Earlier today we received news from our contact that Poynt will be releasing Version 1.6 for BlackBerry devices. One of the main features the update includes  is added support for BlackBerry 6 OS and the BlackBerry Torch.  Although Poynt has been available for the BlackBerry Torch from the time it was released, the build was not optimised for OS 6. While there are no major new features, it’s now fully functional for OS 6 and there have been several tweaks and fixes worth mentioning. Below is a list of the added updates.

Bug Fixes:

• • Fixed BB Maps not working on the Torch
  • Fixed track pad issues on the Torch
  • Fixed touch screen issues on the Torch
  • Fixed issues with AT&T Navigator 2.0
  • Fixed issues with scrolling weather and top 10 movies on 6.0
  • Minor bug fixes on 5.0 and below

New Features:

• • Unified Search integration on 6.0
  • Context Menu enhancements on 6.0
  • Map Route with Google Maps
  • Rotten Tomatoes ratings
  • Added top and bottom shortcut keys “t” and “b” for lists not arranged by alphabet
  • Ability to turn weather on and off
  • Ability to set number of movie results
  • Sort movies by alphabet or rating
  • Faster GPS on 5.0 and newer devices
  • Accuweather extended 6-10 day forecast link
  • Weather improvements

Poynt v1.6 can be downloaded directly from your mobile device via BlackBerry App World, or you can use this link here for desktop download. If you would like to discover all that Poynt has to offer you may do so by visiting their official website. For the record, Poynt is one of the most highly regarded apps on any device. It’s an “easy to-use, all-in-one tool to connect you with local businesses, retailers and events while you’re on the go.” And it happens to be an app I use on a daily basis. So, whether you are new to Poynt, or a seasoned veteran, leave your comments below and let others know what your favorite features are, and how do you like the new updates.

Bug fixes coming our way, this time it’s WordPress for BlackBerry v1.4.3. Coming right after v1.4.2 the update fixes a minor bug with the photo uploading service.

In v1.4.2 there was a bug that made you stuck in the “take a picture or add it from the library” screen. Even if choosing to add it from the library it would just take you back to this screen.

Get the update here or through App World.

via: BerryReview

Starbucks just joined the “there is an app for that”-party. Starbuck just announced their Starbucks Card Mobile App for BlackBerry smartphones. The app syncs with Starbucks Cards and My Starbucks Rewards and makes it easier to manage your account. Just a week ago I started being aware of such things existing, yet I already want this to hit Germany.

What exactly does the app?
* Check you Starbucks Card balance
* Reload your account with any major credit card or set it to reload automatically when the balance gets too low
* Find nearby Starbucks stores (worldwide)
* Check your My Starbucks Rewards status
* mobile payment at Starbucks stores in more than 1,000 US locations

Doesn’t that sound good? Absolutely, yes. I’ll be definitely checking this out even though none of the services has reached Germany yet and it takes me 2 hours to go to the nearest Starbucks and get back home.

The app supports Bold, Curve, Storm and Tour series. Where to get the app? Simply text “GO” to 70845 or visit here. For more information go check out Starbucks directly here.

Are you a regular Starbucks customer? Tell us what you think in the comments!

The ever-so-elusive, all-in-one, BlackBerry social inbox, SocialScope, has finally said they plan to send out more invites to their private beta later this week. People have been clamoring about SocialScope invites since the app was initially released in late 2008. It has been in private beta ever since and slowly growing hype. People are always @ replying SocialScope on Twitter begging and pleading for an invite, offering up their limbs and first-born. I’ve had SocialScope since early 2009 and it’s the only client I’ve used on BlackBerry since. Every update launches them leaps and bounds ahead of Twitter for BlackBerry, UberTwitter, and the other competition out there, and they’re about to make the jump cross-platform onto Android and iPhone.

