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- Beta Zone Rolling Out BlackBerry 10 Client for OTA Downloads
It seems like someone in the BlackBerry Beta Zone team finally realized how convoluted the sideloading business was for end users. BlackBerry is currently sending out invites for a new Beta Zone for BlackBerry 10 app in the Beta Zone. Very meta of them. Once you get the invite you can sign up to get the Beta Zone app that allows you to download other Beta Zone apps directly to the device. That way you do not need a PC.
I am still not sure why BlackBerry cannot just put these apps in a Beta Zone section of BlackBerry World but I guess we cannot ask for that much usability. Until then head on over to the Beta Zone to see if you get the invite. Make sure your profile is updated with a BlackBerry 10 device to ensure you get the offer.
Check it out at www.blackberry.com/beta
Thanks Dan for sending this in and Bla1ze@CrackBerry for confirming it with the screenshot
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview | Beta Zone Rolling Out BlackBerry 10 Client for OTA Downloads
Переслать - iHeartRadio Lands on BlackBerry 10 and Its Native! (US Only)
We now have another hot native streaming music app on BlackBerry 10. iHeartRadio has brought their extremely popular streaming radio app to all the BlackBerry 10 devices (Q10, Q5, and Z10) in the US though it requires OS 10.1. Those of you on Verizon and other carriers will have to update to a beta leak or wait it out. Other than I am loving iHeartRadio on BlackBerry 10.
Features include:
THE BEST OF LIVE INTERNET RADIO Listen to more than 1,500 live radio stations from coast-to-coast including pop, country, hip-hop and R&B, rock, talk, news, sports, and more. Browse radio stations by music style and location, then hit the scan button to move from radio station to radio station within a format. Let our DJs know what songs are hot or not by giving them a thumbs up or thumbs down.
CREATE YOUR OWN STATIONS Simply pick a song or artist to create your own commercial-free Custom Station featuring free music from that artist and similar ones. Choose from our catalog of over 16 million songs and 400,000 artists. Use iHeartRadio’s exclusive Discovery Tuner to control how much variety you want in your music.
RECOMMENDATIONS PERFECT FOR YOU Let iHeartRadio recommend stations perfect for any activity, mood or situation. Whether you are at work, driving, studying, relaxing, going out or working out, the "Perfect For" feature helps you find music for the moment.
ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ALWAYS FREE Take your favorite radio stations and BlackBerry® music wherever you go. Log in to iHeartRadio for free through email or Facebook to make iHeartRadio uniquely yours. Create, save, and share your internet radio stations from wherever you access iHeartRadio.
Check out iHeartRadio free in BlackBerry World.
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview | iHeartRadio Lands on BlackBerry 10 and Its Native! (US Only)
Переслать - BBM Coming to Android By End Of September According to BlackBerry India MD
We have been hearing about an "End of Summer" release for BBM for Android and iOS in the official announcement from BlackBerry. I have personally been hearing that September is a done deal and now BlackBerry's India MD, Sunil Lalvani, has confirmed as much. He confirmed to IBNLive that:
“The service is coming to Android this summer. But summer as per North America, where it remains till September.” When asked if that means that BBM for Android would be available before the end of September, his response was in the affirmative.
Hopefully that pans out for all the iOS and Android users waiting to get back in on the BBM craze.
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview | BBM Coming to Android By End Of September According to BlackBerry India MD
Переслать - BlackBerry Giving Away Free Copies of Sencha Architect – Faster BlackBerry 10 Theme
BlackBerry is really upping their HTML5 partnership with Sencha for developers. They announced that the new Sencha Touch 2.3 that is being released at SenchaCon this week has a major overhaul. The new BlackBerry 10 theme in the update can now creaate BlackBerry 10 apps that "are nearly indistinguishable from native Cascades apps" according to BlackBerry. Check out the details of the update here.
