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BlackBerry App World Gets Carrier Billing Next Year

4:29AM Matt Buchanan | Next year, BlackBerry App World’s getting carrier billing, meaning app purchases will show up on your phone bill, so it’ll be a little easier to buy apps since you don’t have to jump through using PayPal. Which is good for App World, since the easier it is to spend your money, the more likely you’ll spend it. [WirelessWeek via PhoneScoop]
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BlackBerry-Toting TiVo Addicts: You Are No Longer Without An App

2:01PM John Herrman | TiVo’s tardy BlackBerry app may look a little barebones—and what BlackBerry app doesn’t, honestly?—but it’s a far sight faster than the DVRs’ mobile web interface, and it’s free. More »
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Mobile Retail Therapy For Blackberry Users

10:30AM Chris Oaten | Following the somewhat wishy-washy advisory of a Netflix app coming for iPhone, like, “some day” (vapourware, anyone?) comes the news that iDumpit is offering Blackberry users an Australian shopping app. More »
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RIM Eats Up Torch Mobile (Translation: BlackBerry’s Going WebKit)

12:51AM John Herrman | Another mobile software maker has fallen for the seductive charms of WebKit, and it’s a biggie: RIM has acquired Torch Mobile—the company that makes the WebKit-based Iris browser—to “contribute to the BlackBerry platform”. So long, asstastic BlackBerry browser. More »
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The Month In BlackBerry Apps: Too Sunny To Work Edition

11:30AM Matt Buchanan | Hey guys, it was too nice this weekend to sit inside and round up apps for you. So solly! Inside we’ve got illicit messengers, “disruptive” Twitter apps and bloggy blog blog goodness. More »
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Skyfire For BlackBerry Hits Beta

1:10AM Matt Buchanan | The Javascript performance of BlackBerry’s browser is atrocious, so thank Jebus for Skyfire—it’s just hit beta for BlackBerry, with keyboard shortcuts, contextual zooming, and bugfixes galore. They’re still having overcapacity problems, so skip for mission critical browsing. [Crackberry] More »
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The Month In BlackBerry Apps: Slacker Stitchers Make Robot Schedules

11:00PM Matt Buchanan | Hey look, it’s our first BlackBerry app roundup. We’ve got free podcasts, free music and free hacks to make your BlackBerry more usable—or let you grind its battery into the ground. More »
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TweetGenius: The First Good BlackBerry Twitter App?

8:40AM Matt Buchanan | Tired of craptastic BlackBerry Twitter apps, Boy Genius decided to make his own. TweetGenius launches today for the Bold and Curve 8900. Definitely slick, though it’ll cost you $US5. [TweetGenius] More »