The Waze World Cup Challenge isn’t your average giveaway.  As you all know Waze is the free turn by turn navigation application for BlackBerry that integrates social networking into it.  We got the word from them today that they are doing an awesome giveaway challenge.  Here’s how it goes:

The contest is about munching soccer ball ‘road goodies’ (small icons scattered along the waze maps worth points when driven over) for the win. And similar to the world cup strubtire, the 100 + countries where there are waze users will be competing tournament style, in different phases of the game. Soccer balls will be distributed all over the map and the countries that munch the most soccer  ball road goodies will advance to the next round.The first round includes everyone, the second round is the sweet 16 and the third and final round is the final four.

Three iPads will be given out to the final winners.  The game sounds fun, and there’s no reason not to participate so give it a shot.

• Check out the Waze World Cup Challenge >>
  

Imagine that person picking up a Pearl 3G as a first BlackBerry device.  So they end up downloading App World and want to get some themes going on.  Oops — themes are not supported, but are displayed there.  How long do you think it will be until the person figures out that they are there by mistake?  Kyle from BlackBerry Cool brings up a good point mentioning that the theme builder has not yet been released for developers yet, and the device made its way out already.  It doesn’t seem to be much of a problem for the Bold 9650 as it is in the 96xx family so you can sort of get away with some of the themes.  As for the Pearl 3G, what’s going on? Are we waiting for an US launch of the device before it reaches out?

-by Otoniel Bruno

It looks like Player for YouTube has just updated to v1.1.  I had tried this application at one point but stopped because it did not support high quality video stream.  We got the world today from BBNews.pl that in this v1.1 update, it does indeed support video in high quality.  Here’s the full change log:

• Using video in high quality
• Able to log onto your account and manage your favorite movies
• Built-in player (no longer opens the browser)
• Corrects many errors
• Increased productivity

Player for YouTube is free to download for BlackBerry.  Use the link below to download directly from the BlackBerry App World.

• Download Player for YouTube v1.1 >>
  

-by Mac Jadalhack

Google Search by Voice just got more universal by adding some new native languages.  Traditionally you could only “speak” to your BlackBerry via Google Search by Voice in English, but we just got the word from the Google Mobile Blog that French, German, Italian, and Spanish are now supported.  Hit the link below to download it today free.

• Download Google Search by Voice >>

-by Mac Jadalhack

It looks like RIM is pushing out this new South Africa for BlackBerry application according to BerryReview.  The application is really sleek and best of all – has push notifications.  It’s free to download at the BlackBerry App World.  Here are the full features of the app:

• Delivering real-time access to scores, breaking news and event coverage
• Push notifications of alerts that you can set for each match – Goals, Half/Full score, dismissals & more
• Share alert/news feature with Facebook, Twitter and Email
• Alerts sent right to your Inbox
• Add any of the World cup games to your calendar based on your time zone setting
• Share all the excitement of the World Cup along with your friends using BlackBerry Messenger (BBM)
• Great videos of Daily News, Players to watch, Teams progression to World Cup and more
• Supports English, Portuguese and Spanish languages

Head over to the BlackBerry App World and download South Africa for BlackBerry

-by Collin Sorp

We’re not so big here on BlackBerry Enterprise Server, but we surely like to give you the latest of what’s going on in the BlackBerry world.  Our friends over at BBNews.pl got some leaked specs on SP2 of BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.  Some cool new features we saw was the expanded browser support.  We see Safari (for Mac), Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer 8 all supported this time around.  Hit the jump to see the full leaked specs including the screenshot.

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This is currently the latest of the latest for the BlackBerry Curve 8530.  OS 5.0.0.722 is leaked so download and install at your own risk.  We’ve mentioned here before that we’re shocked to see how far RIM is going with OS version numbers.  when .699 versions were out, we were confident that it would be the end of OS 5.0, but I guess not.  Here’s a bunch of download mirror links via BBLeaks.  Let us know how the OS works for you guys.

• Download via RapidShare >>
• Download via MegaUpload >>
• Download via DepostFiles >>
• Download via HotFile >>
• Download via ZShare >>
• Download via Badongo >>
• Download via Uploading >>
• Download via MultiUpload >>

-by Otoniel Bruno

I’m a huge fan of this all new BlackBerry Kepler 9300.  RIM’s idea of a basic BlackBerry was great in my opinion, but they just kept it way too basic with the 8500 series.  At least with the Kepler 9300, we see a lot more “luxury” added to it with the chrome around the bezel and the trackpad.  To be straight forward, the device doesn’t look cheap anymore.  Here are some new leaked images from our friends over at BBLeaks.

-by Mac Jadalhack

With the BlackBerry Bold 9650 supporting OpenGL and the previously released Storm 2, the gaming experience has obviously been enhanced.  We spotted a group of new 3D OpenGL games over at the PocketBerry Store that some of you may like.  Here’s a small collection of them, as you may find some worth while of buying.

• 3D Nine Hole Golf >>
• 3D Super-G Stunt >>
• 3D Volcano Island >>
• 3D Winter Game Fantasy >>
• 3D Snow Rally Canada >>
• 3D Snow Rally City Stage >>

Before purchasing any, make sure your device is compatible.  So far I’ve tried the Nine Hole Golf and Volcano Island which both are exciting and fun to play.  The graphics are great too, and it’s a big step up from what we were used to before.

-by Collin Sorp

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On Twitter, we saw some funny words being exchanged, and were sort of hinted that Driphter would be getting some exclusive news soon.  So we kept our eyes closed and found exactly what the surprise was.  Finally, we see more on the 9670 Clamshell.  We’ve seen lots on the BlackBerry Bold 9800, but not enough for this bad boy.  We have this video and another after hitting the jump on OS 6.0 with the clamshell (courtesy of Driphter).

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