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BlackBerry smartphones have become trendy to make mentions of in music over the last couple years.  The folks over at CBS spotted a music video called “Swaggberry” by JJ Money featuring Reema Major.  So with all the negativity against RIM nowadays, there’s still a large population still loyal to the BlackBerry brand.  Get your Swaggberry on!

ScoreMobile is a very popular application for BlackBerry smartphones which allows you to keep up with the latest sports scores and news for many different leagues.  While browsing through BlackBerry App World on PlayBook, I noticed ScoreMobile Tablet is now available.  Haven’t played around with it thoroughly yet but it looks good so far.  It would be nice seeing some smartphone to PlayBook communication (like Poynt) in ScoreMobile Tablet as well.  Hit the link below to download free.

ScoreMobile Tablet for BlackBerry PlayBook>>

Boost Mobile is running a special promotion for the BlackBerry Curve 8530 now.  Once you purchase the device, you’ll be able to order your own music skin for it.  There’s a lot of variety to choose from as Boost and Virgin Mobile have a site setup for ordering them here.  The Boost Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8530 goes for $179.99 and offers an unlimited talk, text, and web plan for only $60 per month.  Here’s how to get your skins:

1. Buy the Curve 8530 from boostmobile.com.
2. Included with your shipment, you’ll receive a code redeemable for a free MusicSkin of your choice.
3. Once your phone arrives, redeem your code at www.BlackBerrySPG.MusicSkins.com.

The offer is for a limited time, so hop on the deal while it’s around.

There’s no story or anything to go along with the photo, but it looks like it was tweeted out and shouted to be from the streets of Toronto.  On the left is the BlackBerry 9850 which name is getting way too confusing (Touch/Torch?).   Then there’s the BlackBerry Bold 9900, which seems to be the favored device by the crowd, and we already had our hands on with it as well. The Bold 9900 gets a launch as early as September while the 9850 remains to be unannounced by RIM up until now.

Source: CrackBerry

There’s no guarantee that any of this is real, but the folks over at BGR say they have received this as a tip, which has is allegedly “verified.”  We already know that it’s not a good time for RIM, and with that said an anonymous employee has written an open letter to the two co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie giving them a piece of his/her mind on what’s going on and how things could go better.  There’s a lot of good stuff here including suggestions on how BlackBerry OS should be and the future of QNX.  Here’s the full letter:

To the RIM Senior Management Team:

I have lost confidence.

While I hide it at work, my passion has been sapped. I know I am not alone — the sentiment is widespread and it includes people within your own teams.

Mike and Jim, please take the time to really absorb and digest the content of this letter because it reflects the feeling across a huge percentage of your employee base. You have many smart employees, many that have great ideas for the future, but unfortunately the culture at RIM does not allow us to speak openly without having to worry about the career-limiting effects.

Before I get into the meat of the matter, I will say I am not part of a large group of bitter employees wishing to embarrass us. Rather, I believe these points need to be heard and I desperately want RIM to regain its position as a successful industry leader. Our carriers, distributors, alliance partners, enterprise customers, and our loyal end users all want the same thing… for BlackBerry to once again be leading the pack.

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Opera Mini has been around for years on BlackBerry and they haven’t really fell off when it comes to updates for their mobile application.  Ronen at BerryReview spotted that Opera Mini 6.1 just got official.  In this update you’ll find that it has Google and Yandex search suggestions.  There’s more you can check out at the Opera blog as well or download it using the link below.

Download Opera Mini >>

Two weeks ago we had the same OS leak out, and I guess it was stable enough to go on the air and make it official.  Vodafone DE seems to be the first who has picked this one up.  So if you were worried about installing it before, maybe seeing it official this time around will build you some confidence.  Two download links below for both the BlackBerry Curve 9300 and BlackBerry Torch 9800.

• Download Torch 9800 OS 6.0.0.600
• Download Curve 9300 OS 6.0.0.600

Source: N4BB

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Here’s a quick clip showing some highlights from Meet The PlayBook events in Toronto, Washington D.C., Chicago and Atlanta.  We get some testimonials on how BlackBerry PlayBook is good for work and play and see how RIM set up their events all over the world in a few cities.  Have you attended the event at a city near you?

Finally, RIM has released BlackBerry Desktop Software to support the BlackBerry PlayBook on Mac.  Over the last few months we’ve been in on beta version of this, but now we have the official.  With v2.1 of BlackBerry Desktop Software for Mac, we can drag and drop files to the PlayBook through USB and WiFi, and use Desktop Sofware itself to sync music, photos, and videos with iTunes and iPhoto through USB.

Download BlackBerry Desktop Software for Mac >>

There’s quite a few apps out there for keeping contacts secret in your BlackBerry, one famous one called BlackBook.  But you can technically keep some contacts secret natively with no need for any third party apps.  As you know they’re speed dials you can set right on your BlackBerry and that’s how it’s done.  The folks over at BBGeeks put together a great tutorial on how to get it done:

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