MobileHeist: Over 25 Top-Rated BB Apps Priced @ $9.95!!!

on 26 Sep 2008 04:16 PM

EXCLUSIVE to CrackBerry.com in celebration of our new CrackBerry Mobile App Store, we are holding a MobileHeist... Through September 29th, when you visit the MobileHeist page within the CrackBerry App Store you can purchase over 25 top-rated BlackBerry applications for only $9.95 a piece!!

To take advantage of these massive savings, just point your BlackBerry's web browser to http://crackberry.com/appstore and install our CrackBerry Mobile App Store launcher. From there you are just a click away from the biggest BlackBerry software sales event of the year!!!

Read on for more details on the new CrackBerry App Store and MobileHeist Event >>

The CrackBerry.com App Store

Powered by Mobihand, the CrackBerry App Store is completely new, improving greatly over our existing mobile software shopping experience. The Mobile App Store has been optimized for BlackBerry browsing and an easy purchase experience. Features to the App Store include:

Within Category Browsing - you can sort by best sellers, alphabetically or price
Thousands of products - with automatic device detection for compatibility
OTA delivery
Access to your CrackBerry software account with complete purchase history
Optimized checkout - just login then checkout with one-click (once you are registered)
Product detail includes star ratings and user reviews
Browser-based to facilitate iterative improvement / enhancements
Polished new design (if the App Store doesn't look as pretty on your browser as it does in the image above, check your browser settings to make sure you have support for HTML tables turned on)
BlackBerry Wallet support - is coming in the days ahead. We're just finishing up the final tweaks before we roll it out, so stay tuned!!
Paypal support coming to the Mobile App Store in the near future.
We're working hard to add lots of FREE BlackBerry Applications to the App Store. You'll want to check back regularly to see what we have!

The easiest way to get to the Crackberry Mobile App Store on your BlackBerry is to visit http://crackberry.com/appstore and install our App Store launcher. You can also visit http://software.crackberry.com on your BlackBerry's browser... just be sure your browser emulation/identification is set to BlackBerry to ensure you receive the mobile App Store site.

BETA CONTEST - Since we're launching the App Store TODAY, we're taking the Google route and leaving putting a BETA tag on it to cover our butts just in case things aren't quite perfect (we're 99.6% sure things are good to go)! In pursuit of making the CrackBerry App Store purchasing experience the best it can be, we're looking for your help! If you have any suggestions or experience any sort of bug, let us know in the comments to this post! We're going to reward the top suggestion with $100 in free software from the App Store!

MobileHeist - Over 25 Top-Rated BlackBerry Apps for only $9.95!!

Through Monday, September 29th at 12 Midnight PST, if you visit the MobileHeist page on the CrackBerry Mobile App Store you can purchase over 25 BlackBerry software titles for only $9.95 each! Savings of to 70% are to be had. BlackBerry applications that normally sell for $15, $20, $25, $30 and even $25 can all be purchased for this low price!!

The MobileHeist includes many top selling and top rated BlackBerry apps, like BBSmart's HTML Email Viewer and AlarmsPro, Electric Pocket's FlipSide MP3 Player and Ringo Ringtone Manager and many more, including IM+ for Skype, MiuTunes, Black & Whitelist, Ascendo DataVault and SplashPhoto just to name a few. We're not going to give you all the names here as we want you to VISIT the MobileHeist page within the CrackBerry Mobile App Store and give the App Store a good tour. Be sure to click the MobileHeist banner to take in the savings.

We hope you enjoy the all-new CrackBerry Mobile App Store and take advantage of the MobileHeist Savings. This Event is ONLY available from CrackBerry.com via our CrackBerry Mobile App Store, so spread the word!!!!!

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Posted by NobleArc Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

I'm impressed. If only you could charge someone's carrier rather than a credit card though. I don't have a credit card. =\

Anyway, very nicely done. I'm 100% impressed.

