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RoadRunnerGPS Fitness Tracking for BlackBerry with Giveaways

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RoadRunnerGPS is a feature rich app for fitness enthusiasts. The app uses GPS features to provide feedback for joggers and walkers on their time, speed, distance, pace and calories.

Once you have finished your run, you can upload the data to Kanavon’s servers where you can review the data and get a variety of metrics and statistics about your workout.

We’re giving away 25 copies of this app, so just comment and let us know what other fitness apps you have tried for BlackBerry.

There is more information about RoadRunnerGPS on their site, as well as in the App World webstore.

Update: Thanks everyone for participating! The 25 winners have been selected and will receive an email shortly.

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Flick scrolling for the Storm with BerryScroll and 50 free copies

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BerryScroll has been updated to version 1.1 and they have some copies to give away to BlackBerry Cool readers. The app gives your BlackBerry Storm flick scrolling, a widely requested feature from the BlackBerry community.

The latest update to BerryScroll means that you don’t have to re-enable the app with every app launch. This makes the app much easier to use.

More new features that you will find in version 1.1:

  • The ‘Enable/Disable BerryScroll’ menu item now globally turns BerryScroll on/off.
  • Added click through support in lists while in scroll mode (no more double clicking necessary).
  • Added setting to turn off scroll indicator.
  • Improved flick sensitivity.
  • Improved transition into flick mode.

BerryScroll is on sale for $2.99 (regularly $4.99) today with the coupon code berryscroll299.

We also have 50 free copies for BlackBerry Cool readers. First come first serve! Use the coupon code bcoolbscroll and the first 50 will get it free.

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SpoofApp giving away 25 PINS with free minutes

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SpoofApp is one of the more controversial apps going around today. The app lets users disguise their caller ID, change their voice and record their calls which can be played back, downloaded or shared with friends via social networks or email.

After 192 days, Apple rejected SpoofApp, citing:

“We’ve reviewed SpoofApp and determined that we cannot post this version of your iPhone application to the App Store at this time because it allows users to anonymously make calls and/or wrongly identifies the caller ID of the phone (known as Caller ID spoofing). We have chosen to not publish this type of application to the App Store.” – iPhone Developer Program

Well BlackBerry users don’t have to worry about Steve Jobs raining on their parade. SpoofApp is giving away 25 free PINS loaded with minutes to try out their service.

To win, all you have to do is comment. In light of SpoofApp not being available in the App Store, and being allowed to flourish in App World, tell us what advantages BlackBerry has over the iPhone.

UPDATE: Thanks for participating! The winners will be emailed with a pin.

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BerryBuzz 2.0 now supports BlackBerry Messenger – giveaways!

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BerryBuzz has gone version 2.0 and it includes lots of new features and bug fixes. They’ve even added BlackBerry Messenger support, which has been considered “technically not possible.”

Another great feature is the Disco LED, which is demo’d in the video above.

The upgrade is $2.99 for previous owners of BerryBuzz 1.0 and free for users who have purchased BerryBuzz 1.0 after June 25th, 2009.

BerryBuzz is available for $5.95 from the BlackBerry Cool Store.

If you hurry, you can download 1 of 25 free copies from the store with the coupon code bb2cool.

Click through for more screenshots and a feature list

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BerryWeather 1.5 new features, bug fixes and giveaways!

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BerryWeather has been recently updated to version 1.5 and there are some great new features and bug fixes. Two of my favorite features include: animated radar maps and GPS support.

BerryWeather 1.5 features and bug fixes include:

  • Animated radar maps (for US Locations only, add a custom radar map for international locations).
  • Track your location via GPS/CELL TOWER LOCATION so you always know the weather where you are. (Cell location for GSM devices only. GPS does not work for non-Storm devices on Verizon due to carrier restrictions)
  • Replace the default BerryWeather radar maps for any location with your preferred weather service’s radar maps!
  • Sunrise/Sunset times and moon phase
  • New Themes
  • Smoother animations on BlackBerry Storm
  • Improved battery and memory handling
  • Many many more bug fixes

This is a free update to existing BerryWeather owners. Simply install over your existing copy and re-enter your activation code.

BerryWeather is available from the BlackBerryCool store $9.95. A free 3-day trial is also available.

To top it all off, we’re giving away 25 free copies to BlackBerry Cool readers. The first 25 people to use the coupon win. So hurry! The code is freecoolweather.

Don’t worry, if you didn’t manage to get the free copy, there is also a discount coupon for 25% off. The code is weather25 valid until Sunday.

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Backup and restore to your media card with PhoneBAKup: Giveaways!

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PhoneBAKup looks like a pretty useful app for saving time and energy making backups of your important files. The app lets you schedule daily, weekly or monthly backups for your BlackBerry OTA. With each backup, you can save your device’s data including the Address Book, Task, Calendar and MemoList.

