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Get 50% off all Hedone Design themes until October 7th!
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Get 50% off all Hedone Design themes until October 7th!

Posted by Bla1ze on 5 Oct 2010 2:39 pm
The CrackBerry Awards for this year are now over but, the fun of the awards hasn't yet stopped. Hedone Design took home the CrackBerry Award for Theme Developer of the Year and as thanks for all the love and support Hedone has placed all his themes on sale. From now, until October 7th when you use the coupon code "CBDOY2010" on the CrackBerry App Store you'll get 50% off the original price. Be...
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BuddyGuard Pro for BlackBerry updated to version 1.5 with new features - Win 1 of 50 free copies

Posted by Adam Zeis on 5 Oct 2010 1:48 pm
If you haven't heard of BuddyGuard Pro, it is a great app for your BlackBerry that provides a bunch of cool security features. Using the app you can remotely access your device using SMS or email commands. Use BuddyGuard to remotely wipe or lock your device, locate a lost device via GPS, backup your contacts and more. Verison 1.5 brings some new updates including: Added Panic Alert feature,...
Custom BBM avatars change face when highlighted
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Custom BBM avatars change face when highlighted

Posted by Adam Zeis on 5 Oct 2010 12:11 pm
The wonders of BlackBerry Messenger never cease to amaze me. Most recently I noticed a few of my contacts had some fancy avatars that when highlighted change to a different image. Most notably they look like a standard icon, then change to Superman, Spiderman or some other superhero type when you move over them. Very cool and very odd at the same time. After some recon I came across this...
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Review: BlackBerry Podcasts

Posted by Joseph Holder on 5 Oct 2010 11:21 am
The CrackBerry Podcast is featured this week in the BlackBerry Podcast App featured carousel. Download it here to listen to our BlackBerry PlayBook podcast now! For many things in life; the old saying, "You get what you pay for," holds true. Computers, DVD's, and car insurance come to mind. But the same cannot be said of Research in Motion's BlackBerry Podcasts app. Available at no charge...
Get Call Control for BlackBerry free for a limited time!
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Get Call Control for BlackBerry free for a limited time!

Posted by Adam Zeis on 5 Oct 2010 10:56 am
Call Control is a great app that blocks unwanted calls to your BlackBerry. You can manually blacklist specific numbers and the app includes a preset list of blocked numbers as well that has been generated from user reports. Call Control blocks spam calls, telemarketers and more with no effort on your end after the initial setup. Now through midnight Wednesday you can get Call Control free with...
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Let's Be Friends [Hit Me Up On The BBM] tears up the BBM song charts

Posted by Adam Zeis on 5 Oct 2010 10:01 am
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] It seems like a weekly thing now (which isn't so bad) and here we have another BBM song for your listening pleasure. This one is by Breeze and SP and called Let's Be Friends [Hit Me Up On The BBM]. I watched the entire video for this one and I have to say it is definitely one of my favorites to date. Check it out for yourself (the actual song...
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Riz performs Ping Me Baby live from the DevCon10 [video]

Posted by Bla1ze on 4 Oct 2010 5:41 pm
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] A little surprise popped up for those in attendence at the BlackBerry DevCon10 party. Riz, creator of the insanely catchy hit Ping Me Baby was there to perform live. Honestly, I missed the performance live so glad to see that it was caught on video. Check it out and don't forget you can grab the ringtone from the CrackBerry ringtone gallery as...
Sccope announces limited time price cut for BlackBerry Smartphone users
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Sccope announces limited time price cut for BlackBerry Smartphone users

Posted by Bla1ze on 4 Oct 2010 5:32 pm
Sccope, winners of the CrackBerry Editors Choice Award have just announced a great deal for BlackBerry Smartphone users. For the next 10 days you can now get the application for only $1.99 US. As noted in the press release: Sccope won an Editor's Choice CrackBerry Award for its BlackBerry app at the BlackBerry Developer Conference in San Francisco last week. The Crackberry Editor's choice...
Official OS 5.0.0.822 now available for the BlackBerry Curve 8900 from Rogers
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Official OS 5.0.0.822 now available for the BlackBerry Curve 8900 from Rogers

Posted by Adam Zeis on 4 Oct 2010 1:47 pm
Still holding on to that faithful Curve 8900? Rogers has just released OS 5.0.0.822 for download. This comes next in a long line of .822 releases for various devices, and Curve 8900 users finally get some Rogers 5.0 love. This version looks to be pretty stable, so if you're thinking about firing it up it's definitely worth a shot. If you're not on Rogers you can give it a go as well just...
Trillian 1.1 Beta for BlackBerry now available: Landscape, inbox integration, and much more!
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Trillian 1.1 Beta for BlackBerry now available: Landscape, inbox integration, and much more!

Posted by Bla1ze on 4 Oct 2010 12:43 pm
It's been a while now since the intial release of Trillian for BlackBerry which, launched into BlackBerry App World with version 1.0. Now, the Trillian team has been busily working on version 1.1 which is now available as a free beta download. The latest release takes a lot of the feedback generated from the first beta and implements it by offering many bug fixes and even more improvements to...

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