Software Reviews
RIM Media let us know this morning of their BlackBerry Ticketmaster v2.0, now available in limited beta via the BlackBerry Beta Zone! With this latest update comes a great deal of new features. BlackBerry Ticketmaster is your ticket to the hottest entertainment!
Check out some features here
• See a list of featured events
• Search for specific artists or festivals and get details on upcoming concert/event dates
• Browse a list of local events based on their selected location
• Browse list of most popular events from all locations (see what other people are buying)
• Add artists, venues and teams to their list of favorite artists and be notified when new events are added
• Manage your user profile used to access both the mobile application and the Ticketmaster.com website
• View details of events and purchase tickets right from your BlackBerry
• View your order history
Another emacberry update! This time it’s Iconify. The efficiency application allows users to create access links to their most commonly accessed applications, contacts, websites, and files.
What’s New/Fixed?
- Create an Iconify ApplicationLink to any existing installed application on your BlackBerry® Device.
- Specify a custom image for the Application or use the default Application Icon.
Please note, that most of the Core BlackBerry Applications (like Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Clock, etc.) does not come with own Application Icons – most of these “Core”-Apps gets their Icon from the current active Theme. Unfortunately there is no access (for a 3′rd party application) to these Theme icons – so you need to specify a own image.
- Specify an custom name or use the default generated (depending on your settings the default application name.
Creating ApplicationLinks can be done via the Iconify-Options in the Edit IconifyLinks section. There you will find a Menu Item called ‘Add IconifyApplicationLink’ which will open a Application-Chooser. Please note that you can filter the list and hide the System (Core) Applications. This makes it much easier to find your individual installed 3′rd Party Applications.
Please Note, that not all listed System Apps can be actual launched – some of them require additional parameters & configurations that are only known by RIM. - Specify a custom image for the Application or use the default Application Icon.
- For all Iconify Links you have the option to include the link in the global BlackBerry Menu – this will make the Link available always (in any application) via the BlackBerry Menu.
- Additionally to be able to include each Link in the Menu you have to option to specify a HomeScreen Hotkey for your link – so you can launch the link directly from the HomeScreen by a single click on your BlacBerry keyboard (not available for Storm & Strom2 – sorry).
Please note that this functionality have some restrictions:
- For OS6 you have to activate the ‘Application Shortcuts’ (this can be done in the Home Screen Preferences – Launch by Typing)
- For other OS (except Storm/Storm2) you have to disable the the ‘Dial from Home Screen’ Option in the Phone Options
- Some of the chars are already in use by the core BlackBerry applications (like ‘O’ (for Options) or ‘M’ (for Messages)) – so the number of available HomeScreen hotkeys is limited and you can’t assign a hotkey for all of your Iconify links’.
- Support for new BlackBerry Devices 9900 & 9850
- Contact Pager-Number can be used
- False “Used on Multiple Device message” fixed
Ever look for you PlayBook in the midst of the night, early morning or when it’s nestled closely near you and wish it had something like the Bedside Mode we’ve grown accustomed to and not then black screen or jumbled mess of tabs open? Well then maybe Cassandra Stand – News and Clock is just the solution!
Searching for something striking in BlackBerry App World the other I stumbled onto this gem from cross-platform developer Small Screen Design. And at just $1.99, this was a great buy.
When I first saw UbiNav GPS Navigator I was shaken, delighted, excited. Finally a GPS Navigator application compatible with OS 4.2.1 to 7.0! Except it wasn’t compatible with Berry’s on the Verizon Network then. Now with this update comes Verizon compatibility, OS 7.0 compatibility for Bold 9900, 9930, Torch 9810, and more!
Updates for this version include
• UbiNav North America and UbiNav USA 1.4.7.9
• Introduced speed limits
• Automatic day & night illumination during navigation
• Point of Interest on navigation
• Graphic restyling on navigation view
• Route calculation choosing drive or walk mode on launch time
• Map coverage update
• Compatibility for Tour 9630 and Bold 9650
• OS 7.0 compatibility for Bold 9900, 9930 (and also for Torch2 9810 not yet released from RIM)
• Facebook supported only starting from OS ver. 5.0
• Verizon compatibility
School is out for summer! So now is no better time than to check out what’s Hot for your PlayBook. The BlackBerry PlayBook offers an integrated, rich app experience so you can stay current in your favorite summer entertainment.
