Your chance to download your free Thank You Gift from BlackBerry apps is coming to an end. The promotion ends in about a week on December 31st, meaning if you haven't downloaded your free apps yet, you should do it ... now. The apps are all still available in BlackBerry App World, but once the promo ends they'll be back to full price. As a reminder, you can get the apps below free of charge during the promotion:

• Shazam Encore
• Vlingo
• DriveSafe.ly Pro
• DriveSafe.ly Enterprise
• Bubble Bash 2
• The Sims 3
• Bejeweled
• Nobex Radio Premium
• N.O.V.A.
• SimCity Deluxe
• iSpeech Translator Pro
• Texas Hold'Em Poker 2

All the apps are available for most devices (some are sadly lacking OS 7 support) in BlackBerry App World. Hit the link below to download before your time runs out!

Check out all the Thank You Gift apps in BlackBerry App World

iSpeech Translator Pro is the next in line from RIM as part of their Thank You Gift program. You can download the app now (for most devices) free in BlackBerry App World for a limited time. iSpeech lets you quickly and easily translate your speech to text on your BlackBerry Smartphone.

Speak and translate any words or phrases including email or text (SMS) in multiple languages with iSpeech Translator. The app's human-quality text to speech and speech recognition are brought to you by iSpeech, the creator of DriveSafe.ly, award-winning leader in texting while driving applications. 

Head to BlackBerry App World to grab the app free. If you don't see it listed then unfortunately it may not be available for your device.

More information/download of iSpeech Translator Pro

Next in line for the Thank You Gift program is N.O.V.A. (sadly not the PlayBook version) and Texas Hold'em Poker 2 from Gameloft. These are some great titles and add to the free lineup of thank you gift's from RIM. If you haven't already, head to BlackBerry App World and grab them while you can. Keep in mind they unfortunately aren't available for all devices, so if you're not seeing them, that may be why.

More information/download of Texas Hold'em Poker 2
More information/download of N.O.V.A.

The Sims 3 and SimCity Deluxe are now free as part of RIM's Thank You Gift program. Both of these games come from EA and are welcome additions to the free offerings from RIM. Unless you'v been living under a rock, you should know what both of these titles are. As with previous apps, these are available for a limited time, so grab them while they are still free. It looks like they are available for most devices, so head to BlackBerry App World or hit the links below to download.

More information/download of The Sims 3
More information/download of SimCity Deluxe

Vlingo is the next app available for a free download as part of RIMs Thank You Gift program. Vlingo retails for $19.99, but for a limited time you can grab it totally free. If you haven't heard of it before, Vlingo is a virtual assistant for your BlackBerry that lets you speak to perform tasks. Navigate your device faster, search with your voice, compose emails and more. Vlingo is available for most devices. Hit the link below to download from BlackBerry App World and get it while the gettin' is good!

More information/download of Vlingo

RIM has now rolled out the next app available for free as part of their thank you gifts. You can head on into BlackBerry App World and search for Shazam Encore and save yourself some money on the music 'tagging' service which, is great for looking up and sharing songs you know but can never remember the name of. You can also check out the video for any songs you tag as well -- purchase all from right within the 7Digital Store if you have that installed. Thanks, @NorthsideB!

*Note - Not all devices and carriers are going to be supported. While it shows all countries and devices running 4.6.0 and up are supported, we're going by the info relayed on the BlackBerry App World website and that appears to be somewhat inaccurate at times -- if wrong, don't shoot the messenger*

Download Shazam Encore For Free

The second app to be released as part of the Thank You from BlackBerry deal going on is Bubble Bash 2 by Gameloft. Discover the new edition of the award winning puzzle series on your mobile. Bash together 3 or more like-colored bubbles to make them all explode just like before. But this time, you’ll take the adventure to enchanting Africa. 16 challenging game modes filled with new special bubbles add a whole new spice to the game. It takes only seconds to master, but you’ll play for hours.

Please remember that not all the apps are going to be released at one time. RIM will be releasing them gradually between October 19 and November 30. Users with a BIS Lite or BBM-only plan will be able to download the free apps over wifi from App World starting in November.

You can find more details on the BlackBerry Facebook account including some of the fine print regarding this deal.To find the free apps, simply open up App World, and you should see "A Thank You Gift" in the carousel, as seen in the picture above. (If you don't see it yet, or don't see any apps listed when you open it, try refreshing App World by typing Alt + R,S,T,R,S,T in the main page, or just Alt + R,S,T in the My World section.)

As promised, Research In Motion has started releasing the premium apps in BlackBerry App World that are part of what they are calling the Thank You from BlackBerry Offer. Of course, this is the offer we told you about a couple of days ago that RIM is making as an apology for the service outage that occurred last week. The first app to hit App World is DriveSafe.ly Pro, which allows you to listen and respond to SMS and emails out loud, instead of by typing.

Interesting to note, RIM has segregated the apps that are part of this offer, giving them each a separate item number than their normal listings. It looks like you will be able to find them all listed in one place, which is convenient, but we're not sure yet how this will play out if/when the apps get updates. Also, please remember that not all the apps are going to be released at one time. RIM will be releasing them gradually between October 19 and November 30. Users with a BIS Lite or BBM-only plan will be able to download the free apps over wifi from App World starting in November.

You can find more details on the BlackBerry Facebook account including some of the fine print regarding this deal.To find the free apps, simply open up App World, and you should see "A Thank You Gift" in the carousel, as seen in the picture above. (If you don't see it yet, or don't see any apps listed when you open it, try refreshing App World by typing Alt + R,S,T,R,S,T in the main page, or just Alt + R,S,T in the My World section.)

By now every BlackBerry owner who follows Research In Motion is aware of the reparations offered to them due to the major BlackBerry outage that happened last week. The general consensus being that it's a good thing RIM is doing this considering the impact it had on those rely on BlackBerry.

Some folks stated the actions of RIM exceeded their expectations, especially those who happened to be unaffected by the outage while others are hoping RIM offers more in the way of reparations. What do you all think? Is what RIM offering enough or should they take it to next level? We've put a poll above for you all -- let RIM know how you feel by adding your vote today! Drop a comment below and let us know what else, if anything, you think RIM should be doing to make good.