It's always nice to discover new apps and almost daily, I'll visit App World via my BlackBerry Smartphone and PlayBook to check out interesting apps. Today, I've got three apps tell you about, all for your BlackBerry PlayBook.
They are all camera related. As you know, the BlackBerry PlayBook is a convenient size for carrying around and even taking pictures of video footage with. i do it quite regularly. These three apps may assist you in different ways when using your camera.
Silent Camera for the BlackBerry PlayBook
Just as the name suggests, this apps lets you take pictures on your PlayBook in silence for those times the camera shutter is just to noisy.
Features:
- Save the Picture without shutter sound
- Zoom in and out before taking the picture
- Save to the Camera folder
- Picture is saved in JPG fromat
- Easy to use
Silent Camera for BlackBerry PlayBook is $0.99. It also requires PlayBook OS 2.1.
Purchase Silent Camera for the BlackBerry PlayBook
Camera Burst
Again, pretty self-explantory, take a burst of shots in one go. Perfect for shooting moving objects or when taking pictures at sporting events. I certainly would've liked a few months ago when attending TaekwonDo championships.
Features:
- Native BlackBerry® PlayBookTM application runs very fast
- Supports Rear and Front cameras
- Image Stabilization
- Take multiple pictures in a single shot - 3, 5, 10 or 15 shots
- Take pictures at full camera resolution
- Turn on and off shutter sound
- Save pictures to the Camera folder
- Easy to use
Camera Burst is available in App World for $0.99, requires PlayBook OS 2.1
Purchase Camera Burst from BlackBerry App World
Time Stamp Pictures
I remember owning camera that would put a time stamp on the photo so you could have clear remembrance of when the picture was taken. If you miss that feature, then this app lets you do just that. If you weren't too keen on putting a data/time stamp, perhaps you'd want to a logo on your picture instead. Well, Time Stamp Pictures lets you do that too.
- Native BlackBerry® PlayBookTM application
- Supports JPG, PNG, GIF and BMP formats
- Saves to JPG format
- NO size limit
- Option to include time with the date when stamping datetime
- Stamp logo to the picture
- Stamp directly to the original picture
- Stamp datetime using current datetime or from the date the picture was taken
- Selectable position save the stamp eg: top left, bottom right corner
Time Stamp Pictures is available for $0.99 and requires PlayBook OS 2.0
Purchase Time Stamp Pictures for the BlackBerry PlayBook

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