If you’re interested in getting SocialScope, you have to sign up for the private beta, here. Let me tell you know, you are signing up for a private beta and are just now adding yourself to the end of a very long list. Let’s just hope the SocialScope team sends out a lot of invites this time. Before, when they said they would send out invites, it didn’t appear as if they had sent out too many, but there’s no way for us to really know. Sit tight and we will all see as the week is already drawing to an end!

The new SocialScope update adds:

Full Facebook Experience – We’ve upped our Facebook experience 1000x with Facebook Friends list, Facebook pages, Full Facebook Profiles, Private Messages and Notifications.  SocialScope is the best way to use Facebook on your BlackBerry.

Inbox Integration – Powerful inbox integration allows you to select exactly which messages appear in your BlackBerry inbox.

Mute – Tired of hearing from a user, application(farmville!) or topic? Now you can block those updates.

Reduced Battery Usage – We’ve tuned, tweaked and optimized SocialScope to dramatically reduced battery usage. The most powerful social networking app now also the most power efficient.

Interface Tweaks – SocialScope is faster and easier to use.  We’ve made interface tweaks through out the app based on your feedback.

Invites (coming later this week!) – You’ve been asking for a way to share SocialScope with your friends and we’ll be delivering that later this week.

Lots of Bug Fixes – We went bug hunting and fixed many issues including url shirking, removing Twitter accounts and location lookup.
These are only the first set of changes!  We’ve been hard at work to enable a whole new set of experiences with Socialscope.  Keep an eye out for them in the coming weeks.

Who already has the update? How do you like it? How does it fair against older versions or other clients? Bark it up pups!

via: BBSync

It’s been a long time coming. There was once a rush by many developers to produce the best Twitter client and get it out to the public as fast as possible. Along came some heavy hitters like UberTwitter, Seesmic, and even RIM gave it a swing with Twitter for BlackBerry, but there were some far superior teams working on clients that give you more than just Twitter at your fingertips, they gave you Foursquare, Facebook, and more. SocialScope, the elusive BlackBerry private beta application is one of those, and Hootsuite is the other. Now SocialScope is becoming more and more available and spreading out to other platforms, and Hootsuite is in private beta. Few are lucky enough to have a taste of the Hootsuite beta, but I am hearing good things about it. Only to rub that in our faces, Hootsuite themselves have given us a peek at what the application looks like, and I am fully impressed. They kept it clean and simple, unlike many others, and it looks like they could be bringing the heat to the SocialScope team. I’m glad to see there’s still room for competition in the Twitter client world. It seemed almost as if everything had leveled out for good, but the SocialScope starts updating and you see features you never thought of. Eventually, TweetDeck for BlackBerry will also release, let’s just hope their BlackBerry app launch doesn’t go quite like it did for Android.

If you have your hands on the Hootsuite beta, let us know how you like it. Share some screenshots, give us the good, the bad, and the ugly.

via: RIMarkable

Source: Hootsuite

That was fast! There are apps out there that never seem to leave their beta. When I first found out that Trillian was coming to BlackBerry, I wasn’t all that thrilled. I wasn’t that much a fan of the computer-version. When it came to beta, I tried it and was impressed. As of now, we get the officially released version available for download through BlackBerry App World. It’s available for $4.99 as an introductory offer, so grab it as soon as possible if you’re interested. I really think this one might get a little price increase in the near future.
No free trial available and no “light” version available, which is sad, for some users might not want to buy it just to try it. I really hope Cerulean Studios might consider a future trial or light version. I’m not going to purchase it, I’d rather go with a light version.

How about you? What do you think of Trillian?

via: CrackBerry

On a day where a juicy story is difficult to come by, we like to throw our readers a delicious bone to chew on while we wait for RIM to fill up our doggy dish.  But let’s get back to this review, eh?  PingChat is a multi-platform application, similar to BBM.  It allows you to create a unique username (similar to IM but without all the additional setup) and send messages to anyone who has a PingChat ID.  We over here at BlackBerryDog have found this application invaluable, as not all of us have access to our BlackBerry at any given time (possibly due to our hands being tied up with chopsticks, right Taylor?) and most of us have additional phones.  More after the jump!

