BeWeather HD for the BlackBerry PlayBook is a feature-rich weather app that really stands out in both looks and functionality!

If waking up in the morning and checking the weather is something you've become addicted to you, will definitely want to check out a new PlayBook application called BeWeather from Bellshare. BeWeather is an all-in-one weather app that not only gives you the current and future weather forecasts, it does so in a visually appealing way. You’ll want to follow me after the break to read the full review on one of the best weather apps currently available for the BlackBerry PlayBook.

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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!

Bellshare has been kind enough to kick in tons of apps for our readers to end our Birthday week. We have a total of 700 copies of their apps up for grabs so we'll make a bunch of readers very happy. Its plain and simple and breaks down like this:

• 50 copies of BerryWeather
• 50 copies of BerryReader
• 100 copies of BeBuzz
• 100 copies of BerryPopup
• 200 copies of BerryMail
• 200 copies of SmartAlerts 

That's a lot of apps!  Bellshare has some of the best BlackBerry utliities out there, so if you haven't checked them out before, you certainly need to. Drop a comment on this post to be entered to win!

Contest: To enter to win one of Bellshare's apps just leave a single comment on this post. Contest ends Sunday March 13th at midnight PST. 

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Always a CrackBerry favorite, you can pick up the popular BerryBuzz app for BlackBerry today for 50% off. That's $2.99 vs. $5.99. BerryBuzz is a simple yet extremely useful app that lets you customize your device LED and alerts for different apps and contacts on your device. 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. BerryBuzz has loads of features and works on pretty much all devices, including those with BlackBerry 6.

BerryBuzz really is one of my personal must-have apps, and maybe more importantly, it's the must-have app I force other members of the Crack Team to have installed on their phones. When I email Adam or Bla1ze, their BlackBerry's light up like a disco siren. It always ensures a fast response! If you have never tried it before, I recommend you do. A free trial is available, but don't think on it too long as you'll want to get it at the sale price before the day is over.

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The folks at BellShare, winner of CrackBerry's 2010 BlackBerry App Developer of the Year award, have released an update to their popular Google Reader client for BlackBerry, aptly named BerryReader. Version 1.1 brings with it a number of changes, which include:

• Added share via e-mail, Twitter and Facebook support
• Added new visual UI for swiping article headers to toggle read/star on touchscreen devices
• Now showing multiple article images inline, not just the first one
• New image viewer for full size image viewing, with option to zoom and pan (supports pinch-to-zoom on touchscreens)
• Added option to hide "all feeds"/"feeds not in folders" from feed selection popup
• Feed selection popup now shows feeds below folders
• Improved overall UI responsiveness
• Many bug fixes and other improvements

Overall it's a great list of improvements. I personally love BerryReader. I installed it when it first came out and have been using it religiously ever since. It stays fully synced to my Google Reader account and you can still read stories even when you don't have a network coverage. It's definitely a nice app to have, especially if you're on a non-BlackBerry 6 operating system.

Save 50% on BerryReader Today Only: BellShare has set up a 50% off coupon code for BerryReader. Use coupon code berryreader11 at checkout from our Mobile App Store or App Store Client and you can get it for $4.97 vs. it's regular $9.95 price. Make sure you're seeing the discounted price before you complete checkout and note that the coupon code only works from our on-device stores.

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I swear - if I get one more email about me being an heir to some overseas dead relative’s fortune, I’m going to scream. It seems as though unwanted email messages sometimes find a way to sneak through the guarded borders of your precious inbox. What’s worse is when that email is pushed to your BlackBerry. There you are in a meeting, a theatre, or having a romantic evening-You are already fighting your BlackBerry addiction; trying to stay in the moment. Then you feel the vibrating alert of a new message. INCOMING!! You succumb once again and sneak a peek. Then anger begins to fester, as you realize you risked getting caught, only to find an email promising to help you enlarge a specific part of the human anatomy (some of you even more upset at being bothered, as you don’t even have the part to begin with!).

