed in many of the app’s screens
• Checkin locations now show the primary category icon next to them
• Friends screen seems to be better organized (or is it just me?)
• Probably some bug fixes

That’s all I can find so far. If I missed something feel free to share it in the comments.

To download updated version of foursquare for BlackBerry go to foursquare.com/blackberry/beta from your BlackBerry Browser. For more info about this app you can visit the foursquare for BlackBerry page.

While browsing the web I came across an article on the Telegraph about MySpace’s major relaunch plan which includes mobile applications. In this interview, MySpace’s new co-president Mike Jones mentioned that a relaunch of mobile apps are planned and will be released as micro apps:

Mr Jones also discussed MySpace’s mobile plans: “Mobile is our largest growth segment. We are aiming to release 20 to 30 micro apps in the next year, across the major phone platforms [Android, iPhone, BlackBerry] which will each offer small parts of the MySpace functionality.

“By also making certain APIs available, third party developers can use certain parts of our content to create very specific apps.”

“In the next year” is a bit vague and “small parts of the MySpace functionality” doesn’t sound too exciting, but I’m sure they’ll try to impress since they’re attempting a serious recovery as a top social network.

Any MySpace fans looking forward to these “micro apps”? Does anyone still use MySpace?

Beta 7 of the ÜberTwitter BlackBerry Twitter application has been updated from version 0.963 to 0.970 with some bug fixes and a few new features. Here’s a list of the changes in the new version:

• Java exceptions on device boot – Fixed issue where java exceptions would be reported on device reboot due to lack of permissions
• Opt-out of sponsored tweets – Users can now opt out of receiving sponsored tweets
• Goto User bug fix – Fixed bug where entering a user not in your timeline and then pressing trackball wouldn’t use the text you entered but instead find the closest match from your friends list
• Everyone Near You – Fixed bug where it wouldn’t uses your current location, and sometimes would revert to somewhere off the coast of Africa. Also increased the distance to a 10 mile radius, in the future we will let you select this.
• Mini-Icon Notification – Fixed bug where if the app didn’t have certain permissions not related to the mini-icon, it still wouldn’t show the mini-icon
• Fine-Tuned control of visual notifications – There are now three settings each for the mini-icon and application icon so you can fine-tune the control over how you want each to notify you. Also, the number next to the mini-icon will only reflect the number of new tweets of the type it is tracking. For example, if you only set the mini-icon to track new DMs, then the number next to the mini-icon will only reflect the number of new DMs.
• New short-cut for page-up – Added a new short-cut to page-up in the timeline, pressing ‘0′ (zero) will now page up in the timeline
• Instability when using cell location – Fixed bug that would cause instability in the app when using cell tower location
• 3G Cell Tower Inaccuracy – Fixed a bug in the cell tower location mechanism when 3G towers were being used
• Symbol Screen – Again reworked the symbol screen
• Secure Connection – Changed the default Twitter endpoint so your traffic will travel over a secure HTTPS connection
• Deleting DMs – We now allow you to delete direct messages.
• Constant permissions requests – Fixed bug where every time the app was started it would ask for permissions.

According to the site, this update “is in preparation for a substantial feature upgrade for Beta-8 which we plan to release in March”. I wonder what kind of new features they’ll be packing into Beta 8 and whether it can stay ahead of other BlackBerry Twitter apps.

ÜberTwitter is available for BlackBerry devices running OS 4.2.1 or higher as a free version that is ad-supported or a paid version for $4.99/year with no ads. For more info and to download visit ubertwitter.com.

The free Nimbuzz all-in-one instant messaging application has been updated with support for BlackBerry Os 5.0! Nimbuzz supports many different instant messaging IM account types including Skype, Windows Live Messenger (MSN), Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, AIM, studiVZ, Google Talk, Facebook, MySpace and many more.

Here’s a few of the key features:

• runs in background
• connects you to all your friends
• brings home screen notification
• auto-reconnects
• “Clickable” URL’s

According to the Nimbuzz compatibility list, the application supports pretty much all BlackBerry devices. To download Nimbuzz visit get.nimbuzz.com from your BlackBerry Browser.

via Nimbuzz Blog