PingChat’s user interface is rather straight-forward and easy to use.  Most of the functions are accessible only through the BlackBerry menu, where things can get a little confusing at times.  If you start a new chat, you will not be able to add from your contacts list (which I will get into in a moment).  You must either a) remember their PingChat ID, or b) Ping them from your contact list.  A handy little feature that comes alongside PingChat is the ability to link a specific ID with a contact in your address books.  This allows you to go to ‘contacts’ as opposed to trying to remember each individual ID.

All in all, I would give PingChat a 9/10.  It is a very easy app to use and invaluable for those of you without SMS plans who would like to be able to contact those with BlackBerry, Android, or iPhone.  PingChat is now available in the BlackBerry app world as a free download.

If you’re anything like me, you listen to very obscure music.  If at any given time you can be listening to Animal Collective, the Wu-Tang Clan, or Ratatat, then this is the application for you.  More after the jump!

As you can see, Graffiti’s UI is relatively simple and easy to use, although it can be laggy at times.  Graffiti is a legitimate radio station (for those of who use an hd radio, you may already to listen to it), so you don’t get to ‘choose your station’ such as you would on Pandora or Slacker.  Despite this, Graffiti plays a laundry list of interesting hiphop, electro, freak-folk, experimental, and folk bands to keep even the biggest music snob happy.  Not only will you hear the aforementioned, but also the music that inspired that particular band.

As a whole, I’ve grown to like Graffiti.  It plays a lot of music that I like, but has also opened my eyes to different bands or new music that I have grown to like quite a lot.  If your music taste is diverse enough to match mine, you will love the variety that this application puts into the palm of your hand.  Grafitti can be found in the BlackBerry app world for free (and deleted just as easily, so it’s worth a try).  If you give Graffiti a shot, let us know below whether you liked or disliked it.

Cellmania is a company that runs behind the scenes without too much recognition.  They are responsible for creating the  mobile application storefronts that can be seen on many of today’s operating systems (such as Android, Symbian, and Java).  RIM purchased Cellmania today, although the terms and conditions lying therein are not known to us.

According to their site, Cellmania will continue doing what they’ve been doing, only it will be exclusively with RIM.  Cellmania provides a habitat for those who develop content and that which said content is developed for.  Hopefully, this will be used to up-the-ante on BlackBerry’s app world, as Cellmania’s expertise in the area is brought into play.

Despite App World 2.0 being released mere days ago, we can only hope that RIM is taking the bull by the horns and working to create a more user friendly experience for it’s users.  Furthermore, I think I smell another update, or even App World 3.0, on it’s way!  So what would you like to see in the next installment of App World, pups?  A faster experience, more organization, better search?  Let us know in the comments below!

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Since you probably already know I’m a tweep and that I am an ÜberTwitter advocate, I will cut right to the chase.  Beta-8 was recently upgraded, bringing about some minor bug and aesthetic fixes.  You are now able to not notify on new tweets and still receive notifications for your DMs, replies, and mentions.  To do this, go to your sound profiles, set ringtones/alerts. other and find the three ÜT options (new tweets, mentions, DMs) and modify the settings how you wish.  Also, the DMs and @ replies are no longer the solid greens and yellows they once were.  Now, they are both a gradient with their respective color on the outside fading into white in the center.

Both the bug fix and the aesthetic improvements are aces in my book.  The bug fix allows me to finally be notified when I receive a DM, reply, or mention.  The aesthetic improvement made it generally easier to read said DMs, et al.  To emphasize this, you must think that I am a relatively young guy with 20/20 vision.  If it helped me read that which was directed at me, those of you who wear glasses or have a visual impairment of some kind will find the aesthetic improvements invaluable.