BerryMail provides its services which include being another filter and managing the emails that see the light of day on your BlackBerry. It makes sense to manage filters directly on your BlackBerry – seeing how you are on the go anyway.

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Fans of BerryWeather will be pleased to know that version 2.5 is now available for download. Winners of the CrackBerry App Award for best weather utility, BerryWeather 2.5 has a whole slew of changes and bug fixes in place. Almost too many to even list here so, we'll slim it down a bit for you all and concentrate on all bigger changes:

• Added push support to instantly notify about weather alerts without draining the battery
• Added support for custom icons. We are looking forward to iconsets created by the community!
• Added support for sharing weather and advisory via Twitter
• Added support for BlackBerry LBS (location based services) on OS 5.0 and higher devices for cell location lookup. This greatly improve cell location lookup accuracy
• Improved weather alert support and filtering
• New default background image in Day&Night theme. Shows sunlit sky for daytime, moonlit sky for nighttime locations. Transitions smoothly between locations on touchscreen devices.
• Added support for wide background images. If a background image is wider than the screen it will scroll slightly in the background while you move from location to location.
• Added option to show a shortcut on the homescreen for selected locations (OS 6.0 only)
• New titlebar showing full device radio status and application indicators (OS 6.0t only)
• Added support for restricting auto update during certain hours of the day
• Added option to select font family (OS 5.0 and higher)

There really is quite a few more changes that I didn't list here so be sure to check out the full change log for all the details. You can download the free trial of BerryWeather from the CrackBerry App Store today.

• Click Here For More Information And To Download BerryWeather 2.5>>

Kevin dropped word earlier today about the new CrackBerry Wallpaper Changer app from ShaoSoft, and since then I have received word through the grapevine that Bellshare has released a new beta build of their popular application BerryWeather, with compatibility for the new build. Those that have downloaded either the free or paid versions of the new Wallpaper Changer can test out the new BerryWeather build from the OTA links below. Keep in mind that this is a beta build, so you may encounter the odd glitch or bug. You can report anything you find at the Bellshare forums thread here and help them out to make the app even better. Note - while the BerryWeather beta is available for 4.2.1 and 4.6, you need at least OS 4.7 for use of the CB Wallpaper Apps. Special thanks to Yester18 for the tip.

• For OS 4.2.1
  
• For OS 4.6.0
  
• For OS 4.7
  
• For OS 5.0 and higher

Review of BerryPopup for BlackBerry Smartphones

First off, BellShare does a great job at the applications that we all love, doesn't matter if we want the weather, a colored LED to notify us of a SMS, MMS or email account; BellShare has developed an application for that. They also have come up with some improvements with the Berry Popup application. While some don't feel the need for this app, others like myself have really enjoyed it and then are annoyed by little things that the app does. As with anything in life, nothing is ever perfect, just as maybe getting a newer OS seems cool doesn't mean that it necessarily going to be better, there is always something that people will complain about. Some of us are lazy and don't want to push the blackberry button to see which email we just received from which account and thanks to the kind people at Bellshare, they have an app for that. (sorry for the pun) I really do love using the Berry Popup for a quick glance to see if the email is spam or a call from that chick you just met. (could be the same thing)

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Bellshare has been hard at work and have just released another great app. This time it comes in the form of an RSS reader with BerryReader. BerryReader is a great Google Reader client that has loads of features. I've been searching for a decent Google Reader app for ages and this one totally fits the bill. Features include:

• Access your All Items, Starred Items, Shared Items, a single feed or a single folder for reading
• Automatically update in the background every 15, 30, 45 minutes, 1 or 3 hours
• Manage (add/remove) subscriptions from your device
• Quickly toggle an article's Starred, Like, Unread and Shared labels or edit the article's tags for later filtering.
• Read the current list even while offline, changes to labels and tags will be cached and automatically synced when network coverage is regained
• Get notified whenever new articles are available (Includes custom LED color support through BerryBuzz)
• Integrates into the device's messages list showing a BerryReader item whenever new articles are available

This app really has some great features and the updates will keep coming. BerryReader is available for $9.95 (a bit steep, but totally worth it for the sync and other features) and a 7-day trial is available. If you pick it up before Sunday using the code berryreader50 you can save 50% (this code only works in the mobile app store or Superstore client). You can grab it at the link below or via our recently-updated on-device CrackBerry App Superstore client.