Posted by hilhi2005 Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Just a thought, as I have no coverage where I am, but I am going to check it out as soon as I can, but in regards to your point, dose the App Store support pay-pal, as you can use pay-pal through pretty much bank account. Just a thought, as I know a lot of people use pay-pal for there internet purchases.

Posted by Proda Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

is there anyway to see the whole list of apps while on a laptop computer?

Posted by bbmedia Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

The layout is a big screwed up on the Curve (screen is not wide enough for the layout)

Posted by Kevin Michaluk Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Hmm... Should be ok on the Curve. May want to check your browser settings - try enabling HTML Table Support if it's turned off.

If it doesn't help, you may want to send in a screenshot - info @ crackberry.com, along with one of your browser settings, and I'll forward onto the dev team to take a look at.

Still in *beta*, so thanks for the patience!

Posted by Blacklatino Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Looks good on my 8310 with no problems.

Posted by _dave_ Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Headline says 25 apps for 9.95 - should say 9.95 EACH.

Still a good deal though.

The headline sounds like MacHeist where you get a bundle of apps for one super low prices & many free titles.

Oh well, still cool.
_dave_

Posted by Kevin Michaluk Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

No misleading intended. Just tight on space and I hate seeing titles wrap to two lines. Didn't even think of your point of view. The screenshots show individual apps re-priced to $9.95. Seemed clear to me but can understand your point of view. Re-worked it and made it fit!

Posted by _dave_ Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

No problem Kevin,

I've had my eye on quite a few apps & have been waiting for the price to drop.

Now's my opportunity!

Thanks for the great deals!

_dave_

Posted by JerryD Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Awwwww please! I think it's very deceptive to call a shortcut to a Web site an "APPLICATION"!

Now if you had integrated with BlackBerry Wallet like Future Shop so that you could save login info in Wallet and use it to log into the site, and use it to give Credit Card payment info, now THAT might qualify it as an application!

Posted by Kevin Michaluk Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Hey Jerry, we never called it an "Application".

It's officially the "CrackBerry Mobile App Store."

App Store = a store where you can buy apps
Store App = an app installed on the device that is the store.

And in regards to the launcher, I refer to it repeatedly as being a launcher/shortcut in the post and also provide the straight url for the store.

Also, if you read the the App Store features list, you'll see that BlackBerry Wallet integration will be rolled out in the next few days.

No deception. Everything mentioned above was stated in the post - just gotta read it! Hope that clarifies things for you.

Posted by RoninKSB Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

How can those of us waiting for the release of the Bold to join the Blackberry owners club get in on this sale?

Posted by Achronas Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

I think the AppStore is almost prefect... the only thing I would look at as a welcoming addition is a Cart tab that takes you straight to your cart after backing out of the cart to go look at other apps, instead of having to add another app and remove it just to look at your cart...

Posted by grayzweb Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Really like it! It makes browsing (and buying) apps. alot easier from device.

Posted by Martinisloth Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Thanks a lot! (read, saw, and understood everything)

Posted by pegb856 Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Great job on the new App Store and the shortcut makes it an awesome experience. I think the only thing I would change would be to add more apps per page so we can browse thru them faster.

Works Great and looks great on my Sprint 8330.

Great job Kevin!

Posted by pegb856 Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

I just noticed that Empower Pro is labeled exactly the same as the standard version in the App Store, need to add "Pro" to the title to eliminate any confusion.

Posted by CdnKnight Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

The only suggestion I'd have is a way for the app store to filter by compatability with the device model you're using.

Posted by faibs Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

If I download an app for my pearl, but for instance, get a new pearl through a warranty claim, can the app be transferred over to my new pin

Posted by Kilo720 Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

yo kevin you should be working for rim them self this is a great idea
i like i seeing app store with phone now
but question the app store work for all blackberry

Posted by nyte3k Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

I love the store, great addition to the BlackBerry world!

Allow software bundles to be shown/bought through the store.

Maybe allow trials for the applications.

And one thing that would be nice is showing what other people have bought for a particular software... like Amazon's page where you see other things people have bought who are also considering the certain product you're looking at.

Thanks it for now.

Posted by s4bill Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Looks great

I was wondering if there is any thought to making a specific crackberry icon for the app store.

