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Roundup From Blackberry World 2012

Posted: 01 May 2012 10:24 AM PDT

Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins took center stage in Orlando today at the Blackberry World 2012. He made it absolutely clear that despite a lot being written about Blackberry and its future, he absolutely believes in the company, its future and was proud to be the one center stage. He made sure to tell all the representatives who were from about 150 countries that RIM loved them all. A lot of time was spent making the existing customers feel good about their association with Blackberry. He especially stressed on how Blackberry prides itself on satisfying the Social needs of its customers.

The highlight of the evening though came with the launch of BB10, the new Blackberry OS based on QNX. Blackberry seems to have totally revamped its OS for the launch of BB10 and the alpha version is now available with the developers. The first device running the BB10 is widely expected and rumored to be ready for a launch somewhere in October later this year. The operating system showed off few widgets such as a clock widget, temperature etc and a completely new multitasking window. The onscreen keyboard seems to have been given a lot of attention and it actually looked as effective as the physical keyboard on the older Blackberrys. In a lot of ways it looks like BB10 is an extended version of WEBOS which was a great thing to see.

It is worth noticing that the BB10 not only will support smart phones and tablets but also various other devices such as Car based players. The feedback from the developers seems positive and it probably is RIM’s one of the last throw of dices to save itself. As a BB messenger and push Email fan, i hope the new developments work out for RIM.

via: Technobuffalo

Hook Worlds: Endless Running Game For Your iPhone

Posted: 30 Apr 2012 11:31 PM PDT

If you're looking for a new endless runner to get your adrenaline pumping, Hook World is a true contender. It's a smooth pick up and play experience is great.

Try to survive in four different worlds with your trusty grappling hook, as four different characters with unique special abilities! Every game world has its own all-new setting, every character has its own gameplay style. Every world is also randomized, varied, and endless, for incredible replay value.Swing your way through the Cursed Jungle as Gramps, as you try to escape the Ancient Watcher. Shoot your way through a haunted cove as Zelle, in your pursuit of bounties and treasure. Escape a grim future dystopia as CyberGnome 202X, using your gravity flips to evade the Gnome Cops.

Each of the game’s levels are entirely unique and different. There’s the jungle level, where you play as an ageing adventurer, zipping your way through ,stealing treasure from a raging god. You use a grappling hook and rocket boots to escape his wrath. Then there’s the pirate level, where you play as a bounty hunter, killing pirate ghosts with a six-shooter and swinging across the realm.

Although all of the levels feature a grappling hook, the side abilities of each character make the play experiences very different. The pirate level, for example, requires more tactical play, as you have to time your ammo reloads between monsters. The jungle level, on the other hand, is entirely about reflexes and how well you concentrate. You swing from branch to branch, dodging the increasingly treacherous demon. Just as you find yourself getting bored with one level, you’re likely to jump to the next one, looping around until you realize an hour or two has passed.

Rewards can be unlocked and wear to customize your characters, visible on the scoreboards. Medal awards and achievements for reaching high score milestones. Blowing up haunted crabs and getting obliterated by a gigantic eye.

CONTROLS:

There are just two buttons. The right button controls your grappling hook, letting go detaches your hook. The left button controls the unique special ability in each game world. These simple controls will let you nimbly swing, dive, climb, run, slide, and shoot, rocketjump, or flip gravity!

GRAPHICS:

Hook Worlds stays true to the look. The feel of the Hook game gives the players a sort of retro look that reminds you of the good old Super Mario days. In Hook worlds, Rocket cat Games out did them selves by bringing the lovable graphics that we all know and love. New worlds have their own looks and new moves are fun and smooth.

Finally Hook Worlds is no one-button time waster. It's just as smart and sophisticated as its big brothers, retaining everything that made its predecessors so simple yet amazing.The rhythmic momentum, the fitting controls, and merry tune are just top notch. You can grab the game here. Enjoy!

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