Continue reading »]]> How to identify the PIN of a BlackBerry PlayBook

#TeamBlackBerry – If I asked you for your BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet PIN, would you know where to find it? For those of you that don’t know the answer to this question, here are a few of the locations where you can obtain the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet PIN.

Location #1 – During the Setup Wizard

If you are setting up a brand new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet or setting up the tablet again after performing a security wipe, you’ll be shown the Setup Wizard, which helps you get your tablet set up and updated to the latest version of the BlackBerry® PlayBook OS. To get the tablet PIN while in the Setup Wizard app, complete the following steps:

Read more at the Inside BlackBerry Help Blog »

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Continue reading »]]> LogicMail 2.1 Enters Public Beta With Background Message Polling

LogicMailoffers a a good alternative to your mail needs on a BlackBerry, as previously promised right before DEVCON 2011 the application v2.1 enters into public beta.  The application now has a requested feature of background message polling.

New FeaturesL

Key new features of 2.1 are:

• Background server polling
  • Home screen notification icon
  • Configurable refresh intervals
  • IMAP: Can check both INBOX and non-INBOX folders
  • IMAP: Uses IDLE to keep the connection open when possible
• Can automatically connect and check for mail on application startup
• Can auto-start on device startup
• Improved setup wizard, including configuration of new features
• App now hides instead of exiting closed (Exit option still available)
• Option to mark messages read/unread without viewing them
• Supports the IMAP COMPRESS extension (optional)
• Support for OS7 hybrid-touch devices (e.g. Bold 9900)
• Faster detection of stalled network connections
• Supports OS 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.0, 6.0, and 7.0

Note: May impact battery life, since LogicMail does not use push notification

You can download the update by pointing your BlackBerry to http://logicmail.org/ota

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Continue reading »]]> Free BlackBerry Game Logic Lines from Karmic Apps

Matching lines games are a dime a dozen but Jerry let us know about an addictive free variant called Logic Lines by Karmic Apps. The principles are the same and it will definitely keep you entertained. Gameplay is quite hard if not impossible on some levels. Either way you cannot argue with a free game…

You can pick up Logic Lines in App World here for OS 4.7+ devices

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Continue reading »]]> Kik Cross Platform Messenger is Back for the Blackberry

Kik made a name for themselves as a pretty solid cross platform IM client similar to BBM. They got into some serious business with RIM ending up with feuding lawsuits and RIM pulling Kik’s code signing keys. Terry let us know that Kik is now back and sent out an email to their BlackBerry users about a new Kik version for BlackBerry. It seems like this version is a J2ME app which does not require BlackBerry code signing keys but means it will have very little integration with the rest of the BlackBerry OS. On the other hand it lets Kik make a statement like:

Note: RIM has not endorsed or approved this application for installation on any BlackBerry devices.

You can pick up this version at www.kik.com/jme

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Continue reading »]]> T-Mobile Announces Upcoming Availability of the BlackBerry Curve 9360

T-Mobile announced the upcoming availability of the BlackBerry Curve 9360, which combines powerful new BlackBerry features with an attractive price point. The new BlackBerry smartphone will be available in two stylish color finishes – black and merlot. Running the latest BlackBerry 7 operating system and utilizing the powerful BlackBerry 7 Webkit-browser, the BlackBerry Curve 9360 provides an intuitive smartphone experience, perfect for those who depend on their smartphone to keep their personal and work lives organized. The new BlackBerry Curve is designed to address a large and important segment of the global mobile phone market where customers are looking to upgrade their existing feature phone or existing BlackBerry Curve with an affordable, easy-to-use, full-featured and socially-connected smartphone.

Encased in a sleek package, including a wide 2.4-inch screen, full QWERTY keypad and navigation track-pad, the BlackBerry Curve 9360 is ideal for efficient mobile communications. The new smartphone is also equipped with essential smartphone features such a 5-megapixel camera with flash, video recorder and Wi-Fi connectivity for voice and data for a premium smartphone experience.  The next generation BlackBerry Curve smartphone delivers the world’s best mobile communications and social experiences with the latest release of BBM™ (BlackBerry® Messenger) pre-loaded and now extends the real time BBM experience to a range of other apps, such as Foursquare, allowing users to easily interact with each other from within the ‘BBM connected’ app.

The BlackBerry Curve 9360 is expected to be available in an exclusive pre-sale for T-Mobile business customers beginning today, Sept. 21. The smartphone will be available in the black color finish at T-Mobile retail stores and at select dealers and national retailers nationwide starting Sept. 28 and is expected to be available in an exclusive merlot color finish starting Oct. 12.

Continue reading »]]> The Carphone Warehouse: Win the New BlackBerry Bold 9900

The Carphone Warehouse is running a two week competition to win the new BlackBerry Bold 9900.  The competition runs till the 3rd October 2011.

You can find the competition on the Carphone Warehouse Facebook Page:

The Carphone Warehouse Facebook Page

If you’re a fellow Blackberry Lover and or Blackberry Fan here is your opportunity to get your hands on a Brand New Blackberry Bold 9900!  Just visit the Carphone Warehouse Facebook Page and follow the steps to enter the contest; may the force be with you!

