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BerryReview.com Giving Back to the BlackBerry Community

Reminder: WIN a BlackBerry PlayBook or $200 Gift Certificate!

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 02:16 PM PST

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The holidays are here and December is almost over! That means we are only days away from the end of the BerryReview Rewards Contest. We just wanted to remind you that there is a free 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook or $200 Amazon or PayPal gift certificate  going to a lucky reader this month. The BerryReview BlackBerry Unlock Store, your #1 source for BlackBerry unlock codes, has sponsored this holiday giveaway prizes.

All you have to do to enter this giveaway is simply leave a comment, forum post, and/or tip submission during the month December 2011. We are also including all "Retweets" of BerryReview articles on Twitter as extra entries to win! The selection process involves us choosing a finalist from each of the categories (comments, forum posts, tips, Retweets) and then having our judge select the winner out of those four. Every comment, forum post, Retweet, and/or tip submission counts as another entry so get cracking!

You must be registered and logged in to BerryReview when leaving comments for them to be included in the contest and the winner will be chosen by the BerryReview staff in the beginning of January 2012. You can check out all the details and official rules in the announcement post. If you have any questions comments leave a comment on that post.

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So what are you waiting for? Let us know why you want/deserve a BlackBerry PlayBook below!

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 23, 2011, 5:16 pm. | Reminder: WIN a BlackBerry PlayBook or $200 Gift Certificate! | Leave a comment |


Free & Premium Plunk Marble Labyrinth Game for the BlackBerry PlayBook

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 01:10 PM PST

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I have been looking for a fun labyrinth style game for the BlackBerry PlayBook since I am a sucker for these types of games. JD let me know that Ontario Microbrewed Games has released a fun variant called Plunk! for the BlackBerry PlayBook in free and premium versions. They offer up sixty puzzles with more to come. The game also starts heating up when you have multiple marbles to navigate.

The free version of Plunk! Lite offers up the first 12 levels for free. After that you can pick up Plunk Premium for $1.99.

PS: As an alternative there is a cool Ball Balance game from Kiril Boychev that offers similar gameplay in what seems to be a webworks app…

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 23, 2011, 4:10 pm. | Free & Premium Plunk Marble Labyrinth Game for the BlackBerry PlayBook | Leave a comment |


RIM Responds to BBM Canada’s Trademark Litigation

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 12:38 PM PST

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It looks like RIM's response to BBM Canada's trademark complaint is exactly what I thought it would be. To sum it up RIM is saying that there is no overlap between BBM Canada's broadcast statistics service and a RIM's instant messaging platform. Just to give you an idea "Material Innovations, Inc." owns the trademark for BBM for "Agricultural machines, namely, big bale mulchers" in the United States .RIM also has a trademark for BBM but it is from 2010.

Here is RIM's exact statement:

RIM Media Statement – BBM Trademark Litigation: December 23, 2011

"Since its launch in July 2005, BlackBerry Messenger has become a tremendously popular social networking service. In 2010, RIM started to formally adopt the BBM acronym, which had, at that point, already been organically coined and widely used by BlackBerry Messenger customers as a natural abbreviation of the BlackBerry Messenger name.  The services associated with RIM's BBM offering clearly do not overlap with BBM Canada's services and the two marks are therefore eligible to co-exist under Canadian trademark law. The two companies are in different industries and have never been competitors in any area. We believe that BBM Canada is attempting to obtain trademark protection for the BBM acronym that is well beyond the narrow range of the services it provides and well beyond the scope of rights afforded by Canadian trademark law. RIM has therefore asked the Court to dismiss the application and award costs to RIM. Further, for clarity, RIM's application to register BBM as a trademark with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is pending and we are confident that a registration will eventually issue. The inference by BBM Canada that CIPO has refused RIM's BBM trademark application is quite frankly very misleading."

As it turns out there are actually 22 trademarks with BBM in their name though it looks like BBM Canada has the oldest "live" trademark in the US. According to the Trademark I saw the BBM Canada "BBM" trademark covers "ADVERTISING CONSULTATION, NAMELY, PROVIDING ANALYSIS IN THE FORM OF AN IMPARTIAL MEASUREMENT OF THE CIRCULATION, COVERAGE AND AUDIENCE OF ALL TYPES OF ADVERTISING MEDIA." which is obviously something you would confuse with BBM.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, December 23, 2011, 3:38 pm. | RIM Responds to BBM Canada’s Trademark Litigation | One comment |


Forces of War BlackBerry Smartphone Online Multiplayer Game

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 11:13 AM PST

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We have mentioned Uken Games Age of Legends before but Deon pointed out to us that they have a similar game called Forces of War that is also pretty solid. Like Age of Legends, Forces of War is free and can only be played when you are online but offers you a great online multiplayer experience. It is more of a text based game sort of like drug wars. To give you an idea of how popular it is Forces of War has almost 6000 reviews in App World with four out of five stars.

