The BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing app makes conferencing calling easy and seamless with the following features:

Join Now Button– The BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing app adds a button to calendar reminders on your BlackBerry that can dial you in to a call with one click. If the invite includes multiple dial-in numbers for different locations, the app can choose the most appropriate one for you (within Canada, the US and the UK only).

Reconnect – Reconnect with one click if you’re disconnected or need to drop off a conference call.

Easy Conference Scheduling – You can schedule a conference call complete with conference bridge details directly from the BlackBerry Calendar in an easy two-step process. To enable this capability, you can set your conference call profile once in the BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing app, including dial-in numbers and access codes, and then simply add the profile as part of the calendar invitation. (The moderator code is kept hidden from participants in the calendar invitation.) Many of the leading audio conferencing systems are supported.

Optimal Conference Call Number Selection – If multiple dial-in numbers are provided to accommodate participants in different regions, the application can automatically choose an optimal number to use, such as using the local number if you’re within the local calling area rather than a toll-free number; or a toll-free number if the dial-in number would otherwise be long distance. You can also select or modify a specific dial-in number manually.

Convert an email to a meeting invite – Help put an end to long email threads by scheduling a conference call with email participants with just a few clicks. The sender and recipients of the email are included as meeting attendees, the email subject becomes your meeting subject and part of the email message is copied into your invite automatically. Just add your conference call details from a stored profile, click send and you’re set.

New features available in version 3.0 include ‘tell a friend’ for sharing the app through BBM, Facebook, Twitter, email and instant messaging; and access to help videos from the BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing icon on your BlackBerry.

Download the free Mobile Conferencing app available at this link.

In the battle against unsolicited phone calls, BlackBerry users have found a powerful ally. Junk Call Blocker recognizes and blocks incoming junk calls automatically. Besides the existing black list, there’s also a custom blacklist allowing you to block custom numbers. Ideal when you’re dealing with a stalking ex! The other way around, there’s also a white list, in case a call gets unjustified marked as a junk call.

Junk Call Blocker comes in three versions. The free version allows you to add 10 numbers to the custom blacklist. If you need to add more numbers, you can upgrade to the Standard version (100 numbers) or the Pro Version (unlimited numbers) via in-app-purchase.

Here are some features:

• Two Modes: autoblock junk call (default setting), show warning only on an incoming junk call
• Junk Call Blacklist (add numbers to this list and they will be blocked)
• Whitelist (overrules any number in the blacklist)
• Blocked number History
• Block Numbers Via: call log, last short call (less than 10 seconds), manual number input
• Block Feedback: get notifications once a phone call had been blocked
• BBM integration: share junk call numbers and Junk Call Blocker activity via BBM

Download Junk Call Blocker from BlackBerry App World

Create the perfect Valentine’s mood on your BlackBerry! With My Valentine you can build your own romantic homescreen: a bottle of wine with a box of chocolates under a midnight sky, or set out a wrapped gift with single rose and a cupcake. Customize your BlackBerry to your liking with over 20 options, complete with icon set. Download My Valentine today and set yourself in the mood for a special occasion.

Buy the Valentine’s Day theme for $1.99

Since the product has launched, Compilr has grown to over 80,000 users and the company says the BlackBerry community has responded really well to the PlayBook app launch. So far, the app has been downloaded over a 1,000 times which is a testament to how many developers own a PlayBook.

What’s really going to make Compilr effective is a solid keyboard for the PlayBook. If you’re going to be doing some quick hacking, you’ll need a good input method that can keep up and the virtual keyboard probably won’t cut it. We’ve tried a few of them out and RIM will soon be releasing its own. If you’re looking for one, try this Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard by NextSuccess. For Canadians, use this Amazon link.

Check out Compilr for yourself at this App World link.

Touch is an IM client, group messaging app and photo sharing app all wrapped into one. According to the company, since December 2011, Touch has served:

• More than 106 million one-on-one messages
• Nearly 10 million group messages
• More than 200 thousand Experiences – through customized profile pages allowing friends and family to enjoy mutually shared Experiences and photos
• More than 1 million comments in Experiences

It should be interesting to see how the market for IM clients and chat services evolves as more users communicate across platforms and demand more rich media functionality.

Try Touch for yourself. Head over to touch.com/blackberry from your BlackBerry to download OTA or visit Touch.com for other devices.

Was this demo really of interest to anyone though? What is the use case for taking a photo on your smartphone and showing it on your PlayBook? It seems like such an odd thing to demo. If you want to show how the smartphone interacts with the PlayBook, start a movie on the PlayBook from your smartphone. It’s an obvious use case that wouldn’t have failed during the crucial demo period.

In order to use the service, you need to be a Rogers customer and have access to a computer with a mic and webcam. There are a lot of services that duplicate elements of this experience, such as Skype, but Rogers is offering some pretty unique, especially relative to the other carriers. With One Number, you can take calls from the smartphone to the desktop and vice versa.

We’ll have more about the Rogers One Number service for you soon when we get a product to demo.

Read more about it on the Rogers blog.

Register at RogersOneNumber.ca.

Thorsten had a long list of other ways that RIM is attracting developers including a new evangelist team headed by Alec Saunders, as well as a host of supported code bases such as HTML5 and the NDK. RIM has made quite a few acquisitions that will position it competitively against the other smartphones. The company has acquired ScoreLoop for gaming, TAT for graphically rich UIs, QNX for the OS, and more.

With all the PlayBook seeding that RIM has done, and the fact that your PlayBook app will run on BlackBerry 10 smartphones, it makes a lot of sense to port your app to PlayBook.

