Odds are that you have heard of BeBuzz (formerly BerryBuzz) and it is a large possibility that you have it installed on your very own device right now. The application received a rather large update today bringing some neat new features, and some enhancements to fix bugs that were previously found. Included in this update was the addition of the ability to add custom colors to BBM contacts, users can now have the BBM messages displayed as a pop up instead of just a notification on the icon, a rework of the user interface and more. If you are a current user be sure to head over and grab the update, and if you would like to purchase the application hit the link below!

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There are but a few days left in 2011; what better time to share with you my most-used apps of 2011 than now. I love my BlackBerry Smartphone for the communication tool that it is. I have one or two games installed on my device, but that's not what I spend the majority of my BlackBerry time doing. The messages app and browser give me quick access to the world at-large, but there are several other apps that truely keep me connected and organized. Head on past the break for the full list.

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Bellshare recently released an update to their popular BeBuzz application, which unfortunately had some bugs and other issues that caused some trouble for those that purchased it. While they are working on updates to fix the problems that arose, they have issued this statement to their customers, as well as a special offer for those of you that bought the app and experienced bugs.

"As you may know we have recently released version 5 of our wildly popular app BeBuzz. BeBuzz 5 comes with some groundbreaking new features, one of which being support for individual BBM contacts.

BeBuzz has always been the leading LED customization app. BeBuzz has been first to bring unique features like disco LEDs, support for 3rd party apps or unobtrusive/non-interactive popup notifications. Features that have been copied many times by competing LED apps.

We will be releasing updates for BeBuzz 5 in the coming days and weeks to address some of the bugs that came up after release. We would like to invite you to download and test these versions as they become available on our forum at http://www.bellshare.com/forum!

As a thank you for your continuing support of our products we are giving away a FREE copy of BerryPopup, one of the leading popup notifications app, (a $4.99 value) to all customer who purchased or upgraded to BeBuzz 5 before Dec 31st, 2011.

You can get your copy of BerryPopup at http://www.bellshare.com/activationsupport/bbz5_freebp.php

Thank you, The Bellshare Team"

You have until December 31st to get your copy of BerryPopup for free. All you have to do is go to the URL in the statement above, enter your email address and BeBuzz license key, and you're all set. Thanks Bellshare!

BeBuzz has long been a CrackBerry favorite across the board. It adds a level of customization you can't find with many other apps. BeBuzz lets you choose specific LED colors and patterns for all of the apps on your device including emails, SMS, phone calls, third party apps and much more. Well today with the availability of BeBuzz 5, you can now add custom LED alerts for individual BBM messages. That means you can have different color alerts for your spouse, kids, boss or whomever you choose. BBM toasts are now supported as well, meaning you can choose to display a short alert with the BBM message and even have it read aloud thanks to the text-to-speech feature. All in all some awesome updates to an amazing app.

Current users of BeBuzz can grab the update for just $1.99 in BlackBerry App World. While it's regularly priced at $5.00, to get things rolling, BeBuzz is available to new users until tomorrow for $2.99 (If the discount isn't yet showing for you just check back later).

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Always a CrackBerry favorite, you can pick up the popular BeBuzz app for BlackBerry today for 50% off. BeBuzz is a simple yet extremely useful app that lets you customize your device LED and alerts for different apps and contacts. Want blue for BBM? Purple for Facebook? Orange for AIM? You can do them all and even create custom colors. Set alerts for IM apps, tasks, calendar, all your email addresses and more. BeBuzz has loads of features including toasts -popup alerts for notifications (emails etc.) Grab it through the end of the day for just $2.99.

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Always a CrackBerry favorite, you can pick up the popular BeBuzz app for BlackBerry today for 50% off. BeBuzz is a simple yet extremely useful app that lets you customize your device LED and alerts for different apps and contacts. Want blue for BBM? Purple for Facebook? Orange for AIM? You can do them all and even create custom colors. Set alerts for IM apps, tasks, calendar, all your email addresses and more. BeBuzz has loads of features including toasts -popup alerts for notifications (emails etc.) Grab it through the end of the day for just $2.99.

