For those who missed out on the BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012 keynote yesterday, you can watch the whole thing online as RIM provides a streaming player on the BlackBerry DevCon site to do so.  The keynote includes various demos including the “Open On” feature where you can use your BlackBerry smartphone as a remote for your BlackBerry PlayBook.  Also check out keynote speeches by the new CEO of RIM Thorsten Heins and Director of Developer Relations Alec Saunders.

BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012 Keynote >>

Here’s a quickie for those shopping for some games to play on their BlackBerry smartphones.  Hasbro has a few of their famous titles on sale for 99 cents in BlackBerry App World.  The on sale games include three variations on Monopoly, Scrabble, Yahtzee, Risk, Connect 4 Battleship and more!

Hasbro Games for BlackBerry >>

The Jared Company let us know they put out their popular application called Message Prevue on sale for only 99 cents.  Message Prevue provides a way to view incoming messages without exiting the screen you are already on.  We can look at this like notifications on the iPhone where a pop up comes up rather than having to exit out completely and open up messages.  Features of Message Prevue include:

• When you receive an BBM, email or SMS, a small pop-up appears on your screen showing name of sender and subject line. Nothing to open, nothing to boot, nothing to lose. You remain connected.
• The information won’t clutter your screen because the pop up slowly fades after you’ve seen who’s reaching out. Read and *poof*. Gone.
• You never have to access your email folder to see who’s contacted you. Senders and subjects of incoming texts are right in front of you. Sweet.

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If you thought all these celebrities with BlackBerry smartphone paparazzi pictures were creepy, this one takes it to the next level.  Here we see Kim Kardashian walking out somewhere, and her BlackBerry Bold 9900 screen is facing the camera.  As seen above, her Bold 9900 screen is very visible and displays Google alerts on it – of herself!

So what’s this mean exactly? She’s getting Google Alerts every time something is published with her name on the web.  So that’s what she does all day on her BlackBerry- read all about herself.  Nice.

Source: CBS, Egotastic

Here’s an awesome tool for developers or those who just like to mess around with code.  Compilr is a free application which allows you to write code right on your BlackBerry PlayBook.  If you want to test out any coding, you can do so on your tablet.  I’m sure people will get creative here and find some cool things to code.  It’s free to download from BlackBerry App World.

Compilr for BlackBerry PlayBook >>

RIM has quite a few new BlackBerry 7 commercials out.  One featuring the famous Martinez Brothers.  For those who aren’t familiar The Martinez Brothers, they’re popular DJs in North America.  Then there’s Jon Hansburg which is titled in the video as a “food buyer for celebrity chefs.”  Click the links below to check out the BlackBerry 7 commercials.

Jon Hansburg Video >>

The Martinez Brothers Video >>

The price doesn’t sound so worthy at $4.99 but when the app is marked originally for $9.99, it’s good savings.  Monopoly updated the other day to version 1.0.63 and along with that came a sale on the game which strangely appeared in App World from the BlackBerry PlayBook and not on the web store.  Not sure how long the sale is going on for, so grab a copy while supplies last!

Monopoly for BlackBerry PlayBook >>

Angry Farm for BlackBerry updated a couple days ago to version 1.1.31.  Included in this update is 50 brand new levels and a “dynamite” bundle in the game used to blow up the barn where all the foxes are.  You can buy the dynamited within the game itself.  Otherwise, the game remains to be an excellent Angry Birds clone for BlackBerry smartphones.

You may recall the game makers Munsie from a few hit BlackBerry PlayBook games.  Some of these titles include Ballies, PopcornRushClassic and CarChaos.  Munsie has summed up their popular games in one purchase for all your BlackBerry PlayBook users under TwitchArcade.  Here’s a list of all the games included:

• CarChaos
• Ballies
• GemClixBlitz
• BallieBuster
• PopcornRushClassic
• BalloonPop

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What better way is there to promote a BlackBerry brand new to the market?  Vodafone UK put the BlackBerry Bold 9790 up for free with contract on their website a few days ago.  One cool feature you get when purchasing the device is Vodafone’s Data Test Drive.  Here’s how Vodafone explains it:

Buy this smartphone and unlock its full potential with our 3 month Data Test Drive. Use as much UK mobile internet as you want for 3 months – we won’t charge you if you’re over your limit. Then you’ll know which data package suits you best. Terms apply.

So you get to test out the unlimited mobile internet package free for three months as well.  Good deal!  As a quick recap on the BlackBerry Bold 9790 specs, it includes BlackBerry 7 OS, NFC, touchscreen, 5MP camera, 1GHz processor and more!

Check out Vodafone BlackBerry Bold 9790 offer >>