• More information/download of BerryReader >>

Having long been a user of BerryBuzz, I'm always glad to see when a new release is pushed out. This time we have version 3.0.66 now available. This version is maintenance release that adds new items to the list of options and fixes up some general bugs that were found through testing. Check out the list of changes:

• Added support for YouMail Visual Voicemail
• Added support for Tweetissimo
• Added support for crunchSMS
• Improved contact matching for incoming calls (fixes LED not working for some contacts)
• Fixed SocialScope support
• Fixed clearing of IM+ notifications
• Clear messages on first key activity' now applies to messages, not only e-mail/SMS
• Fixed activation not working via direct TCP/IP
• Fixed custom profiles being deleted on BerryBuzz deinstallation (OS 5.0 only) 

If you are new to BerryBuzz, you can grab the free trial that is available and give it a test drive. If you're already a BerryBuzz user, you can download the update now to make sure you are indeed running the latest version.

• For More Information And To Download BerryBuzz Click Here>>

Recently updated BerryPopup is today's Deal of the Day, and you can grab it for 50% off. The gives you preview "popups" for your incoming messages, allowing you to quickly view emails and SMS, and choose to delete, reply or just save for later. A great utility for power users who get loads of email throughout the day. BerryPopup will save you the time of going to your messages folder since not matter what app you are in, you will get a preview when new items arrive. You can grab it today only for $3.47 (50% off) in the CrackBerry App Store. You can also check out the Deal of the Day everyday with the updated CrackBerry Mobile Superstore client.

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The good folks from Bellshare have just let us know they have launched a free version of their popular email/text popup application. BePopup Free aka BerryPopup will show popups for e-mails with basic sender and subject information as well as Bellshare.com and CrackBerry.com forum notification emails. The free version has just been listed in BlackBerry App World for users to download and as a special bonus, if you are looking to purchase the full version you can now get $2 off when using the coupon code "2offberrypopup" in the CrackBerry App Store.

Bellshare has just released a pretty cool add on for their popular BerryWeather application. The newly released WeatherPeek allows you to access BerryWeather information at a glance by just simply setting a convenience key on your device.

When set, a pop up will show up and be displayed. Pressing the SPACE key will dismiss the popup and you'll be back to whatever it was you are doing. Pretty cool and nice integration. Although I can't see myself using it a lot since I personally have BerryWeather as my wallpaper, but for those that don't this could prove helpful.

• Check Out The Announcement And Download Links Via The Bellshare Forums>>

BerryBuzz has received a major overhaul and is now available in the form of BerryBuzz 3.0. The new update has a load of action-packed features that make this the best version yet. I'm a big fan of this app, and the update adds a ton of welcome additions. BerryBuzz lets you totally customize your LED for messages, reminders, phone calls and now some 3rd party apps and contact alerts. Updates include:

• Major rework of the user interface (Includes option to black out all screens)
  
• Added support for more 3rd party apps like Twitter (RIM), TweetGenius, UberTwitter, SocialScope, OpenBeak, BeejiveIM, IM+, WhatsApp, Skype, MySpace, Viigo, ebay App, MeterBerry, instango
  
• Added contact LEDs that let you assign LED colors to calls/SMS/e-mails from specific contacts
  
• Added option to vibrate while ringing for all notifications
  
• Added 4 new colors and 12 new LED disco colors
  
• Added support for stacking 2 LED colors for even more color variations
  
• Added option to vibrate/play sound when call connected/disconnected

The ability to now add alerts for contacts, dual-colors for alerts, 3rd party app support and a backup/restore feature for settings make this a great app to have. The downside is that current BerryBuzz owners will have to cough up another $1.99 to get the upgrade, while new users can get it fresh for $5.99.

• More information and download of BerryBuzz 3.0 >>