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A couple of weeks ago during BlackBerry World 2012 attendees were given a look at some of the new BlackBerry 10 features. Among those new features that wowed the crowd was the new gesture-based, predictive text touchscreen keyboard.

It is not very often that we reference anything Apple related, but BBOS member DownForce let us know in the forums that, BlackBerry users aren't the only ones excited for this new innovative new feature from RIM. iPhone users could see a clone of RIM's new gesture based predictive type keyboard as early as next week. The jailbreak tweak application Octopus will allow iPhone users to use the keyboard that most Blackberry users are only dreaming about now.

The Octopus keyboard has features that include, automatically learning new words as you type, custom completion engine, and multi-language support. Sound familiar? If not you will want to take another look at the BlackBerry 10 Sneak Peek Video we posted not too long ago.

This will be interesting to see how RIM responds to this as it is a jailbreak tweak and not mandated by Apple in any way. So the developer behind Octopus keyboard may find themselves in hot water within the next few weeks.

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That's right folks. The official BlackBerryOS.com (BeBeOS) app for BlackBerry PlayBook has now been approved and is ready for you to download via BlackBerry App World! We reported a couple weeks ago that we had just submitted the app, and now today the day has finally come. However, instead of being called simply the BBOS or BlackBerryOS app, due to App World guidelines, we had to call it the BeBeOS app in the store. Close enough.

So don't wait, get it downloaded today and keep up on what's new from the REAL #1 BlackBerry fan site out there!

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Another BBM Challenge is now underway. Looks like this time around the challenge will test your creativity in recreating your favorite film or TV show. BlackBerry made a neat little video to go along with this challenge starring Leighton Meester (see below). So how does one go about entering this challenge?

Your task is to multitask:
In order to "Take the Challenge," head over to the BBMChallenge website for all the details! Be sure to let us know if you enter!

Research In Motion has officially added more dates to their BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour schedule. BlackBerry's official DevBlog has posted these dates so developers all around the world can start planning their trips to BlackBerry Jam this year.

May 29 – Milan, Italy
May 31 – Barcelona, Spain
June – California
June – New York
June 5 – Austin, TX, USA
June 12 – Paris, France
June 13 – London, UK
June 21 – Toronto, ON, Canada
June 26 – Moscow, Russia
June 28 – Berlin, Germany
July 3 – Warsaw, Poland
July 4 – Delhi, India
July 6 – Beijing, China
July 9 – Singapore, Singapore
July 10 – Jakarta, Indonesia
July 12 – Sydney, Australia
August – Buenos Aires, Argentina
August – Mexico City, Mexico

As you can see, some dates have been left out on purpose (LATAM and New York/LA dates) and will most likely be updated soon. Keep it locked to BBOS for more info on BlackBerry Jam's World Tour.

Looks like RIM is still interested in the concept of fuel cell technology. The company has just filed for two similar patents one for the frame of a device and the other for the fuel tank itself. Now if your like me then you may be wondering if having some sort of fuel tank on a mobile device is safe.

Not to bore anyone with a history lesson, but the concept of fuel cells have been around since the mid 1800's . Since then it has been used by NASA and other companies for commercial use.

Either way patents are a nice way to see what direction a company is heading in their R&D department. Could this mean longer battery life? Will we one day have to charge our devices in the same way you would charge a butane lighter? Very interesting to say the least.

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Official OS 7.1.0.391 has been released for the Bold 9900 from Rogers Wireless Inc. If you have a Bold 9900 its time once again to get out that USB cord and give your device a fresh OS. And as always, please remember to let us know about any findings/fixes in the comments below.

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