For those of you who are familiar with a card game called Spit, also known as Speed will love this news. For those of you not familiar with this game it is very simple. Move as fast as possible to get rid of your cards by following a numerical sequence.

I stumbled across Spit while browsing App World on my PlayBook. After downloading the game I realized it was a ported app, and to my surprise it looks pretty good, and flows nicely. The game is very simple to pick up and understand, and the options allow you to choose how fast the computer responds to the game. You can pick this game up for $0.99 in App World for your PlayBook. Check out the link below.

Spit/Speed for BlackBerry PlayBook>>

 Dolphin Browser is a popular web browsing application for Android which has recently been ported over to the BlackBerry PlayBook. We have seen third party web browsers in BlackBerry App World for the PlayBook in the past, but nothing eye catching enough to use as a secondary browser really.  Dolphin may not be an exact alternative browser, but it’s definitely cool to try out as it sports nice features such as tabbed browsing like Google Chrome.  The application description is unfortunately very pro “download this app now” as it should have been modified for BlackBerry App World to begin with.  Dolphin Browser is free to download from BlackBerry App World.

Download Dolphin Browser >>

This was a big question at BlackBerry DevCon 2010.  Would ported Android apps on the BlackBerry PlayBook support the same ad services they had on Android devices?  RIM answers yes, they will support it.  But those ported Android applications which work in App Player (PlayBook’s Android App Player) won’t support BlackBerry ad services.  It’s not much of a downside since Android developers will still monetize on their ported over apps.  The BlackBerry ad service will be for actual BlackBerry applications, rather than ported apps.

 

Source: GigaOM

If you’re an Android developer looking to port your applications over to the BlackBerry PlayBook and would like to have it available when OS 2.0 launches, then have your apps submitted by February 6th.

RIM has already promised OS 2.0 in February (no specific day announced yet) so this is obviously shortly before the OS takes off.  Below is a few pointers from RIM when submitting your Android apps.

In order to ensure that your packaged and signed Android app is available in the BlackBerry App World™ storefront for the release of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, be sure to have your app submitted by Monday, February 6th, 2012.

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With BBM being updated to v6.1.0.49 it brings a long some new features such as supporting animated avatars, and longer status updates it brings to mind something else I would like to see come to BBM.  Themes are great as is, and are very popular among BlackBerry users.  We’ve seen in the recent BlackBerry Porsche P’9981 theme that the media player can be themed.  How about other apps like BBM?

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We’ve mentioned Pattern Lock here many times here, but some of you might still not be familiar with it.  For those of you who are looking for another way to protect your BlackBerry with something other than the password lock that’s already offered on your BlackBerry; then Pattern Lock Pro is an app that you would be interested in. Pattern Lock Pro which are available for touch screen BlackBerry phones (such as the 9500, 9810, 9900, and 9981), imitates the pattern lock that you would see on the android platform.

Pattern Lock Pro also gives you the ability to set whatever pattern you like, with thousands of combinations you can keep your device secure from making unwanted phone calls, or snoopers. Pattern Lock Pro also gives you the ability to really customize the settings on your device, to choose colors for your pattern lock, as well as choosing a lock timer, and gives you the ability to choose what apps you want to disable the pattern lock.

You can pick up Pattern Lock Pro here for $0.99

Browsing via BlackBerry? Click here to view video

Rooting the BlackBerry PlayBook and adding Android Market to it has been pretty trendy since the first Dingleberry root released.  BerryReview spotted a cool video showing how it’s all done for those who need it done visually to implement it rather than read a list of instructions.  The whole operation is a bit advanced, so if you decide to please do so at your own risk.

Back at DevCon a couple months back, we saw Android developers getting their applications moved over to BlackBerry App World thanks to the App Express center at the conference.  According to an email received byWJD Designs, Handster (a third party application market for Android) is going to be sending developers’ applications directly to BlackBerry App World for PlayBook.  They will be doing the conversions and testing the applications as well.  Here’s the full email:

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Drag Lock is a pretty cool application which introduces an Android lock screen we haven’t seen on BlackBerry smartphones before.  HTC Android devices get this style touchscreen which allows you to slide down to unlock.  When downloading the free version, you’ll get a seven day free trial of the pro version.  If you decide not to download it, you’ll get some premium features stripped away which includes customizable backgrounds, sound effects, customizable widgets, and more.  Click the links below to download Drag Lock Pro and Lite.

Drag Lock Lite >>

Drag Lock Pro >>

Source: BerryReview

During BlackBerry DevCon keynote, RIM officially announced the availability of the Android app repackaging tool for the BlackBerry PlayBook officially available.  The new BlackBerry Runtime allows you to run Android applications on the BlackBerry PlayBook, so now this is a tool that allows you to port it over.  There’s an App Express station setup here at DevCon but you can alternatively do it yourself if your up for it by downloadin the tools.

Android App Repackaging Tool >>