Author: Matt Cameron

ReadItNow! is a handy reader app for BlackBerry 10 and PlayBook that allows you to read articles offline. Ideal for air travel or commuting with bad or no connectivity, the app makes it easy to collect content for later reading.

The latest update sees the app adopt native BlackBerry 10 code giving it a new look and feel. Along with the improved performance and better interface from going native, the app also saw a few bugs get fixed.

The article mode makes for a great reading experience on both BlackBerry 10 and the PlayBook. Save choice articles using either the Evernote or Springpad integration. Use the browser to surf the web while you have connectivity and they’ll be saved for when you want them even without a connection.

Click here to buy ReadItNow! for BlackBerry 10 and the PlayBook for $1.99 from BlackBerry World.

Starting this month, BlackBerry 10 is the mobile platform of choice for Canadian Tire Employees. The nationwide deployment will bring thousands of devices to managers across all Canadian Tire stores as well as a group of sports stores: Sport Chek, Sports Expers, National Sports and Atmosphere.

Canadian Tire developed a mobile app for BlackBerry three years ago and it quickly became one of Canada’s most popular mobile apps. The app allowed customers to browse flyers, browse products, make shopping lists, scan barcodes, as well as check to see if an item was in stock at a specific location. Last year the retailer counted over 20 million visits to it’s mobile presence; an impressive figure considering Canada’s population of 35 million.

Click here to download Canadian Tire’s free mobile app from BlackBerry World.

Viira, the productivity app based on David Allen’s book Getting Things Done is now available for BlackBerry 10. The app works in conjunction with an Outlook plugin to bring actionable elements, contexts, projects and day tasks to keep staff on the task at hand and remain productive.

The native BlackBerry 10 app features free updates for all the new features they plan to roll out in the future as well as free device migration should you upgrade or change platforms. The app is designed to support all the key concepts of the Getting Things Done system allowing you to ditch your pen and paper.

New features coming to Viira this year are deeper BlackBerry 10 integration as well as cloud syncing with the desktop client.

Click here to download the Viira free trial for BlackBerry 10.

Click here to buy Viira for BlackBerry 10 for $19.99, 33% off for a limited time!

Rogers has announced the expansion of their LTE network to 7 new Canadian markets. The new infrastructure will connect new devices such as the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 using the nimble 2600 MHz LTE connection.

Here are the latest cities to support Rogers’ latest LTE expansion, users there will no doubt be enjoying all the things that high bandwidth mobile connection has to offer such as desktop grade Youtube videos, streaming flash based movies online and non-WiFi video conferencing.

• Many Ottawa Regions including Kanata, Nepean, Gloucester, Stittsville and Cumberland
• Langley, BC
• Keswick, Ontario
• Hamilton and Grimsby, Ontario
• Orillia, Ontario
• Stratford, Ontario

Click here to check out Rogers’ Canadian coverage map.

Rock n’ Roll Game Studio has released a sequel to their game Fly Kiwi Fly. The latest episode has Kiwi make his way to Las Vegas for reasons all of his own.

Having crossed the Pacific in the last adventure, Kiwi will be taking the scenic route through 12 different states on his way to Las Vegas. Tilt your phone to build up speed, avoid obstacles and grab power ups to glide longer and faster. Earn bonuses, execute stunts and get upgrades to finally get to the desert oasis that is Las Vegas Nevada.

The original Fly Kiwi Fly is now free to play, download it at BlackBerry World today.

Click here to buy Fly Kiwi Fly for 99 cents for BlackBerry 10.

HUB++ LED Disco Edition is a notification customization utility for all your BlackBerry 10 messages. The app includes lots of options for audio alerts and LED color patterns so you can distinguish between types of message or contact.

The multi colored LED has the ability to give you lots of details about who is calling or which type of message that unchecked message is. Great if you’re the type of person who appreciates good phone etiquette but still wants to be in touch for emergencies. The customization can get a little specific like you can have a different sequence for whether or not your supervisor has been cc’d on the message.

The other advantage HUB++ brings is how quickly you can have a message acknowledged as read or flagged for later reading using their natively developed add-on to BlackBerry Hub.

The latest update brings BBM notifications to the supported message list as well as support for the new Q10 smartphone.

Click here to buy HUB++ for BlackBerry 10 for $2.99 from BlackBerry World.

Colorize is a photo editing app for BlackBerry 10 that turns your photo into black and white picture and you add colors back into the image. A great way to have fun with your mobile photos before sharing them online.

Using your finger as a paintbrush, swipe colour back into your images. The app uses the standard BlackBerry 10 sharing feature so you can share your completed creations to Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Email, BBM and more.

The current version processes images in a way that optimised for online chatting and sending pics over text message. Higher resolutions are in the app’s feature pipeline down the road but for now you’re confined to a 640×368 output.

Click here to buy Colorize for 99 cents for BlackBerry 10.

As part of the BlackBerry Keep Moving Project, filmmaker director Robert Rodriguez is enlisting help from the public to appear in the short film by submitting a photo of themselves as one of the many missing person posters. He also needs help designing the film’s monster.

