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- Motek Releases Free PinShare App to Meet New BBM Friends
- Free 2010 US Census Browser App for the BlackBerry PlayBook
- Why Doesn’t App World have Gift Cards & Coupons Yet?
- TeleNav Working on Free HTML5 Based Navigation Solution for “Early 2012”
- Polarbit Releases Tank Riders 3D Game for the BlackBerry PlayBook
- CarrierIQ Publishes Report on What it “Does and Does Not Do”
- Verizon gets the spotlight in AppWorld!
- Connect In Private Launches Email & Browsing Apps That Bypass RIM’s NOC
- The Web, Not Apps, Is the Future
| Motek Releases Free PinShare App to Meet New BBM Friends Posted: 15 Dec 2011 01:02 AM PST Now that RIM has released its new BBM SDK we can expect to see more and more apps like PinShare. Motek has released this new PinShare app that makes it easy to find BBM friends from your BlackBerry instead of scouring forums, Twitter, or even App World reviews. You can easily connect with people based on their profile picture and description. You chat without exchanging your PIN after which you can connect and add them as a contact. I have a hard time keeping up with my friends as it is but I know there is definitely a demand for apps like this.
You can download PinShare free in App World If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 4:02 am. | Motek Releases Free PinShare App to Meet New BBM Friends | Leave a comment |
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| Free 2010 US Census Browser App for the BlackBerry PlayBook Posted: 14 Dec 2011 02:33 PM PST
@andytrice let me know that he has released his slick web app for the 2010 US Census demographics data for the BlackBerry PlayBook. According to Andy the app is packaged using WebWorks for the PlayBook and was created to "showcase enterprise-class data visualization in apps using HTML-based technologies." It definitely does that with some cool effects on the PlayBook. You can even check it out on your PC at tricedesigns.com/census/ but it is more touch optimized.The app lets you view age distribution, racial distribution, as well as household/non-household information for any county or major metropolitan area within a state. When viewing any of the charts, you can scroll the view by swiping up, and you will reveal a table showing all of the underlying data. All in all it shows how easy it is to take data and visualize it using web technologies on multiple platforms. So far the web app has been ported to iOS, Android, PlayBook, and the Kindle Fire. The code for the project is released under the Modified BSD License and you can find more details on the project homepage. Otherwise feel free to give it a spin by downloading it from App World. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, December 14, 2011, 5:33 pm. | Free 2010 US Census Browser App for the BlackBerry PlayBook | One comment |
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| Why Doesn’t App World have Gift Cards & Coupons Yet? Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:08 PM PST
Now that RIM is rolling out App World Begging and Gifting over BBM in BlackBerry App World v3.1 it leaves a big question in my mind. RIM managed to integrate a complex process where you beg a friend for an app on App World through the new BBM SDK and then follow the request to the giver and then credit the app to the beggars account. On the other hand they are missing such a key element of any online shopping site especially during the holiday shopping season… gift cards and coupons. This means that you cannot simply purchase a gift card for a friend or a developer cannot offer a coupon for their app or game. I have been begging RIM to add this feature for ages but I guess I needed to beg them for it via BBM for them to "gift" it to me. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, December 14, 2011, 4:08 pm. | Why Doesn’t App World have Gift Cards & Coupons Yet? | 8 comments |
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| TeleNav Working on Free HTML5 Based Navigation Solution for “Early 2012” Posted: 14 Dec 2011 10:31 AM PST
In the same vein of what I said earlier today that "The Web, Not Apps, Is the Future" we have TeleNav weighing in. They announced today that they are working on a new HTML5 browser based, voice-guided, turn-by-turn GPS navigation service. That means they will no longer need to create an app for every platform since it will simply run in the browser or HTML5 WebWorks like app. That would be a single codebase for multiple devices. The best part is that TeleNav is planning on making the app totally free to BOTH consumers AND developers for them to easily add turn by turn navigation functionality. Here is how they describe it:
You can read more about the service and developers can sign up for early testing at: www.telenav.com/developer/HTML5. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 14, 2011, 1:31 pm. | TeleNav Working on Free HTML5 Based Navigation Solution for “Early 2012” | 2 comments |
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| Polarbit Releases Tank Riders 3D Game for the BlackBerry PlayBook Posted: 14 Dec 2011 10:20 AM PST
Polarbit is really cranking out solid PlayBook games. Their latest port is Tank Riders which is a 3D tank battle game. It has you pitted against your enemies with cannons, missiles, and mortars and loads of wall bouncing fun. Trust me this is one of those PlayBook games that will suck you in. Check out a cross platform trailer of the game below: Desktop Video Link | Mobile Video LinkYou can pick up Tank Riders for $1.99 in App World If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 14, 2011, 1:20 pm. | Polarbit Releases Tank Riders 3D Game for the BlackBerry PlayBook | One comment |
