Blackberry To Stop BlackBerry 10 Production

BlackBerry users have been speculating the end of BlackBerry 10 for years now, and John Chen Blackberry CEO  has now affirmed that there will be no second coming for BB10 devices in the future. Let’s rapped it and burn it in the oven.

Blackberry is going to released only  two more updates for that smart phone this year and next respectively.

According to Chen he clearly stated in his latest interviews with Golf News: “We will support BB10 for minimum two more years as a lot of governments are using it, such as Canada, the U.S., Germany, and UK.”

That the company will now be focusing solely on its Android phones with the goal of producing “most secure Android smartphone for the enterprise.”

With Blackberry 10 completely thrown to the bin; all senses are now directing to the new Blackberry midrange Android device nicknamed Rome and Hamburg; one of them will come with a full touchscreen and the other will have a physical keyboard.

What will happened to BlackBerry 10 users out there?

BlackBerry PRIV Launches in the Philippines, BlackBerry's First Android Smartphone

BlackBerry PRIV Launches in the Philippines, BlackBerry's First Android Smartphone

Last December 3, BlackBerry officially launched in the country their first ever Android-powered smartphone, the BlackBerry PRIV.

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FREE cross platform messenger with voice calls comes to India, 'Line' comes with stickers like like Disney, Hello Kitty and Iron Man

Fresh on the heels of the successful launch of Tencent's WeChat, Japan's Line Corporation has entered India with its cross platform messaging App called Line.   What is more important is that it supports PC and Mac in addition to Android, iOS, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Nokia Asha and the dream of us all, it is free.

The instant messaging App also has features like free calls, voice chat and stickers.  

To make it more appealing to Indians, the company has launched a Hindi website in addition to the English one.  The App is similar to  WeChat because Line also has the features features like voice messaging and stickers Indians which we got to know from WeChat.  However Line has a nice range of its own stickers like Disney, Hello Kitty  Iron Man. 

The features of Line .

 More about LINE’s Features:

★Free Voice Calls!

All LINE smartphone users can enjoy free high quality voice calls, whenever and wherever you are.

Talk for as much as you want and best of all, it’s free!

★Messages Delivered to you Quick!

Instead of taking time to email/sms your friends, use LINE’s message function to send messages easily with colorful icons, photos and even location information.

・Express yourself using stickers and emoji.

・Send photos and voice messages with ease

・Available for PCs and smart-tablets

★Make it YOUR Social Network

・Have fun with LINE’s ‘Home’ feature: Share your moments with all your friends using photos, videos, and location info.

・Use ‘Timeline’ to see what your friends have been up to and what they have posted! Leave comments, messages and enjoy your communication.

Other LINE Features:

★New Sticker Shop! Find all your favorite characters here!

Hilarious and fun stickers featuring famous characters from all over the world can be found here!

★Get the latest info with LINE Official Accounts

Add these accounts as friends and receive messages from popular celebs and singers, as well as money saving coupons from various businesses.   

Do remember this App uses internet to communicate, hence be sure to have a unlimited data plan while using it.

Visitors who want to read about it and download it in Hindi please head over here.  

Android users can download the App from Google Play here.

iOS users can download the App from Apple Store here.

Windows Phone users can download the App from Windows Store here.  Supports Windows Phone 7.5 and 8.

BlackBerry users can download the App from appworld here.

Nokia Asha users can download the App from OVI store here.

Windows users can download the App for their PC here.

Mac OS X users can download the App for their Macs here. 

Windows 8 users can download the App for Windows 8 here.

Twitter App update for Windows Phone allows you to view translated foreign languages; BlackBerry App too updated

Twitter has updated its Windows Phone App and now brings a interesting feature to users.  Users can now view the foreign languages translated into their native one on your timeline.  The built-in translation feature will be powered by the Microsoft Translator API. 