Thanks for letting me know about the giveaway Jade!

Continue reading »]]> aPic Photo Editor Offering $0.99 Limited Time Launch Sale

The app is pretty slick and has tons of features but the main draw is its currently super cheap price tag. For a limited time they are celebrating the launch of the app with a $0.99 sale. The features are plentiful including the ability to upload your creations to one of many photo sharing sites.

Features include:

• Start the application from the BlackBerry® file viewer
• Load an image by browsing through your memory or take one with the BlackBerry® camera application
• Some main features: Rotate, Crop, Resize, Color simple, 26 color effects, 36 effects, Paint, Clone, Partly color, Clone, Overlay a second image *, Combine horizontal/diagonal/vertical/intertwine, Collage, Add clipart (pick from over 2.000 clipart images), Add text (pick from over 2.000 fonts or upload your own *.ttf font) *
• Save by selecting the location, save to pictures folder, overwrite opened image or set as wallpaper (fill, fit or crop)
• Send by email as an attachment
• Upload to Facebook, TwitPic, Imgur, Tumblr, GlowFoto, ImageShack or POST to your own server
• Change the language (fully translated to English and Dutch). If you want to help translating to your language contact us
• Change the background color and/or foreground color of the application so it will look how you want it to
• Simple filters: Brightness, Contrast, Gamma
• Some color filters: Alien, ARGB, Black & White, Channel mix, Color filter, Exposure, Gain, Gamma RGB, Gray tint, Grayscale, HSL, Infrared, Invert, Map, Mask, Posterize, Quantize, Random, Rescale, Retro, Sepia, Solarize, Swap, Threshold, Transparency, Tritone
• Some effects: Border, Bulge, Circle, Diffuse, Dissolve, Edge detect, Emboss, Emboss color, Fisheye, Flip, Frei-Chen edge, Gaussian blur, Jitter, Kaleidoscope, Marble, Mean removal, Mirror, Noise, Offset, Pinch, Pixelate, Polar, Prewitt edge, Reflection, Ripple, Sharpen, Smoothen, Sphere, Swim, Tile, Tilt-shift, Time-warp, Tint, Twirl, Water, Wave, resize, transparency, color filters, effects, contrast, brightness, gamma, manual color filter, rotate, flip

Check out aPic Photo Editor in App World

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Continue reading »]]> BlackBerry 7: Inside Social Feeds 2.0

The new BlackBerry® 7 OS comes with a bunch of new and updated BlackBerry apps that are designed to make it easier to connect and keep tabs on friends, family and your professional life. One such app is the updated Social Feeds 2.0. With the Social Feeds 2.0 app for BlackBerry 7 OS-enabled smartphones, you can consolidate updates from your social networks and the latest news from your favorite websites into one convenient location with greater control and customization. Let’s take a look at the new features in more detail.

Custom Views

The new “Favorites” feature allows you to create custom views of your updates with filtering options to add or remove specific people, channels, and topics you follow. For example, you can create a view called “Co-Workers” with contacts from Facebook®, Twitter® and BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™) all in one view. You can also add RSS feeds or add feeds based on a keyword like “BlackBerry” to a custom view, so any feeds related to BlackBerry, regardless of the content source, appear in that view.

Keyword Search/Universal Search Integration

Social Feeds 2.0 has been enhanced to include deeper integration with the BlackBerry 7 OS. For example, the new Universal Search integration allows you to search your BlackBerry smartphone and pull information from your contacts and content in Social Feeds 2.0. You can also use the new keyword search feature to quickly locate specific topics of interest, or specific content. You can perform a keyword search in a specific view or across all feeds.

Enhanced Feed Interactions

From the Social Feeds 2.0 timeline, you can now perform Facebook and Twitter actions on feed items. For example, you can comment and ‘Like’ Facebook feeds, or reply to and retweet Twitter messages right from the Social Feeds timeline.

Flagged Items

Advanced Social Feeds users with a lot of information in their feeds will appreciate the new Flagged Items feature. This handy feature lets you mark feeds for viewing at a later date. This is a great feature for getting back to longer news feeds, or as a reminder to follow-up on a friend’s Facebook post.

Read/Unread Indicator

The read/unread indicator is another great feature if you get interrupted while checking your updates. The new read/unread status indicator bolds what you haven’t yet read, so you’ll never have to question where you left off last. To mark a feed as read (i.e. to unbold it), either click on the feed item or select Mark Read from the menu.

For help with getting started with Social Feeds 2.0, be sure to check out Ty’s super helpful post on the Inside BlackBerry Help Blog.

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Continue reading »]]> Free Mobli Location Photo Sharing & Filters App for BlackBerry

Mobli released an app for BlackBerry today that attempts to fill the gap left by Instagram not releasing a BlackBerry app. It sort of mixes the ideas of Instagram and Color by letting you share pictures based on your location, subject, or person you are photographing. You also get access to location based filters which is sort of unique allowing you to filter pictures based on your location, event, date, or category. You can then share your creation on Facebook and Twitter.

I just started trying out the app so I cannot speak for it but check out the free Mobli app in App World and let us know what you think!

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