The BlackBerry Torch 9800 came up as a new device with a brand new OS and there wasn’t much of any compatibility with apps and games upon launch.  After a month and change of using the device, I came up with a list good games to you should check out for it.

• Pinball Deluxe
• Druglord Wars 2
• Labyrinth LITE
• Finger Trap
• Boa Snake Game

Some of these are premium games while others are free.  Again this is just a collection of what I found to work really well on the BlackBerry Torch 9800.  If any of you have any suggestions, drop us a line or tweet us.

-by Collin Sorp

Here’s another Deal of the Day offer, which you all know by now that we post it up every time it goes on sale.  Druglord Wars 2 is an awesome game on BlackBerry where it doesn’t matter which device you have – it just works good on all of them.

• Unlimited gameplay mode to see how far you can take your drug empire
• Global online leaderboard to compare your skills to the world with over 60,000 scores
• Turn-based fight system allows you to choose your weapon and strategy
• Hospital to recover health
• 17 different drugs to buy and sell in 19 beautifully rendered cities
• 20 different weapons, armor and storage containers to take down enemies, protect yourself, and hold more drugs
• Over 150 custom designed images
• Save games and preview progress before resuming

Click here to check out Druglord Wars 2 >>

SmrtGuard Pro is today’s awesome Deal of the Day in the applications category.  Given that it’s 100 bucks for this unlimited license, it is only half the price only today.  So forget monthly or annual subscriptions.  This one’s a one time buy offer.  Some features include:

• With SmrtGuard Pro – The Unlimited Edition, you are able to:
• Not a Subscription, one time cost. But for 1 day only, it will NOT happen again.
• Remote OTA Backup (manual or scheduled) PIMs, Call logs, Emails
• Remote OTA Restore PIMs, Call logs, Emails
• Remote Data Wipe (including microSD)
• Remote Tracking (lowjack) and Locating – see it on our companion website that comes with the account
• Remote Listen – Listen to your thief or be a spy
• Remote Lock
• Remote Audio Ping (to help you find the device)
• Personal Guardian (send out distress call with push of a button)
• SIMCard Guardian – alert send out when unauthorized SIM is used (GSM based phone only)
• Loved-one Tracking – Great for couples and families with smartphones to track each other

Click here to check out SmrtGuard Pro >>

So it has been officially announced that AT&T will be carrying the BlackBerry Pearl 3G 9100 at last.  The device was originally announced at WES 2010, and sadly took all the way through DEVCON 2010 for it to be officially announced for a common US carrier.  So drop us a line in the comments, tweet us, or cast your vote in the poll above!

TELUS has officially launched the BlackBerry Torch 9800 today, following right after Rogers Wireless did yesterday.  Here’s the full pricing:

• No term  – $599.99
• 1 year term – $549.99
• 2 year term – $499.99
• 3 year term  – $199.99

Head over to TELUS to read more info and to purchase the BlackBerry Torch 9800.

-by Otoniel Bruno

RIM has announced on their BlackBerry Twitter account that the BlackBerry PlayBook will come with Kobo preloaded on it.  When we saw Kobo pop up in the BlackBerry PlayBook teaser video from the keynote here at DEVCON, we figured it would be the standard eBook reader and the Kindle app would just be something extra to download as it is on the iPad.  Kobo currently has over 2.2 million eBooks to download at the moment and will continue to grow.

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Just yesterday we ran a quick poll to see who was interested in purchasing the BlackBerry PlayBook.  We didn’t mention pricing terms or anything – just based off of what we know about it so far.  So here were the results:

• Yes: 58.59%
• No: 11.11%
• Not Sure: 30.3%

So based off of the results, we’re seeing that there is high interest in the device so far but there is still a fraction there that would like to find out more about the device – more or so see hands on experience videos.  Only an 11.11% straight up said no to the PlayBook.

Here at DEVCON, there’s a lot of hype for the device and if you go ahead and watch the keynote streaming, you’ll see how excited all the developers and press were when the teaser video came on.

-by Mac Jadalhack

So for all of you out there who missed out on the keynote two days ago, you can go ahead to this link to stream it all online.  For those who haven’t been following up, Mike Lazaridis announced and showed off the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet which had been rumored for a while as to whether or not it was going to be announced at DEVCON.  Other big announcements included advertising for application developers and BlackBerry Messenger opening up to third party application developers as well.

• Stream the keynote >>

-by Mac Jadalhack

Don’t Disturb Me is a great BlackBerry application that lets you block out unwanted SMS (text messages).  If you’re getting a lot of unwanted spam through SMS which can come from companies sending out promotions or just the wrong people having your number and sending out mass messages to all a lot, you can block them easily right through the app.  There’s also a trial version available where you can block SMS 50 times.  Full features include:

• block sms by sender’s number or number prefix.
• block sms by user defined keywords.
• use “safe sender” list to ensure your important sms will not be blocked.
• use password to protect DDM’s setting
• backup number/keyword/safe sender list to SD card or restore from SD card.
• display block indictor and number of sms blocked on top of screen.
• configurable sound/vibrate/led notification when blocked a SMS or totally key silent.
• view detailed infomation of blocked SMS and reply it.

As a new release device, it’s only $2.99 for the time being where it’ll later get bumped up to $3.99 again.

• Check out Don’t Disturb Me >>

-by Mac Jadalhack

We were expecting this one soon and it finally looks like the time is now.  AT&T has officially announced the BlackBerry Pearl 3G and BlackBerry Curve 3G today.  As far as pricing goes, the BlackBerry Curve 3G will be $99.99 with no rebates required.  The BlackBerry Pearl 3G will be going for $149.99 with no rebate required as well.  For starting prices these are both cheap, but we didn’t expect it to go any higher when the elite BlackBerry Torch 9800 goes for $199.99.

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