What we have here is a nice little Casino game for BlackBerry.  Not to get so much into all the birds and bees, you get to start off with a nice virtual $1000,  play a while and end up a virtual $5000 overdrawn! Don’t worry you can reset the bank at anytime.

What do I think of the game? I really like it, however I found a few things which bugged me. When you press back key you exit the game rather then going back to title menu.  After a week of playing the game I still find myself doing this.  I’m continuously pushing the back key for every day use on my BlackBerry.

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Not so long ago I did an in depth review on SmrtGuard. Given that I loved the app, I decided to try a similar one, smaller and more basic.  Everyone’s issue is memory these days.  Not everyone, but those who have their BlackBerry smartphones crunched with lots of emails and apps.  Memory becomes less of an issue these days with the newer BlackBerry devices out with their extended memory.  So BuddyGuard is pretty much a lighter version of SmrtGuard doing some similar taskts.

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Do you use Google Sync?  If not, here’s an awesome alternative to it. Wifi Sync is a third-party version of Google Sync that allows you to sync over WiFi. Usually, I use Google Sync to keep all my contacts and calendar info backed up and synchronized on Google. I could throw my BlackBerry in the bin and within 5 minutes I will have all my contacts back onto a new phone without having to connect to a PC.  How convenient is that?  Obviously all you really need is a Google email account and the Google Sync app to use this properly.

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Busy? Forgetful? Or just plain old smart? MessageSchedule will help you. Basically this does what it says on the tin! it is a message schedule application which you can use to sms or email at a time which suites you.

It is great to remind you or others, to use for both business and personal, however  in my opinion it has two flaws, small flaws but still  flaws. With a email you can not have any attachments added to any scheduled mail and you are only able to select one contact for each message scheduled.

So for some it is a big deal for others just a little glitch, what good is it to send a scheduled message with an attachment to your boss to be sent first thing Monday morning, when if you send it the Friday afternoon it will be waiting for him (or her!) Monday morning anyway!

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PodTrapper is a download manager and player for podcasts as you all know.  It’s been out for a few months now, and we’re finally giving it a more indepth review as deserved.  PodTrapper provides a fully self contained podcast aggregator and player which allows you to subscribe to podcasts right on the BlackBerry, and download new episodes without needing to connect the BlackBerry to a computer. once subscribed to your podcasts it should be automatically downloading new episodes in the background.

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I know exactly what you’re thinking.  Another alarm clock application?  This one’s pretty cool though, I promise. When I’m up running around like a chicken, it means the third alarm has gone off and I will make it to work on time, just about. Not only that it also boasts a world clock, timer and a location alarm currently in beta. You can set up many world clocks with different locations, this is good as I know what time to BBM my American friends to wake or just chat.  Of course without saying, it can always be good to have a few timers ready for when people tell you “give me 5 minutes” or “your pizza delivered in 45 minutes or its free!” (you get straight off the phone and press start on that timer)

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I spent a few hours playing around with piece, and I am full of a lot of mixed thoughts on it up until now. WiFi File Transfer for BlackBerry allows the transfer of files from a PC or Mac directly to your BlackBerry over Wifi using your browser. No need for Desktop Manager, Media Manager, USB drivers or any other 3rd party applications: Just a WiFi BlackBerry, PC/Mac with browser and a WiFi network.

Now lets start by looking at the program that everyone is raving about. I think on reading the blurb about the software that It looks great. So whats the problem? It says it works on the 9700! So why do I keep getting “problem loading page” with “The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments” So I do, then after a while with no luck I change the port to random in the settings, this will work I think! what do I get? “problem loading page” It does not want to connect, well not for me! so in my rage I calmly and collectively load it onto my 9000.

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As you all know SmrtGuard has launched its free services not too long ago, and we never really touched up on their application as a whole yet.  In this review, Ryan, our new contributing author has touched base on the SmrtGuard, giving us all its ins and outs.

Ok let’s start off by saying BlackBerry is pretty good at security if you were to lose your BlackBerry if you had set it up with a password. So why would you need a guardian? Well a guardian is more than just locking your phone to stop people accessing it. This application runs a free and a pro version, for me the free is great but for some pro (at a cost) is what the doctor ordered. So I’m going to start with the pro as its not everyone’s cup of tea, the pro hits you with remote backup and restore of your data, now we can all backup data at a pc but to be 100% backed up all the time this may be for you.

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A few days ago, we were given the opportunity to play around with CyberSynchs.  Overall, the service rocks if you have a lot of vital data on your BlackBerry, and are too lazy like myself to make backups through BlackBerry Desktop Manager.  CyberSynchs keeps four main points in mind for you: Safety, Security, Accessibility, and Compatibility.  In safety, the app will backup and keep another copy of all your information safely (and privately) just in case you need to pull it up later.  With security options, you’ll fee rest assured that all of your information is equipped with high security, preventing hackers and other people obtaining your data.  In accessibility, you’ll be able to access your information anywhere you are without having to worry about carrying your data around or losing it.  With compatibility, you can easily transfer information and data between different types of phones, even if they are different kinds.

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The official Twitter client from RIM is here! As we posted early this morning, the official Twitter Client from RIM has launched as a private beta and we were lucky enough to get invites.  We promised to give you insights on what we thought about it so here we go.  Collin and myself have been playing around with it all morning and overall like it.  As we both used the same exact application, we some how had similar, yet different experiences.

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