Find what’s hot with YouTube, Kobo, Slacker, and Poynt then share your top picks with friends!
I had no idea what I was diving into when I choose to purchase The Land of Me the other day. The description reads: “Imagine a beautiful children’s book where the characters are alive and where the choices you make have dramatic results. In this award-winning early learning adventure, children encounter a magical world full of loveable characters.” I just had to see for myself.
Made in Me has brought their enchanting interactive story into the BlackBerry PlayBook and the result quite nearly brought tears to our eyes.. My 3 boy’s Kellin (5), Oliver (5), Ashby (8), and I sat down and played through the stories first chapter over and over again.
TAT The Astonishing Tribe also known as the exciting technology & design team that recently joined the likes of Research In Motion are making my PlayBook smile even bigger today with the all new Scrapbook v1.1 update!
How can you argue with 289 user reviews with an average of 4/5 stars? Scrapbook is a FREE multi-touch scrapbooking application with luscious visual design and a seamless functionality.
New Features in v1.1:
• Share Scrapbooks on your Facebook wall
• New postcard and summer themes
• Multitasking
• Delete Scrapbooks
Fixmo, Inc. released their full version of Fixmo Extend yesterday. A very useful and important tool for casual and power users. ..Extend is an application that allows you to stay connected on your laptop using your BlackBerry’s data plan (unlimited preferably).
Now with Fixmo Extend out of beta, users can choose either theFREE Version that gives you 50MB of Data per month. Or spring for the Full Version at just one payment of $14.99 and get Unlimited Data forever.
Smarter Apps must eat sleep and breath BlackBerry. They’re really dominating both devices and the PlayBook tablet. Their latest product is a guitar simulator application for the BlackBerry PlayBook titled Guitar Star!
The Guitar Star application gives you that real guitar feel while letting users switch from 6 different styles for those very distinct sounds.
Features the sounds of:
• Acoustic guitar
• Gibson Les Paul electric guitar
• Fender Stratocaster electric guitar
• Bass guitar
• 5 string banjo
• Ukulele
Kisai Labs has been working hard on these updates for their BlackBerry PlayBook Twitter client Blaq! I’ve had the liberty of testing each of them and giving my feedback including suggestions. Hamrick & Carty are one awesome duo.
I have a soft spot for high quality products, great GUI, and passionate Developers. Kisai Labs took the front seat and worked directly the Dev testers on this project. It took a handful of builds but I think v1.1 is the best Twitter client out on the PlayBook!
CHANGELOG for v1.1
• FIXED: Mentions show as new on refresh
• FIXED: “Remove Photo” stays after tweeting a picture
• FIXED: Composed tweet runs behind avatar
• FIXED: Cannot send a tweet with special characters
• FIXED: Fix composed tweet with … turning into shortened URL
• FIXED: Real-time streaming fails after upgrading to OS 1.0.6
• FIXED: User can only retweet once then only old-style RTs afterwards
• FIXED: Keyboard doesn’t show up on reply or compose
• ADDED: Scroll to top by double tapping respective icon
• ADDED: Show lock when account is protected
• ADDED: Maximize Web view
• ADDED: Delete tweet
• ADDED: Pull-down Options Menu (non-functional)
• ADDED: Search
• ADDED: Trending topics
• ADDED: Link hashtags to search
• ADDED: Better support for non-english languages when displaying tweets
• ADDED: Progress bar for image upload
• ADDED: New reply icon
• ADDED: In-app notification system
• ADDED: Link @ mentions to profile card
• ADDED: Lists
• ADDED: Multi-account
• ADDED: New search icon to toolbar
• REMOVED: Compose icon from toolbar
• ADDTL: Minor cosmetic changes and performance improvements
Our friends over at BerryBlowApps let us know about a sweet new BlackBerry application called PhotoStudio they’ve just released into public beta. The application allows users to edit your photos just like many of the new popular BlackBerry PlayBook products making waves.
PhotoStudio is currently at v0.1.9.10 for screen resolutions 480x360px 5.0 OS and up. If your rocking a device in those specifics than consider yourself in smiles.
I’m loving the original idea’s the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is spinning into the minds of Developers! Elements Multimedia just released BlackOut, a social memory game that lets you define your own themes and tweet-challenge your best scores!
Global High Score Boards. Top 100 scores of all time, tracked globally. Tweet the scores you beat. Tweet your high score to challenge others into play.
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