Posted on April 27, 2011, at 4:24 PM .
Magmic has launched a new version of New York Times Crosswords for BlackBerry that features in-app payments for subscriptions. The app features a free week of daily puzzles and it’s free to download. There are also a variety of subscription services you can choose including one month, six month or one year subscription rates. As far as we can tell, this is the first app to use the BlackBerry Payment Service to provide subscriptions.
The New York Times Crosswords is the only officially licensed app and has an archive of over 4,000 classic puzzles as well as lets you participate in the Daily Puzzle. Other cool features include:
- Send messages and compare your solve times with friends online
- Compete against top players via the online leaderboards
- Write in ‘pen’ or ‘pencil’
- Solve puzzles on the grid or directly from the clues list
- Automatic highlighting of related clues
- Check or reveal letters, words or the entire puzzle
Magmic also let us know that while they have limited device support for launch, they’ll be spending this week back-filling device support so stay tuned. Your device should be supported very soon.
Check out the New York Times Crosswords in App World at this link.
Posted on April 14, 2011, at 10:34 AM .
Texas Hold’em King Live (THKLive) by Magmic is a really interesting poker game that we’ve written about several times. The game uses in-app purchases and virtual currency for a poker experience unlike any other on BlackBerry. A little known fact about the game is that you can get access to a huge portfolio of avatars that can be used in game, by connecting your account to pretzil.com. Pretzil has a couple hundred avatars that can be unlocked and used in THKLive to make your poker experience even better. To use your avatar in THKLive, follow these steps:
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Posted on April 5, 2011, at 12:26 PM .
We’re always curious which developers are submitting a portfolio of apps to App World. In this case, we’re more concerned with apps such as a game, utility or IM client, and much less so an eBook, audio book or theme. It’s a difficult process to compile a list of popular developers because there isn’t a good way of sorting through the data to find who has submitted a large portfolio of apps. In order to do this, we’re simply starting with the developers we’re familiar with through BlackBerryCool, and doing a little searching on the side. This article will get better as more people comment their findings too, so feel free to comment the developer’s vendor page with the number of apps they’ve submitted and we’ll add them to the list. Click through to read about some interesting developers.
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Posted on March 1, 2011, at 12:46 PM .
PIN: 206C54FC
Magmic has been in the themes business since themes were first introduced to the platform. The company has gone from basic Zen themes to premium animated themes and they’ve learned a lot about the business. If you’re a theme lover or theme developer, you should definitely add them on BBM. Magmic will be giving away free themes through their BBM contact, as well as offering advice and a community to theme developers. So whoever you are, if you’re interested in themes, add Magmic and say hi. Scan the above barcode or manually add them with PIN: 206C54FC.
Posted on January 11, 2011, at 1:55 PM .
Back in June we wrote about an app showcase featuring QContinuum, WICKSoft, Zeebu, GlitchSoft and Magmic. The event was hosted by Rob Woodbridge, former CEO of Rove current owner of Untether’d. The app showcase featured a group of developers meeting to show off their apps and it was cool to see what’s brewing locally in Ottawa.
Continue reading ‘Save the Date: App Showcase to Feature Magmic, Select Start, Tristan and More’
Posted on November 9, 2010, at 4:51 PM .
Magmic has officially launched THK Live and it’s out of beta and in Bplay and App World. THK Live is a very unique poker game and Magmic has taken an interesting approach to selling the game. The game is free and users have the ability to purchase chips in game in order to play high stakes games or top up their account. Features of the game include:
- Free To Play: Each day you’ll receive chips that you can take straight to the tables, without paying anything.
- Fast, Smooth and Fun: Are you tired of waiting for your opponent to make their move? This is the fastest poker game available for BlackBerry. Our quick speeds and easy to use interface ensure that you’ll spend more time taking down pots.
- Automatic Table Selection: THK Live will pick the most appropriate table for your Bankroll, Experience and Speed – All you have to do to start playing is press “Play.”
- Slick, Easy-to-Use UI: Magmic’s new and improved user interface is designed for high resolution devices providing vivid colors and smooth animations. Poker actions are easy to use and are inspired by BlackBerry’s own home screen.
- Unlock Achievements: Earn over 35 unique achievements that will reward you for winning pots, playing hands and getting lucky. THK Live will continue to add new and exciting achievements with each free content update.
- Stylish Avatars: Choose from over 30 unique Avatars, their high-resolution, full detail avatars are sure to make an impression. Magmic will continue to add more avatars with free content updates.
- Free Content Updates: THK Live is designed to be easy to update. We’ll be able to push out new and exciting features and new content as a direct downloads.
- Chat 2.0: We’ve dedicated a lot of time and effort to create the best chat system in a poker game. You’ll be able to quickly and conveniently taunt or praise your opponents without missing a hand.
Another cool addition to the game which some of the beta testers may have missed is the ability to get a new avatar with Pretzil. By signing up for a Pretzil account, you earn points each time you play THK Live and you can use these points to purchase new avatars for use in-game.
Go to getthklive.com from your BlackBerry to grab it OTA, or go to Bplay at this link or grab it from App World below.