Stay tuned for more videos uploaded by RIM at the DevCon YouTube channel.

PewPew is pretty straight forward in terms of controls. It features to joystick-like buttons and the objective is to dodge bad guys while shooting and collecting powerups. The vector graphics in this game are really awesome and there are plenty of upgrades available within the game. The game also has this really cool feature that lets you watch other players’ games in the leaderboard.

Download PewPew free for your PlayBook at this link.

In the latest version of Photo Studio, version 0.9.8.25, new features include:

• New application PicFrames: helps you combine multiple photos into amazing looking frames. Problem ‘Can’t Browse’ is fixed (found in v.0.9.8.23)
• Added new Valentine’s Day Frames pack
• New effects in Art category
• Add localization to Spanish, French and Russian
• BBM Connected (OS5-OS6)
• Fixes, algorithms optimization etc.

Download the free Photo Studio app at this link.

According to the tipster: “I am trying to setup my new 64 GB BlackBerry PlayBook (replacement for 16 GB model) today. Apparently, RIM’s update server is having issues — during the setup process, I encounter “Could not connect to update server.” followed by error code (9), (3000), or (3001). According to the BlackBerry Support Forums, this is affecting a large number of people (i.e., not an isolated incident).”

RIM’s plan is to have all BlackBerry 10 smartphones update in a similar Over-The-Air method as the PlayBook so it’s important that RIM keeps these servers top knotch. We’ll update this article when the situation is better.

Follow the outage progress on this support forum thread.

All upgrades for Angry Farm are free to existing customers for life and Smarter Apps has promised more levels in the future. If you’re going to buy, now is a good time because the game has been discounted to $2.99 (down from $4.99).

You can download the free trial of Angry Farm at this App World link.

You can purchase the paid version of Angry Farm from App World here.

Shopify has been getting a ton of press over its recent funding round of $15 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, Felicis Ventures, and Georgian Partners. This deal is going to have some pretty awesome implications for stores using Shopify as well as eCommerce on mobile in general.

Fun Friday Fact – Shopify is located in the same building as BlackBerryCool and sometimes we sneak into their office and eat their catered lunch. So there is such a thing as a free lunch and it comes from very rich Internet companies.

Read more about the acquisition at the OBJ.

Presta allows you to stay organized with your BlackBerry and features some helpful options such as:

• Organize all your outstanding to-dos by project
• Order your tasks with the VolumeUp/VolumeDown keys of your BlackBerry keypad
• Stylish touchscreen interface lets you perform all common actions with a tap on the screen
• Delegate lists or projects with a click of a button
• Fast iterative search lets you quickly find the task you are looking for
• Presta also syncs with your native Tasks app

Check out Presta in App World for $2.99 and on Free Trial (normally $4.99).

With VVM Messenger, you can send short voice messages up to 25 seconds in length to your BBM contacts for free. In a sense, this app is like PTT (push to talk) and could save you money when traveling. Check it out!

Head over to VVM Messenger to download the free app.

For those who don’t know, Mint.com is a great service that allows you to track your spending and finances. The app integrates with your bank and gives you budget recommendations as well as helpful charts to see a quick overview of your spending.

Curently, the app is not optimized for 7″ tablets but the resolution and aspect ratio shouldn’t be hard to port. RIM has promised that Android apps are a simple port to the PlayBook, and it doesn’t seem like the Mint app uses any fancy APIs that would prevent the porting job.

Head over to the Mint.com support site and show your love for the PlayBook.

Head over to this Android Market link to see the Mint.com app details.

The apps work using a few different mechanisms, one is a crowd calendar based on historical wait time data and expected crowds. The other method of determining wait times is by using crowd-sourced user feedback.

The Disney World Wait Times app covers the Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The Universal Studios Wait Times app features both Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure.

Download Disney World Wait Times from BlackBerry App World.

Download Universal Studios Wait Times from BlackBerry App World.

Todd’s design, “PowerPup,” takes the original design a step further by integrating the ability for a chair to charge your Smartphone. Todd’s interpretation of a redesigned “Julian” chair depicts a BlackBerry Bold 9900 charging in its mouth.

All auction proceeds will go to ONEXONE, a non-profit children’s foundation, which is committed to improving the lives of children in the U.S., Canada and Haiti. The organization focuses on 5 sectors that are essential to children’s overall well-being: Water, Hunger, Healthcare, Education and Play.

Todd and his team are responsible for the look and feel of BlackBerry phones, tablets and accessories. Todd’s award-winning work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and also featured on two different postage stamps commemorating Industrial Design in Canada.

Additionally, RIM joined forces with RADO and the Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCADU) to explore the concepts of time and communication by two future-oriented and iconic brands. Results of a semester long course, mentored by marketing experts from RADO and designers from BlackBerry, will be showcased at the RADO Exhibit at the Interior Design Show 2012.

For additional information on the Interior Design Show, Cherish Charity Event and Exhibit, and ONEXONE, please visit The Interior Design Show’s site.

BibbyCam has a really decent feature list including:

• 14 different filters such as Lomo, Old Photo, and Sunshine
• Create your own filter using our double filter feature
• Follow and be followed by the BibbyCam community
• Like, comment on others’ pictures
• Create albums and add your friends as contributors to that album
• Linked to Facebook and Twitter
• Access top-liked pictures by the BibbyCam community
• Privacy settings
• BBM Connect (min. BBM v.6.0)
• Free

Download BibbyCam for free at this App World link.

Enjoy!