The latest update is  available for Windows Phone 7.5 and 8.  If users will remember, Twitter had updated the Windows Phone App in May 2013 to give you a nice UI experience in addition to support for Vine and 8 photo filters for images.  The update now jacks up the version number 2.2.0.0, is available for Windows Phone 7.5 and Windows Phone 8 from the Windows Phone Store here.

BlackBerry users have also been given a update for their Twitter App.  This update primarily is for image enhancement.  Still there is no sign of any filters for BlackBerry App but it bring features like photo card support, indicators for 'Retweets' and 'Favourites' also when you now expand a tweet on your BlackBerry devices, you will be able to view images in-line.

The app update pushes it to version 4.2 and is available for almost all BlackBerry phones, you can download the updated App from BlackBerry World.

Gaana upgraded to version 2.0 for Android and iOS; launches Singalong App for Karoake style singing for PC

Gaana, the Indias premier music streaming and downloading site from Times Internet has updated its Android and iOS version to 2.0 and launched a  premium version called Gaana+.  The only difference is that Gaana comes with ads and Gaana+ comes ads free.  The Gaana+ will leave your pockets empty by $2.99(Rs.165.00) for Indians and $3.99(Rs.220.00) for rest of the world.  The other benefit of having Gaana+ will be that you can play music offline and the quality of streaming is much higher.

Simultaneously Times Internet has also  launched a karaoke-style for Gaana, which rates the quality of your singing and allows you to challenge your Facebook friends.  This App called called SingAlong let users notch points for singing against their friends and it has a leaderboard of best singer.   You get to choose from more than 300 songs across 5 different languages and multiple genres, including jazz, ballad, R&B and pop.  SingAlong doesn’t require any songs to be downloaded, they are instead played back via streaming. You can browse or search the available songs, queue multiple songs and favourite the ones that you like. Times has promised that Singalong will also be available across mobile platforms soon.

To download Gaana for your Android visit Google Play here.

To download Gaana for your iOS visit Apple Store here.

To download Gaana for your BlackBerry visit here.

To downlaod Gaana for your Windows Phone visit here.

To download the Java version of Gaana for older Java supported phones visit here.

Skype Video Messaging now available for PC, Mac, Windows 8, Windows Phone, iOS, Android and BlackBerry

You must have previewed this one or at least heard of the Skype video messaging App.  Now Microsoft, owner of the Skype has announced a full fledged release of 'Skype Video Messaging' as follows :

Skype for Windows desktop, Skype for Windows 8, Skype for Mac, Skype for iPhone, Skype for iPad, Skype for Android and Skype for BlackBerry. 

Skype video messaging lets you  record and share a personal video message with your friends, colleagues and near and dear ones, even when your friends and loved ones are offline and then send it to them.  They will be able to view your message as soon as they log on to Skype.  Skype is good because your video message will reach only the intended contact and nobody else can view it.  

To send a video message on Skype, tap the "video message" button. Then tap the record button to capture your video message. Your video message can be three minutes long maximum and you can preview it before sending. You can delete and re-record your video message, until you have achieved the desired result. Once you're ready to send your video message, click on the envelope icon. Skype users can now send as many video messages as they want, at no cost except for the data charges. Check out the demo video below to understand it.

To download Skype for click below

1. Skype for Windows desktop

2. Skype for Mac

3. Sype for Windows 8

4. Skype for iPhone

5. Skype for iPad

6. Skype for Android

7. Skype for BlackBerry

8. Skype for Windows Phone

BlackBerry 10.2 to support Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Apps and Games on BlackBerry Phones

BlackBerry Blog today announced availability of SDK for runtime environment to run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Apps on BlackBerry 10.2.  The Beta release of the BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps and Plug-in for Android Development Tools for BlackBerry 10.2 brings support for Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. 

Some specific Jelly Bean features such as Fragments, embedded fragments, animation framework and hardware acceleration will also be supported in BB 10.2.    Developers can start testing apps on Jelly Bean and how they work on the BlackBerry platform by using the BlackBerry 10.2 Beta SDK OS from here. 

