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Get yourself out of a jam with Plumber for BlackBerry smartphones

The gaming market is exploding on the BlackBerry PlayBook as games like Angry Birds Space and Lara Croft make their way onto the tablet. At the same time we also can't forget about BlackBerry smartphones. During my daily stroll through App World I noticed that RIM had a new game featured in the carousel called Plumber, so I decided to give it a try. The concept of the game is relatively straightforward: you're a plumber and you want to ensure that all the pipes are connected. Just make sure you don't get in over your head with flooding water.

As a newly made plumber, your mission is to connect pieces of the pipe, so that the water can flow from one side of the screen to another. As soon as a player manages to do that and turns on the water, a new puzzle with new pieces of the pipe will appear on the screen. Please, keep in mind, that your time is limited and that your score depends on the number of the pipes (puzzles) you will manage to do!

Plumber features almost endless gameplay, with the ability to change the difficulty as you become a master plumber. One thing that I wished this game had was online leader boards and/or BBM integration. Something I've found is once a developer puts either leaderboards or BBM into their game the chance of it going viral increases tenfold. If you have ever played Pipe Dream on the PC (a windows 98 game mind you) then you should feel right at home racing against time in Plumber for BlackBerry smartphones. Plumber is available for most BlackBerry smartphones running OS 4.5 and higher and can be found for free in BlackBerry App World.

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Huawei Ascend Y200 - Android Beginners Class

Huawei Ascend Y200, an entry-level Android smartphone will be reported immediately threw into the market in the United States.

As quoted PULSAonline via CNET, said that the smartphone will come with 3.5-inch touch screen, 1 GHz processor, 3.2 MP camera. As the operating system, smartphone running Android 2.3 will come Gingerbread.

Although not known exactly when the smartphone will be available on the market. However, Huawei through an executive, James Jiang, told Cnet that the source device will be available in the next few months.

What is the official price of the smartphone it is still a mystery. So, we just monitor its development.

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Belkin LiveAction Remote Camera - Camera Remote Access

Belkin LiveAction Camera Remote

Do you often experience problems when taking pictures myself, using the iPhone? Or do you sometimes ask for help from others to slingshot itself, when I want to capture precious moments that are being passed. Now the problem is you have found the solution, through the gadget called the Remote Camera Belkin LiveAction.

Like a remote, here it means you can operate or control your iPhone camera from a distance. And, armed with Bluetooth as the connection then the distance that can be accessed by this gadget about 10 meters (30 ft)

Well, with this unique remote is no longer bother you now when I want to shoot myself. No longer need the help of others to hold and take a photo of yourself. You can do it yourself, by putting the iPhone in a place that suits your position, then "click", push the remote button and you can shoot from long distance.

Belkin LiveAction Camera Remote

Remote Camera LiveAction Belkin size is small. Its design resembles a USB pendrive. The result could be taken to travel anywhere without nuisance. In this way, those precious moments you will not miss remember things like this usually come without predictable and planned.

In addition to taking pictures alias photographing, this tool can be enabled to record video from a distance. The principle works the same as when shooting. Fun again, cover the cover of this gadget can work into a small tripod.

Belin LiveAction Remote Camera is compatible with iPhone and iPod IOS device. This means the price is 50 USD or USD 460 thousand.

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MyCityWay partners with RIM to bring MyCityWay to the BlackBerry PlayBook and BlackBerry 10

Research In Motion and MyCityWay have launched MyCityWay on the BlackBerry PlayBook, an application to help you get around and have a little fun at the same time. If you are looking around town for that new hotspot, directions to a hotel, or to get tickets for that new blockbuster movie, you may just want to check out this new app for the BlackBerry PlayBook.

Be the urban legend you always wanted to be:

Have the first app that offers a personalized all-access snapshot of the city, instantly connecting you to all the up-to-the-minute usable information you crave. Know all the city’s hotspots and restaurants
Keep up-to date with local news and the latest deals
Stream live traffic cameras and avoid those bottlenecks Find the cheapest gas prices, the hottest sales, or upcoming events and concerts in your neighborhood

MyCityWay on the PlayBook gives you access to local weather, news, dining, and even movie times. There are some current limitations, and the service is only available to those in NYC, L.A., San Francisco, London, and India. Hopefully development will continue to include more cities from around the globe in the near future. MyCityWay is now available and can be downloaded from BlackBerry App World for the PlayBook for free with BlackBerry 10 support coming later this year. You can continue reading for the full press release.

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Get your Let's Rock'n Roll This! (Pulp Fiction edition) Wallpaper

Feeling patriotic for good 'ole #TeamBlackBerry following BlackBerry World and the BlackBerry 10 Jam? Well now you can show your *hardcore* support by loading up this new Pulp Fiction style Let's Rock'n Roll This! wallpaper onto your BlackBerry.

This one was sent in to the CrackBerry tipline by one Mr. AllBerry (thanks!). I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I first laid eyes on the wallpaper and saw RIM's new CEO Thorsten Heins sandwiched between John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson smiling with gun in hand. Look out competition... BlackBerry is getting their act together and gunning for you!

To download, just save the image from the post above (it's 640x480 so will fit the Bold 9900 nicely) or you can follow the link below to have it emailed to your device via the wallpaper gallery.

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Free messaging and voice app Viber comes to BlackBerry

Viber, a free call and messaging application, has arrived on BlackBerry in beta form. The app has been available for both iOS and Android for a while and now is finally on the BlackBerry platform as well. The app currently allows for free messaging (text and photo) to other Viber users, but sadly is lacking the calling feature (for now). Viber plans to bring a full release -- including calling -- to BlackBerry "as it meets Viber's quality standards" however. You can grab the beta free in BlackBerry App World.

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BlackBerry 7.1 made available in the Philippines for the Bold 9900

It seems like RIM wants BlackBerry 7 owners to get downloading BlackBerry OS 7.1. While many carriers across the globe are releasing the OS update, there are also many that have yet to do so. RIM looks to be helping those BlackBerry 7 owners on carriers that haven't yet released it.

We've previously seen this happen in the UK, where only Three and O2 UK were the only carriers to have officially released BlackBerry OS 7.1, then RIM went and released it for the most of the BlackBerry 7 devices. RIM has gone across the world and have made BlackBerry OS 7.1 available in the Philippines. This time around it is only currently available for BlackBerry Bold 9900 owners, Torch and Curve owners are out of luck for the time being. That being said, if you don't mind installing unofficial OS updates you can drop by our forums or check out our BlackBerry 101 on installing leaks and update today.

If you're a BlackBerry Bold 9900 owner in the Philippines visit the Philippine BlackBerry website today to update your device.

More information or to update you Bold 9900

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