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Are you one of the many eagerly waiting for RIM to FINALLY release their Twitter for BlackBerry and LinkedIn applications to the public? According to RIM’s newsletter, the “Two Popular Business Apps Are Almost Here!” This is enough for you guys to get excited about! I’m excited to see if and what changes they have made to the Twitter app.

I’m still curious to see what you guys want to see in the official release of Twitter for BlackBerry, sound off in the comments!

via: CrackBerry | BerryReview

Good news for Nimbuzz users running OS 5.0, as the popular software has been updated to support devices running the new OS.  Rest assured, we’ll be testing it to make sure it works well, but in the meantime, how do you like it?  Any issues to report thus far?  Sound off in the comments!

So, you’ve figured out your BlackBerry for the most part and are ready to venture past the “just-out-of-the-box” functionality of the phone, but you’re not quirt sure how? No worries, it’s very easy. Click the link to continue reading and to learn how to add third party applications to your phone.

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I’ve been waiting around for the longest time for Facebook Chat support on my BlackBerry, and I’m just too stingy to pay $39.95 for an application to only use it for that purpose. Luckily, SHAPE Services released a lite version of IM+ for free. While the application is free, it still retains many of the full version features along with some ads. This is not a bad substitute at all for an IM client if you want an all-in-one experience. I’ve been using IM+ Lite all day, and I must say, I love it. It seems to be a little on the sensitive side with the trackpad, but I can deal with it. It has been working perfectly for me. Here is a link to the original post by Adam Zeis of CrackBerry.

Click here to download and to learn more about IM+ Lite.

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If you are running OS 5.0 on your BlackBerry and you are not satisfied with the built-in Files app, then FileScout is for you.  One of the best things about this app is that they will give you a 14 day Free Trial.  FileScout now comes in two versions, the paid version which is on sale now until March 15th for $4.99 and the Free Lite version.  To download the Free Trial visit their website at emacberry.com, they also provide a nice comparison between the two versions and the built-in OS 5.0 Files app.

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A neat little piece of the puzzle has been discovered today. For a while now, BlackBerry users all around have been in search for new symbols to use in BlackBerry Messenger. Sure, while finding what already existing symbols would actually display on your BlackBerry and saving them to AutoText was cool and exciting for a while, but a world of extended emoticons specifically for BBM has been unveiled today. Thanks to the people from the forums over at CrackBerry and Adam Zeis for the tip on this one. Now I have something fun to fill my weekend with. If I find time, I may try to create an AutoText backup of some of these symbols.

Some people have been having problems getting the symbols to display. I have got them to work on my Bold 9700 just fine. I saved them to a memo where they only display in their original form. They’re BlackBerry Messenger specific, so anywhere else they’re going to display as question marks, black boxes, or Asian characters. When you copy and paste the symbols into BBM, they will finally display.

Here is a link to the thread in CrackBerry’s forum where this originated, and here is the original post by Adam Zeis. Enjoy!

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The people over at BerryScoop have posted up some pictures show that Verizon will be launching the Backup Assistant on BlackBerry devices on March 9th 2010.  This is a free feature that Verizon offers to keep your contacts backed up.  Once this is released it will be as simple as just downloading the app and signing in with your pin code that you created.  Check out more pictures over at BerryScoop.

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Amazon finally released their free Kindle app for BlackBerry devices.  This app is supported on the Bolds 9000 & 9700, Curves 8520 & 8900, Storms 9530 & 9550, and the Tour 9630.  Right now this is only available for U.S. customers so that is a slight down-side.  Here are a few features from Amazon.com.

• Get the best reading experience available on your BlackBerry. No Kindle required
• Access your Kindle books even if you don’t have your Kindle with you
• Automatically synchronizes your last page read and annotations between devices with Whispersync
• Create bookmarks and view the annotations you created on your Kindle, computer, or other Kindle-compatible mobile device

Visit http://amazon.com/kindlebb from your BlackBerry browser to download the free app.

Last Thursday (Feb. 11), RIM released an invite-only beta version of Twitter for BlackBerry. It has been a hot topic for a while, and a highly anticipated release from RIM.  I know many of you are wondering how RIM’s Twitter app holds up next to the competition? Quite well, actually. I was lucky enough to get my hands on a copy and I must say, I’m pretty impressed.

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I’m excited about this one folks! Earlier today the Twitter for BlackBerry beta application was announced by RIM available by private invite-only. Word has been buzzing around about it for a while now. So far it seems to be everything that you would expect it to be coming from RIM. Click the link to read more.

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