BlackBerry's Android Runtime tools have been updated to support Eclipse 4.2, Android Development Tools v22 and can now target Android SDK level 10 to 17.  You can get more details about  the Runtime for Android Apps here.

BlackBerry 10 gets a Facebook App update and new News Feed design

While all the techies and mobile lovers are glued to the WWDC 2103 and Apple launches, the Blackberry team and Facebook quietly launched an update for the Facebook for BlackBerry App. The new update hikes the version number to v10.2.0 and is now available for BlackBerry 10 devices.  

The most important feature of the new Facebook App is a very refreshing looking News Feed.   With the new design and a little tinkering the update offers a very easy navigation to the users. 

The updated App also lets you create new albums from your photos page which is indeed helpful to users who have high volume of images or are photography aficionados.  

The App also lets you to tag an existing photo on Facebook from within the App. In addition to tagging, users can toggle between all their photos and albums.

Give the new Facebook a shot here at BlackBerry AppWorld.  Remember the App is available only for BlackBerry 10 and above

BlackBerry World now has 1,00,000 Apps and Games for BB10, good news for BB10 users

BlackBerry 10 users have a piece of good news, the Apps and Games on BlackBerry World for BB10 has crossed 1,00,000 limit.  As per the Press release of BlackBerry since launching BlackBerry 10 on 30th Jan 2013, the catalogue has crossed from 70,000 to 1,00,000 in period of 4 months.  

As of today, Amazon Kindle, OpenTable and The Wall Street Journal are available to BlackBerry 10 customers and in the coming weeks CNN, The Daily Show Headlines, eBay, eMusic, Maxim, MLB at Bat, MTV News, Pageonce, PGA, Rdio, Skype, Soundhound and Viber will be available for download or purchase.

Further the release goes on to state the Apps and Games which were already covered included some amazing titles like 8tracks, Angry Birds Star Wars, ATP World Tour Live, BBC Top Gear News, Bloomberg Anywhere, CBS Sports, Delta Air Lines, F1 2013 Timing App CP, Facebook, Foursquare, Jetpack Joyride, Keek, LinkedIn, Navita Translator, Need for Speed, NHL GameCenter, N.O.V.A. 3, The New York Times, PressReader, Slacker, Songza, Twitter, UFC, USA TODAY, Waze, WhatsApp, and Zara.

Here’s what Martyn Mallick, Vice President, Global Alliances at BlackBerry had to say of the announcement:

“The response to the BlackBerry 10 platform and applications has been outstanding. Customers are thrilled with the applications already available, and the catalog just keeps growing, now with more than 100,000 apps.  Top brands and application providers are joining us every day and are seeing the benefits of being early supporters of the new platform. We constantly hear from developers that the BlackBerry 10 tools are easy to build with and that we provide opportunities for app differentiation that they do not see on other platforms.”

If you have not already downloaded the Apps and Games listed in this Article head over to BlackBerry World here and get them now. Let us know what your favorite apps are in the comments.

Vijay Prabhu

M-Indicator the time table for your Trains (This post is only for Mumbaikars)

As you all know the suburban fares have been increased by the railways and the timing of trains have been changed by Western Railway so many of the commuters are confused right now regarding the exact train to catch for commuting to office.   So the makers of M-Indicator the popular App for all phones has now launched a updated version to cater to the changes. 

