All posts related to BlackBerry applications and games.
Apps & Games / by - Mar 1, 2012 9:42 AM
Groupon recently updated their free and official application for BlackBerry smartphones to version 2.5. I’ve used Groupon a bunch of times to get great deals on movies, restaurants and more,…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 28, 2012 2:59 PM
The BlackBerry awesomeness keeps on rolling out of Mobile World Congress! Earlier today I showed you a demo of a document sharing app on BlackBerry PlayBook which was created by…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 28, 2012 2:02 PM
It’s been a while since I’ve done a round-up of specific app types so I figured I’d start that up again with one for photo apps and Instagram alternatives. Those…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 28, 2012 12:07 PM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mTLEb9wG3w&hd=1[/youtube] You gotta love The Astonishing Tribe and what they’re doing on the BlackBerry PlayBook, which will eventually make its way to BlackBerry smartphones. Captured at Mobile World Congress yesterday…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 27, 2012 2:44 PM
It’s always nice when great services launch their offerings for free on BlackBerry. TrueCaller let me know they’ve launched a free app for BlackBerry smartphones by the same name. If…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 27, 2012 9:32 AM
The Foursquare team recently updated their free BlackBerry app to version 3.8 with some new features including Explore filters. Today’s release of version 3.8.1 includes a few fixes but no…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 27, 2012 9:19 AM
Press Release Carriers Experience 120% increase in BlackBerry app downloads Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain - Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that more than 40 carriers…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 27, 2012 9:14 AM
Over the weekend RIM updated BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) to version 6.1.0.71. BBM version 6.1.0.70 was recently officially released so it looks like this version is a quick bug fix but…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 24, 2012 11:53 AM
FEMA recently released some very useful apps that I highly recommend everyone at least take a look at. Their apps are available for BlackBerry smartphones and the PlayBook tablet and…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 24, 2012 10:49 AM
The app updates continue to roll out! Besides for the bunch of updates I’ve already mentioned today and this week, BBM Music was also updated to version 1.1.0.17. This app…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 24, 2012 10:40 AM
Those of you that frequently travel and own BlackBerry smartphones most likely use BlackBerry Travel. Although I don’t travel as much as I’d like to, I greatly rely on the…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 24, 2012 10:24 AM
The free Pandora music streaming app for BlackBerry smartphones yesterday was updated to version 1.1.12. This update is a small jump from version 1.1.11 and only includes minor bug fixes…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 24, 2012 10:07 AM
It’s been a short while since the Blaq Twitter app for BlackBerry PlayBook was updated but the Kisai Labs team is back with a new version which includes a bunch…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 24, 2012 9:24 AM
This week has so far been a great week for #TeamBlackBerry. The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet received the long-awaited OS 2.0 with a bunch of goodies as well as app updates…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 23, 2012 11:30 AM
I’m sure many of you with BlackBerry smartphones who use Google products have noticed they haven’t exactly kept up with their app updates. As a matter of fact, Google never…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 22, 2012 5:12 PM
And you thought the app updates were over for today! Along with updates to Facebook for PlayBook and Facebook for BlackBerry v3.0 beta, RIM also released Twitter for BlackBerry version…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 22, 2012 11:41 AM
Besides for the Facebook for PlayBook update I just mentioned, RIM also released a new beta of Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones in the BlackBerry Beta Zone. Now at version 3.0…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 22, 2012 11:23 AM
More updates for the BlackBerry world! RIM today released version 2.2.1.7 of the Facebook app for the BlackBerry PlayBook. There was no mention of what’s new in this version but…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 22, 2012 8:18 AM
Yesterday I let you know that BlackBerry Bridge was updated to version 2.0 to go along with the PlayBook OS 2.0 update. After updating to Bridge 2.0 some of you…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 21, 2012 11:47 AM
The Automattic team really snuck this one out! Last week I let you know they were planning to release version 1.6 of WordPress for BlackBerry as an app refresh but…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 21, 2012 11:18 AM
RIM today released version 6.1.0.70 of BlackBerry Messenger. Last week’s beta update included a hotfix for several bugs and since this update doesn’t have release notes, we’ll have to assume…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 21, 2012 10:14 AM
The Foursquare team recently updated their free application for BlackBerry smartphones to version 3.8. This update adds Explore 2.0 with fixes to GPS for CDMA users, as well as a…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 21, 2012 8:33 AM
Along with the official release of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, RIM today also released an update for the free BlackBerry Bridge app. If you want to take advantage of the…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 15, 2012 10:23 AM
It’s been a long time since the WordPress team released an update for the WordPress for BlackBerry app. According to a new post at the WordPress for BlackBerry Dev Blog,…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 13, 2012 1:36 PM
Recently, I let you know about a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet offer where RIM would give developers a free PlayBook as a reward for submitting a PlayBook app to BlackBerry App…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 13, 2012 10:12 AM