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You have heard us here at CrackBerry talk about the popular app, BeBuzz, before. It's a fantastic application that lets you set color LED notifiers for different apps and contacts. Yesterday while in BlackBerry App World, I noticed there were 3 different downloads of BeBuzz. In addition to the paid ($5.99 - version 4.0.79), free with the 5 contacts only (version - 4.0.77) there was a Sprint Promo (free - version 4.0.81). I downloaded the Sprint promo on my daughter's 8330 (she's the only one who didn't have the app already) and from what I can tell, it's exactly like the paid download with unlimited contacts. If you're a Sprint customer head on over to App World and get your copy today! You never know how long a deal like this will last.

The folks at Bellshare let us know they have update the free version of their best selling app Be-Buzz to version 4. The updates bring the UI of the free version up to date with that of the paid app as well as some additional features. Users of BeBuzz free now have the ability to add up to 5 contact alerts (instead of 3), use Toasts and create custom disco LED colors. So if you've been on the fence about using BeBuzz at all, the latest free version gives you a much better taste of what the app offers. The full version of BeBuzz has also been updated to version 4.0.77 and includes additional support for third party apps like LiveProfile, ScoreMobile, GroupMe and more. Also added is the ability to suppress the default red LED.

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Don't tell anybody, but I'm a bit of a geek. I frequently make technology perform in ways the average person would never consider. Others may ask why?, and my response is usually, "because I can." The true answer is that whatever supposedly "geeky" thing I'm doing also happens to be the most efficient and effective way of doing something; bonus points if I don't have to get off the couch. Though it may not look like it now, what I'm doing will save me time and headaches in the future. It's just a little difficult to say that without sounding like a snotty jerk.

Ringtones work for me; ever since my first wireless phone, I've used ‘em. I liked knowing who was calling just by listening. It's a fact of modern wireless life that some calls get answered faster than others. Now that I have a BlackBerry, the type of communiqués has increased exponentially. It's only natural that my "ringtones" use expanded as well. Using only an extra email account; message notifiers; and BeBuzz, I know what message is waiting for me without looking at the screen. The notification sounds and notifier LED are all I need to figure out whether that email is really important or not.

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Always a CrackBerry favorite, you can pick up the popular BeBuzz app for BlackBerry today for 50% off. BeBuzz is a simple yet extremely useful app that lets you customize your device LED and alerts for different apps and contacts. Want blue for BBM? Purple for Facebook? Orange for AIM? You can do them all and even create custom colors. Set alerts for IM apps, tasks, calendar, all your email addresses and more. BeBuzz has loads of features including toasts -popup alerts for notifications (emails etc.) Grab it through the end of the day for just $2.99.

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In celebration of it's own birthday, BerryBuzz has been updated to version 4.0 today and will also be know now as BeBuzz. BeBuzz is a great app that changes up the standard red LED on your device to a variety of colors. You can set custom alerts for BBM, emails, 3rd party apps and much more. New features of version 4.0 include:

• BerryBuzz is now BeBuzz!
  
• Toasts - Shows small unobtrusive messages at the bottom or top of the screen for notifications and incoming messages
  
• BlackBerry Sound Profile Settings - Enable/disable LED, audible reminders, vibrate and toasts depending on your active BlackBerry sound profile
  
• Custom Disco Colors - Now you can finally create your own disco colors! Share them via e-mail, Twitter and Facebook.
  
• New Flashing Type "Smooth Pulse" - In addition to the regular LED flashing BeBuzz 4 adds the option to use a smooth pulsing LED light
  
• Completely Reworked User Interface - Sleeker, cleaner and more powerful
  
• More bug fixes, many minor changes and improvements

This update is $1.99 for current users of BerryBuzz 3.x while users who purchased BerryBuzz 3.x after Jan 1st, 2011 are eligible for a free upgrade. Head to the link below for more info.

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