Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today opened the BlackBerry App World™ vendor portal to begin accepting BlackBerry® PlayBook™ apps from developers. In addition, RIM outlined how developers can become eligible to get a free BlackBerry PlayBook if their app is submitted and approved for distribution on BlackBerry App World [...]
Press Release: BlackBerry App World Now Accepting Apps for BlackBerry PlayBook
December 7, 2010 By 1 Comment
RIM is upgrading servers for App World v2.1 Update
December 6, 2010 By 1 Comment
RIM is working on upgrading the App World infrastructure for in app payments. In other words RIM is upgrading their servers for App World v2.1 Update Here is a copy of the email the RIM sent out to developers: “We are happy to announce that we are starting to launch the first phase of BlackBerry [...]
RIM Hosting First BlackBerry Dev. Conference In Asia
December 6, 2010 By 1 Comment
RIM has announced that they will be hosting the first ever Developer Conference in Asia on January 13th and 14th. It will take place at the Bali International Convention Center in Bali, Indonesia. Those in attendance with have the opportunity to join over 40 different keynotes, breakout, and hands on sessions. Lots of RIM technical [...]
Kik Messenger Signing Keys and Push Access Kicked Out By RIM!?!
November 23, 2010 By 1 Comment
Wow this is crazy RIM has revoked Kik’s Signing Keys and Push Access. Hmm, Does RIM feel threatened by Kik’s cross platform messaging application? We are not sure what RIMs thought process is on this one but I can say this as an avaid Kik user I am disheartined by the steps RIM has decided to take against Kik. [...]
Official BlackBerry IM Clients Updated to v2.5.69
November 15, 2010 By 1 Comment
RIM has updated all their official IM clients like Google Talk, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and more to v2.5.69. We ar not sure what the update includes, but you can check them out in the BlackBerry App World or at the below links: Yahoo! Messenger Google Talk Windows Live Messenger AOL Instant Messenger ICQ Please feel [...]
Review: UbiNav Navigation Software
November 14, 2010 By 2 Comments
Overall Rating: 4 of 5 Stars Price Rating: 4 of 5 Stars ($49.99) As a person who drives nearly 45 thousand miles a year, a great GPS has become a necessity for me to survive and do my job on a daily basis. I’ve found few only a few GPS programs that work on my [...]
WeatherBug Updated to Version 2.0.0.64
November 11, 2010 By 1 Comment
For those of you that use WeatherBug it has been updated to fix some of the bugs that were present in the other versions. There really aren’t any specifics given, so if you see differences let us know in the Forums. Source:App World
Evernote App has been updated to version 3.0.271 now supports the BlackBerry Torch
November 8, 2010 By 1 Comment
Evernote developers have updated their application to version 3.0.271 and now support the Blackberry Torch as well as any device that is running OS6. At this time it is only available via Appworld. Features of the app include: For research and class notes For client and sales meetings To stay in-sync with your desktop notes, [...]
BlackBerry Partners Fund Developer Challenge Semi Finalists Announced
November 2, 2010 By 1 Comment
Blackberry Partners fund has made the announcement of the regional semi-finalists of the Developer Challenge. Over 400 different applications were submitted for this Challenge and these 28 Apps were the top of the class. Each of the semi-finalists will recieve a sweet Swag pack courtesy of Blackberry including a new BlackBerry Smartphone, accesories to go [...]
Big Red Releases FiOS On Demand for BlackBerry Storm 2 Devices
October 28, 2010 By 1 Comment
If you are a subscriber to Verizon’s FiOS television, you will want to pick this up. Verizon Communications has released an app that controls their On Demand Service. This app was slated to release on October 7th. There were rumors that all of the link posted on the verizon app page were dead. Finally VZW [...]
Sccope for BlackBerry is now FREE in App World!
October 21, 2010 By 1 Comment
Sccope is a great shopping/price comparison application available for BlackBerry. When Sccope was released you had to buy it and that turned a lot of people off because it was not free. Now you cam download Sccope for FREE! Here are some features: Make wish lists, share deals with friends, and receive special offers Track [...]
BlackBerry App World: You can now Install and Purchase Apps from the website!
October 20, 2010 By 2 Comments
I just found out that we can go to the BlackBerry App World website and now Install and Purchase Apps direct! We knew this feature was on its way but we don’t understand why RIM did not make a huge deal about it being up and running? So you can now purchase, download, and install both [...]
eBay App Updated to v1.0.2
October 14, 2010 By 1 Comment
RIM has updated the official BlackBerry eBay app to v1.0.2. The new update will allow you BBOS 6 users to run the eBay app on you BlackBerry. According to the knowledge base article the new version 1.0.2 will only be offered to all BlackBerry 6 users while devices with older OS version will get v1.0.1.6. You can Download the updated [...]
Video: BlackBerry App World 2.0
October 4, 2010 By 2 Comments
Mobile Device BlackBerry App World has been is the spotlight for a while now and we came across this promo video of BlackBerry App World 2.0 on The Berry Fix site they pick up the video from BlackBerry’s official YouTube channel.The video shows off a ton of popular apps and features available in BlackBerry App [...]
Distimo Report for Q3 2010
October 4, 2010 By 1 Comment
If you are not familiar with Distimo here is a summary of who and what they do: Distimo is an innovative app store analytics company built to solve the challenges created by a widely fragmented app store marketplace filled with equally fragmented information and statistics. Distimo Report provides in-depth reports for companies interested in the [...]
1.5 Million Downloads A Day In Appworld!!
September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
With all the debate between platforms and their number of apps, people are always criticizing RIM and Blackberry for their apparent lack of apps. I for one am the type of person that would rather have a handful of useful apps opposed to being overwhelmed with apps that do absolutely nothing practical for me. While [...]
RIM Wants All Commercial Developers to Attend and Tells Them Why!
September 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
With only a couple of weeks before the BlackBerry #DEVCON10 starts. RIM is making it obvious that they want any and all commercial developers to join them. The incentive is the new BlackBerry operating system with new APIs and all the other new features such as pinch to zoom, pop up menu, new UI, and [...]
Telus Is The First Canadian Carrier To Offer Carrier Billing
September 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Well I know alot of Telus users are excited to hear this. It looks like alot of the reports on the Blackberry Torch releaseing on Telus on September 24th missed the statment below: “TELUS is excited to be the first carrier in Canada to offer clients the ability to pay for their BlackBerry App [...]
Distimo Report for August 2010
September 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Here are some notable points from the report: Google Android Market has the largest share of free applications available; 60%, representing an increase of 3% since May 2010 when it was 57%. The share of free applications is smallest on Windows Marketplace for Mobile (22%), followed by the Apple App Store for iPad (26%) and BlackBerry [...]
Privacy Policy Change: App World Vendor Agreement Updated
August 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
RIM’s legal team has add some changes the the App World Vendor Agreement. The changes mainly effect section 8.2 which is dealing with Privacy and Data Protection. To download the vendor agreement or to view it in full please click the link below: Blackberry App World Vendor Agreement Please feel free [...]
