I just got word from Bellshare that their popular app BerryBuzz has been updated and is in private beta. BerryBuzz lets users select custom LED colors on their device for emails, SMS, calls and more. There are a ton of new features in this version, including the much desired BlackBerry Messenger alert and even Facebook. Users can select a "disco" setting, change flash intervals, silence alerts on certain days, slow down the LED and more. If you want to get in on the beta, send an email to customerservice@bellshare.com with the subject "BerryBuzz 2.0 Beta". Keep in mind that Bellshare will be receiving a huge number of requests and they may not all be honored. The original BerryBuzz is still available at ShopCrackBerry.com for $5.95. Check out the Bellshare Forums for more information. 

Ahh... this one totally brings back fond memories as I was indeed an owner of the original Executor keychain and played with it non-stop until my older brother eventually stole it from me, put it on the floor and jumped on it until it crumbled into little pieces. I still haven't forgiven him.... though I guess I can let the issue drop now as new from Generation Media Group, bbExecutor mimics the original Executor keychain and offers up 8 of those classic assault sounds, including the ever-popular machine gun.  Be sure to watch the video above to see bbExecutor in all it's glory.

The app is available for both the Storm and non-touchscreen BlackBerry smartphones and is currently available for 99 cents (until July 31st - $1.99 regular price). You can grab it from the link below and be sure to check out the original Executor after the jump!

• Purchase bbExecutor and Drive your Friends and Family Insane >>

Happy July everyone! To all Canadians, hope you had a great Canada Day back on the 1st... and to all of our American friends, hope you have a great 4th of July celebration this weekend. This week in the roundup we have the following titles:

In Case You Missed It: ZonaSnap Screen Capture, Nobex Radio Companion Adds 250 NPR Stations, PatternLock Lite for the Storm, WiFi Disabler, BeeJive Storm Beta Updated

New This Week: Bubble Defense, Bartender's Bible, Arcade Side Golf, Can't Stop Solitaire Collection, The Art of War

Apps on Sale: QuickPull Pro, Berry Labyrinth, Tip Calculator, Flashlight Pro, NetworkAcc - Mobile Network Accelerator

Cool at BlackBerry App World: Forbes.com Mobile Reader

Freebies of the Week: Stitcher Radio

XING has finally launched their services for BlackBerry devices all nice and neatly rolled into a great looking aplication for its users. Not sure what XING is? Here is what Techcrunch had to say about the company:

XING is the leading European network for business contacts. Far more
than a directory of business contacts, XING makes your professional
network an active part of your life, enabling members to discover
professional people, opportunities and privileges through its unique
discovery capability and advanced contact management tools.

So the XING mobile application empowers its users to use the XING services to keep everything nice and organized and with OTA synhronization of contacts, personal messages and appointments this will stand as a huge productivity tool for all those who use it. With support for numerous languages and vast user base XING could be just what you need to get ahead of the game.

• Read The Full Details And Check Out The Press Release Via The XING Website >>

WHERE was recently updated over the past few days. Currently now sitting at version 1.3.0.1 WHERE was updated to include better support for BlackBery Bold, Storm and Curve 8900 devices but it was an application wide upgrade meaning that all devices will see the new changes across the board. New fixes and features include:

• New Gas Features - The WHERE Gas widget got a total redesign in this update. All gas grade prices are now available on main screen. Gas station amenities are now also included on the station detail page.
• Improvements to WHERE Wall - In this latest update you will notice larger gravatar images, auto re-fresh mechanism, the ability to add links into posts, and a new Sports wall.
• Changes to the way location is handled

With these improvements in place, the free WHERE application has gotten even better now and is a greater resource tool to have installed on your BlackBerry device, then it ever was in the past. Be sure to check it out today.

• For More Information And Downloads Visit The WHERE Homepage Today >>

It's been on the mind of some since BlackBerry App World launched, but good friend of CrackBerry Al Sacco lays out a few things for us all that must be done with BlackBerry App World if it is indeed here for the long haul in a new article on CIO.com.

