Rabu, 25 April 2012

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Timr Time & Mileage Tracking App Updates to v3 With New User Interface

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 02:03 AM PDT

Timr

Over the years we have mentioned Timr a few times as one of the leading time and mileage tracking apps with online integration. They let us know that Timr has recently undergone a drastic overhaul bringing it to v3 with a brand new visually appealing user interface. This update was developed from scratch according to Troli Software and also includes new features like analysing tracked time records on the go.

There are now more than 60,000 users using Timr and the app has been downloaded over 400,000 times in 25 countries on 4 platforms. Check it out for yourself at www.timr.com with a free 30 day trial or in App World.

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, April 25, 2012, 5:03 am. | Timr Time & Mileage Tracking App Updates to v3 With New User Interface | Leave a comment |


Google Drive Already Works With Files & Folders on the PlayBook

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 02:59 PM PDT

Files and folders

Many of you may have heard that Google launched their new cloud storage solution Google Drive today with 5GB free for all users. The Innovatology crew let us know on Twitter that they tested their Files & Folders PlayBook file manager app with the new service and preliminary testing shows that it works like a charm. It seems like Google has simply extended the Google Docs standard and API to also encompass the larger Google Drive.

Its nice to see that Google Drive will probably work with apps that already support Google Docs. Check out Files & Folders in App World.

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, April 24, 2012, 5:59 pm. | Google Drive Already Works With Files & Folders on the PlayBook | 2 comments |


Control Traffic On Your PlayBook With Traffic Master (Marmalade SDK)

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 12:14 PM PDT

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It has been awhile since my last Marmalade SDK game fix. The latest game that they have assisted in porting is Traffic Master by Spiel Studios. This game is similar to others I have played where you control traffic by managing the cars so they don't crash. It has its own special quirks that make it stand out and is definitely a game worth checking out.

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You can find Traffic Master for $1.99 in App World

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, April 24, 2012, 3:14 pm. | Control Traffic On Your PlayBook With Traffic Master (Marmalade SDK) | One comment |


Free Tomb Escape Mimics Temple Run Gameplay on BlackBerry 7 Devices!

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 12:07 PM PDT

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You may have noticed iOS users addicted to the game Temple Run recently. SolverLabs has decided to capitalize on that success by releasing a very similar 3D game called Tomb Escape that runs on some BlackBerry 7 devices. My guess is it needs the latest BlackBerry 7 devices for the 3D graphics and tilting game action but who knows. The game is totally free and runs nicely on my 9900. It is also compatible with the Bold 9930, Porsche P’9981, and Torch 9810. I am not sure why the 9850/9860 is not getting some love but hopefully it will soon.

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Check out Tomb Escape free in App World. Kudos to Jason for sending this in via PocketBerry

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, April 24, 2012, 3:07 pm. | Free Tomb Escape Mimics Temple Run Gameplay on BlackBerry 7 Devices! | 3 comments |


EA, XIMAD, Elicite, & Intellijoy Apps On Sale in App World!

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 11:38 AM PDT

EA Sale

We have been getting tips since last week that many EA titles were on sale but now we have the official word courtesy of @AlexKinsella. There are actually four different sales going on in App World currently from four different vendors. The real treat is that EA's PlayBook titles are 50% off for 2 weeks. All the sales started on April 19th and go for 1 or 2 weeks as listed below:

Head on over to App World and enjoy the sales especially since the 1 week sales are ending soon!

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, April 24, 2012, 2:38 pm. | EA, XIMAD, Elicite, & Intellijoy Apps On Sale in App World! | One comment |


RIM Releases BlackBerry Curve 9320 Simulator & Updates Others

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 11:26 AM PDT

9320 simulator

I am really liking that RIM is finally being more vocal when it updates its developer tools. They announced on their blog and sent all App World vendors that a brand new device, the BlackBerry Curve 9320, is coming soon. RIM has released the specs and a simulator for the device running OS 7.1.0.405 which is newer than any OS out there so far. They have also updated quite a few other simulators in the list below:

Check out the full specs for the yet to be released device here

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, April 24, 2012, 2:26 pm. | RIM Releases BlackBerry Curve 9320 Simulator & Updates Others | One comment |


We got Angry Birds Space, but what’s coming Monday?

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 08:25 AM PDT

I didn’t read in to this, as we got the ‘huge’ news that Angry Birds Space is now available to use PlayBook owners, but I got an email from a colleague who noticed Jeppsson is hinting towards something big on Monday.  Now that we know it isnt Angry Birds Space, what are we hoping for?

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Posted by Fubaz for ©BerryReview, April 24, 2012, 11:25 am. | We got Angry Birds Space, but what’s coming Monday? | 35 comments |


Have a Pink Elephant Prance Around Your Homescreen with Pet Elf

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 06:59 AM PDT

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I am still trying to wrap my head around why you would want this but based on two friends recommending it I decided to mention it. MMMOOO has released Pet Elf – Cute Mobile Peppy which is essentially a pink elephant that thinks it is a reindeer prancing around your homescreen. You cannot interact with peppy but his 3D movements are pretty funny. It also does not seem to slow down my device which is nice.