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Features include:

  • command your military squad
  • assemble custom guns
  • master special op missions
  • neutralize enemies targets in real time
  • move up the ladder of the top 10,000 generals
  • updated with new content weekly
  • always FREE to play

You can pick up Forces of War free in App World for most BlackBerry OS 5.0+ devices

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 23, 2011, 2:13 pm. | Forces of War BlackBerry Smartphone Online Multiplayer Game | Leave a comment |


Change Icons On Your Dingled PlayBook

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 07:58 AM PST

Sometimes it’s the simple things. I’m the type of person who will go to great lengths to make something very simple happen, just because I can, or because it’s a challenge. While I haven’t Dingled my PlayBook yet, more and reasons to do so are popping up. Custom themes have long been a beloved BlackBerry feature, so the lack of theme support has been somewhat disappointing for those of us on OS 7 devices and PlayBooks. Even the shiniest of new toys have a tendency to lose their sheen over time without the ability to change things up and keep it fresh.

Enter Dingleberry.

Sith_Apprentice, a long-time member over at CrackBerry.com, posted this thread showing off his early successes changing the icons on his Dingled PlayBook.

Though there are no instructional details provided in the thread, Sith’s success has opened up yet another new sandbox for adventurous tinkerers to play in. It also comes with the promise hope of easy theming capabilities in the future. I can’t wait!

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Posted by rrrebo for ©BerryReview, December 23, 2011, 10:58 am. | Change Icons On Your Dingled PlayBook | One comment |


Adventure Ball – Physics Game for PlayBook

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 07:51 AM PST

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A friend pointed out Adventure Ball to me and at first I was not really interested. Still I played it on his PlayBook and the game was actually quite fun. Its sort of a mix between those canon aiming games of old together with Angry Birds but with much simpler graphics. Its actually pretty fun to play and the puzzles get really hard with 80 of them available.

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You can pick up Adventure Ball for $0.99 in App World

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 23, 2011, 10:51 am. | Adventure Ball – Physics Game for PlayBook | Leave a comment |


CAMultimate Camera Tools and Photo Effects Editor

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 07:05 AM PST

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PrettyFang let us know about their CAMultimate Camera Tools and Photo Effects Editor that packs quite a few camera and photo utilities into one app. Originally it was only available for the Torch 9800 but they let us know that it now supports most of the OS 6.0+ devices but not all. The app includes tons of little sub-apps/features that let you do things like take a burst of pictures or even mute the shutter sound (mostly). All in all a pretty feature full app for the price.

Features include:

  • CAMeffects – Create image effects on new and existing photos with over 18 different camera filters! (can cost you at least $0.99 if bought separately from elsewhere) The CAMeffects mode also includes a Pencil Sketch Effect that amends your photo simulating a pencil sketch effect (Can cost you $2.99 if bought separately from elsewhere)
  • CAMfun- Create fun effects on new and existing photos! Includes a Fat Face Effect (Can cost you $0.99 if bought separately from elsewhere) that you can apply to a new photo or to one you already have!
  • CAMshout mode – Surprise your friends with the unique CAMshout that gives a shout out to your friends before you take a photo, ideal for making your friends aware of when you are taking that pic!
  • CAM-QR mode – Read and create your very own QR codes! Most QR readers on the market today allow you to read QR codes, but with ours not only can you read, but you can also create your very own QR codes direct from your own Blackberry device!
  • View Gallery mode – View all your photos that you have taken with CAMultimate and you can keep, delete, or send to your friends!
  • GEOtag Images – Add a GEOtag which will save your location tag to the properties of the image taken in standard camera mode! A geotag gives your location and saves the location tag to the image of your photo in Standard CAM mode so your friends know the place where you took the photo!
  • CAMburst – Take three photos in a short space of time! (Can cost you $0.99 if bought seperately from elsewhere) so you can take multiple shots in one go, ensuring that you dont miss that golden opportunity when it matters the most!
  • CAMtimer – A 3 or 5 second self timer that will take a photo automatically for you (Can cost you $0.99 if bought seperately from elsewhere) This mode allows you to predefine a timer and set CAMultimate to take the photo image for you automatically after a few seconds! No more of "which button do I press" and "I'm not sure it took the photo, lets try again" scenarios, saving you so much hassle!
  • CAMmute – Captures the onscreen image as a photo without the shutter sound so that if you find the shutter sound annoying, then why not take a quick simple capture of the screen using the CAMmute mode, which simulates a camera shutter mute see below for further details.
  • Crop Image – Only want your friends to see just part of an image? Well now you can; by cropping a photo and saving it. Cut out parts that spoil your photos and only really show what really matters! (this feature can set you back RRP $0.99 if bought seperately from elsewhere)
  • Edit Pictures – Apply any effect and crop any image as and when you like!

You can find CAMultimate Camera Tools and Photo Effects Editor in App World for $3.99

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 23, 2011, 10:05 am. | CAMultimate Camera Tools and Photo Effects Editor | Leave a comment |


Certain Gameloft BlackBerry PlayBook Games $0.99 for a Limited Time

Posted: 23 Dec 2011 06:12 AM PST

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Gameloft has been running regular discounts on many of their PlayBook games. Otoniel @PocketBerry noticed that Gameloft is now offering many of their PlayBook games for only $0.99 for a limited time. This includes some of the heavy hitters but not all of their titles. The discounted $0.99 games include:

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 23, 2011, 9:12 am. | Certain Gameloft BlackBerry PlayBook Games $0.99 for a Limited Time | One comment |


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