BlackBerryOS.com Weekly Recap 10/16 - 10/22

Hello BBOS members and guests, it's time for our Weekly Recap for 10/16 - 10/22, 2011. The links below are the "in a nutshell" of what happened in everything BlackBerry last week. Leave us a comment on what you thought was the most memorable moment of the BlackBerry weekly recap!

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• RIM Offers Free Premium Apps To Customers Following Service Interruptions
  
• BBX To Leapfrog The Competition, Says RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie
  
• Official: OS 7.0.0.374 for BlackBerry Bold 9930 via Verizon Wireless
  
• More games are coming to the PlayBook! Here's the list!
  
• Cascades UI Demo by TAT at DevCon 2011
  
• Scoreloop SDK Now Available in Beta Zone
  
• RIM preps App World for free app frenzy
  
• BBX Announced Officially at DevCon Americas
  
• Leaked Video Shows RIM's BlackBerry Packager For Android
  
• On Solyndra: White House Denies Congress Access to Obama's BlackBerry
  
• Gaming on the BlackBerry PlayBook Video
  
• Porsche Exclusive BlackBerry Knight to be announced October 27th
  
• Official: OS 7.0.0.374 for BlackBerry Torch 9850 From Verizon Wireless
• BlackBerryOS.com Weekly Recap 10/9 - 10/15
  
• RIM From Good To Bad In One Day, Lawsuit Threatens BBX Name
  
• BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Developer Beta Review
  
• DriveSafe.ly Pro is now FREE in App World - First "Compliments of BlackBerry" App
  
• BlackBerry Jam: Developers Resources Rebranding
  
• Shazam Encore (Premium app) coming to App World for free in "early November" courtesy of BlackBerry
  
• BlackBerry Bold 9900 "coming soon" to AT&T; November 6th maybe?
  
• Christina Aguilera Spotted With BlackBerry, And No Pants!
  
• BlackBerry WebWorks SDK For Smartphone And Tablet v2.2 Now Available
  
• RIM Gives Reason For No OS 7 Theme Builder
  
• BlackBerryOS.com Gear Store - Get BBOS Hats and Shirts!
  

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• Foursquare Updated To Version 3.3
  
• BlackBerry Desktop Software v2.2.0.17 For Mac Now Available
  
• eBay for BlackBerry 2.0 (2.0.0.37) Beta Update Now Available
  
• Poynt updated to v1.8.3
  
• Facebook Messenger now available for BlackBerry
  
• Twitter for BlackBerry 2.1 Now Available in Beta Zone
  
• Plants Vs Zombies For BlackBerry
  
• Spider-Man: Total Mayhem HD For PlayBook
  
• Samurai 2 : Vengeance For BlackBerry PlayBook
  
• BlackBerry App World Updated to Version 3.0.1.28, Now In Beta Zone
  

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• Device Giveaway: Enter to Win a Unlocked BlackBerry Bold 9650!
  
• Enter to Win a BlackBerry PlayBook from Developer S4BB Limited
• Enter to Win a Unlocked BlackBerry Storm 2 9550! Winner Announced!
• Giveaway: 25 copies of BatteryBooster by S4BB