Get your BlackBerry in the Halloween spirit with free ringtones!

Halloween is right around the corner and we've been showing you some fun things you can do to get your BlackBerry in the spirit. From a photo app to transform your pictures into cool Halloween scenes, to incredible Halloween themes and a fun and spooky soundboard type app for the BlackBerry PlayBook. One of the easiest and probably most popular ways to personalize your BlackBerry is with a ringtone, and CrackBerry has tons of free ones you can choose from, for holidays or any day. Head over to the Ringtone Gallery or the Ringtone Forums at the links below, and head past the break to see a sample of what you can find. Thanks to everyone that contributes to the gallery and the forums!

Find free ringtones in the Ringtone Gallery

Find free ringtones in the CrackBerry forums

Ring of Death (Japanese version)

Rosemary's Baby

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Johan Sebastian Bach

Halloween theme song

Squeaky Door

Twilight Zone theme

Joker Laugh (from Dark Knight)

Requiem for a Dream clip by Clint Mansell

Phantom of the Opera

Ghostbusters theme song

Thriller by Michael Jackson

Somebody's Watching Me by Rockwell

TVO Releases Five Educational Apps for Kids

Many have said that the PlayBook lacks apps, it seems that the app shortage is beginning to become a thing of the past. With some of the major gaming companies making their apps available for the PlayBook some educational apps have also made their way to it. The latest are five apps from Tvo which includes three free Apps and two paid apps.

TVOKids Alphabet Goop  Free : Link

A spoonful of alphabet goop!

Have fun learning your letters with Gisele, from Gisele’s Big Backyard, and her gooey alphabet soup. Gisele asks players for the first letter of objects she stirs up from her alphabet bowl. This is a phonics based game and it helps your child recognize and match letters of the alphabet, one of the skills necessary for learning to read. This game is designed for children ages 2 – 5.

TVOKids Get Growing  Free : :Link

Get ready to grow a garden in Gisele’s Big Backyard with Tia. Dig a hole, plant the seeds, add some water and watch it grow! Get Growing is designed to entertain and educate, as well as teach children a little about patience! Fun game for ages 2 – 5.

TVOKids Sign Match Free : Link

A fun memory game that teaches children ages 2 -5 about the signs they encounter in their everyday lives such as stop signs, poison, do no enter, etc. Flip over a card to find the matching pair and have fun with Gisele and Robbie from Gisele’s Big Backyard while learning.

TVOKids Spelling Fleas $1.99 : Link

Help your child gain the power and confidence to read and spell with five unique games featuring The Amazing Spelling Fleas.

Beat the clock to gain more points or play in practice mode. These mini-games focus on the following expectations of the Language curriculum: spelling, vocabulary, reading comprehension and phonics. This learning App will teach your child to read without them realizing they are learning! They’ll be having too much fun. This game is designed for children ages 6-11

TVOKids Space Trek Galaxy $1.99 Link

Using deductive reasoning and logic, your child will try to open all the blocks in the galaxy, but watch out for blocks with meteorites! If you click on a meteorite, your game will end.

Space Trek Galaxy encourages the use of trial-and-error and perseverance – two very important skills for learning in all areas of the curriculum. This game is designed for children ages 6-11

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Android Devs: Port Your App at BlackBerry DevCon SF to Get a Free Pass & Free PlayBook!

If you are an Android Dev or know an Android dev who lives in the San Francisco area make sure to give them a heads up about this. We just heard that the App Express booth RIM has at DevCon San Francisco is open to everybody. That means that any Android developer can bring their app to port to the BlackBerry PlayBook with RIM’s assistance during the conference. Here is how RIM describes it:

App Express opens on Monday, October 17 and runs through Thursday, October 20. You don’t even have to be registered for BlackBerry DevCon Americas. Come by and try out App Express on us, and then stick around for the rest of the content, insights, networking and more at the conference.

We found out that means that you will get a free pass to the rest of the conference after you successfully port your app. From what we hear that means you also get a free BlackBerry PlayBook like any other BlackBerry DevCon attendee. Sweet deal right? Keep in mind you need to sign up for free BlackBerry code signing keys which can take up to 2 hours to get so get those first.

Check out the full details at the DevCon App Express page

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RIM Giving Away BlackBerry PlayBooks to DevCon Attendees!

RIM shocked everybody at BlackBerry World by giving all 6,000+ attendees a free BlackBerry PlayBook. It looks like they are making it official with BlackBerry DevCon 2011 this year in San Francisco. Josep pointed out that RIM has updated the special offers page on the BlackBerry DevCon website to point out that:

Attendees at the conference will receive a 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to help kick start the development of their next app! Register now so you don’t miss out on this opportunity.

This BlackBerry PlayBook tablet offer is open to those who have registered, paid in full and checked-in onsite at BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011 in San Francisco. This offer will not be available for companion pass holders, event staff, or Research In Motion® (RIM®) employees.

Attendees at the conference will receive a 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to help kick start the development of their next app! Register now so you don’t miss out on this opportunity.

This BlackBerry PlayBook tablet offer is open to those who have registered, paid in full and checked-in onsite at BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011 in San Francisco. This offer will not be available for companion pass holders, event staff, or Research In Motion® (RIM®) employees.

Check out the full details on RIM’s website. Here is to hoping these devices are preloaded or immediately provisioned with OS 2.0.

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Three Slick Free PlayBook Wallpapers from Paul Leroux @QNX

Paul Leroux usually keeps us up to date on what is going on with QNX on their On Q blog but this time he has posted three really nice wallpapers for the PlayBook. I am actually using the cat version on my PlayBook and it looks SLICK. Now I just need to take one of my cat like that…

Here is how to get the wallpapers:

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Free GeeReader For BlackBerry PlayBook Update to v1.0.8

There are a few RSS reader clients for the BlackBerry PlayBook but there is a couple that stand out. One of those is GeeReader a free RSS reader that syncs with your Google reader account. With the latest update I noticed that it Syncs your read articles to your Google account. The client is free and is one of the most responsive applications.

 

App Description:

To download the app follow this link to app World.

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