BlackBerry and Sencha are doubling down on that update with an offer of a free copy of Sencha Architect ($399) and a BlackBerry Dev Alpha B device for "Qualified developers." Check out the details at developer.blackberry.com/senchaoffer
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview | BlackBerry Giving Away Free Copies of Sencha Architect – Faster BlackBerry 10 Theme
Переслать - BlackBerry's Top Z10 & Q10 App Releases for the Week
Its the Wednesday again which means BlackBerry has put out their list of top app releases for the week. PlayOn is getting featured this week along with Reebee. Many of these we have already covered in the past week but we will cover the others shortly!
Highlights of the Week:
PlayOn:
PlayOn has launched this week on the BlackBerry® 10 platform! The award-winning media server software from MediaMall Technologies now provides BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 owners the ability to stream online videos directly to their devices – with access to Netflix, Hulu and HBO GO. 60+ channels will now be available, including ABC, NBC, CBS, Comedy Central and others. The application is currently available on BlackBerry World.
reebee:
reebee launched this week on BlackBerry®10 and is now available on BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 devices! reebee puts flyers at your fingertips by aggregating Future Shop and other local flyers to make them easily accessible on your mobile devices so that you can always have quick and easy access to know what's on sale and what's new in store. The application is also currently available on BlackBerry World.
BlackBerry Z10 Apps:
Books:
- Kobo E-Reader (Kobo Inc)*
Navigation & Travel:
- MC Banking (PT Finnet-Indonesia)*
- Cleartrip (Cleartrip)*
- Mytaxi – The Taxi App (Intelligent Apps GmbH)*
- Bengaluru International Airport (Bengaluru International Airport Limited, Bangalore)
Finance:
- Personal Banking (Santander UK plc)*
Lifestyle:
- ASOS Daily Edit (ASOS.com Ltd)*
Games:
- Ben 10 Omniverse Undertown Chase (Turner Broadcasting System Latin America, Inc)
Music & Audio:
- Hed Kandi (Ministry of Sound)
*Also available on BlackBerry Q10
BlackBerry Q10 Apps:
News and Magazines:
- NDTV for BlackBerry 10 (NDTV Convergence)
- Kicker (kicker – Olympia Verlag GmbH)
Utilities:
- TAM Mobile (TAM Airlines)
Here are the top 'must-haves' apps according to our developers here at BlackBerry:
1. Alarm – Tap to Snooze (Devarshi Patel) "Great addition to your phone. The UI is simple and easy to use."
2. Translator Pro – OCR + Speech + Recognition + Driver Mode (MMMOOO) "Another great app by MMMOOO. The translator app works like a charm and it has all the requirements that a translator app ever needed."
3. Blippar (Blippar.com) "Just load up the app, and let your camera scan around for embedded code and you've unlocked some goodies all from within the app itself."
4. Block Puzzle (appbulous) "It is an interesting puzzle game with Colorful Graphics & Challenging Puzzles."
5. Captai SkyroHD (GameVNS) "Simple graphic it not means this game can't we put it into top app game, the game very interesting both from the gameplay and sounds."
For a look at all BlackBerry 10 apps, head to BlackBerry World.
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview | BlackBerry’s Top Z10 & Q10 App Releases for the Week
Переслать - Best BlackBerry 10 Error Message So Far… Have a Better One?
BlackBerry 10 seems to have a much better error message handling system than legacy BlackBerry devices. Gone are the days of Java Error 503 and other such fun and more user friendly than Androids "Unfortunately System UI has stopped" or "Force Close" errors. Still there are some error messages that users have been exposed to here and there. This one shown above is my favorite so far but I thought I would throw the challenge out there. What is your favorite BlackBerry 10 error message?
PS: I love that an application can be slayed. Brings me back to Final Fantasy days.
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview | Best BlackBerry 10 Error Message So Far… Have a Better One?
