Avatar Animator
Are you bored with using the pre-installed animated avatars for BlackBerry Messenger, but not sure what the alternative is? Check out Avatar Animator for BBM by mblware and in just a few clicks you will be on your way to creating your own personalized, animated avatars. The app couldn't be any easier to use. Open it up, click record animation, and the application does the rest for you. No worrying about your finished product being the wrong dimensions or the file size being to large. You can even edit out frames of the animation to get it just how you want it. Once you have created your new avatar, simply go to BBM and change it, then sit back and wait for your friends to be jealous.

Mblware has a major update planned for Avatar Animator in the coming weeks, but you can grab it now for $2.99 in BlackBerry App World at the link below. The app is compatible with BlackBerry smartphones running OS 5.0 and higher and BBM 6.1 is required.

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