This contest was heated with many entries but only one winner. The person who will walk away with a fifty dollar gift certificate to ShopTheBerryFix.com is……..

Nadim Remtulla!!

Congratulations and thanks to all who entered. Nadim if you with to claim your prize asap shoot us a message to sitesupport at theberryfix.com. Stay tuned for more from TheBerryFix.com.

Over the past few weeks things have been heating up with applications for the PlayBook popping up left right and centre. Last week I took the time to chat with the team over at Poynt to get the inside scoop on the development of Poynt for the BlackBerry PlayBook, and they had some good things to say.

First off, Poynt is scheduled to launch with the Playbook in the first quarter of 2011 which means you’ll be able to book your dinner reservations and bring your PlayBook with you…to show off to your friends of course. The second thing is that Poynts user-base has grown substantially reaching out to over 5 million users across three platforms, with BlackBerry being the biggest.

As we work on getting more Poynt PlayBook details let your self feast on the newest, highest resolution images on the net! Hit up the break for the images.

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If you attended the BlackBerry Developer Conference 2010 then RIM is asking for your input to build DEVCON 2011, by opening up to the developer community and asking for papers to make the next conference about what you want. The DEVCON 2011 call for papers is now open and will close on April 1. 2011. So get and submit to help build the next conference and build expand the developer community.

• Submit papers to BlackBerry DEVCON 2011 and help build the next developer conference around your interests

If you were following the news from CES then you may remember a few of the apps that will be making their way onto the BlackBerry PlayBook. One of the apps that really stood out for me was Nic Nac Noe. Now, not because of any fancy graphics or an amazing AI but because of the simplicity of the app combined with a good UI. Nic Nac Noe is a new variation of X’s and O’s where the X’s have been replaced with black ninjas and the O’s are replaced with white ninjas.

I came across an email letting me know that Nic Nac Noe is now available in ShopTheBerryFix.com for all touch screen BlackBerrys giving you a little taste of the apps you could experience with the Blackberry PlayBook today.

Nic Nac Noe is available at ShoptheBerryFix.com for .99cents and will run on all touch based BlackBerry smartphones running OS 4.5 and higher. Hit up the link below to get in on the action.

• Pickup Nic Nac Noe for your BlackBerry smartphone today!

BerryWeather is probably the best looking and functioning BlackBerry weather app out there, and we’re going to help you get this app on your BlackBerry on the cheap. BerryWeather is ShopTheBerryFix.com Deal of the day, saving you 50% off BerryWeather but only for today! BerryWeather regularly sells for $9.95 in ShopTheBerryFix.com but today you can pick it up for $4.99! To pick up BerryWeather just grab the link below and we’ll take you right to this awesome app.

• Pickup BerryWeather today only for $4.99 from ShopTheBerryFix.com

News….

• How To Get BlackBerry OS 5 Ringtones On Your OS 6 BlackBerry
• Download Our All New TheBerryFix.com BlackBerry App Store!
• RIM Talks BlackBerry PlayBook For Business on Inside BlackBerry
• RIM Beta Tests BlackBerry 6 For The T-Mobile 9700, 9780, and 9300 In The Beta Zone
• Xobni Has Been Downloaded Over 100,000 Times In 2 Weeks!
• TheBerryFix.com Radio Show Episode: 020 “The Return of BlackBerry”
• Case-Mate Announces Partnership with BlackBerry on The Built for BlackBerry Program
• Video: BlackBerry PlayBook Shown Off in Portrait Mode
• Review: Xobni Super Address Book Pro For BlackBerry

Contests….

• Contest: Check Out The OtterBox Commuter Case For The Bold 9700 From ShopTheBerryFix.com For A Chance To Win A $50 Gift Certificate
• BlackBerry Theme Park and Fierce Towers Contest Winners Announced!!

Its been a while since we posted on our on device application/accessory/theme and game store for your BlackBerry, and we wanted to bring everyone up to speed on all the advancements. Today we have updated our on device store to bring you full access to ShopTheBerryFix.com’s massive selection of Applications, Themes, Games and Accessories many of which are FREE! To get the updated application store hit up Shop.TheBerryFix.com/SuperStore from your BlackBerry or desktop computer.

• Learn how to use our all new on device app store

** while downloading the update please continue even if your BlackBerry says you have the same version already installed. We are working on the version branding issue as you read this.

Probably one of the coolest features about Apps on the BlackBerry platform is that you don’t have just one place to download your applications, you have probably three or maybe even more. A few ways to get apps on your device would be with Desktop Manager, App World and OTA (over the air) and now you have one more and that is TheBerryFix.com on device SuperStore. Our SuperStore is an on-device application just like the BlackBerry app world store, but ours goes a little further offering daily deals on Apps, Themes, and accessories specifically made for your BlackBerry Smartphone.

In this BlackBerry School lesson I’m going to quickly run down how to get the SuperStore onto your BlackBerry and how to buy an app or accessory, hit up the break to get the full run down.