Переслать - Evolution Web Browser Brings Ad Blocking, Gestures, User Agent Switching & More to BlackBerry 10
A few readers let us know about the launch of the Evolution Web Browser with Ad Blocker over the weekend. The new native app is an awesome upgrade over the native browser with things like a built in Ad Blocker and pre-fetching Lightning mode. You can also use gestures and change your user agent to fool websites into thinking you are another device. Best of all it includes AutoFill for forms and video support in OS 10.1+.
Here are the features:
- Ad blocking (option)
- Lightning mode (speeds up loading times) (option)
- Tabbed browsing
- Hide address bar when scrolling (option)
- Gestures (option)
- Scroll with volume keys, short press for page, long press for top/bottom (option)
- History
- Bookmarks
- Reader mode which makes pages easier to read
- Page transitions (option)
- Change user agent
- Disable Javascript
- Backup/Restore settings
- Multiple tabs
- Restore tabs on start up from previous session
- Share (share page via BBM, Twitter, Facebook etc)
- System integrated, when long pressing on a url in email, BBM etc Evo Browser will show as an option to open in
- Find on page (search for text on page)
- Address bar doubles as Google search bar
- Auto-fill forms (OS 10.1)
- Video support (OS 10.1)
Check out Evolution Browser for $1.99 in BlackBerry World
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview | Evolution Web Browser Brings Ad Blocking, Gestures, User Agent Switching & More to BlackBerry 10
Переслать - Awesome Thomson Reuters Eikon Financial app for BlackBerry 10 (Native)
BlackBerry just had another hard hitting financial business app release for BlackBerry 10. Thomson Reuters has released their Thompson Reuters Eikon app for BlackBerry 10. This gives Eikon subscribers (an alternative to Bloomberg terminals) access to real time financial markets data on their BlackBerry 10 device. Best of all it comes in a fast and fluid native UI experience. BlackBerry announced this partnership at BlackBerry Live and the fruits of that labor are finally here.
If you are a Thompson Reuters Eikon user check out their free app in BlackBerry World. Kudos to Bla1ze@CrackBerry for spotting it.
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview | Awesome Thomson Reuters Eikon Financial app for BlackBerry 10 (Native)
Переслать - BlackBerry Rumored to Cut Z10 & Q10 Production in Half
There are quite a few rumors swirling around when it comes to BlackBerry 10 production. In the US we have seen carriers cut the price of the Q10 and Z10 aggressively to sub $99 price points with Amazon taking the cake at about $49 for the Z10. Now Stuart Jeffrey of Nomura Equity Research (you know how I love ANALysts) has put out a note the company is cutting back production.
Supposedly BlackBerry has scaled back production of the Z10 and Q10 models to 1 million a month from 2 million previously. This is after they just raised it to 2 million in May. BlackBerry has responded that "such things are part of normal lifecycle management of preparing for new devices that will be coming out." Who knows what is actually true but this pricing does make BlackBerry 10 devices more competitive.
Either way it translates into cheaper BlackBerry 10 devices for now. Check out the full analysts report at Barrons.
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview | BlackBerry Rumored to Cut Z10 & Q10 Production in Half
Переслать - 35+ Free Cascades & WebWorks Online Training Courses Available for BlackBerry 10 Devs
Jesse pointed out this great offering for aspiring BlackBerry 10 devs from BlackBerry. BlackBerry has posted up 35+ interactive training courses for BlackBerry 10 Cascades and WebWorks concepts. They walk you through a session in 15-30 minutes with exercises you can download and play with yourself. You can even take the quiz afterwards to test your retention. These courses are also useful if you are studying for BlackBerrys new Certified Builder exam for developers.
Right now I count 35 training items with more listed as coming soon. They also plan on releasing more when the BlackBerry 10.2 Gold SDK release along with updating the current ones.
