What do you love about your playbook?

I love my playbook for kobo so I can instantly read books.  I love my playbook for pressreader every morning I have my newspapers to read.  I love my playbook for zino. All of my magazine subscriptions can be read any time of the day!  I want to know!  What do you have on your playbook that you love?

Twitter and Facebook BB 10 design

Check out the just released BB 10 Facebook and twitter native screen shots. Crackberry

Some great. BB10 screen shots leaked

There were so great BB10 screen shots released on crackberry.com today!  Can't wait to have one in my hands!  Check them out at Crackberry.com 

BlackBerry world!!!

What a day for blackberry!  For those of you who haven't seen the BB world keynote this morning things are looking up for blackberry. RIM showed of some great demos for blackberry ten including a touchscreen predictive keyboard and an amazing camera app.  Also they displayed the new home screen for BB 10. Hopefully they can wrap it all together with some great social networking apps. If all the amazing games that are on the PlayBook work on the BB 10 like they say!  This phone will be off the hook.

OS 2.1 available for download

reviews will be posted later today!

Frisbee Forever!

Another great free game available in Blackbery app world.  Frisbee Forever is a great game all around!  Controls are super!  Amazing graphics!  FREE!!  Yes Free!  Download it now!

Sketch with Friends Update!

Sketch with Friends an amazing drawing game "like pictionary"  Has recieved an update!  I highly recomend this app to all!  It's a lot of fun. 

The change log included:

• Friends & Family: Private Rooms where you can invite your Facebook friends to play, with a maximum limit of 8 people per room. This feature is available only for paid users.
• Artistry: A special drawing zone where you can draw at length and share your sketches on Facebook and Twitter. We are planning on hosting some contests around this feature on our Facebook page so start sharpening your drawing skills right away and make sure you are connected to us on Facebook
• Me vs Bot: Not in a mood to draw? No worries; brush up your gaming skills against our friendly robot and have fun!
• Moderation System: Users will now be allowed to ban other players only when they unlock the Moderator or the Super Moderator levels. These are special privileges awarded to fair players based on several parameters. Oh and did we say, if you don’t play fair your level keeps downgrading automatically
• Clues for guessing the word.
• Color Palette: An all new color palette with a whole range of colors including the color brown.

For only $1.99 it is a steal.  Download in app world and enjoy!

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One of the best games for playbook!

Great little war game
This is a RTS game for your blackberry playbook.  It involves strategey, Timing And Cartoony charecters with guns!  Take command of your army and battle the foe on land, sea and air but be sure to make wise decisions as you go. You want to deploy your soldiers to take full advantage of the higher terrain, natural choke points, ambush spots and defensive walls. Get it right and the bad guys will lose to your superior strategy skills.

Download it now!
Great little war game

#1 most sold tablet! BlackBerry Playbook!

Playbook 2.0! Go RIM Go!  #1 most sold tablet in future shop and best buy !

Sprint os update 7.1.0.267 on blackberry bold 9930

Bold 9930 update to os to 7.1.0.267!  so far I have heard media server and better battery life!  Hats off to rim on the amazing product roll out lately!

StumbleUpon Is available in app world

StumbleUpon is available for free in app world!!  Go download it now!!  You will like it!  I promise!!  Also stay tuned for our first how to, practical use and review video of two apps that work great together! Print to go and repligo reader for anyone who uses pdf on a daily basis!

Some great photography apps

Sync for facebook is an app i have been using for a little while and have found it pretty useful on my blackberry playbook. The app can access your facebook account and download pictures to your playbook.  I find it very useful to retrieve a group of pictures from my facebook account.  it's a pretty simple straight foward app and has helped me to bring photos into another app i have been using latley to crop and alter photos.  uber iris is a great app that can alter photos! It will let you take or alter existing photos on you blackberry playbook!   The app itself cost 2.99 but i have used it a few times and have enjoyed it.  I have included some examples below

If you enjoy image editing or taking photos with your playbook this is the app for you!  It also allows for direct posting to facebook and twitter!  I think it is a great native blackberry app!  So if you have 2.99 and love photography head over to app world and check it out! the third app i have been using and having a really good time with is called scrapbook! if you hqve not seen this app yet i consider it a must have.  You can add fun captions and other decorations to your photos.  It allows multiple photos on one page and is a pretty cool app.  I have added some examples below. 

Head over to app world and check it out!

Showing some love to existing native apps

All this time I have been reviewing apps that have been new to app world.  I think it is time I showed some love to a paid app and game that I use daily!  First to start with the fun then we can get down to business.

