This month’s MobileHeist is all about BlackBerry games. Today through Saturday (Jan 29th to Jan 30th), the best selling BlackBerry games are on sale for 50% off.
You can participate in the MobileHeist from your BlackBerry and your desktop.
While Mike Lazaridis doesn’t seem too elated about the idea of a tablet, and would probably not let RIM go down that path, it still could happen. With enough pressure from marketing, and if Apple make a fortune on the tablet, the financial incentive could be enough. I think the BlackBerry OS would be more conducive to a tablet because it comes with push notifications and multitasking, but there are a few things that need to happen at RIM first, before a tablet could really be successful.
Eliminate the need to port - Apple has the right idea when it comes to alleviating the porting headaches from developers. This is something RIM really needs to work on and if they were to consider a tablet, they would have to come up with the ultimate porting solution as well. If all the developer has to do is build it once and have it running on both a BlackBerry smartphone and a BlackBerry tablet, they’ll do it.
Leave the cables at home – The iPad still requires you to use a USB cable to sync with your desktop. A good tablet experience shouldn’t require cables and syncing should be done OTA. Again, the iPad didn’t take any of the evolutionary steps I hoped it would (hint: BlackBerry Vegas).
When we first ran the Super QWERTY contest, we announced 30 readers would win a free copy of the app. We had such a great response from the contest that the number of winners have been doubled!
Add bookmark function. e.g. Add google.com to Super QWERTY list.
Improve the layout, totally fit with your custom theme now.
Add wifi toggle.
Add bluetooth toggle.
Add upgrade function, you can update directly since this version.
Update register method, support all network settings.
Trial version now extend to 7 days.
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Remember, if you won, check your spam folder because contest emails can sometimes end up there.
The developer behind some really cool BlackBerry apps including Hockey Scores and Pixelated, has recently launched a new game called 10,000 Farkle. Farkle is a popular dice game that has also been called Zonk, Zilch, 5000, 10000, Wimp Out etc. and it’s simple and fun meaning it ports really well to BlackBerry.
Points are awarded for various dice combinations and the game has 4 diferent modes:
10 Turns
10,000 points
Local player vs player
Versus cpu
10,000 Farkle is available for the BlackBerry Storm, Tour, Bold, and all versions of the Curve with at least OS 4.6. The full list of supported devices are the 8350i, 8520, 8530, 8900, 9000, 9500, 9520, 9530, 9550, 9630, and 9700.
Trapster have updated their app to version 3.6 and while I haven’t used the app in a long time, it was fun rediscovering some of its features like their custom sounds. A popular trend in navigation tools, you can switch up the audio warning for Schwarzenegger, George Bush or an Old Hillbilly.
Some new features you will find in version 3.6 include:
Dynamic alert area narrows and elongates based on your velocity and direction of travel.
Customizable alert filters allow you to specify what types of traps you will be alerted to, and how you’re alerted.
Custom sound themes for spoken alerts, in lots of fun voices, plus French, German, and Spanish language.
Real time traffic information for many areas.
All new native BlackBerry UI, no more DOS looking menus.
Improved signup process.
Ability to search for your location manually on BlackBerrys with no GPS or blocked GPS.
Trapster 3.6 also includes a Virtual Radar. A blue blip emanates from your GPS location and follows you in real time. As you approach reported trap locations and one or more of the traps come within that alert area, Trapster begins playing spoken alerts such as “Live Police” or “Red Light Camera”, and animating the associated icons.
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