Submit your photo for the films many prop missing person photos or if illustration and costume design interest you, design the film’s monster that the twin female leads will be hunting. Weather you help with as one of the film’s victims or villains you’ll be taking part in an amazing collaborative project.

Click here to lend your likeness or your talents to Robert Rodriguez’ Two Scoops film.

Click here to follow Robert Rodriguez on Twitter for updates on the movie.

Yellow Pages has launched their free business finder app on BlackBerry 10. The app was coded natively for the new platform but is also available for legacy BlackBerry devices.

Here are some of the new app’s features:

• Business, person and reverse phone look-up
• Local proximity based search, using GPS
• Homepage categories added for quick navigation
• Local deals displayed on homepage when available
• Refine your search results and find businesses with photos, videos, reviews and deals
• Read user reviews and option to write and share your own reviews
• View videos, photos, ads and visit websites (where available)
• Get directions
• Business details that include hours of operation, payment methods and more…
• Type ahead functionality for the “What” and “Where” boxes
• Share listing results with others via e-mail, sms, Facebook or Twitter

Click here to download Yellow Pages for free from BlackBerry World.

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The BlackBerry Achievement Awards is an annual award covering several categories that recognize excellence in BlackBerry App Development. The semi finalists have been chosen and now it comes down to the public vote to decide the winners.

Formerly the Wireless Achievement Awards, the BlackBerry Achievement Awards will feature the following categories:

• App of the Year
• Putting Customers First
• Mobile Innovator of the Year
• Making the World a Better Place
• Entrepreneur of the Year

Winners will be announced at this year’s BlackBerry Live conference in Orlando Florida. The first place prize is Travel, accommodation and a conference pass.

Click here to cast your vote.

autoTrader is Canada’s leading automotive marketplace with a strong print and mobile presence. They’ve recently released a new BlackBerry 10 version of their app that helps people find used cars, trucks, motorcycles, RVs, boats, trailers, ATVs and snowmobiles.

Search by vehicle type and filter by year, price range and mileage. Compare vehicles, find dealers closest to you and when you’re ready to make a deal you can map out where the dealer is located.

Another advantag of getting the app is that you get to post a free classified ad directly from your BlackBerry.

Click here to download autoTRADER.ca Free for BlackBerry 10 and Legacy BlackBerry OSes.

Canadian retailers have begun taking pre orders for the all new BlackBerry Q10. The perfect phone for executives will feature BlackBerry’s famous world class keyboard, a high resolution square touchscreen, high battery capacity and lightweight materials.

Here are the tech specs:

• Size: 119.6mm x 66.8mm x 10.35mm
• Weight: 139 g
• Display: 3.1”, SuperAMOLEDdisplay, 720 x 720 resolution at 330 PPI
• Keyboard: 35-key physical QWERTY keyboard with backlight (language specific
  keyboards such AZERTY and QWERTZ also available in local markets)
• Software: BlackBerry 10 OS
• Memory: 2 GB RAM, 16 GB Flash, Hot Swappable microSDslot (up to 32 GB)
• Processor: Dual Core 1.5 GHz
• Cameras: 8 MP rear facing camera, Auto Focus, 5x digital zoom
  1080p HD video recording , LED flash
  2MP front facing camera, 3x digital zoom
  720p HD video recording
• GPS: Assisted, Autonomous, and Simultaneous GPS
• Bluetooth: Bluetooth4.0 Low Energy
• NFC: NFC-enabled to support mobile payments and file exchange
• HDMI: microHDMI out port
• Sensors: Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Proximity, Gyroscope
  Ambient light sensor
• Wi-Fi:
• Networks: Dual Band 802.11 a/b/g/n, Mobile Hotspot
• Talk Time: up to 13.5 hrs. on 3G
• Standby Time: up to 354 hours on 3G, up to 349 hours on 2G
• Audio Playback: up to 61 hours
• Video Playback: up to 9 hours

Click to pre-order the BlackBerry Q10 at Rogers, Future Shop, Telus and Best Buy.

FileScout is an amazing productivity app for legacy BlackBerry Devices running OS 4 and above. The app delivers a lot of file management features that you’d expect from your desktop OS.

Bursting with features, FileScout offers a lot of actions typically found in your desktop’s file manager. Here are just a few of the things that you can do with the latest version:

• Open and edit config files as text files
• Dropbox support
• Access hidden files
• Create, copy and delete folders
• Opens media files
• Send and receive files over Bluetooth
• Save your favorite directories
• Shows file and directory details
• Archive emails and SMS messages
• Create audio playlists
• Show drive usage info including directory sizes
• Delete the extra install files like extra wallpaper and ringtones to make more room in OS 4

There are lots of options for purchasers, there’s a 14-day free trial and a light version if you’re willing to forego a lifetime of email support.

Click here to try or buy FileScout 4 for $2.99 from BlackBerry World.

Get the premium mobile baseball experience for the 2013 season on BlackBerry 10 with MLB.com At Bat 13. Packed with features, media and detailed info on each game and play, the only thing At Bat 13 is missing is stadium snacks.

