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As the popularity of RIM's BlackBerry App World begins to rise so does its relationship with mobile carriers. Today at mobile World Congress RIM announced that more carriers were deploying integrated billing for BlackBerry App World, to help ensure a smooth relationship between customers, carriers, and developers.

BlackBerry App World has grown significantly over the past few months and is now has over 600,000 apps and 174 million apps downloaded per month. In addition there have been over 2 Billion downloads since its initial release. These numbers, and additional research helped contribute to carriers deploying an easy payment system.

The deployment of integrated carrier billing makes sense for everyone, most importantly the developer that wants to get paid in a timely fashion. It also allows the user to purchase apps, by simply charging it to their regular monthly bill. Currently one-time and subscription-based purchases are supported.

The following carriers are offering integrated billing on BlackBerry App World:

• A1 Telekom (Austria)
• AT&T (United States)
• Bell (Canada)
• Digicel (25 markets in the Caribbean and Latin America)
• Indosat (Indonesia)
• Rogers Wireless (Canada)
• SFR (France)
• Telefonica (UK)
• T-Mobile (United States)
• Telus (Canada)
• Telstra (Australia)
• Vodafone (Spain, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, United Kingdom & Netherlands)

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SolverLabs has just added free editions to their Angry Birds knockoff game called, Angry Pigs. They've created free versions for both Angry Pigs and Angry Pigs Seasons. I've played these free versions and the main difference is the addition of ads, which aren't really that bad or get in the way. Surprisingly, the gameplay is pretty smooth when compared to the other knockoff, Angry Farm.

Looks like OS 6 and OS 7 devices are compatible, so get updated or installed and leave us a comment on how these free versions work for you!

For all of us Chess nerds out there, my favorite Chess app for BlackBerry has just been updated to v1.2! This update fixes board size and orientation for OS 7 devices. If you didn't know, it's also available for the PlayBook tablet as well.

Amazon Wireless is having a huge AT&T BlackBerry Torch 9810 4G sale, as the going price is only a penny! These sales vary off and on so if you have been looking to pick up one of these sexy OS 7 devices, I'd recommend you get on it before they sell out. The deal also comes with two-day shipping. Let us know if you decide to pick one up!

• Download Bible via App World
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• Purchase Ruby Red BlackBerry Curve 9360 via Rogers Canada
• Discuss Ruby Red BlackBerry Curve 9360 in our Forums

• Download Foursquare for BlackBerry via App World
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These HTML5 tests you'll see in this video include:

Guimark3 HTML5 bitmap drawing test, by Sean Christmann
Rubiks HTML5 canvas, by Remy Sharp
Origami, by Hakim El Hattab

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The popular sports game by Gameloft, Let's Golf 2 HD, has been updated to v2.0 for the BlackBerry PlayBook. If you read the reviews it looks like users were experiencing a lot of issues with random crashes during game play. I bet this update takes care of that and may add some UI adjustments among other features. You can purchase this game for only $2.99 in App World. Get updated or installed and let us know what you notice in the comments!