BlackBerry Pushing BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1.0.1526 To Devices

BlackBerry PlayBook Software version 2.1.0.1526 brings a re-branding of BlackBerry App World to BlackBerry World, allows for SMS chat through BlackBerry Bridge, and also adds improvement to the browser while boosting the volume on the slate. It also adds support for in-app payments, which should make developers happy. For those who care about such matters, the update is 132MB.


Source: CrackBerry

BlackBerry App World 4.0 Now Available In BlackBerry Beta Zone

BlackBerry App World version 4.0 is now available in the BlackBerry Beta Zone. Here’s what’s new:

• Integration with BlackBerry Commerce Payment Services for Credit Card and PayPal Purchases
• NFC Tag Integration
• Ability to Permanently Delete Apps from My World
• Ability to Re-Install All Apps From My World
• Automatic Find in My World
• SMS Authentication
• Removal of Gifting and Ringtones

Download BlackBerry App World 4.0 from the Beta Zone.

BBM Voicemail For BlackBerry

Have you ever wanted to exchange voice messages with your BBM contacts rather than have to type them? There’s a new app called VVM Messenger that allows you to record, send and receive voice messages with any of your BBM contacts. VVM Messenger lets you send short voice messages up to 25 seconds without incurring pricey roaming or long distance voice calling charges.

The developer says the app is currently in public beta and users must meet the following Requirements:

• OS 6 or later (OS 5 support coming soon. Stay tuned!)
• SD card
• BBM 6.0.1 or later (VVM Messenger will prompt you to download it if you don’t have it installed the first time you run VVM Messenger)

Users will also have to make sure their recipients of a BBM Voicemail also has VVM Messenger in order to receive the message. Although, if you send someone a VVM and they don’t have VVM Messenger installed they will automatically receive an App World invite to download VVM Messenger.

• Download VVM Messenger for free in BlackBerry App World

BlackBerry App World 3.1.2.20 Brings New Features

 

BlackBerry App World 3.1.2.20 is now available in the “Downloads” tab of Beta Zone. This version has the following features:

• Find an app in “My World” by typing a keyword term
• “Other Devices” filter view in “My World” allows you to filter out apps not available for your device e.g. PlayBook Apps
• Announce downloads to BBM Status
• NFC is now an additional method to share a single app
• A new “Share” channel in the App World Home page allows you to share your app list via NFC
• Various Bug Fixes

You can download App World 3.1.2.2.0 from Beta Zone here.

BBM Music v1.2.0.13 Now Available In BlackBerry Beta Zone

 

A new build of BBM Music is now appearing in the BlackBerry Beta Zone. This release, pushes BBM Music into version 1.2.0.13 and actually brings along quite a few changes with it. Looking at the list, here's a short summery of what has been changed:

• Invitation Requests - Discovering similar musical tastes just got easier! When an invitation request is sent from a ‘friend of a friend’ through Recent Updates you will now be able to view songs and the common friend before accepting/declining an invitation. 
• ‘Favorite’ Songs and Contacts - You can now highlight songs or contacts as favorites in BBM Music 1.2! To favorite a song, you need to click on the star displayed in the top left hand corner while listening to a specific song. When the star is highlighted yellow, this will indicate the song as a “favorite” and you will now be able to access this song through “favorite songs” on your profile tab. Favorite songs will be displayed to your friends in Recent Updates For a favorite contact, when you visit a contact’s page you can select “favorite” from the top menu bar. This will add a highlighted yellow star beside the contact’s name in the contacts tab which will only be visible to you. You will now have the ability to search by “favorite”contacts within the contacts tab.
• Intelligent Shuffle - Intelligent shuffle offers you the ability to shuffle songs by favorite songs, genre, artist, song popularity, album, contact, release year or recently added. To access the intelligent shuffle, on the home tab click “shuffle” which will display the shuffle menu shown below.
• A Default Friend for all New Users - New users to BBM Music will now have a default friend listed as a contact.
• Application Enhancements - If you are an existing BBM Music user you will also notice improved notification for friends already using BBM Music, improved performance at startup and easier access to account information from the profile screen.

Download BBM Music v1.2.0.13

BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 Said To Launch February 17th

It seems like RIM has been promising to release the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 update forever. Now, a source described by Berry Review as being "solid" is telling the site that RIM is indeed committed to launching the firmware update and says that it will be launched on February 17th. Whether or not the improvements that the update will bring are enough to generate some much needed sales for the tablet are another kettle of fish entirely.

The improvements in BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 bring a new e-mail client to the device along with a calendar app and a contacts list that is integrated with LinkedIn. Additionally, some new enhancements have been made to the BlackBerry Bridge. When we showed you a video demonstration of the OS earlier this month, we told you that some Android apps were running on Playbook 2.0 and we were told that existing Android apps can be submitted by developers to BlackBerry AppWorld.

If RIM does rollout the PlayBook OS 2.0 update on February 17th, it would be nearly 10 months after the launch of the actual BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. That really seems too long to wait to make much-needed improvements to the device. With RIM's recently leaked roadmap showing that the Canadian manufacturer plans on releasing two tablets this year, including a first anniversary BlackBerry PlayBook refresh, RIM will need to prove that it can produce a tablet that can compete in a highly competitive market.

BlackBerry App World Updated to v3.0.2.7

RIM has released a new update to BlackBerry App World by way of their website. App World has since been updated to version 3.0.2.7, with no changelog currently available. We’d imagine you’ll start to see this update pushed to your device in the next few days. To go ahead and get the update, point your BlackBerry to the link below. Be sure to let us know if you find anything new.

Download BlackBerry App World v3.0.2.7

BlackBerry App World 3.1 coming soon

For those of you who have ever been frustrated with the fact you can't download apps through BlackBerry App World without a data connection, the next update -- App World 3.1, is said to correct that. Being tested internally at the moment, BlackBerry App World 3.1 is also said to include 'gifting' of apps where you can purchase apps for others and also, what is referred to as 'begging' where you can request that another user pay for any application within BlackBerry App World. No time frame for release has been noted but it shouldn't be all that long before it shows up in the BlackBerry Beta Zone. Seems like it has been a long time coming but those features will be greatly appreciated once they arrive.