If you live in the metropolitan capital region of the Philippines city Manila, then your traveling may have gotten a bit easier. With MMDA you can navigate with ease around the city.

Take a look at some of the apps features:

• Navigate your way through Metro Manila traffic
• View the traffic situation in Map or Line View
• Includes EDSA, C5, SLEX, Roxas Blvd, Ortigas, Commonwealth, Marcos Highway, Katipunan, Espana, & Quezon Ave.
• View problem areas so you can avoid them
• MMDA FAQs built-in for your guidance
• Includes MMDA Directory
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The Game Developers Conference is currently underway in San Francisco and a couple of interesting things have been popping up, even from RIM. The above picture was taken by the guys over at SemiAccurate and it apparently shows a BlackBerry Torch 9850/60 being used as a controller on a game played with the PlayBook.

We're assuming this is possible through the Bridge app and a bit of magical engineering added to it as well. Nevertheless, this could bread an entirely different side of game on the BlackBerry PlayBook in the near future. Hopefully we'll get more info about this in the coming days.

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Three of the most popular native IM clients have gotten updated today for devices without OS 7. OS 7 users might notice that they have v2.5.125 installed on their devices and will OS 5 and OS 6 users will be able to update. Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk all received the nod to v2.5.125. No change log was provided with these new versions so make sure you let us know what you found new with these IM clients! Check out App World to get the updates and be patient as they make their way through to everyone.

In case you're out of the loop, SayIt for BlackBerry has been updated quite a few times as of recently. Not that it's a bad thing in the slightest. With an update always comes fixes and improvements, and it looks like the SayIt developers are genuinely determined to deliver the best app they can create. With the v1.3.5 update comes:

Research In Motion is trying super hard to get the U.S. market to be more friendly to BlackBerry. The latest tactic comes in the shape of more free apps for its loyal users exclusively in the U.S. There are a lot of apps that are being offered for free "compliments of BlackBerry." The best way to find them is to search for the word "compliments." That's how I was able to find the apps that are compatible with my Torch 9860.

Apparently, for some users, up to 17 apps have been made available compliments of BlackBerry and they're not too shabby either. These apps are available to its U.S. user base until May 31st. If you're thinking that's a long time, it's because it is. Almost 3 months of free downloads is sure to be costing RIM a pretty penny when they have to reimburse the developers.

This is obviously a move to try to get more people to buy into the BlackBerry 7 device lineup as one of the requirements to download these apps is having a BB7 smartphone. So if you're in the good ol' US of A, get to App World and start downloading.

Back in August of last year, Samsung announced their new messaging service called ChatOn. Samsung has now decided to open up their messaging service to other platforms including iOS and BlackBerry. They have released the statement below:

We have 2 copies to giveaway of Rdio Unlimited (3-Month Subscription) by BlackBerry developer, Rdio! Rdio is the ground-breaking digital music service that is reinventing the way people discover, listen to, and share music. With on-demand access to over 12 million songs, Rdio connects people with music and makes it easy to search for and instantly play any song, album, artist or playlist without ever hearing a single ad. Discover what friends, people with similar tastes, recording artists and more are listening to in real-time and share across Twitter and Facebook. Build a digital music collection that’s available everywhere - on the web, in-home or in-car, on an iPad or smartphone, and even offline.

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• Contest: Enter here to win 1 of 2 copies of Rdio Unlimited (contest closed)

One could argue that Opera Mini is the best alternative browser for BlackBerry. Personally I use it and actually prefer it over the native browser at times. Personally I like that it renders some pages better than the native browser, and it seems to be faster as well. So needless to say I was happy to hear that version 7.0 has been released for the BlackBerry. Opera has always done a great job supporting BlackBerry devices, so its nice to see it being updated almost in sync with other platforms.

Before you jump to the download, please note that Opera Next is sort of like a beta version of the "Next" release of Opera Mini. So it will install along side of your existing Opera Mini installation as a white icon. That way if it crashes or does not work correctly you can always remove it, and continue using the stable version.

This version has quite a few features. Here are some of them taken from the change log:

Opera Mini Next has the following new features:

Smart Page

The most visible new feature is perhaps the redesign of the start screen and the addition of Smart Page. This page gives you an overview of your favorite sites, latest updates from social networks (Twitter and Facebook), news gathered from your favorite sites (via their RSS feeds) and suggested links. Note that you can clear the Smart Page by selecting "Clear history" from the privacy settings.

Support for more than 9 speed dials

One common complaint has been the restrictions on the number of speed dials. We have now solved this and you can add as many as you like, or in practice as many as your device can handle. Synching your speed dials between desktop and Opera Mini should be a much nicer experience now. Note that there is a couple of known issue when synching with Opera Link. Speed dials may move around unexpectedly and the order can be inconsistent.

We have also added a convenient way to add new speed dials: just press the star found in the address bar (touch devices only).

Improved support for RTL

Right-to-left text in UI elements should now be correctly drawn. We would like to fix as many of the these bugs as possible, so if you find issues, please report them.

Tab improvements

Tabs can now be closed with one click on touch devices. And when you close a tab, Opera Mini will switch to the last used tab.

No more "www." in address bar

Most sites today can be used without the WWW prefix. So we have removed it as well. The auto completion still supports it of course.

We have 20 copies to giveaway of BuddyGuard Pro by BlackBerry developer, Terra Mobility! Find and recover your lost, misplaced or stolen BlackBerry®. Save hundreds in phone replacement costs, protect your personal information and provide for your personal safety.

BuddyGuard™ allows you to remotely access your lost BlackBerry® using commands sent by SMS or email. In emergencies its personal safety features can be activated by a single key without having to manually find and launch the application.

• Download BuddyGuard Pro via App World
• Contest: Enter here to win 1 of 20 copies of BuddyGuard Pro

We have 10 copies to giveaway of Tiggit Controller For iTunes by BlackBerry developer, Tiggit Software Ltd! Tiggit Controller for iTunes allows you to control iTunes from your BlackBerry® Smartphone. Mac or PC.

Use your BlackBerry® Smartphone to select what is playing on iTunes, browse your library or playlists, select Radio Stations or videos. Connects to BlackBerry Messenger to update your profile with details of what iTunes is playing. Tiggit Controller can pause music or video when your phone rings.

• Download Tiggit Controller For iTunes via App World
• Contest: Enter here to win 1 of 10 copies of Tiggit Controller For iTunes

We have 1 license to giveaway of Tiggit Controller For Sonos by BlackBerry developer, Tiggit Software Ltd! Tiggit Controller is a remote control for the Sonos Music System. It allows you to control what is playing on your Sonos from your BlackBerry®.

• Download Tiggit Controller For Sonos via App World
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