News and Rumors

A picture is worth a thousand words, but those words are not always true. At least that is what the consensus is ever since a white Bold 9900 has been spotted in the wild. RIM has failed to verify the pictured device will be available, so let's not get our hopes up just yet. It sure does look sexy though! Would you sell your black 9900 for a white one?

• Discuss the White Bold 9900 in the BBOS forum

Hello BBOS members and guests, it's time for our Weekly Recap for 10/2 - 10/8, 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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• BlackBerryOS.com Weekly Recap 9/25 - 10/1
  
• BlackBerry X Platform to be announced at DevCon
  
• New BlackBerry 7 commercial from India - "Welcome to the BlackBerry Family"
  
• Curve 9350 for Sprint launches... Finally
  
• BBM for Android? Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
  
• Official OS 6.0.0.633 For BlackBerry Curve 3G 9330 Via TATA INDICOM CDMA
  
• BlackBerry DevCon Attendees To Receive Free 16 GB PlayBook
  
• YouTube Mobile updated to HTML5 for BlackBerry 7 devices
  
• Official: OS v6.0.0.668 for BlackBerry Bold 9700 via A1
  
• New BlackBerry Torch 9850/9860 Commercial
  
• BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet OS updated to v1.07.3312
  
• Citrix Receiver For PlayBook Updated To Version 0.9.1, Adds Support For SSL/TLS Connections
  
• Rumors of possible hire of investment banker fuel RIM stock to rise
  
• Leaked T-Mobile Roadmap Shows BlackBerry Torch 9810
  
• More Pictures Of BBM On Android, Includes Alleged Note From RIM Employee
  
• BlackBerry retains consumers better than anyone in the U.K.
  
• Official OS :BlackBerry Torch 9800 & Curve 9300 OS 6.0.0.668 From Vodafone DE
  
• QNX Drops BBX Name At Japan Auto Summit
  
• Leaked OS v7.0.0.440 for BlackBerry Torch 9860
  
• Leaked OS v7.0.0.440 for BlackBerry Bold 9900
  
• RIM purchases NewBay for $100 million
  
• Cheryl Cole Spotted With Her BlackBerry Torch

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• Zombie Attack by Smarter Apps now in App World - Free for Limited Time!
  
• BlackBerry Partners Fund Announces Adobe Flash/AIR Winners
  
• Desktop Manager v7.0.0.20 available in the Beta Zone
  
• Fixmo Tools updated to v2.5 (OS 7 Support)
  
• Navita Translator updated to v.2.6.7
  
• Caro updated to v.1.2
  
• Bible updated to v3.5.2
  
• BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011 Mobile Guide now available in App World

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• Device Giveaway: Enter to Win a Unlocked BlackBerry Storm 2 9550!
• BBOS Gear Now Available - Win a BlackBerryOS.com T-Shirt!

Navita Translator, one of the better language translation apps out for BlackBerry devices, was recently updated to v2.6.7.

This update brings several bug fixes, including:

Caro, the Tik Tak Toe like game for BlackBerry, has been updated.

Version 1.2 bring many changes, including:

Bible has received an incremental update to v.3.5.2

This update brings a few tweaks & bug fixes, including:

If you're attending BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011 (Oct 18-20, San Francisco), you'll be happy to know that theBlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011 Mobile Guide is now available for both the BlackBerry PlayBook & BlackBerry devices.

Not much is new on the app compared to last year's version, but this a great must-have app to keep yourself updated during DevCon.

Things are starting to get exciting once again in the world of BlackBerry. We are starting to hear more and more about this new BBX platform. We got word a couple days ago that new BlackBerry X (BBX) platform, would be announced at the upcoming DevCon in San Francisco. The BBX platform is rumored to be a QNX based OS for the PlayBook and the upcoming QNX based BlackBerry SuperPhones.

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A few weeks ago we were excited to report that the Citrix Receiver for the BlackBerry PlayBook was available. We are now happy to report that it has recently been updated to version 0.9.1. This update adds support for some major transport security protocols, and components.

For those of you that have been wondering when you will see the Torch 9810 come to T-Mobile, your going to be excited about this news. This leaked picture of T-Mobile's roadmap, shows the Torch 9810 to be released on November 9th. If this is correct it looks as though you could have your shiny new Torch just in time for the holiday season. Will you be purchasing a Torch 9810 from T-Mobile?

• Discuss this in the BlackBerryOS forums

Earlier in the year there were rumors circulating that RIM would bring its popular BBM messaging program to the Android Operating System. Although RIM never confirmed this, it was only a matter of time before the chatter around the water cooler eventually would make its way to some sort digital makeover. We saw just that earlier this week when "leaked" photos surfaced showing BBM running on the Android OS. However, it wasn't long before the photos were declared fake.

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Official OS 6.0.0.668 has been released for the Torch 9800 and the Curve 9300. This latest OS 6 releases comes to us via Vondafone DE. Now get out that USB cord, and start updating. Be sure to let us know your findings and fixes in the forums.

• How to upgrade your BlackBerry
• Download Official OS 6.0.0.668 for Torch 9800 from Vodafone DE
• Download Official OS 6.0.0.668 for Curve 9300 from Vodafone DE
• Discuss any findings/fixes in the forums

Smarter Apps, the makers of the Angry Birds knockoff, Angry Farm, has just released their new game called, Zombie Attack, with Halloween right around the corner! It is a game where you launch objects via catapult to destroy buildings and zombies. The game supports all BlackBerry models except the PlayBook. It will have 100 levels for the launch and more will be added down the line.

Smarter Apps has decided to offer the game free for a limited time as they are also trying the new in-app feature of App World for the first time. For $0.99 you have the option of purchasing the nuclear bomb. The nuclear bomb will clear any level but you can only use it once per hour. If I didn't know any better, that sounds a lot like the flying eagle of Angry Birds.

Let us know what you think of Zombie Attack in the BBOS forum!

• Download Zombie Attack in BB App World
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Today, the BlackBerry Partners Fund announced the winners of the Adobe Flash/AIR competition, recognizing the best Adobe AIR apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook. For this year’s BlackBerry Partners Fund Developer Challenge, all winning apps were selected based on quality and use of development best practices, visual appeal, user experience and creativity and innovation, joining the thousands of dynamic Flash apps currently available for the BlackBerry PlayBook.

• See the entire list of the winning apps by region