It shares the same icon with the web launcher.

I have them as different colors.

Just thought it would be a good idea if you updated/added something the crackberry icon with something that represents store or app

Bill

Posted by s4bill Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

MobileHeist: Over 25 Top-Rated BB Apps Priced @ $9.95!!!

When I click the mobileheist link - it returns a result of 24 apps.

Is the search working properly?

Posted by colbypaperboy Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

I just want to say THANK YOU for making these apps available at such wallet-comfy prices. Thanks to the sale I was able to get the EXCELLENT Empower HTML e-mail viewer for just 10 bucks. It's worth the regular price, and is just an insane no-brainer at the reduced price of ten bucks. For an Alltel subscriber stuck with 4.3 for the time being, this makes an excellent tool for viewing e-mails the way they should be viewed. Thanks CB for throwing us a bone with this nice sale event!

Posted by Navan Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

It's a small thing- but having fields like credit card # and PIN and cellphone number and card verification #...fields that use only numbers...have then automatically input numbers like in the address book.

Also, I didn't realise you had to click on the mobileheist icon in order to get the discounts...and once I did I had to remove the app I'd added to get the discount. Maybe if the same app is added twice to the same shopping cart the lower priced one is automatically selected.

A stylistic suggestion is to not have the continue buttons black and then have them go all black when selected. It's just kind of hard on the eyes. Having them grey with the black border looks much better...not sure why those buttons are different.

Like the layout and the look other than that- got BBSmart Alarms Pro! Was dreading the necessity of this app but I'm glad I could get it cheaper!

Posted by RedNightHawk Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Nice to see PayPal support coming. Few BB stores have it and I hate giving out my credit card info online.

Posted by RealtorPete Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

I have tried to upload the store launcher but keep getting the following error code:

907 Invalid COD

I have a 8703e on Sprint

v 4.1.0.384

any reason for this?

Posted by BoldMeister Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

I already sent in one message to your support e-mail address -

When I try to buy software, I get to the cart. It shows the items, but there's no way to get to "step 2", I get two options, I am a new customer or an existing one, with the radio button. No matter what I click, I can't proceed to the next step.

What am I doing wrong? I'm using a Bold. Thanks.

Posted by tcapote Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

I have the same issue on my Curve 8330 on VZW!
When I try to buy software, I get to the cart. It shows the items, but there's no way to get to "step 2", I get two options, I am a new customer or an existing one, with the radio button. No matter what I click, I can't proceed to the next step.

~CMT

Posted by Anonymous Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

I also have a 8330 VZW and there are 7 applications I would like to purchase and can't get past step 1. Is there a way to purchase online then install onto the blackberry. Very nice if I can take advantage of it

Posted by tanker57 Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 1236 days ago

I have a VZ 8330. I signed up as a new member even though i have a login. It seemed to work for me. Nice thing the purchases did show up in my purchases under my account.

Posted by RoninKSB Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

I think it would be useful if there were a search box on each page at the top (under the banner) and at the bottom (above the banner). Currently, the search function is only accessible via a link at the top and the bottom which takes you to a separate "search" page.

If you do this, the link leading to the separate search page can be removed in its entirety.

My 2 cents.

Posted by berryromancewriter Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

This is a great idea and very handy. Much faster than the old way; however, why isn't Splashshopper on sale. Waaaaaaaaaa!!!! Now THAT is a great application. I just don't want to spend $30 for it!! I think I few more good teasers in there would have been nice--and yes something I would want to buy, natch. LOL

Posted by dk14dvorak Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Upon check out - it stayed in the same Step (Step 1) no matter what. Obviously I am doing something wrong.

Posted by RealtorPete Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

I wonder is it possible for us to order the sale items on the website and then download them or do OTA. I think it is great to have an application right on the BB, but I cannot get it to work and I guess some people have some problems. For now maybe that is a good compromise?

Posted by Kevin Michaluk Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Hey RealtorPete,

Nope - this promo is only via the App Store on the mobile device.

