Ebscer has updated their freemium Xploding Boxes game to v2.0 which offers you the first 25 levels free and the full 215 levels for a $2.99 in app upgrade. This new update adds support for Spanish along with adding a version for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Xploding Boxes is a fun strategy game where [...]

RIM improved their location services that they offer devs this month with the addition of Wi-Fi geolocation. Originally devs had to use GPS to find your location and then RIM added the ability to get your location from cell phone towers (Cell Site Geolocation) a year ago. Now devs can also get your [...]

We told you earlier that RIM announced the frankenberry BlackBerry Bold 9788 for China. Now Adam @CrackBerry spotted a promo video RIM has put up for the device. Nothing really new here but still I am interested to see how this device sells compared to the new Bold and [...]

I am not sure what to make of this thought I did hear rumors about PlayBook production since last week. Digitimes is reporting that Quanta Computer, which produces the BlackBerry PlayBook in Taiwan, has cut down on BlackBerry PlayBook production and has “offered preferential compensation to lay off about 1,000 workers.” Quanta [...]

The new BBM Social Platform is really helping devs easily create multiplayer BBM powered games. My current favorite is Battles on BBM. The game is more or less a clone of the classic Battleship game and the gameplay is really fun. Definitely worth a download especially at this price tag.

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Nobex finally got around to creating a BlackBerry PlayBook version of their very popular Nobex Radio service. They have been doing a great job with their smartphone app and the PlayBook app is no slacker with access to tons of radio stations ranging from news to music to sports. Features of [...]

iHeartRadio released a new updated version of their app today to support Ford’s SYNC AppLink technology. It allows Ford owners with SYNC enabled cars to control these BlackBerry apps inside their cars using their voice. In case you are not familiar with iHeartRadio they offer 750+ radio stations from 150+ cities commercial free.

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The latest OS 7.0.0.400 which was officially released by Orange France for the Curve 9360 has come loaded with a bunch of small incremental app updates. rr_yy extracted quite a few of them for either OS 7 or both OS6 & OS7 and made them into OTA installs. They seem pretty [...]

Slider Lock is an application that automatically locks your device on screen time out, and allows for you to use slide to unlock on Torch devices.  The app also works on non Torch devices. You can read more about it and purchase it from BlackBerry AppWorld.

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