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On my BlackBerry I have a few personal favourite applications and games, ones to be productive and ones to pass the time. In a recent shopping trip to ShopTheBerryFix.com I stumbled across Fierce Towers a defence strategy game for your BlackBerry. Fierce Towers offers you a challenging game of defending your base by placing towers in locations hoping you have enough power to take down the opposing bots.

I love this game so much we’re going to help our readers discover Fierce Towers by giving away 10 copies from ShoptheBerryFix.com. To enter the contest leave a comment on this post, anything counts just don’t post double comments. Then on January 23rd at 11:59 PST the contest will close and a winner will be selected.

But in the meantime hit up the break for more of the review and a few more photos.

**Game works with BlackBerry Torch, Storm1 and Storm2, 89xx, 96xx, 97xx.

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Hey Everyone! Welcome back to my weekly app review. After a long holiday break, I’m back bringing you all the newest reviews on some of the coolest applications. As everyone gets to know their new devices, and us oldies are looking for new applications, I’ll be there along the way helping point out some awesome must-haves. The app reviews are featured just after the break.

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With the Recent addition to the PlayBook developer tools with the WebWorks SDK, RIM has decided to extend the olive branch and offer the free PlayBook promo to developers for a few more weeks. RIM has extended the offer until March 15th 2011 to all developers who get a qualifying app into BlackBerry App World, and as we have already seen it looks like a few developers are cashing in.

Make sure you get your Apps submitted asap! If you have an app you think is going to be awesome (I’m sure they all will be) then send us an email to tips at TheBerryFix.com so we can get them up on the site for the BlackBerry community to see.

**Details on the free PlayBook offer can be found here.

Source: BlackBerry DevBlog

A few weeks back we announced Xobni as our readers choice awards runner up for 2010 and now they have just announced a major update to their application. The update brings features like BlackBerry 6 universal search integration, Xobni contact export to BlackBerry contact, Delete Xobni contact and a whole lot more like;

• Search by Company/Title – Leveraging the social and Outlook contact details from Xobni, search for Company or Title (Pro only).
• Contact Sharing – Share full contact details, emails/phone numbers via email or SMS (OS 6.x). Xobni users will see a notification dialog in Xobni.

Other Application updates/improvements:

• Phone number extraction updates and improvements
• Meetings will show a 2 week past/forward timeframe for meetings
• Ability to delete contacts via the hidden contacts view under options
• Pro users will see a “Xobni Pro” icon
• Activation menu item was added to activate from home screen
• Search enhancements and improvements
• Updated contact support and report feedback section
• Selecting phone call or SMS log shows a details dialog
• Email and phone icons have been updated
• Stability and performance improvements

Along side this massive update Xobni has announced they will be releasing a free version of their popular BlackBerry app. The free version is limited to a few core features but you will still be able to benefit from the awesome address book powered by Xobni.

• Download Xobni Pro for BlackBerry from ShoptheBerryFix.com
• Grab Xobni Free from ShopTheBerryFix.com

To view this video on your BlackBerry or other mobile device, Click Here.

So CES 2011 has come to an end and a lot of questions about the BlackBerry PlayBook were left unanswered. Douglas Soltys from Inside BlackBerry Blog recoded a video with the BlackBerry PlayBook project manager Ryan Bidan in hopes to have a few of the unanswered questions around App World, PlayBook Calendar and Address book finally answered. I really can’t belive how excited I am about the PlayBook and the Future of Research In Motion. Make sure you keep us saved in your bookmarks, RSS Feeds and on Twitter as wee keep you updated on BlackBerry and RIM.

Source: Inside BB

I’m really not to sure what to make of this other than developers are working on and getting those PlayBook Apps ready for prime time. What you’re seeing above is a new PlayBook app that has been accepted to App World (and who will receive a free PlayBook from RIM) and is ready for download.

With this happening it makes you wonder, is the PlayBook launch going to be closer than the rumoured date of March? Or is the addition of this app in App World just RIM prepping for the launch and ensuring all the apps are in their store? I guess we’ll have to wait for the PlayBook to hit the shelves and see. In the meantime, if your app has been accepted to the PlayBook App World let us know so we can compile a list of ready to go PlayBook apps.

Source: BerryReview

A while back we took the opportunity to review Blurts when it was in its infancy, and even then it was an extremely useful app. Today Michael let us know that they have updated Blurts to version 2 bringing a whole slew of new features and bug fixes. Blurts 2.0 brings;

• Major UI Changes:
  • Toolbar to allow easier access to BlackBerry commands
  • Battery and signal strength for BlackBerry is displayed on PC
  • Added support to change alert UI theme by placing custom display.xslt in Application Data\MLHSoftware\Blurts\theme folder
  • Minor tweaks to alert UI
• Improved contacts download
• Improved screen capture
• Added Windows Hot Key support for Read Clipboard, Send Clipboard.
• Added copy text support to alerts and dialogs

And a whole lot more that can be found on their website. With the newest version just hitting ShopTheBerryFix.com we teamed up with Blurts to giveaway 25 copies of their application. This is a first come first server by entering the coupon code “BLURTTBF” in ShopTheBerryFix.com to get your copy.