Here’s a list of MLB.com At Bat 13 features:

• Watch the Free MLB.TV Game of the Day
• Access a MLB.TV Premium subscription to watch every out-of-market game live
• MLB.TV Premium subscribers may access complete archives to watch every 2013 game on-demand
• Home and away live radio broadcasts
• In-progress video highlights
• Gameday pitch-by-pitch tracking, including realistic ballpark renderings from all 30 MLB ballparks
• Condensed Games
• Classic games library
• Breaking news, standings, schedules, rosters and stats
• Favorite team selection for priority placement in scoreboard, news and video
• Video library archive, searchable by player, team or keyword

Click here to buy MLB.com At Bat 13 for $19.99 for BlackBerry 10 from BlackBerry World.

Plenty of Fish is the world’s largest free online dating community boating over 55,000,000 members. They’ve recently launched a BlackBerry 10 app allowing users to browse profiles and flirt their way to monogamy and more on their mobile.

Available on both BlackBerry 10 and the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, mobile POF users can browse profiles, send messages, find local users and upload images. POF users send each other more than 200 million messages a month and more than 40% of people use POF on their mobile. With 40,000 new users every day, there’s no shortage of new local singles.

Click here to download Plenty Of Fish free for BlackBerry 10 and the PlayBook tablet from BlackBerry World.

SlickTasks is a productivity app by Glam Software that helps users manage tasks on BlackBerry 10. Loaded with features, SlickTasks has a clean user interface that’s optimized for getting things done.

SlickTasks is a great productivity app for BlackBerry 10 if you like working from action lists. The intuitive touch user interface allows for the very rapid adding of tasks and other common gestures like pulling down your task list to sync. Syncing is handy if you’ve added or managed any of your tasks from the SlickTasks web interface.

The features go deeper than any first party ToDo apps, divide tasks into subtasks or add color to your tasks to give them some additional context. Tag your tasks for easy searches later on, you can also filter your searches to narrow down a big list. You can also share tasks with other people via email whether you’ve communication to a supervisor keeping tabs on your workday or if you’re delegating tasks to others.

Click here to buy SlickTasks for BlackBerry 10 for $4.99 from BlackBerry World.

Click here to buy SlickTasks for your legacy BlackBerry OS 4 and above for $9.99 from BlackBerry World.

FileScout is a file explorer for BlackBerry OSes 4 through 7. Explore and manage files on your BlackBerry and SD card in much the same way as you would on a desktop computer.

FileScout gives you full access to files on your BlackBerry especially media files allowing you to play music, set playlists and modify images.

Open and modify files in plain text mode: especially handy if you need to edit an XML or INI file. Compressing files is also a breeze, you can zip and unzip as well as browse the content of a zip file without having to extract them someplace.

Right now FileScout is on sale for just 99 cents, click here to get your copy from BlackBerry World.

BlackBerry has announced the availability of new television content for US customers of the all-new BlackBerry Z10. The new shows come by way of deals with PBS, Univision and Viacom and include shows from Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Downton Abbey, and Spanish soap operas.

The launch of BlackBerry 10 in the US has opened up the world’s largest BlackBerry market to new TV content. There are no shortage of clients wanting to check out some of the mobile video streaming capabilities of the media savvy BlackBerry Z10 and are now able to buy episodes in BlackBerry World.

An interesting fact from the press release is the immense popularity of Hispanic content in the mobile space, which is said to dominate all other genres by double digits.

Want to check out TV and Movie content on your BlackBerry 10 device? Click on BlackBerry World and place a search, the new BlackBerry World puts video and music results right below apps.

StereoTube is a media app for BlackBerry 10 by Andrei Avram, maker of Radio Player and Animated Weather HD. This media app makes using YouTube as a music source even easier by giving users the option to save files, make long playlists and more.

BlackBerry 10 is a great media platform but there are a few things about accessing YouTube from the BlackBerry Z10 that could use improvements and more functionality. The integration of YouTube mobile into BlackBerry 10 is perfect but you only get the mobile YouTube files which are low quality 3GP files. Playing higher quality files works fine but you can’t multitask away from the browser or put the display to sleep without stopping the song.

Enter StereoTube: a media app that brings full control to the the BlackBerry YouTube experience. Here are just some of the features that turn your mobile YouTube experience in to something similar to desktop browsing YouTube with media-helping browser plugins:

• Download YouTube videos for offline viewing
• Listen to lots of audio formats: aac, mp3, amr, flac, m4a, mka, ogg, wav, wma
• Watch lots of video formats: 3gp, 3g2, asf, f4v, m4v, mkv, mpeg, wmv, avi, mp4
• Supports media control buttons
• Listen to high quality YouTubes even with the screen off
• Song or file title in the app’s BlackBerry 10 active frame
• Make long playlists, shuffle, repeat
• Free lifetime updates

Click here to buy StereoTube for BlackBerry 10 for $3.99 from BlackBerry World. The developer has offered a money back guarantee so if you don’t like the app you can get a full refund no questions asked!