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| CarrierIQ Publishes Report on What it “Does and Does Not Do” Posted: 14 Dec 2011 10:06 AM PST
CarrierIQ has finally realized that they need to come out and vocally defend their logging of information on handsets. The drama has been going on for awhile now and it seems like most BlackBerrys on most carriers are spared and the app is relatively easy to spot do to BlackBerry security. On the other hand there have been tons of questions on exactly what CarrierIQ logs on other platforms, specifically Android. CarrierIQ does try to distance themselves from carrier and handset manufacturer practices claiming that the keylogging found by dev Trevor Eckhart was the result of a handset shipped with debug capabilities turned on. In other words they are saying it wasn't our fault it was their (the carriers and manufacturers) fault. They have also admitted to another bug that leads to security issues where a certain diagnostic profile may cause SMS to also be collected in the log data. All in all it is an interesting 20 page PDF that you can find on CarrierIQ's website. Hopefully CarrierIQ, carriers, and manufacturers can learn the moral of the story and be more transparent on their data collection practices. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 14, 2011, 1:06 pm. | CarrierIQ Publishes Report on What it “Does and Does Not Do” | One comment |
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| Verizon gets the spotlight in AppWorld! Posted: 14 Dec 2011 09:54 AM PST
Verizon customers are reporting that they now have a Verizon section in BlackBerry App World. It looks to be a list of apps that Verizon has created for their subscribers, paid and free. The apps are not proprietary to Verizon, just recommended. It makes me wonder if independent carrier stores are going to go way of the wind, and this will be the next stage in carrier app involvement. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Fubaz for ©BerryReview, December 14, 2011, 12:54 pm. | Verizon gets the spotlight in AppWorld! | 2 comments |
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| Connect In Private Launches Email & Browsing Apps That Bypass RIM’s NOC Posted: 14 Dec 2011 06:55 AM PST
Connect in Private let us know that they have launched a new app that gives you what they call "Highly Secure BlackBerry Email and Browsing" application that is independent from RIM's network. This is an interesting development because BES hosting or internal servers offers way more security than Connect In Private but the concept is interesting. Connect in Private's BlackBerry app essentially connects you to their servers offering you access that they claim is impenetrable and untraceable for privacy from monitoring by certain intelligence agencies. Connect in Private is also pitching their service as a backup to RIM's service when RIM has outages since it does not rely on the RIM NOC. You can check out all the details or purchase the service on their website. Let us know if you give it a spin! Here is their announcement: At ConnectInPrivate.com we believe in your inalienable right to privacy. Connect in Private Launches Highly Secure BlackBerry Email and Browsing Application Completely Independent from the RIM Network If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, December 14, 2011, 9:55 am. | Connect In Private Launches Email & Browsing Apps That Bypass RIM’s NOC | 2 comments |
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| The Web, Not Apps, Is the Future Posted: 14 Dec 2011 05:51 AM PST Over the years since Apple started their app craze I always felt that most of these apps were poor excuses for Low-Fi website frontends. I am not talking about games but rather actual apps. This has not stopped more and more apps from being released on multiple platforms fragmenting things further and further. HTML5 holds some real promise in bringing the full power of the web with app-like benefits. The reason is pretty simple and Dave Winer sums it up perfectly in his rant on "why apps are not the future" by simply stating the obvious advantage… "Linking"
It seems like RIM is definitely agreeing with Winer on this one. They are putting a huge emphasis on a solid web browser and HTML5 support as their future app platform for BB10. Even on the PlayBook and other devices I find myself preferring solid websites over apps that try to replicate a subset of a websites features. I think Andy Gryc, QNX's HTML5 guy, does a great job explaining why that makes a difference even to car manufacturers in this video: Desktop Video Link | Mobile Video LinkI would take Winer's argument one step further. The future cannot sustain the current model where every developer or service needs to create apps for every platform and form factor out there. The number of devices and fragmentation grows by the day making the "Apps" model untenable and linking them impossible. Developers are already feeling the strain of trying to launch features on multiple devices at the same time. Think of apps like Foursquare that need to first add a feature and then roll it out to all the different device variants out there with a service that would be better served as a HTML5 website or a bundled webapp. What do you think? If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, December 14, 2011, 8:51 am. | The Web, Not Apps, Is the Future | 13 comments |
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I am just hoping that RIM will add this functionality soon. How about you?
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