the new m-Indicator version 7.1 Sparrow will have the following for your needs.
1.Mumbai Local Train timetable
-Western (29 Mar 2013)
-Central (28 Mar 2013) 
-Harbour (14 Feb 2012) 
-Thane-Vashi (14 Feb 2012)
-Virar-Dahanu 
-Diva-Roha
-Dahanu Panvel
-Neral-Matheran
-Indicator Symbols,
-Rail Ticket fare
-Rail Map of all routes and proposed Nerul-Uran route
2.Bus Routes
-BEST, NMMT, TMT,VVMT
-Get route by bus number
-Get buses arriving at particular bus stop
-Search buses between source and destination
-AC bus timetable updated on March April 2013
3.Auto and taxi fare
-Day and Night fare
-Complaint numbers of RTO
-Luggage charges information
4.Classifieds section
-Get advertisements of jobs ,real estate, education..
5. Jobs
- JOB Section giving updated information of Government and Private Jobs in Mumbai and rest of the Maharashtra is available along with last date of application & website link.
6.Natak Cinema
- Get daily schedule of Marathi Natak and Cinema
7.Railway megablock information
- Get weekly updated information of railway megablocks on Sundays
8. Picnic Spots
-get category wise list of picnic spots e.g beaches, Hill stations, Waterfalls, Caves, Forts, Farmhouse, Resorts, Lakes 
-Get distance wise list of various weekend picnic spots nearby Mumbai.
-Watch pics , read description and other information about spot
-Get updated list(Oct 2012) of MTDC approved budget hotels of all over Maharashtra
8."Indian Railways PNR status check". PNR can be checked through internet or through SMS.
9.Movies
- get Theater wise list of latest Movie shows in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane.
10. Sodexo Outlet Locator
- Search Sodexo outlet nearby your area

So if you are a Mumbaikar, this is a must have App for you.  
1. Android users download the App from Google Play.

2. Blackberry (old) users download the App here.

3. Nokia users(Java version) users download the App here Jad file and Jar file.

4. Samsung and LG  (Java version) users download the App here Jad file and Jar file

5. Windows Phone 7.5 and 8 users can download the App from Windows Phone Store here.

Kindly post in your comments on the App.  If you like this App visit my page of Phone Apps here and enjoy.  To keep abreast of Mumbai news click here.

If you are looking for train travels outside Mumbai, or if you are planning your holidays, take a look at these MakeMyTrip coupons.

How to take a Screen Shot on the new Blackberry 10 operating system smart phones

Along new operating system come the new shortcuts.  The new BB10 OS users must be wondering how to take screen shot of their mobile screen page to share with their friends for showing off or troubleshooting.  The BB10 shortcut is the most easiest of them all.  You just have to press the Volume up and Volume down keys simultaneously for a few seconds.  The minute you here the camera go click, the screen shot has been taken.  You can find the image in the recents folder of your pictures App, where you can edit, forward, share and delete it as you please.

The BlackBerry Messenger will soon be available for iOS and Android users, read about it here.  To read more news about BlackBerry click here.  Please post in your comments on the article.

Vijay Prabhu

MLB.Com, the best baseball App for Major League Baseball lovers comes to Z10

Finally the Blackberry has some good news.  First it announced a profit on Wednesday and now in sync with its launch of BlackBerry Z 10 in United States, the MLB.Com has launched a App for Z10 users all over the world.

Baseball may not be a hot favourite in India and developing countries but it is a rage in the US.  To take advantage of the fact and supercharge its sales, the BlackBerry and MLB Advanced Media, LP. have come together to launch the MLB.Com App for Z10.

The opening day of the Major League Baseball season is March 31 and users who sign in with annual $19.99 fee will have access to free MLB.TV Game of the Day.  Dedicated baseball fans with MLB.TV premium subscription will aslo be able to log in and watch every out of market game live and or/on demand.

The app also includes home and away audio commentary.  In case you miss you will get the condensed highlights of the match alongwith the team reviews, views, match stats, ranking and future schedule.  Even old timers can have fun because MLB.Com At Bat also has a library of old matches for your on demand streaming.

So if you are a Baseball lover and a Major League afficionado, download the App here from BlackBerry World.  Be sure to shell out $19.00 (Rs.1050.00) for the same but if you are true lover of baseball the money shouldn't be a problem.

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Vijay Prabhu