Want something new for your BlackBerry? Check out The Surprise App!

By Adam Zeis on 29 Mar 2012 12:51 pm

Every day I start my morning by checking out BlackBerry App World for new apps. I like to see what's out there that I think may be useful to me, or just what's new in general. Well today I found one of my favorite apps so far, and you'll never guess what it is. Dubbed The Surprise App, this neat little utility comes from ShaoSoft (maker of Leave It On, The CB App and more) so you know it's a good one. The Surprise App is just what it says - a surprise. From the description:

The surprise app is just that, a surprise. You won't know what the app does until you run it for the first time. What we can tell you this, it is a useful utility. It might be something you never though about needing, maybe it's something you've always wanted, you might even say "wow, that's cool, I didn't know that was possible!"

I have the app installed and I can vouch for it. It's a simple utility that you will use but probably never thought of. So if you're feeling like you want to try something new, give The Surprise App a shot.

If you do install this app - PLEASE don't comment, BBM, email, SMS etc letting others know what it is. The app is intended to be a surprise, so let's keep it that way!

More information/Download The Surprise App

Topics: ShaoSoft Surprise App BlackBerry Apps

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77 comments

rgorman Mar 29, 2012 at 12:53 pm

So, my guess is that within 5 seconds, the app will be plastered all over the place,,,

Tomcat_Alley Mar 29, 2012 at 1:28 pm

someone do me a favor and PM me the details of what this app actually is. im intrigued, but not intrigued enough to blow $1.56 (cost me more as im in the UK and so it costs £1)

Deathcommand Mar 29, 2012 at 12:55 pm

Dude..
IT KILLED MY DOG.

BEST SURPRISE EVER!

krokus Mar 29, 2012 at 1:45 pm

Wow! That too.

It resurected my dead cat.

SharpieFiend Mar 29, 2012 at 4:44 pm

Yeah, mine too! The only problem is that she smells really bad and little bits keep falling off if she tries to jump on my lap...

SharpieFiend Mar 29, 2012 at 12:59 pm

I don't care if this is the best app ever created, I'm not going to install ANYTHING without knowing what it is first. Even though I trust Shaosoft, this is Basic Security 101.

krokus Mar 29, 2012 at 1:46 pm

+100%

Adhamalghamdi Mar 29, 2012 at 6:20 pm

MousePad Mar 29, 2012 at 1:03 pm

+1 here..

dmroberts8 Mar 29, 2012 at 1:04 pm

It costs money, though only $0.99, but it is still money We are supposed to pay for something that we have no idea what it is?

Sounds like the strategy most people use in their 401k.

Adhamalghamdi Mar 29, 2012 at 6:22 pm

agree
I'm not paying for something that I don't know what is it !
I prefer pay 0.99 on another app that I really need it !

stitch69 Mar 29, 2012 at 1:13 pm

currently downloading...

EDIT: downloaded and installed successfully...

poisoned10 Mar 29, 2012 at 1:09 pm

Disappointed. Not really an app that I will be taking advantage of but I could definitely see a ton of people getting good use of it.

Curiosity got the best of me.

Bilaal Mar 29, 2012 at 1:14 pm

Curiosity got the best of me too. I used the "Lend us a Quid" service from my carrier just to see what it was n'all!

It would've been better if you got a different app each time you opened the app lol.

Jaralle Mar 29, 2012 at 1:09 pm

Not something I would have downloaded (free or otherwise) if I had known what it was in advance.

Wolf35Nine Mar 29, 2012 at 1:09 pm

I thought it was free. I'll pass on this. I'll pay for an app, but like to know what it is first.

Suavechef Mar 29, 2012 at 1:18 pm

I'm not buying anything I don't know what it is. That is a waste of money. It will eventually leak out to the internet and then I may decide to buy.

boman06210 Mar 29, 2012 at 1:22 pm

But, what if I DONT need it :-/ if you want my money I need info...

Or what if this is just a clever disguise for a social experiment?

jiatern Mar 29, 2012 at 1:21 pm

It is something I don't really need, lack of settings in-app and... I suggest you save your $0.99.+

gofast81 Mar 29, 2012 at 1:27 pm

I'm all for a surprise for only 99 cents but seriously save yourself the money. Shaosoft is stellar and this app would work better if spread across other apps.

antho_2000 Mar 29, 2012 at 1:31 pm

MESSAGE TO ANYONE WHO BOUGHT THIS APP :

I am currently in Nigeria. I need to wire funds to a business partner in Canada. In order to wire those funds ( 1,000,000 British Pounds) I need someone to accept the money at their financial institutions. The fee for this acceptation of money is 4,000 $ USD. I will gladly forfeit 10,000 $ USD for these services. Please contact me with your information so we can continue to discuss this matter.