Check out the training items for yourself here
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview | 35+ Free Cascades & WebWorks Online Training Courses Available for BlackBerry 10 Devs
Переслать - T-Mobile & AT&T Unveil Plans for Frequent Upgrades but It Will Cost You
Earlier this month T-Mobile unveiled a new plan called Jump that tries to make it easier for you to upgrade phones as early as every two months for a hefty $10/month extra. The math there only really adds up if you were already paying for insurance and were planning on upgrading very close to every 6 months and don't like reselling your electronics. Now AT&T has joined the fray with a similar program that has you paying for the whole device in payments (without subsidies) broken out over 20 months without any down payment. They will then let you upgrade to a new device after 12 months if you hand in your old device. Once again the math does not really add up unless you don't like to resell your device.
If you are thinking about both plans I recommend doing the math and figuring out if it actually makes sense. First of all you are forgoing subsidies though this may make upgrades a bit more affordable for people who cannot make a down payment. The Verge has a nice analysis of the T-Mobile Jump plan. At least that plan includes insurance built in.
Check out AT&T Next or T-Mobile Jump
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview | T-Mobile & AT&T Unveil Plans for Frequent Upgrades but It Will Cost You
Переслать - PlayOn Goes Native on BlackBerry 10 Streaming Netflix, Hulu, & More from your PC
PlayOn has an innovative way of bringing content like Hulu, Netflix, HBO Go, and more to a platform. It uses your PC to stream the content which it then forwards on to your device. They have now launched a native BlackBerry 10 client and I am loving it. Best of all you do not need a Hulu Plus subscription because it is going through your PC. They also have support for CBS and 6 more online channels in the US and Canada.
I highly recommend checking out PlayOn in BlackBerry World if you enjoy streaming content. The price for PlayOn is a tad steep at $49.99 for life or $24.99 per year though they do have a 30 day trial.
Here is the announcement:
PlayOn Brings Netflix, Hulu, HBO GO, 60+ Channels to BlackBerry 10 Platform
PlayOn app now available on BlackBerry World
Seattle, WA – July 16, 2013 – PlayOn, the award-winning media server software from MediaMall Technologies that streams online videos to TVs and mobile devices, today announced the launch of the PlayOn app for the BlackBerry® 10 platform.
For the first time, BlackBerry 10 customers in the US and Canada can watch content from Hulu, Netflix and HBO GO on their smartphone. By downloading the new PlayOn app to a BlackBerry® Z10 or BlackBerry® Q10 smartphone, and PlayOn software to a Windows PC, customers can stream online content from Netflix, Hulu (with no Hulu Plus subscription needed), HBO GO, CBS and 60 additional online channels to their smartphone.
PlayOn's online software is installed on a Windows PC where it browses content from various online providers like Netflix and Hulu and online channels like ABC, NBC, CBS and Comedy Central, and then displays that content directly on the BlackBerry 10 smartphone through the PlayOn app. BlackBerry 10 smartphone customers can browse and watch movies, TV shows and more on their phone at home or on the go over a Wi-Fi®, 4G or 3G connection.
"With our new PlayOn app for BlackBerry, we are excited to extend PlayOn's benefits to BlackBerry 10 smartphone customers, including first-time access to all the great content of Netflix, Hulu, CBS and HBO GO," said Jeff Lawrence, CEO of MediaMall Technologies. "We are very pleased to be partnering with BlackBerry to launch this app. It is really going to change how BlackBerry 10 customers watch content on their smartphone."
"We're delighted that PlayOn is now available for BlackBerry 10 smartphone customers, giving them access to the fantastic streaming video content they can get today on their Windows PC," said Martyn Mallick, VP of Global Alliances and Business Development at BlackBerry.
BlackBerry 10 smartphone customers can try PlayOn risk-free with the software's 30-day money back guarantee through a Windows PC in the United States and Canada. A lifetime subscription to PlayOn is currently on sale for $49.99. Annual subscriptions are on sale for $24.99. The PlayOn app is a free download and is now available on the BlackBerry® World™ storefront.
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview | PlayOn Goes Native on BlackBerry 10 Streaming Netflix, Hulu, & More from your PC
Переслать - HOT! Twitter for BlackBerry 10 Updated With Multiple Account Support, Direct Messages & More!
