See if you have what it takes to be crowned champion in five exciting sport events! Are you fast enough for speed skating? Can you conquer the freestyle moguls? Will you survive cross-country skiing? Tackle each of them separately or compete in all five together to become the ultimate winner. If you’re looking for a healthier dose of competition, play with up to five friends in the multiplayer mode. Catch the fever and join the world’s most electrifying competition: the Vancouver 2010™ — Official Mobile Game!!

You can get
Vancouver 2010for only $6.99 @ bPlay and show the world what your made of!

You can pick up the latest copy of “MasterDoc – Picture Perfect Document Viewer” or the latest version of Tether for Blackberry so you can always stay connected with your laptop. Head over to Handango today and find that perfect app for your loved one!

Simply Use the CODE HOLIDAY when you check out and viola, 25% off! Just like that! So hop on over there today and get the theme or game you’ve been waiting for before the prices are back to normal!

How’s that for timely? Any of you preteen girls or middle age momma’s out there sporting a blackberry can now get your twilight fix on your phone while showing your galpals just who knows the most about Edward and his pastie white complexion.

Calling all Twilighters! Relive all your favorite movie moments and share your Twilight knowledge in this exciting game.

Select from your favorite Twilight characters, including Bella and Edward, and play alone or challenge other fanpires to exciting contests. Win trophies and refresh your knowledge in time for New Moon!

You can grab This Game from bPlay for a mere $6.99, which when you compare it to the money you spent on Tickets and Pop Corn for last nights New Moon premier is hardly anything at all!

Oh and if you need something to do on those long commutes, go ahead and pick up a copy of
EA SPORTS Madden NFL 10 and play along side your favorite QB of the NFL. No need for an expensive gaming system when your Blackberry can do it all.

Get ready for SOME FOOTBALL!

I fixed this on the computer by downloading a little gem called Maddie that essentially locks out the keyboard (unless you know the secret word) and lets them type whatever they want while trying to teach them letters. I don’t know how good of a teaching tool it is, but G would play with it for a while before she became bored, so it works. Thankfully, someone has decided to come up with the same for the blackberry.

Enter BabyGo by zeebu. The program is simple really. Instead of locking the keyboard to everything, it locks it so that all you can do is type letters. As a letter is pressed, the letter block appears on the screen and an appealing voice says it out loud. I downloaded it the other day and my 3 year old, Em had fun with it for half an hour. Which is good. Plus, it locks her out of doing everything else…

If you’re interested in trying out this FREE app, hit their site to find out more and download it. They do have a “pro” version in the works thats going to offer more for the older monsters.

In the first half of 2009, Handango added an impressive 550 content partners to its network with almost 7,000 new applications across all categories ranging from Games, Personal Information Management (PIM), Personalization, News and Media, Education, Travel and Messaging.

Handango’s TOP TEN – Best Sellers List (Across Platforms) January-June 2009

1. SPB Mobile Shell 3
2. MobiTV
3. Ringtone Megaplex
4. Aces Texas Hold’em
5. The Weather Channel
6. SPB Weather
7. Bejeweled
8. Alltel TV
9. Aces Solitaire Pack
10. SPB Backuup

HANDANGO’ S TOP TEN GAMES(Across Platforms) January-June 2009

1. Aces Texas Hold’em
2. Bejeweled
3. Aces Solitaire Pack
4. Tetris
5. The Sims 2
6. Guitar Hero 3 Mobile
7. Monopoly Here & Now
8. Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09
9. Jewelrumble 2
10. Sudoku Puzzle Pack

Games continue to grow in popularity
Games represented 25% of all apps sold in the Handango category up 6% from 2008. Year-over-year, games grew 19% (H1 08 vs H1 09). EA Mobile was the best-selling game developer for the first half of 2009. Among the notable and popular titles added to the Handango catalog are Hell’s Kitchen and The Sims 3. A special edition mid-year report on Handango’s Games category is available at http://www.handango.com/marketing/Yardstick/Yardstick_2009_1H_Games.pdf.