Even if this app makes my BOLD give me head, I'm not paying a dime until I find out how good the head giving is going to be. My opinion.

feldmen01 Mar 29, 2012 at 1:40 pm

Haha, I love reading those emails, my favourite is the FBI one... But you need to stop being so dramatic.

It's 99 cents, and you're getting something in return, rather than forfeiting your money to some swindler. Besides, the application isn't all that bad either.

Adhamalghamdi Mar 29, 2012 at 6:26 pm

even if its 99 cent !! If they want our money they should tell us what is it !
this is a waste of money

boldkeyboardholic Mar 29, 2012 at 4:46 pm

you hit it perfectly with this ;)

KRol Mar 29, 2012 at 1:34 pm

its alright, its not as useful for me as I bought an app that does better for me but I can see lots of people liking it or I'd be very happy if I didnt buy the previous app

dadathepanda Mar 29, 2012 at 1:38 pm

c'mon, just tell us what the app is. We're not going to fall for this cheap trick into buying apps. Imagine going to a car dealership and the salesman tells you to pay upfront for a car that you never saw, would you do it?

XPEH Mar 29, 2012 at 1:39 pm

Please send me a $100 and I will send you a surprise gift. I won't tell you what it is, but it'll be a surprise!

OniPod Mar 29, 2012 at 1:49 pm

Need to know what it is before I buy.

antho_2000 Mar 29, 2012 at 1:50 pm

Indeed, because you are a normal person. Don't be fooled by mind tricks. NINJA.

SnowXxFreakXx Mar 29, 2012 at 1:51 pm

There are other apps out there that cost a little more that do what this one does and much much more!! not worth 99.$

TomCanuck Mar 29, 2012 at 1:58 pm

Come on guys, you KNOW it's worth a buck if the developer's confident enough in the product to tell you what it does... Oh wait..

TheUnknownUser Mar 29, 2012 at 1:59 pm

If anyone can pm me the details of this app I'd be thankful. I like useful apps but being a student I rather know what my .99cent app will be because for .99 I can buy other apps knowing what they are instead of wasting .99cents and hoping

Superfly_FR Mar 29, 2012 at 2:01 pm

:) Somehow a nice addition to my 9900.

About security : since it's Shao's ... I bought it straight ahead. Won't have if it wasn't a serious dev company and a known developer.

deloreancowboy Mar 29, 2012 at 2:22 pm

Are you guys really deleting any comments that tell what the app does?

Cula Mar 29, 2012 at 2:22 pm

I didn't even mention what the app does... just mentioned that it's not worth the money IMHO.

Revord Mar 29, 2012 at 2:26 pm

Not bad.

sectionsix Mar 29, 2012 at 2:27 pm

cool app

stitch69 Mar 29, 2012 at 2:34 pm

seriously sitting and thinking WHY the fack i bought this app...

maxb1ack Mar 29, 2012 at 2:37 pm

curiosity killed a cat

stitch69 Mar 29, 2012 at 2:38 pm

:\ curiosity cost me 99c

siddo_d Mar 29, 2012 at 2:44 pm

I'd laugh if it doesn't do nuttin

TorchedNokia Mar 29, 2012 at 2:47 pm

Are you kidding me? Someone spill the beans already.. Suprise app?? Here's a suprise, its not my index, thumb, ring or pinky finger.. Fu#% this..

deloreancowboy Mar 29, 2012 at 4:37 pm

We did spill the beans. They keep deleting the posts. Let's just say it's not worth the space on your phone. Let alone the 99 cents.

kraski Mar 29, 2012 at 2:48 pm

I have several Shaosoft apps on my phone. Great stuff. And, if I had been told Shao needed my $.99 to keep going, I probably would have been OK spending the money. Now that I know what it is, I feel conned into spending the money. It's a feature I turned off in someone else's free app because I didn't want the feature. If you want it, it's OK.

stitch69 Mar 29, 2012 at 2:50 pm

REFUND!!!!

bold1193 Mar 29, 2012 at 3:17 pm

Why the hell wont anybody say what it is?!

pastorbrad Mar 29, 2012 at 3:23 pm

(best Obi-wan voice) This isn't the app you're looking for...

derrickps3 Mar 29, 2012 at 3:25 pm

Somebody pm me what the "suprise" is.....i dont wanna waste a dollar on something useless, that would be maddening

prlarkin Mar 29, 2012 at 3:31 pm

downloaded pay my £1 in the uk and its crap!