     One of my favorite and challenging games I have come across in BlackBerry app world is cut the rope. I have played the game for countless hours and feel it was well with the 2.99 price tag.  For those who have not played it the object is to feed the frog a piece of candy while also collecting the stars located around the board .  There is a piece of candy attached to one or multiple ropes and you have to find a way to collect the stars and still get the candy to the frog.  It is very entertaining and a lot of fun to figure out how to make this happen!  I suggest if you don't have it you go to app world and download it.
 
     On the business side of things splashtop remote desktop is a daily use app.  I am a draftsman during the day and a dj by night and I have been able to utilize this app for both as well as streaming movies and music to my playbook!  When out in the field on a construction site I can access all my files on my desktop as well as use autocad from my playbook thru the blackberry bridge!  As well as when in a bar or club I can log on to the wifi and dj across the room.  While the app does take some getting used to it is amazing what you can do with it!  One of the apps I a praying to see one day (netflix) can also be streamed for your computer as a bit of a work around to not having the app!  There is a 4.99 price tag for splashtop but in my book it is worth every bit of money!

Overdrive media console

This week while i have been playing and getting to know my blackberry playbook all over again.  I  came across a great app called overdrive media console (this is an Android App that plays on the android player).  I have to say when other tablet and phone users talk about blackberry not having any apps this is the kind of apps they are talking about.  the interface could use a bit of polish but the overall working of the app is solid and freezes a bit less than another android app i have (although i did side load the other app)  if your a reader and like using your tablet or listening to audiobooks then this is the app for you!  You need to have a library card to your local library then you are good to go and will have access to thousands of books and audiobooks.  it is free and I see no reason why you would not want to pick it up in the app world! So I say get off your but get a library card and start reading.

BB OS 2

So after day two of my Blackberry playbook with OS 2 I must say hats off rim!  Great job!  There are so many things i like about what rim has done that I made a list!!

1. Native Contacts App - Blackberry managed to take all the people you know in your contacts, facebook, twitter, and linkedin and merge them together into one great experience!  as well as adding the friends that have blackberry playbooks automatically to the native video chat app.
2. Android App Player - While I have only experimented with a few Apps overall the experience has been pleasant.  There are some great apps in Blackberry App World that take advantage of the player including Words with friends, Overdrive, tap talk.  Those are just some of the apps and i am sure there are more out there.
3. Blackberry Bridge - It was there before the update to 2.0 but now it is supercharged!  Remote control of the playbook from the touch screen Bold 9930 is great. 
4. Folders and Blades added to the homescreen.  I know it is silly but nice to have them.
5. Podcast app updated!  Now I can add podcasts using an RSS feed!!
6. Video store! - Finally.  It is about time.  All the other major OS platforms are taking advantage of it

While i do like the update there are still some features that are lacking.  That is not to say rim did not do a whole lot right, just would like to see some further changes to take it to the next level.  First, it needs to be able to sync the contacts and calender from a blackberry phone directly.  Rim has made a good design choice because you can access other calendars that are not associated with you blackberry but i would like to think if you have a playbook then you have a BB phone.  Otherwise nice update!  I did have a glitch on my first install and lost some apps but a quick 20 minute wipe and i was back up and running!  So overall I have to say!!  GO RIM!!

OS 2.0

If you haven't hit the BlackBerry PlayBook forums today then you may not know RIM held a webcast today that appears to of have confirmed the PlayBook OS 2.0 release date. The webcast was for developing native games with BlackBerry NDK 2.0 and during that call, it was noted PlayBook OS 2.0 would be coming February 21st

plants vs zombies and other news

no os 2.0 today!  maybe tomorrow.  in other blackberry and vegetable news.  plants vs zobies was released this afternoon for the blackberry playbook.  if you like a great tower defense game go purchase it.  you will not be dissappointed.  in other news i am on a diet and it is working!  i have lost 10 pounds this week alone.  i am eating nothing but fruits and vegetables.  if you would like to check it out go to www.jointhereboot.com

twisted metal on ps 3

so i picked up twisted metal today!  so far it is a great game.  played about five hours.  four offline and one online and i have to say i am enjoying the game a lot.  I am a big fan of the old twisted metal and still have my original ps one copy.  If you enjoyed any other twisted metal game in the past then you should pick up this game.  the single player is a little bit frustrating but it's what games should be.  All these games out there it is about time one challenges you a little bit.  the online play is where the fun really starts though!  oh man i can see i will be playing it for months to come!  Two thumbs up from Dj C reviews and the blackberry nerd!