It seems like the BlackBerry social apps team is listening to feedback. In one fell swoop they have fixed practically all my main complaints with the Twitter for BlackBerry 10 app. This new v10.2 of Twitter for BlackBerry 10 adds multiple account support. It also allows you to view, reply, and send direct messages from the app instead of just the hub. Here is a list of all the other improvements:
- Multiple Accounts –With Twitter 10.2 you can now add additional Twitter accounts within the app.
- Direct Message – Twitter 10.2 allows you to view, reply and send new Direct Messages right within the app.
- Improved Refresh –Improved refresh always maintains your current location in the timeline.
- Discover – Twitter 10.2 offers a new Discover page that delivers a stream of Tweets, accounts to follow and more. Simply pull to refresh or scroll to see more and discover even more fascinating people to follow. Plus the Activity page provides a view into what the people you are following are doing on Twitter including who they're following and what tweets they're favoriting.
- Photo Save –With Twitter 10.2 you can save pictures being shared on Twitter directly to your BlackBerry.
- Search Improvements – Now you can view your recent and saved searches and with Type Ahead, search suggestions are provided for you as text is entered in the search field.
- Refreshed UI – A wider timeline in all parts of the app provides a fresh new design and makes it easier to browse.
Check out the updated Twitter for BlackBerry 10 free here
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview | HOT! Twitter for BlackBerry 10 Updated With Multiple Account Support, Direct Messages & More!
Переслать - BlackBerry Confirms That Silent Camera Shutter Is Coming in OS 10.2
I have no idea why this has taken BlackBerry so long but they finally seem to be listening to customers. For years BlackBerry has been smugly telling users that they cannot silence the shutter sound on their phones due to some ambiguous legal reason even in locations where it is totally legal. BlackBerry even pulled such apps from BlackBerry World before allowing them once again.
Now Michael Clewley, product manager at BlackBerry, has confirmed on his BBM Channel that there is hope at the end of the tunnel. You will now be able to take pictures at weddings without everybody looking at you weirdly with OS 10.2. BlackBerry is allowing your phone profile to control the shutter sound so you can turn off the sound.
Finally…!
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview | BlackBerry Confirms That Silent Camera Shutter Is Coming in OS 10.2
Переслать - BlackBerry A10 Rumored Specs Detailed in Leaked Slide
We have been hearing quite a bit about the rumored BlackBerry A10 (Codename Aristo) and the fun just doesn't stop. Now we have what looks like a leaked slide from May 2013 posted by a newbie on CrackBerry forums for the A-Series device specs. The specs are disheartening for some that were expecting flagship hardware but they do improve on the Z10. Still I hope this is a dated slide deck and BlackBerry has updated the internals. We know they have multiple prototypes going around so it should be interesting to see how the device finally launches.
The main feature that concerns me is the non-removable battery. That is just a stupid move in a BlackBerry device or any device for that matter. It takes away user flexibility for very little added benefit.
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview | BlackBerry A10 Rumored Specs Detailed in Leaked Slide
Переслать - Facebook for BlackBerry Legacy Devices Updated to v4.1.0.12 in Beta Zone
BlackBerry does a nice job of updating the social apps for legacy devices on a regular basis. They are getting close to another official release with these latest updates in the Beta Zone. The latest brings us Facebook for BlackBerry v4.1.0.12 packing some nice improvements. This update includes the following updates:
- News Feeds
- Notifications where:
- User may encounter issues where Facebook notifications are not cleared
- User may encounter issues with Facebook receiving notifications
- User may receive multiple friend requests from existing friends
- Friend search
- Viewing list of tagged users in status update or check-in post
- Photo Tags/Tag Info
- Comment Count
- Text scroll issues in Remote Search text field
Check it out in the beta zone here
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview | Facebook for BlackBerry Legacy Devices Updated to v4.1.0.12 in Beta Zone
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