QuIcKsIlV3r Mar 29, 2012 at 3:41 pm

Curiosity got the best of me, and it killed my cat.... My toaster oven does this already....

NaijaBerry Mar 29, 2012 at 3:43 pm

Adam you're having a laugh aren't you? But seriously this is the most blatantly obvious promotion i've ever seen and yet its working!! The guys that bought it won't say because they know they've been had, so they would rather keep quiet so the rest of us can be jobbed too! But curiosity always wins!

CDM76 Mar 29, 2012 at 3:43 pm

A couple people have posted what it does ... but their comments are no longer on here ... hmmm ... wonder if CB is getting a kickback from ShaoSoft for the sales of this app ? ? ?

tsells Mar 29, 2012 at 3:56 pm

Good app if you use BBM.
Waste of $ if you don't.

bold1193 Mar 29, 2012 at 4:10 pm

Yup, bla1ze just tweeted that it is the #1 paid app in App World. congrats crackberry for this shameless promotion

Manic99 Mar 29, 2012 at 4:12 pm

Maybe it is an early April Fool's Day

Innerchild Mar 29, 2012 at 4:14 pm

Very cool! Thanks for the tip!

avsb514 Mar 29, 2012 at 4:32 pm

It installed Ice Cream Sandwich on my 9930, that's not useful at all...

boldkeyboardholic Mar 29, 2012 at 4:50 pm

actually this I would buy xD
(as I love the keyboard/formfactor/bartype of BB but OS7... (it's ok, but loving it would be to much)

;)

Jake Storm Mar 29, 2012 at 4:35 pm

It's better than spending $500 on a clock app.

bpgui Mar 29, 2012 at 4:37 pm

I just lost a little respect for Crackberry.

This is a pathetically shameless promotion.

boldkeyboardholic Mar 29, 2012 at 4:59 pm

yep, I sign that.

shameless and stupid. I will never buy something I don't know, espically a software for my phone. But I guess it would still be better as buying a 500$ clock (exact 500 times + 1)

derrickps3 Mar 29, 2012 at 5:01 pm

Can someone bbm me what it is??? My pin is 285668AC

Adhamalghamdi Mar 29, 2012 at 6:20 pm

This should be free, I'm not going to pay on something that I don't know !

hamzeh93 Mar 29, 2012 at 6:34 pm

I'm disappointed with this, took the gamble and i literally payed the price. Could have bought a great app for my playbook with that dollar...

mykidsmom1964 Mar 29, 2012 at 7:18 pm

You are all a big bunch of babies. Heck, what's a buck? It would be worth a dollar just to pay to read all your stupid a** complaining. Tee hee. Lighten up a little ;)

MattM2G#CB Mar 29, 2012 at 7:34 pm

+100!! I agree whole-heartedly. This is a GREAT and creative marketing idea in the true Blackberry style. 3/4 of the responses asking for PM's or BBM telling them what it is , or saying "I'm not gonna spend .99 on it" have no creativity or sense of humor at all. Might as well go get the "free" android phone from your carrier and load it up with free apps and take your sad and sorry behinds to waffle house for the early-bird special!!

I admire the creativity that went into this and as such, have NO issue spending the .99. IMO, its better than spending $2.99 on a new app and finding out later it is a total POS!!!

Hibbylinx81 Mar 29, 2012 at 10:03 pm

Ahahahaha glad I neva liked surprises anyway! If it's that useful den it wouldn't b a surprise to start with!! PASS already...

tapioca770 Mar 29, 2012 at 10:31 pm

lackberry770 its a cute app but I don't use the app its made for. Wasted my money but will look for other apps from this company.

Connor83 Mar 30, 2012 at 3:03 am

Not to bad of an app. They have another app that is 1.99 that I think I would have liked more. But if they had this app and their other one combined. I totally would get it.

MTDave Mar 30, 2012 at 8:20 am

Since I spent a dollar on a MegaMillions lottery ticket, I figured I would toss one at this in hopes of getting something cool. I'm disappointed, but there is still the slim hope for that $540 million tonight...

kpbutton Mar 30, 2012 at 10:04 am

I think everyone that doesn't get the humour of the situation needs to take a few deep breaths. I bought in and appreciated the app. I will use it sporadically, but it was fun throwing a buck at the unknown and being surprised.

werty5926 Mar 30, 2012 at 3:12 pm

I will send anyone my surprise app for one buck American. Send your money to
suckersunlimited.com. If you like the first one, I will send you another one for 99 cents.