BlackBerry Launches the iAfya app for users in Kenya

RIM has teamed up with Avallain to make a nutritional app for BlackBerry users in Kenya. The app provides users with basic nutritional and first aid information, as well as the ability to contact a health worker. This app provides some great tools and resources for BlackBerry users in Kenya, and with the language tab [...]

Oh the Huge Manatee, Game for the Blackberry Playbook!!

I love playing games on my Blackberry Playbook and arcade games are a classic favorite, that keeps me busy for hours! Well with a new odd game Oh the Huge Manatee for the Blackberry Playbook should give you just the fix for you! Hit the jump to download this great game!

Devs: OSBBx is Hosting bbUI.js Contest! Playbook and Other Prizes Up for Grabs!

Developers listen up! Have you gotten around to developing your Blackberry 10 applications yet? Got a great idea for an application just don’t know where to start? Well to make things easier for you using BBUI.js framework from RIM now you can make and create your applications using WebWorks! OSBB is hosting a contest for app [...]

Vodafone Germany adds carrier billing for BlackBerry users

It is always easier to use carrier billing with the BlackBerry AppWorld, so it nice to see carriers are continuing to add it.  The latest to add carrier billing is Vodafone Germany, who had previously added carrier billing back in June 2011 for other platforms.

Canadian Citizenship Practice Test App Now Available for BlackBerry

If you have recently decided to become a Canadian Citizen and are in the midst of studying up on all things Canuck, this may be a perfect app for you.  The newly released Canadian Citizenship Practice Test app will let you get completely prepared for the test right from your BlackBerry.  At $1.99 I would [...]

Galatta App keeps you up to date on Indian pop culture on your BlackBerry

If you are are a fan of everything Bollywood the Galatta app for BlackBerry will let you keep up to date.  The app lets you see all the news in Indian pop culture, like movies and music, and the best part is that the app is free!  Hit the break for a full description and [...]

Unfold News reader for the BlackBerry PlayBook now available in AppWorld

If you just picked yourself up a 4G PlayBook, or you have had a PlayBook all along, you may be interested in a new news reader that has made its way to AppWorld. Unfold News takes a new and modern approach to reading the news on your tablet. Gone are the days of boring news [...]

Twitter for BlackBerry v3.2.0.3 hit the BlackBerry Beta Zone

An update to the official Twitter for BlackBerry app has hit the BlackBerry Beta Zone today.  The new version is 3.2.0.3 and it mainly brings some bug fixes and the like that may not be apparent, but there are also some new features as well.

Snap, Save, and Share your Photos with Molone!

Wish there was a way to edit photos right on your device? Introducing MOLOME is a new Photo Sharing and Filter app much like Instagram.  It allows users to post pictures to Facebook, Twitter, and other various social media sites and also allows you to filter/edit the photos too.

PineLake shows just how easy it is to port an Android app to BlackBerry 10

In a new post on the BlackBerry DevBlog a local Waterloo based developer, PineLake Communications, has given an interview talking about the ease of porting an Android app over to BlackBerry 10.  The most interesting part of the interview is not how easy it was for PineLake to do the port, but rather that they [...]

Want popup notification for your BBM? Try out ChatPeek for BlackBerry

One feature that I crave on any platform is the ability to quickly read and respond to a message without having to stop what I am doing.  ChatPeek for BlackBerry Messenger provides you with a popup window that allows to keep your BBM conversation going without having to stop everything you are in the middle [...]

PC Keyboard app allows to you type on your PlayBook from your PC

PC Keyboard is a new app for the BlackBerry PlayBook that allows you to type directly from your PC keyboard and have it show up on your PlayBook.  The developer, Daniel Bigham, has tapped into some kind of black magic with PC Keyboard but I totally wiling to go to the dark side for this [...]

WordPress for BlackBerry Updated to v1.6.3

WordPress for BlackBerry has been updated in App World to version 1.6.3. The all new WordPress for BlackBerry app allows you to write posts, upload photos and videos, edit pages, and manage comments. Both WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress (2.9.2 or higher) sites are supported. Download the app and start blogging on the go in no [...]

Check out PCRx Apps in App World

A very good friend of my mine as well as a fellow Nerd @fortneyland95 has been very busy posting applications in App World. @fortneyland currently has five applications in App World, they range from a FREE NerdBerry App to VolNews. The reason for this article is to let the world know about PCRx and all [...]

Inside BlackBerry interviews MorphWiz-Play creator Jordan Rudess

The BlackBerry PlayBook is beginning to prove its ability to become a true tool for music creation.  We have seen numerous new apps that allow for musicians to truly create new and existing pieces of music straight from a PlayBook, and the MorphWiz-Play app is no different.  MorphWiz-Play brings music creation to the multi-touch world [...]

XIMAD releases four new games for the BlackBerry PlayBook

If you have been using a BlackBerry for some time I am sure that you are aware of developer XIMAD.  Today they have announced that they have brought another four new games to the BlackBerry PlayBook.  While initial adoption of the PlayBook by developers was a little slow, we are now seeing lots of games [...]

[UPDATE from VP of Global Alliances and Business Development, Martyn Mallick] New York Times ends support of BlackBerry App

UPDATE: We just received the following statement from Research In Motion Vice President of Global Alliances and Business Development, Martyn Mallick “Clearly applications and content are strategic areas in which RIM continues to invest as we work to build the future of the BlackBerry platform. Our base of 78 million BlackBerry users worldwide represents a [...]

Logo Frenzy released for BlackBerry, both in the Free and Premium variety

Logo Frenzy is a game that test your knowledge of brand name logo’s.  The game made its way to iOS a little while back and became popular for a short time, and now it is available on BlackBerry.  The game is very simple and comes in both a free and premium paid variety, and can [...]

WordPress for BlackBerry 10 shown off

One of my most used apps on my BlackBerry is the WordPress app.  With BlackBerry 10 in development I was really looking forward to getting a WordPress app that was more robust like the Android version.  As you can see in the pics, Automatic the creator of WordPress, have gotten their hands on a BlackBerry [...]

Web Toolbar lets you search for pretty much everything on your BlackBerry

The universal search function on BlackBerry OS6+ is one of the best in the business.  The problem is that not many developers have taken advantage of it and expanded upon it, or at least until now.  Developer Mobato Ltd. has made a new app called Web Toolbar that will allow you to search all kinds of web-based engines right [...]