Touchstone tmgideas.com to ship free Developer PlayBooks Soon

Are you one of the lucky developers that will be getting their free BlackBerry PlayBook from RIM? If so the official twitter account for @BlackBerryDev just announced on twitter that those devices will be shipped by Touchstone tmgideas.com soon. Not sure how soon that is but hopefully they will be on your hands in the next few days. Only 6 days until the PlayBook will launch officially in the U.S and Canada. So if your not getting one are you buying one at the store went on the pre-order route?

Source: @BlackBerrydev

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Will BlackBerry ID Be The Death of BlackBerry OS and App Leaks?

Over the last few weeks we have seen a bit of RIMs vision on how they plan on integrating BlackBerry ID closer into the BlackBerry OS. This had me thinking over the weekend what this could possibly mean for leaked BlackBerry OS betas and the apps that are extracted from them. Currently RIM could really track down who is using leaked OS versions through PIN numbers or BIS but they choose not to. Once RIM integrates the sort of “single sign on” provided by BlackBerry ID will they be more proactive?

Think about it for a second. For example, in the beta zone RIM could simply integrate BlackBerry ID and authorize certain apps based on your ID. They could also do the same thing with BlackBerry OS beta builds simply authorizing them only on certain logins. Don’t get me wrong I am sure Hybrid builders could find a way around “Frankenstein-ing” an OS update out of its parts but its an interesting concept. I have always said it is ridiculous that RIM almost 10 logins/profiles for different systems for customers ranging from BBM, Forums, BIS, Developers, App World Vendors, etc and they need to consolidate them. The question is what will they do with the consolidation.

What do you think? Will BlackBerry ID mark the downfall of leaked OS builds and apps?

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Twitter for BlackBerry v1.1 Announced – Can You Find It?

Twitter for BlackBerry v1.1 has been in the Beta Zone since March but it looks like it is coming for public consumption today. One of the administrators on the official BlackBerry forums put up an announcement today for the new version of Twitter. I tried the usual links at www.blackberry.com/twitter and in App World and they are still showing version 1.0 so let us know if you spot the new version.

Here is what is new in version 1.1 of Twitter for BlackBerry:

Tweet Location

Geotagging functionality on Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones is designed to allow BlackBerry smartphone users to add their location to their Tweets. Users can switch location on/off before each tweet.

Push @Mentions

Users can receive immediate notifications, using BlackBerry Push technology, when they are mentioned by another Twitter user. Users can control whether they want to be notified when anyone mentions them or just when their followers mention them.

Chat-Style Messages

Direct Messages has been renamed to Messages to align with the Twitter experience and the interface has been updated to a chat-style layout.

#Topic Autocomplete

The #Topic Autocomplete feature is designed to pop up a list of keywords based on previous hashtagged words in Tweets, Retweets, any hashtagged words selected or searched for in Popular Topics, and in applications like Facebook® for BlackBerry smartphones.

Retweet Updates

Retweets now appear in the Home timeline with a tag of “Retweeted by you” quickly alerting users that their retweet has gone through.

New gesture support

BlackBerry smartphone users with a touch screen device can now refresh page content by simply dragging a finger down the device screen and releasing it.

New Language Support

Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones 1.1 is now available in Czech, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, and Polish.

There are also these knowledge base articles about the app update:

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Last Day to WIN a BlackBerry PlayBook in Our Rewards Contest!

I can’t believe another month has gone by and we are only weeks away from the launch of the BlackBerry PlayBook on April 19th. Today is the last day of our March Rewards contest with a BlackBerry PlayBook up for grabs. The contest is still going on until midnight tonight with a BlackBerry PlayBook (base model) when it is publicly available or a $500 Amazon/PayPal gift certificate as the prize. With all the news on the PlayBook this is a great way to get one for free when it comes out!

As many of you know every comment, forum post, and tip submission you make on BerryReview during the month of March 2011 will be counted as an entry to win. That means every forum post or comment you contribute increases your chances of winning! 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 March.

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. So what are you waiting for? Today is the last chance to win this months PlayBook!

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PS: The last three months of PlayBook giveaways have been awesome. We are taking suggestions on what we should try to do for next month since the PlayBook launches in April! Let us know in the comments what you would want to see as a prize!

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Calibre – Easily Manage & Convert eBooks for your BlackBerry for Free

One of the things I truly love to do on my BlackBerry is read books. The thing is RIM does not offer a proper way to do this out of the box and developers have been keeping us a bit wanting for solutions. In the past I have told you about my favorite MobiPocket Reader which has truly gone downhill since Amazon acquired them and released the Kindle. Now that OverDrive has released a free ePub eBook reader for BlackBerry I am back in the game!

One of the main questions people had about OverDrive is: How do I convert eBooks, documents, and even news to a format I can read in OverDrive or even MobiPocket on my BlackBerry? There is a simple answer to that question and it is called Calibre. It is a free opensource application for Windows, Mac, and Linux that helps you manage and convert eBooks for your BlackBerry and many other devices.

Calibre performs four essential functions for me thought there are many other uses for it:

Manages your eBook library on your computer kind of like a music management systemConverts eBooks between the following formats:Input Formats: CBZ, CBR, CBC, CHM, EPUB, FB2, HTML, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC**, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXTOutput Formats: EPUB, FB2, OEB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, PDB, PML, RB, PDF, SNB, TCR, TXTEasily export or sync a set of books to my BlackBerry over USBDownloads news from both websites and RSS feeds and can turn them into eBooks. I have some long form sites that are not time sensitive that I use this for.

If you like reading eBooks on your BlackBerry or want to get more into it I highly recommend checking out Calibre at this link. Let me know if you find any other good BlackBerry eBook reading tools or resources!

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New iWidgets Black Theme from Magmic

Elle from Magmic let me know about their latest theme iWidgets Black. “The original iWidgets theme from Magmic just took a journey to the dark side! Scroll up on your trackpad to reveal a set of hidden widgets, including your calendar, SMS and email messages, and weather*. iWidgets Black is an awesome theme that’ll help you keep your days and your BlackBerry organized.” Available for several BlackBerry devices, iWidgets Black costs $4.99 at this link.

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Sometimes Mobile Advertisements Assume too Much…

Mobile ads are coming into more and more BlackBerry apps. Its sort of a double edged sword but it gets us more free quality apps. On the other hand it sometimes makes you wonder why the app decides to show you that specific ad. I know I see many dating ads on Facebook or even BerryReview when the article discusses dating but at what point does it become too intrusive?

I am not specifically pointing out this ad but unlike website ads the advertisements in mobile apps tend to be more in your face. Let us know what you think of ad supported apps in the comments.

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