Much like Boy Genius' article the other day, where he shared his feelings on the future of RIM if changes were not made swiftly, Al gives us all a great perspective and insight for the future of App World if changes are not made within that realm as well. Be sure to check it out for a good read through and if you haven't done so already, read the BG's post as well. Both put words to what many have been grumbling for a while now and call RIM out to pick up their game in areas where they've been slacking. Hopefully it all means good things for us BlackBery users in the not so distant future.

• Full Article: BlackBerry App World: Nine Must-Do Fixes for RIM's App Store >>

Back on June 3rd we posted that the CrackBerry App Store client was now official and out of beta, but following that release still found we had a few bugs affecting a small portion of users that needed to be ironed out. The current CrackBerry App Store version -- 1.04 -- should address the lingering issues those user's faced. You can download the updated version from within the client itself (Check for Updates) or just point your BlackBerry's web browser to crackberry.com/appstore if you have yet to give it a go. You don't need to delete any previously installed versions before upgrading. And if by chance you do experience any bugs, you can email them in to crackberrysupport @ mobihand.com.

20% Off App Sale: To compensate for the problems some users experienced we are extending the grand opening sale with 20% off all software until July 4. The coupon code is  appstore. In addition, we've queued up a bunch more top-sellers for the Deal-of-the-Day which will be offered for 50% off. These apps include PeekaWho Email SMS Alerts, Par 72 Golf II, BatteryBooster, and NextAction.

To Celebrate Canada Day and Independence Day this week, SmrtGuard is hosting a contest and is giving away 100 subscriptions for their One-Year Subscription Plan (retail at USD $44.99 each) to citizens of that other country we know and love, CrackBerry Nation. To enter for your chance to win, all you need to do is login and leave a comment to this blog post. Contest entry closes this Sunday at midnight PST, and we'll announce the winners on the blogs next week. Good luck!

If you don't know what SmrtGuard is, it is a software that let's you backup and restore personal data over the air, track the location of your device, and to critically execute a remote wipe in the event of theft or loss. Backed up data includes your Contacts (with contact pics), PIMs, and now SMS. We've covered it a few times previously on the CrackBerry blogs - be sure to check out this post and this post for more info or click the image above to jump over to SmrtGuard.com.

This is for all of you BlackBerry Storm owners out there waiting for Beejive IM to finally hit the Storm. Well, while the completed version may yet be a ways off in the meantime you can grab the latest beta in all it's glory. I have downloaded the Beejive Storm betas before and was never quite impressed, they were always full of bugs that I really just could not understand even why they were not fixed beforehand but this time around the beta is much more polished. I guess that is due to the sheer amount of people that are offering feedback on the application. New additions this time around include:

• file transfers via link, you can now transfer files to buddies on all IM accounts.
• updated push when idle settings, you can now choose an email to use for push notifications.
• clock fixed
• option to use color blind status icons 

There are some nice changes there to what is shaping up to be a great application on the Storm as it is on any other BlackBerry device, be sure to check it out and please remember being a beta Beejive needs and wants feedback on any issues that do arise so post them in their support forums if you find any.

• Download The Latest BeeJive Storm Beta Direct To Your Device OTA >>

I just got word of a cool new app called WiFi Disabler. The premise is simple - when a WiFi connection to your router is lost, WiFi Disabler will turn off WiFi radio on your device to help save battery life. You can set a specified time-out to give your device a chance to reconnect, and after the allotted time WiFi radio will shut off and alert you. If you are a power user and leave WiFi on when you leave the house or office, this may come in handy. However I suppose the big drawback for most will be that the application only disables WiFi, and it doesn't appear to turn on again when a valid network is found. WiFi Disabler works with and WiFi enabled device running OS 4.5+.  You can grab it for $3.95 from ShopCrackBerry.com.

