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If you're looking for a fun way to countdown the days until BlackBerry 10 arrives, Jerome Carty from Kisai Labs has just what you're looking for. BB10 Countdown is now available for download and offers some cool options built into it.
When you install it, you'll have the option of connecting it to your BBM profile wherein, each day the app will update your BBM avatar with the amount of days left. In addition to that, you also get a optional status bar icon notification with the amount of days remaining. Finally, opening up the app by clicking on the icon will reveal a fun countdown timer with an animated background of falling snowflakes. The amount of snowflakes is adjustable in the settings menu, should you decide you want to see more on your screen.
BB10 Countdown is available for BlackBerry smartphones OS 5.0 and up which are running BBM 6 and up. It'll soon arrive in BlackBerry App World but if you can't wait -- you can grab the download from the link below. If you dig the app, be sure to say thanks to @jcarty! :)
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