Devs are working to address any last remaining tech issues very quickly. They'll be fixed soon so you'll have time to take advantage of them even before the MobileHeist is over.

Posted by jberube Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

I have chosen several Applications from the Mobileheist and cannot get to Step 2 after I load my credit card info.

Posted by papped Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Picked up MiuTunes at a huge discount. Awesome!

Posted by Kevin Michaluk Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Please Read if Experiencing Any Difficulties

It looks like our 99.6% confidence level on the *Beta* CrackBerry Mobile App Store is holding solid. MOST people are installing the launcher, browsing the store and checking out without issue, but there are a few people (some comments above) who are experiencing issues with installing the launcher/and or the checkout process on the store.

We're looking for your help to isolate any issues. If you are experiencing any issues, please respond to this blog post with
a) carrier
b) device model
c) OS version
d) any browser settings that may be on/off (JS support, emulation mode settings, etc.)
e) and details on what you're experiencing.

Thanks for the patience, support and helping to make this the best BlackBerry software purchasing experience it can be!

Posted by jberube Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 1237 days ago

a) carrier - AT&T
b) device model - Pearl 8110
c) OS version - 4.5.0.44
d) any browser settings that may be on/off (JS support, emulation mode
settings, etc.)
JS- Yes, Emulation - Blackberry,
e) and details on what you're experiencing.
Try to checkout as a new customer after entering credit card
information and it puts me back at Step 1

Posted by RascalDoc Thursday, Sep 25, 2008 1235 days ago

Sprint
BB 8330 Curve
os 4.3

app d/l's, installs, makes me reboot, then nothing has changed .. and it wants to do it again .. if I cancel, it closes the browser

Posted by schuchas Thursday, Sep 25, 2008 1235 days ago

Sprint
8830
4.2.2.196
Support JavaScript
Allow JavaScript popups
Support HTML tables
Use foreground and background colors
Emulation mode: Blackberry

I cannot get the "BUY" button to work. I click and get an error that the connection was refused www.mobihand.com:443.
Am I doing something wrong?

Posted by cbmember Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

I paid $9.95 and the App won't activate. I entered the Activation Code and it tells me it's invalid. "It" gave me the 5-digit Code, so it should work, but it doesn't. So now I'm out about $10 bucks. And you get rich.

It's too bad we have to do this via the BB instead of our desktops...what a pain. And for what?

Posted by Kevin Michaluk Tuesday, Sep 23, 2008 1237 days ago

Hey cbmember,

That's why we have customer and technical support. Always aiming for things to be a smooth process (hence the undertaking of this mobile store - it is an easier and more streamlined way to shop and everything is moving to on device purchasing), but that's not always the case.

As I made note in the comment above and in the orginal blog post, we're in beta with the new app store here. Seems to be working great for almost everyone, but little things like this can pop up. Would be great if you could help us out. See the note above in regards to contacting Sebastian.

Regarding your order, please email customersupport@mobihand.com (include your name/email/order #/issue) and they will help you out. Not sure what exactly glitched was/is in this case but it will get sorted. Nobody's ever out to just take your money. We always strive for happy customers.

Thanks for the patience!

Posted by Amy C Henley Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 1236 days ago

How did you get the Activation code? I was never sent one when I purchased my App.

Posted by Gumbio Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 1236 days ago

Dang! all these goodies and I haven't even got a Blackberry yet!!

Posted by reverendrock Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 1236 days ago

Will Paypal be supported before the end of the Mobilheist deals? Would be appreciated. BTW worked great on an 8310 Rogers' as carrier.

Posted by marcel85 Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 1236 days ago

THAT COOL IMMA HAVE TO GET SOME APPS

Posted by cfdev Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 1236 days ago

When trying to purchase it requests a promo code. What is it?

Thanks,
Jeff

Posted by rpalumbo Wednesday, Sep 24, 2008 1236 days ago

I have emailed Sebastian and waiting for a reply. I am sure this issue will be resovled by the 29th, but if not will there be some sort of extension. Thanks

MobileHeist: Over 25 Top-Rated BB Apps Priced @ $9.95!!!

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