PatternLock for the BlackBerry Storm has been one of our best selling apps since it's release a few months back. Tafasa has taken notice and released PatternLock Lite. The lite version is available free and works in the same manner, but only contains the bare bones application features.  PatternLock Lite gives Storm users a 3x3 grid of dots which are connected in a specific pattern to unlock the device. The full verison gives users the option of custom wallpaper, password protection, location based locking and more. I'm glad Tafasa has gone this route and has both a premium and free version of the app and can only hope more developers follow in their footsteps.  In conjunction with the release, Tafasa is offering $1.00 off the full version of PatternLock. Head over to CrackBerryAppStore.com (or use our mobile client) from your device, and enter the coupon code patternlock1off to purchase PatternLock for only $1.99.  This coupon code will only work from your device at CrackBerryAppStore.com.

• Download PatternLock Lite for BlackBerry Storm >>
• Purchase PatternLock Full Verison for BlackBerry Storm >>

TuneWiki Pro and Free ad supported versions have been released via BlackBerry App World today. The pro version will set you back $4.95 and does NOT include any ads, but for those who do not want to pay the $4.95 can download the free version can be had as well.

TuneWiki is a media player which scans your music library for content and then allows you to listen to your music using the app, but the real purpose of the application is that it will help you learn the lyrics to your favorite songs as well as since they are displayed across the screen while your music plays. Yes, that's right -- no more making up lyrics for songs anymore. You know you did it, The Rolling Stones Beast of burden will no longer be "everyday a pizza's burnin" ... you will now know the right lyrics.

On top of the lyric integration it also allows you to to share and update what you are listening to with all your Facebook and Twitter friends although, don't blame TuneWiki if you lose some followers for excessively sharing all the bad music you thought no one would ever catch you listening to ;)

• Learn More About TuneWiki via their Website and Sign Up For An Account >>

This past Friday we posted about the release of the latest version of CrackBerry Viigo, Tango 9. Tango 9 brought forth a ton of improvements and new modules, including (finally!) the ability to listen to podcasts directly through Viigo as well as sharing your Viigo content with your Facebook friends. Our friend Matt at Viigo put together a couple of videos to walk Viigo users through these two new additions. Above is the podcast how to and below you will find the Facebook one. Thanks Matt! And if you haven't downloaded Viigo yet, you can visit this page for the details and download instructions.

It's been a while since we have heard from the folks behind Bolt Browser, but that doesn't mean they have not been hard at work improving on their already stellar (and popular - they passed the 1 million phone installs milestone) third party BlackBerry web browser. In fact, they have just released a hot new upgraded version of Bolt which signifies their jump into Beta3 (version 1.04) which introduces a whole slew of incremental improvements.

First of all, they have added the ability to upload too YouTube and Photobucket for your media files. Secondly, the ability to organize your favorites and copy text has been integrated. And finally, all of Bolt's servers (which do up the rendering job) have been upgraded too WebKit4 which enhances the fonts within the browser and allows for inline text entry on webpage forms and also adds the capability to display Cyrillic fonts. This is a solid upgrade to what was already a great browser to begin with. You can read the full press release after the jump and be sure to check out the newest offerings and leave some comments if you give it a go. Current Bolt users can upgrade within the app (visit a webpage and you'll be prompted to download the new version) while existing users can download from boltbrowser.com. 

• Download The Brand New Beta3 Release Of Bolt Today >> 
• Check Out The Bolt Support Forums To Report Any Issues >> 

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Nobex RC has a special place in my heart, mainly because they allow me to listen to my local Canadian radio station right on my device, something no other streaming radio application can do for Canadians.

This time around though, Nobex has upped the ante even more by adding 250 NPR stations, all commercial free, to their already existing massive catalogue of stations. The stations will work in all 50 states and in Puerto Rico. Be sure to grab the latest version and check out all Nobex RC has to offer.

• Download Nobex Radio Companion To Your Device Today >>