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The latest BlackBerry Messenger, version 5.0.2.11 is available in the Beta Zone. We’re getting closer to version 6.0 and while there aren’t any big improvements in this release, it’s good to try and get your hands on it for the basic fixes. Here are some fixes you’ll find in this release:
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There are some pretty cool PlayBook apps being demonstrated at Mobile World Congress 2011. The PlayBook is slated to be shipped around April 1st and everyone is hoping RIM hits this target date. Although, would anyone really be surprised if it gets delayed?
The PlayBook’s screen size provides some awesome opportunities for games and apps that use multitouch and bigger screens. Hit the jump and check out a few apps we can expect to see on the PlayBook.
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Mobile World Congress held their Mobile Awards 2011 and it seems very skewed to giant companies in an industry that is made up of many small companies (fewer than 100 employees). In terms of app awards, 4/5 of the awards went to very large companies. Herocraft, the Russian subsidiary of United Fun Traders, was the smallest company in the app awards. Also, Rovio was a small company when they developed their Angry Birds app, but they’ve since been acquired by a huge firm, Electronic Arts. It’s not that large companies can’t produce compelling products, or should be ineligible for awards, but it wouldn’t be shocking to learn the awards are skewed because it’s big companies that are bringing in the dollars and making the conference possible. The awards for Global Mobile App Awards went to:
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The BlackBerry News Feeds app is a pretty cool RSS reader for your BlackBerry. The app is a little redundant for BlackBerry 6 users, but RIM probably wanted users to have something for the OS 4.6 to OS 5 users. Even if that was the reason, it seems like a waste of time considering there are third party RSS readers. In any case, the latest update to the News Feeds app includes:
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Jim B had some pretty awesome news that he snuck into his Mobile World Congress keynote this morning. During the keynote, he said “many, if not most” BlackBerry handsets in 2011 will have NFC support. RIM hasn’t clarified as to how the funds will be processed, or what sort of access developers will have in terms of APIs, but the statement shows that RIM is on the right track. The idea of being able to swipe your BlackBerry at the cash rather than fumble around in your wallet sounds awesome. Countries like South Korea already have a huge adoption of this kind of technology and it will be great to see Western adoption.
Back when we first wrote about the bubble-popping arcade game Bubble Birds by XIMAD, we mentioned there would be a free lite version. Well, as promised, XIMAD let us know that the free version of Bubble Birds is available in App World. The game is in the style of the popular bubble shooter arcade games where you have to match up colors and clear the screen. If you like the free version, grab the premium.
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