Sergey let us know that his popular app Fancy Characters has been updated and is now at version 5. The new version is sporting plenty of fixes as well as some great new features including a revamped UI. If you haven't used Fancy Characters before, it really is the best way to get all the fun smileys and characters on your BlackBerry for BBM, email and SMS messages.
Updates include:
- New unique BBM chat integration! Use FC directly from chat smiley button (see screenshot below)
- New outstanding UI (see screenshots below) optimized for small and large screens
- Better Touch and Gestures support
- Smiles description labels
- Smiles categories
- Many other small improvements
- Free Edition - free to use with more features than any other free/paid smiles app there
- Premium edition gets that new BBM integration feature and less annoying screens
- New users can get Premium edition via in-app purchase on AppWorld
- Any users of version 3 and up is automatically upgraded for version 5! (Use instructions in app to get v5 activation code by your email)
You can grab the free version from BlackBerry App World at the link below (upgrade to premium within the app for more features).
More information/Download Fancy Characters
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