The IDC has announced their list of top 10 selling smartphones for Q4 2009. Guess what is number one? BlackBerry, of course. RIM took 5 of the 10 available spots in top selling smartphones to include BlackBerry Curve, Pearl, Bold, Storm, and Tour. I’ve been getting these reports for a while now, and I seem to recall the BlackBerry Curve leading the way. This could only be a sign of great things in 2010. Continue reading to see the top 10…

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Yes, you read correctly! I know there’s Blu-ray fans out there who love their Blu-ray movies, this is great news for you! Thanks to BlackBerry Sites, we know pocket BLU is here. I checked it out, and it’s available for download. I have the description, features, and of course that it’s free.

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We’d like to thank all of you for your participation, comment, and excellent feedback. So a recap….we posted a contest for a year of PrivacyStar service for free, and we had five available. All we wanted was a comment telling us what you like about what we write at BlackBerry Sync, our features,  and what you’d like to see more of. And the winners are….

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The Cyber Shockwave that is. I know there’s some confusion as to why I have chosen to follow this so I am going to highlight what the media alert states: “The Bipartisan Policy Center’s Cyber ShockWave Event Will Highlight Potential Communications Technology Risks.” That is why I’ve included it, because mobile communications is included. Here’s the media alert:

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Al Sacco, my friend and BlackBerry Guru of CIO,  has an excellent article “The Latest BlackBerry Spyware Scare: Don’t Worry Yet“, and it’s about the latest study done with the Proof-Of-Concept and his views on it. While we present you the facts, I try to point out we’re not discouraging you, only urging you to use secure practices with your device. It’s just like a computer, be careful and be educated about it.

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I’m really excited over this one. According to BlackBerrySites.com, tomorrow pocket BLU will be available for BlackBerry smartphones. pocket BLU is by Deluxe Digital Studios, but BlackBerrySites noted that they received news from Universal Studios Home Entertainment about the pocket BLU and the app will be released and available for select BlackBerry devices and coinciding with availability of Couples Retreat.

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Another thanks to Josh for this one, WeatherBug has updated in the BlackBerry App World to v1.1.0.139. WeatherBug is a free weather app that many users love. The description states: “Stay informed and prepared with live local weather, severe weather alerts, in-depth forecasts, camera views, detailed radar maps and international weather.”

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Thanks to Josh, who alerted us that DriveSafe.ly has been updated to v1.13.3 and is now available in BlackBerry App World or the DriveSafe.ly website. We also have DriveSafe.ly in the BlackBerry Sync Store but not in the updated version yet. DriveSafe.ly prevents texting while driving by reading them out loud to you.

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Near the end of last month Elecite introduced a new premium theme for BlackBerry, and it appears we forgot to post it. The theme is called “Keen” and features an awesome clear glass type concept. Keen has 6-8 customizable photo icons, a weather slot, 4-5 (locked) quick access icons and a quick preview Today area. It’s available for the BlackBerry Curve 8900, Bold 9000, Storm 9500 series, Tour 9630, and Bold 9700. Follow the link below to grab a copy from Elecite for only $6.99.

Get a copy of Keen Premium Theme from Elecite

The Wordpress for BlackBerry App has been updated to version 1.0. This new version brings several new features:

• Ability to record and upload videos from your phone. We now support both 3gp and 3g2 formats on older generation BlackBerry devices.
• Introducing support for the HD video service VideoPress.
• Streamlined UI and functionality relating to comment moderation
• Overall enhancements to the speed and stability of the app

You can download this app by pointing your BlackBerry browser to http://blackberry.wordpress.org/install.

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