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Check out Pet Elf in App World. It seems like it is free for a limited time but let us know what you find.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, April 24, 2012, 9:59 am. | Have a Pink Elephant Prance Around Your Homescreen with Pet Elf | 2 comments |


BlackBerry PlayBook Finally Gets Angry Birds Space

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 06:11 AM PDT

downloadAngry Birds Space is officially available for download through App World for the BlackBerry PlayBook. The price is a little better at $2.99 compared the the other previous ports that were around $5.00.  If you been anxiously waiting for this game, then you can now spend the rest of the day playing this popular game on your PlayBook.

The game features 60 levels of fun, slinging birds all over space.

Features:

FEATURES and Description: 

After a giant claw kidnaps their eggs, the Angry Birds chase it into a wormhole and find themselves floating in a strange new galaxy – surrounded by space pigs! Luckily the Angry Birds have super powers of their own…Angry Birds Space features 60 interstellar levels on planets and in zero gravity, resulting in spectacular gameplay ranging from slow-motion puzzles to lightspeed destruction. With regular free updates, brand new birds, brand new superpowers, and a whole galaxy to explore, the sky is no longer the limit!

  • 60 interstellar levels!
  •  Regular free updates!
  •  Brand new birds!
  •  Brand new superpowers!
  •  Zero-gravity space adventures!
  •  Trick shots using planets’ gravity!
  •  Hidden bonus levels!
  •  Beautifully detailed backgrounds!

  

Purchase now from BlackBerry App World

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Posted by Luis Merlos for ©BerryReview, April 24, 2012, 9:11 am. | BlackBerry PlayBook Finally Gets Angry Birds Space | 7 comments |


Devs: RIM Releases Gameplay 3D Opensource Cross Platform C++ Game Framework

Posted: 24 Apr 2012 05:51 AM PDT

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RIM's Gaming division is really putting on the full court press when it comes to attracting game developers. Now Sean Paul Taylor, Team Lead for Gaming R&D at RIM, announced that they have released their new v1.2 of their open source cross platform C++ game development framework Gameplay. I am not sure if this development is coming to RIM via an acquisition but its pretty cool that RIM is pushing their own totally opensource 3D gaming framework. I thought at first that it might have come from RIM's Scoreloop acquisition but this version does not have Scoreloop integration yet… Check out a demo of one of their games in development made using Gameplay:

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Either way Sean let all devs know that together with Steve Grenier he is trying to make sure gaming on BlackBerry 10 is at the top of the game. His team has been porting all of the leading open source technologies to BlackBerry 10 and this is just one more prong in that effort. According to him:

The gameplay project is a contribution that is directly targeting the indie game developer ecosystem. We realize developers want to easily target as many platforms as they can to monetize and we want to help you do this… If you are familiar with other popular open-source 2D game engines like cocos2d-x and now want a high-quality 3D solution, then gameplay might be exactly what you are looking for!

Current features in gameplay
  • Written completely in C++ and well documented using doxygen.
  • Solution and workspaces for Visual Studio 2010, XCode 3.2.1 and Momentics IDE's.
  • Platform-Game abstraction layer separating all operating system code from game engine code.
  • Input system support for Mouse, Keyboard and Touch.
  • Full vector math library with classes for Vector2/3/4, Matrix, Quaternion, Ray, Plane. Also Frustum and BoundingBox/BoundingSphere classes for object culling.
  • Solid OpenGL 3.2+ (for Desktop) and OpenGL ES 2.0 (for Mobile) based rendering system with classes for RenderState, FrameBuffer, Mesh, Material, Effect, Pass and Techniques.
  • Easy-to-use and efficient Font and Sprite classes.
  • Scene-graph components such as Scene, Node, Light, Camera and Model.
  • Binary encoding tool for creating optimized bundles for loading TTF fonts and 3D game assets supporting both COLLADA and FBX formats.
  • Extensible animation system with classes for Animation, AnimationClip and Curve with built-in AnimationTarget's on Transform and MaterialParameter's classes.
  • Complete 3D audio system with additional support for compressed audio using OGG and supporting HDMI gaming.
New features in gameplay v1.2
  • Newplatforms now supporting:
    • BlackBerry Tablet OS 2.0 and BlackBerry 10 ready!
    • Apple iOS 5.1 for iPhone and iPad
    • Google Android 2.3+
    • Microsoft Windows 7
    • Apple MacOSX
  • New shader-based material system with built-in common shader library.
  • New declarative scene binding.
  • New declarative particle system.
  • Improved physics system with rigid body dynamics and constraints.
  • New character physics and ghost objects.
  • Improved animation system supporting animated skeletal character animation.
  • New declarative user interface system with support for declartive theming and ortho, and 3D form definition with built-in core control classes such as Button, Label, TextBox, Slider, CheckBox, RadioButton. Also includes Layout classes such as Absolute/Vertical and FlowLayout.
  • New cross-platform new game project wizard scripts.
  • New game developer guide.
  • New game samples and tutorials.
The 'next' feature branch for v1.3, v1.4, v1.5
  • Optimizations and Performance improvements
  • Shadows
  • Terrain and Sky
  • Gamepad input for Wii, Xbox 360 and Bluetooth® HID controllers
  • Scoreloop Social integration
  • Editor

Check out the code and samples at our BlackBerry Github page and let me know what you're working on.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, April 24, 2012, 8:51 am. | Devs: RIM Releases Gameplay 3D Opensource Cross Platform C++ Game Framework | 2 comments |


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