The data is emailed to an email address of your choosing, so if you have a lot of data, make sure you have an appropriate data plan. Also, consider making a separate email address for your backups so it doesn’t get mixed up with your other emails and can be quickly accessed.

PhoneBAKup normally costs $19.90 with no subscriptions or annual fees. There is also a free trial available.

We’re also giving away 20 free copies of PhoneBAKup. To win, comment and tell us what the last app you purchased was.

[UPDATE: Thanks to everyone for participating in the contest. Entries are closed and winners will be notified]

This application is compatible with the BlackBerry Pearl (8100,8110,8120), Pearl Flip (8200,8220), Curve (8300,8310,8320), 8700 C/G/R, 8707 G/V, 8800, 8820, 8830, Curve 8900, Bold 9000 and the Storm 9500.

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Win a free copy of Kasper Hauser’s “Obama’s BlackBerry”

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We recently wrote about the book by San Francisco comedy troupe Kasper Hauser “Obama’s BlackBerry.” The book has some pretty hilarious fake musings between Obama and his various presidential colleagues, including Vice President Joe Biden, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Hachette Book Group are giving away 5 free copies of the book to BlackBerry Cool readers. To win, comment an app you’d think Obama would like and why. We’ll choose our 5 favorite.

Only residents of the US and Canada are eligible to win; no PO boxes, please.

Read our post about Obama’s BlackBerry for quotes.

UPDATE: Thanks for participating guys. Here are the winners:

Leslie

Visible Vote is an app I think President Obama would love! He could give congress a heads up on how to vote on a bill w/o having to hold a meeting or send out staffers to the hill. He can vote yes/no/don’t care and send congress members emails via the app. It’s everything I think President Obama would love as a BlackBerry user. He is very aware of technology and this could pose to be an excellent step forward in the way he lets congress know how he feels on current bills.

elizabeth

I just looked at all the apps. I have and came to a conclusion that Obama will like the evernotes app. He could take notes, take pictures, and do a video thing for his kids. I could totally see Obama taking notes, taking pictures and sending them to his wife and kids! It’s because the app. I good to use anytime, anywhere and for whatever reasons! The president can’t miss a thing that’s why!

Richard

How about a copy of Google Latitude so he can tell where everyone is at any given time? So he knows if Biden has left the building or not? :) Wait, I suppose he the most powerful spy network in the world to do that for him, never mind…

Travis

Seriously?! Obama doesn’t want the app I’m going to mention, he has it. The Spoof App. Obama can make prank calls to the likes of Hilary Clinton, Joe Biden, etc. He might even dial across the world and start WWIII with the app. He probably buys minutes in the app so he doesn’t have the 2 min ads.

Kreg

Obama has to have Quickpull installed. When you’re the president of the united states and your app memory runs low, you can’t just sit there and pull the battery out. You need to be a little sly with it and click a button and put the phone back in the holster until it boots back up.

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Fun BlackBerry Storm app BerryWhip 50 free giveaways!

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BerryWhip is an app for the BlackBerry Storm that was launched last week. The app is pretty fun and simulates a whip using the accelerometer. The movements are easy – just your basic whipping motion.

Right now we’ve offering the first 50 readers a chance to get the app for free. All you have to do is use the promo code bbcoolwhip to download the app for free.

NOTE: This app does not work on OS 4.7.0.75.

Hurry up and get your free copy now! There are only 50 so the codes will stop working shortly.

Download your free (normally $2.99) copy of BerryWhip for the BlackBerry Storm.

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Zumobi Amazon.com Giveaway Winners!

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When we first announced that Zumobi had partnered with us to reward ten lucky people with a free $50 gift certificate from Amazon.com, I don’t think we were expecting such a response – man, you guys like free stuff! Unfortunately, only ten could win, but who knows, maybe we’ll do more of these in the future. For now, here are your ten winners:

Steve McBayne
Rickey Grant
Carson Yoder
Tom Webster
Richard Bolman
Steve Lundy
Sandra Mendoza
Michael Anthony
Rel Rogers
Jessica Perron

Each winner should now have been contacted by BBCool and Zumobi; if not, please post a comment to let us know. Thanks to everyone who participated, and a big thanks to Zumobi, for helping us take care of our peeps.

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Last chance on $50 Amazon gift certificate giveaway!

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We’re wrapping up our Zumobi giveaway tonight, so head on over to our contest, drop your name and e-mail in the form, and you could win one of ten $50 gift certificates to Amazon. Haven’t heard of Zumobi? Well, they’re an up-and-coming free widget platform for your BlackBerry. Already running on Windows Mobile, Zumobi promises to bring content-filled tiles to your handheld which you navigate by zooming in and out on a four-by-four grid. Want to give it a shot? Head on over to http://get.zumobi.com/bbcool on your mobile browser to get going.

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