BBX OS has been officially announced by RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis at the BlackBerry DevCon 2011 keynote.  It’s the new OS name for BlackBerry smartphones of the future and will be unified as one standard OS with the BlackBerry PlayBook! Stay tuned for more exciting news about the OS and availability.  More images after the jump!

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We’re live on the scene at BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011, where they keynote is about to start momentarily.  We’re excited to see what surprise announcements are going to be made.  Stay tuned on PocketBerry for all keynote updates!

BlackBerry Desktop Software for Mac had a beta version available a few weeks ago in Beta Zone, and now a new official build is up for download. This one is version 2.2.0.17, no change log included here.  As always, let us know if you spot any changes in this build.

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Thanks Bogizo for the tip!

BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011 starts officially tomorrow and we’re excited to see what’s in store for the keynote.  We had the chance to explore App Express exhibit (since that’s all that is open at the moment).  Here are some images of what we can see so far from the DevCon show case.  App Express is the station set up for Android developers who want to port their applications to the BlackBerry PlayBook.  It’s easy accessible right in the hallway for developers to approach right on the spot and get to work with the help of RIM developers.  Hit the jump to see all photos.

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Over the few weeks we shared a few RPG games that launched for BlackBerry.  By popular demand, more have launched including Angels Lucifer.  The storyline here is of course different.  Here’s the stock description of the app:

The beginning of universe, abundant source of power, the birth ofdifferent creatures, a legendary dragon race, ancient elves race, elements race and so on. Nurtured by source of power, in each raced appeared has grasp the practice and absorption of power source, as time pass, these strong grasp of rule of the universe, breaking the limit of life to obtain eternal life. The day of destruction of power, even the power to create planets and life. Gradually, they were known as—–Gods
War, suffering, sadness. What more will the gods bring us? That I would fall in the darkness, Thunder Blade and I will wipe out these false gods" First time ever epic story of gods series. The Magnificent Japan and South Korea wind picture, realistic fights and special effects, the epic story of gods will bring you a taste of a fantasy world.

Angels Lucifer is $1.99 to purchase at the PocketBerry Store as a limited time sale price.  Click the link below for more information, screenshots, or to purchase a copy.

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We got the word from RIM that BlackBerry Innovation Forum events are making way across the US and Canada.  There’s a lot of PlayBook talk and demonstrations with BlackBerry Balance on the BlackBerry PlayBook and all other sorts of features included in Tablet OS 2.0.  Some changes include the video chat improvements, Docs2Go and more.

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RIM is calling out to all Android developers to go to App Express at BlackBerry DevCon for application porting.  So if you develop for Android, head down and get your app ported over to the BlackBerry PlayBook in the App Express area.  Whether you’re registered or not for the event, you can attend anytime.  Also, those who do come and attempt to port their applications will get a free pass to attend DevCon all week!  Here’s the official note from RIM:

Fast track your app by visiting the App Express area at BlackBerry® DevCon Americas. In just a few minutes, you can port your existing Android app to the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet or transform an existing web application into a full-fledged app for both the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and BlackBerry® smartphones.

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I had the opportunity to spend some time with Alan Brenner the Senior Vice President of BlackBerry Platform for Research In Motion. For those unaware, Alan Brenner has put together many components of the BlackBerry platform. Applications such as the BBM platform, Facebook for BlackBerry, Twitter for BlackBerry and MVS (on the enterprise end) are just a few of his accomplishments.

Alan opened up the fourth Hackathon event in San Francisco, one of many organized nationwide.  I had the opportunity to speak with Alan Brenner about the BBM Platform, and the Hackathon event. It is amazing to see these events that RIM is putting on and it how it really gives developers the ability to work and share together, and to learn from each other and the professionals.

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Humans vs Aliens is a fun game very similar to Plants vs Zombies as seen on the iOS platform.  You play as the humans and you must fight off aliens from reaching to your point (left side of the screen).  As you get more points (coins), you’ll be able to install turrets and soldiers to protect your base.

As a Deal of the Day special, you can grab Humans vs Aliens for only 99 cents.  Click the link below for more info, screenshots, or to purchase a copy.

Humans vs Aliens for BlackBerry >>