RIM recently released a new beta version of BlackBerry Messenger in the BlackBerry Beta Zone. According to RIM’s note, the now available beta version 6.1.0.68 includes a hotfix for several…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 13, 2012 10:06 AM
It’s been a while since BlackBerry App World received an update but version 3.1.1.15 is now available for testing in the BlackBerry Beta Zone. The last official update to App…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 9, 2012 10:30 AM
Along with today’s update to the BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing app, RIM recently updated BBM Music version 1.1 with a few new features and support for more countries. The list of…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 9, 2012 10:11 AM
RIM today released version 3.0 (3.0.0.20) of their BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing application. This is a free app makes conference calling from your BlackBerry smartphone a lot easier to manage. Here’s…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 8, 2012 3:15 PM
Last week I let you know that RIM was rewarding Android developers who submit their apps to BlackBerry App World with a free BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. Apparently BlackBerry developers didn’t…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 8, 2012 10:19 AM
S4BB let me know they recently released a free app for BlackBerry smartphones called Junk Call Blocker. As you might have guessed, this app allows you to block annoying phone…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 7, 2012 11:30 AM
Here are some numbers and facts that should definitely entice potential BlackBerry developers. According to The Verge, RIM’s VP of Developer Relations, Alec Saunders, is putting out some impressive data…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 3, 2012 1:42 PM
I’m having a blast gaming on the BlackBerry PlayBook thanks to the SEGA Genesis/Megadrive DGEN, SNES and NES ported emulators. The latest to receive an update is the SEGA emulator…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 2, 2012 11:21 AM
[blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/asaunders/status/165097598624075777″] You read that right! According to Alec Saunders, VP of Developer Relations at RIM, Android developers who submit their apps to BlackBerry App World by February 13th will…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 2, 2012 10:25 AM
Trevor Nunes (aka froggyface) yesterday announced the release of his latest emulator port for the BlackBerry PlayBook, the SEGA Genesis/Megadrive emulator known as DGEN! Trevor is the same developer that…
Apps & Games / by - Jan 31, 2012 11:33 AM
A few weeks ago I let you know that a NES emulator was ported to the BlackBerry PlayBook. GitHub user a7omic recently ported the Snes9x emulator to the PlayBook so…
Apps & Games / by - Jan 26, 2012 10:16 AM
If you’re looking for a worthwhile replacement to the native BlackBerry task manager app, Wunderlist is a great and feature-packed alternative. Besides for being available on Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone,…
Apps & Games / by - Jan 11, 2012 11:44 AM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeGdN5V3PEE&hd=1[/youtube] Things just keep getting better for the BlackBerry PlayBook! Apps and games for the PlayBook are still rolling into BlackBerry App World and now we have an awesome port…
Apps & Games / by - Jan 11, 2012 11:05 AM
Kik recently updated their text messaging application for BlackBerry smartphones. No new features were added in the latest version but if you’ve experienced issues with performance or battery life, you…
Apps & Games / by - Jan 11, 2012 9:41 AM
The UberSocial team today released an update for their Twitter app for BlackBerry smartphones. Now at version 1.304, this update brings a few changes and bug fixes. Here’s the changelog…
Apps & Games / by - Jan 10, 2012 2:49 PM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eb9tKEXRlY&hd=1[/youtube] I just showed you RIM’s preview video for BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 and it looks like they’ve put up another one, this time for updates made to BlackBerry Bridge…
Apps & Games / by - Jan 10, 2012 2:37 PM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r3bFraVcqo&hd=1[/youtube] RIM is at CES 2012 and pulling out all the stops to show off upcoming software releases like BlackBerry 7.1 and BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0. In one of their…
Apps & Games / by - Jan 9, 2012 1:32 PM
Earlier today I let you know that RIM officially announced the rollout of the BlackBerry 7.1 OS. In that announcement RIM also mentioned that a bunch of apps would receive…
Apps & Games / by - Jan 5, 2012 1:50 PM
The Jotsy team released a free beta version of their application for the BlackBerry PlayBook. This app allows users to annotate documents on the go, right on their PlayBook, and…
Apps & Games / by - Jan 5, 2012 1:18 PM
The Kisai Labs team recently updated their Blaq application for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Blaq is a Twitter app that offers a ton of functionality packed into a great design. The…
Apps & Games / by - Dec 27, 2011 12:03 PM
RIM recently updating BlackBerry Traffic to version 3.0.0.389. Version 3.0 was available in the BlackBerry Beta Zone for some time and got a bunch of updates, improvements and new features….
Apps & Games / by - Dec 21, 2011 11:21 AM
Spotify launched a preview beta of their app a few months ago but today officially released it for BlackBerry smartphones. The premium Spotify subscription (required to use the app) offers…
Apps & Games / by - Dec 21, 2011 11:06 AM
It’s been a long time coming but RIM let me know Rovio Entertainment finally launched Angry Birds for the BlackBerry PlayBook! First mentioned at the BlackBerry Developer Conference last year…
Apps & Games / by - Dec 20, 2011 11:59 AM
Last but not least of RIM’s app updates for today is for BlackBerry News, now at version 1.2.0.5. This release was actually released over the weekend and includes Wi-Fi support…
Apps & Games / by - Dec 20, 2011 11:49 AM
Besides for updating the Facebook for PlayBook and Twitter for BlackBerry apps today, RIM also updated the BlackBerry Bridge app. Now at version 1.0.7.5, this update includes a bug fix…