Huge news for our readers this morning! The BlackBerry Sync Store is proud to introduce our Mobile App Store powered by Mobihand. It’s just like RIM’s BlackBerry App World only better! It features over 5,000 free and paid apps, as well 2500+ themes. Not only can you download our new Mobile App Store starting today, but you can get tons of great deals. As part of our grand opening sale any purchases completed via our app store will receive a 20% discount by using coupon code “APPSTORE” when checking out. Download the Mobile App Store by pointing your browser to www.bbsync.mobi (Coupon code ends June 16, 2009).

Why get the BlackBerry Sync Mobile App Store?

• Access to exclusive Deal-Of-the-Day: Exclusive offers a new top selling app at 50% every day!
• Special discounted and bundled apps all the time
• Over 2500 BlackBerry themes for most models!
• Total of 5,000 Apps ranging from free to paid
• Individual category browsing by top selling, top free, top paid, and latest apps
• Apps start at just 99 cents! None of this $2.99 minimum like App World…
• Easy fast and secure payments with Credit Card (Paypal also coming real soon!)
• Automatic version tracking means you will always have access to the latest version of downloaded apps
• The Mobile App Store is available for most BlackBerry models
• and it’s 100% FREE to download!
• Easy access URL’s from desktop: appstore.blackberrysync.com or from BlackBerry: http://bbsync.mobi

Download the BlackBerry Sync Mobile App Store >

It’s no secret one of my favorite and most used BlackBerry Apps is Viigo. With that being said I’m pleased to announce that the BlackBerry Sync RSS feed is now featured in the Viigo library of feeds. This means that you can now easily add BlackBerry Sync to Viigo by following the simply steps below. Not only that but we have setup a super convenient link to download Viigo if you haven’t already. You can download it by visiting viigo.blackberrysync.com.

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Thanks everyone for entering! The contest is now over. The winner is DomConway and has been contacted via email. Stay tuned for more contests coming up soon!

I’m very excited to introduce to you the new design of BlackBerrySync.com. It features the same great content with tons of convenient information and links. This theme offers great one click access to the most common attractions such as Downloads, Theme Store, App Store, Reviews and more. To kick off our new design we are giving away gift card for the BlackBerry Sync Store! Contest details are below…

Let us know what you think of our new theme by posting a comment below and you will be entered to win a $20 e-gift certificate for the BlackBerry Sync Store. The Winner will be chosen at random and announced on June 8, 2009.

What’s so great about this new design? Here is a few things:

• Wider content area! Means bigger images for your viewing pleasure
• Easy access links to the most common areas of the site
• New store tabs located in the sidebar to show off featured products
• New links to resources, friends and site navigation located in the sidebar
• Easy one click Re-Tweet button located on every post!
• Even more cleaner and fresh design with the same great colors

Also if you notice any issues with the new theme please let us know by posting a comment so we can get them fixed ASAP… Thanks!

I can’t believe that it’s our second birthday already! Instead of us getting all the presents we’re giving you the readers the presents! This year we’ve got three OtterBox cases for BlackBerry, plus chances to win copies of Electric Pocket’s Flipside, PhoneFace and Ringo. How to enter? Simply post a comment below saying why you love your BlackBerry and what model you have. Only one entry per reader is allowed. We will contacct the winners by April 14th. Good luck to all!

But wait! We aren’t done just yet! You can also take 20% off any regular price BlackBerry Software found at The BlackBerry Sync Store by using coupon code “birthday2″ OR get 20% off any premium BlackBerry Themes from our friends at Elecite.com by using coupon code “bbsync2b” at the checkout.

We also might recommend keeping an eye on our Twitter @blackberrysync for other special deals coming up this week…

Product Descriptions:

What is Flipside? A visually stunning music player for your BlackBerry smartphone. Flipside shows full cover album art for your music files, and lets you swoosh through your music collection with a flick of the trackball.

What is PhoneFace? Why go digging through hundreds of contacts just to call your partner or gym buddy? PhoneFace shows full-color photos of your favorite contacts – so you can call them quickly and easily.

What is Ringo? Ringo lets you easily use your favorite music or sound clip as a ringtone, email or message alert – bringing your BlackBerry to life, every time it rings. Ringo’s bright and breezy controls make it simple and fun to change your BlackBerry tones, and set personal tones for your special contacts and groups.

What is an OtterBox case? The OtterBox level II case for smartphone series allows users of the smartphone 3 layers of protection along with a sleek, slim fit to the smartphone.

_{* Limit one entry per reader/per email address. Open to residents in Canada and United States only. Contest only vaild until April 12, 2009. Winners will be announced no later than April 14, 2009.}

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That’s right if you addicted to our BlackBerry coverage you can now get the BlackBerrySync home screen launcher for free! By downloading this icon you will have on click access to BlackBerrySync.com’s mobile news site. You can download the icon OTA (Over the Air) by clicking here. Now I have to give a big shout out to the designer (Sib Ion) who creates custom launchers for extremely good prices! Not only that but he isn’t satisfied with his work until you are. For details on getting a custom launcher made check out his site.

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The weeks starting off a little quiet in BlackBerry news, but we will make you drool some more. Just in case you aren’t drooling enough over the rumored BlackBerry Thunder. We’ve got a hold of a few more OS shots for you to enjoy. I know these aren’t as good as live shots but hey at least you get to see what OS 4.7 will offer for multimedia. Meanwhile you can check out other BlackBerry Thunder topics or click read more to see the rest of the shots.

Portrait camera on BlackBerry Thunder

Landscape music player on BlackBerry Thunder

That's right folks an anonymous tipster has sent us shots of the highly anticipated BlackBerry Thunder. The Thunder also known as BlackBerry 9500 will feature a huge 360×480 touch display and will apparently run on OS 4.7. This device will be a great multimedia player and could bring CDMA carriers true iPhone competition. The Thunder will run a carrier music store which similar to the iPhone's iTunes store and will allow users to purchase songs from their device. The display on the Thunder most likely will be a glass surface similar to the iPhone. Click on over for another shot…