News and Rumors

SaskTel, a wireless carrier based in the province of Saskachewan in Canada, has announced to the world that they'll be carrying the BlackBerry Bold 9790 & BlackBerry Curve 9380.

There is no release dates announced at this time, but it does seem that the Curve 9380 is now available directly through their website.

Rogers hasn't kept it a secret that they plan to start carrying the Bold 9790 before the holiday season. Their pricing has recently leaked online.

These prices seem a bit lower than what we've recently seen from Telus. The device is being targeted to business users & young professionals, so don't be surprised if most of Rogers' advertisement for this device explain mostly it's business-minded key features.

Khadija from Pepper.pk has just let us know that their game Hazardous Highway is now available for free in BlackBerry App World! Here is a quick description of the game:

• Download Hazardous Highway in BB App World
• Discuss and share your high score with us in the forums

BlackBerry pairing watch maker, inPulse, is having a huge sale markdown of $50 on their watches. inPulse provides your smartphone notifications at a glance, on your watch! Out of the box, the inPulse smartphone app lets you:

• Push emails, sms, calendar alerts & caller ID
• Customize fonts and colors
• Set filtering options for emails
• Manage notification/vibration profiles
• Manage multiple inboxes
• Download smartwatch apps
• View Tech Specs

The inPulse watch is compatible with all Blackberry OS 5, 6 and 7 phones.

• Purchase inPulse in Plain Metal or Stealth Black
• Discuss the inPulse device with us in the BBOS forum

Phone remote for BlackBerry PlayBook has been updated to v3. Similar to a remote desktop application on your PC, this app brings your phone’s screen to your tablet allowing you to access all your apps, emails, texts, media, settings and options on your BlackBerry PlayBook. Make sure that you update the app on both your device and tablet for proper use. Here is the full changelog for the udpate:

• Improved speed and battery saving improvements added
• Control your phone using your PlayBook's bezel feature added
• Improved touch detection
• Auto fullscreen when rotated to portrait mode when connection is active

• Download Phone Remote For BlackBerry PlayBook
  
• Download Phone Remote (Pairing App For Device)

Official OS v6.0.0.706 has dropped for the BlackBerry Curve 9330 from Sprint L.P. If you have a Curve 9330, get out that USB cord and give your a device a fresh new OS! As always, be sure to let us know how it works for you!

Note: The Software Platform and Applications version numbers can be found under Options-About screen on the handheld.

• How to Upgrade your BlackBerry's Operating System
• Download Official OS 6.0.0.706 for BlackBerry Curve 9330 from Sprint L.P
• Discuss your findings/fixes in the forum

For some time now PlayBook owners have been starving for some video streaming access albeit via web or app. Two of the main movie streaming sites, Hulu and Netflix, have denied access to PlayBook owners since it's launch earlier this year. As you can see from the image above, "device not supported" is the current message you will get if you try and access Hulu's webpage... until now. Watch as one of the DingleBerry creators, Chris Wade, AKA @cmwdotme, take you through a video demo of him accessing Hulu videos on the PlayBook. How soon will we be able to do the same? According to Chris, not to far, as he mentions in the video the DingleBerry release is just a week away! Let's hope this does the same for Netflix.

• See the Hulu video demo and discuss in the BBOS forums

BlackBerry Developer, XIMAD INC, has decided to offer their Christmas Jokes app for free until the end of November. If you are looking for a fun way to get into the holiday Christmas spirit, then no better way than with a good laugh. Hurry and download the app while it's still free as you only have 2 days left until it's off sale!

• Download Christmas Jokes app in BB App World
• Have a funny Christmas joke of your own? Tell us in the forum!

Research In Motion (RIM) will be hosting a BlackBerry for Business and Government webcast today, Tuesday, November 29 at 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern from its offices in Redwood City, CA. Join in for this half hour with Alan Panezic, Vice President, Enterprise Product Management & Marketing, for an update on BlackBerry solutions for business and government. Alan will be accepting questions during the presentation via the webcast site and will take time at the end of the webcast to respond to as many questions as possible.

Register in advance at the link here. The dial-in is 1 (877) 261-8990.

• Will you be attending? Discuss the webcast with us in the forums

“Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim” is a vast magical world where you are honored with the crown of a tiny fairytale kingdom. When you become the head of the country all the responsibility for the land's prosperity rests on your royal shoulders. You will have to fight various enemies and monsters, explore new territories, manage economic and scientific developments and solve a heap of unusual and unexpected tasks. For example, what will you do when all the gold in the kingdom transforms into cookies? Or how will you bring back the trolls who robbed caravans and whose disappearance ruins the economy of the country? Game Features:

- Legendary indirect control strategy totally adapted for BlackBerry PlayBook.
- 10 types of heroes with dozens of statistics, weapons and armour.
- A dozen types of monsters.
- Several dozen spells.
- 30 upgradeable building types.
- 3 difficulty levels.
- About 100 game achievements.

• Download Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim in BB App World for $1.99
• Discuss Majesty with us in the BBOS forum

• Employees can acquire up to five (5) PlayBooks per person
  
• The 16GB PlayBook is priced at a whopping $99
  
• The 32GB PlayBook plus an HDMI cable is set at $149
  
• (And the best deal) The 64GB PlayBook, an HDMI cable, and a convertible case at the mind-blowing price of only $199.

• Go on over to the forums and share your opinion on why RIM has gone this far on price cuts

Rooting is a common practice among many Android users and even more popular in the world of Apple. Essentially rooting a device gives a user full control over the OS provided. Most people are familiar with jailbreaking as it gained its popularity among Apple users to install third party apps; another advantage of rooting your device. Jailbreaking/rooting takes advantage of security exploits found in the devices OS. These exploits or holes if you will, allow access to the most trusted part of a UNIX based system root user, in Microsoft Windows you could think of it as the Administrator account.

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Roboto is now available on BlackBerry App World for PlayBook. A speedy platformer with style, Roboto puts you in control of a daredevil teen robot equipped with a high-tech hoverboard. Battle your way through hordes of security bots in an effort to ask out the girl of Roboto’s dreams. More than 30 levels of gravity-defying challenges have you reversing the flow of gravity, loading up on powerful weapons, and executing daring high speed jumps. Fight end bosses, upgrade your character, and shoot your way to love!

Key features include:

• Battle your way through hordes of security bots in an effort to ask out the girl of Roboto’s dreams.
• Fight end bosses, upgrade your character, and battle your way to love!
• More than 30 levels of gravity-defying challenges have you reversing the flow of gravity, loading up on powerful weapons, and executing daring high speed jumps.

• Download Roboto from BlackBerry App World
• Discover more PlayBook games in the BBOS forums

BBM v6 smiley icons have been extracted and sized so now you can get your hands on these awesome smilies you see and use everyday in BlackBerry Messenger. This icon pack comes with 27x27 and 16x16 resolution icons in png image format. Enjoy!

• Download the BBM v6 Smiley Icon Pack
• What's your favorite BBM Smiley? Let us know in the forum!