DEVELOPER HIGHLIGHTS

SPB Software stood out from the crowd again as Handango’s top performing software developer based on both the popularity of its apps and its sales figures. Voice control software also made a big splash in the first half of 2009, with the addition of Vlingo to the Handango catalog.

Leading the way for SPB Software in the first half this year was the launch of SPB Mobile Shell 3. SPB Software has been a dominant player in the smartphone content space for many years due to SPB Mobile Shell’s runaway success. In the past 12 months, the development house has been actively cross-marketing its broader suite of products by using Handango merchandising tools, upgrade campaigns, and cultivating user loyatly via e-mail and user-generated content.

Even with the explosive growth of BlackBerry, SPB Software chief Sebastian-Justus Schmidt remains extremely bullish about Windows Mobile as a platform and the strong future for those creating and distributing the type of quality, powerful mobile apps for which SPB Software and Handango are both known. “Handango is the most important distribution partner for SPB Software,” said Schmidt recently. “They do a great job supplying the best choice of software to end-users worldwide. Handango is by far the most well known site for Windows Mobile software and is always growing the market share and availability of apps for new Windows Mobile devices.”

In the first half of 2009, Vlingo emerged as Handango’s hottest newcomer. Vlingo offers voice control software for BlackBerry, Symbian (beta), and Windows Mobile (beta). With only one quarter of sales under its belt with Handango, Vlingo jumped into the top 20 most popular apps in the first half of 2009.

Commenting on Vlingo’s remarkable growth, Handango CEO Alex Bloom advises developers and publishers to continue focusing on building apps that solve problems and needs of substance in the mobile user experience. “A lot of press has been given to the low price-point app market. And while there’s definitely a place for low price-point apps, I believe there’s an even bigger opportunity in the mobile media market for quality apps that are built to augment personal and professional productivity, to provide rich forms of entertainment, and to help mobile users get organized, keep fit and stay safe”, said Bloom.

PLATFORM OVERVIEW
The Handango Yardstick is the leading Index of trends in smartphone content based on Handango’s position as the largest third party smartphone application retailer with multiple distribution channels including: a consumer website, Handango.com, a market leading on-device client, Handango InHandT, more than 50 channel partners including Microsoft, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Alltel, AT&T, and AOL among others and operates over 1,000 content partner storefronts. The Handango Yardstick compiles and analyzes consumer activity from each of these channels creating a unique industry index of smartphone content trends across leading platforms, most major devices and top distribution points. A full version of the Handango Yardstick is available at http://www.handango.com/marketing/Yardstick/Yardstick_2009_1H.pdf.

RIM (BlackBerry)

The top-five best-selling applications for BlackBerry January-June 2009 were:

1. Ringtone Megaplex
2. Alltel TV
3. Aces Texas Hold’em – No Limit
4. Aces Solitaire Pack
5. The Weather Channel

As the new dominant player on the Handango network, the BlackBerry platform added 229 new content partners and almost 3,000 new apps in the first half of 2009. BlackBerry accounted for 44% of all apps sold and represented four of the top ten devices adding software by both units sold and revenue. The Games category was the strongest with 36% of Handango’s BlackBerry sales while PIM came in second with a 19% share. Energized by its highly popular app, eMobile Today Professional, eMobile Software Inc. emerged as the top developer on the BlackBerry operating system and was Handango’s second highest revenue producer. eMobile Software Inc. offers an array of Personalization, PIM phone tools, and Entertainment/Information apps for BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian devices. As the new dominant platform on Handango, BlackBerry now has a special mid-year report available at http://www.handango.com/marketing/Yardstick/Yardstick_2009_1H_BB.pdf.

Windows Mobile

The top-five best-selling applications for WM Professional January-June 2009 were:

1. Spb Mobile Shell 3
2. MobiTV
3. Spb Weather 2
4. Spb Backup 2
5. Spb Wireless Monitor 3

The top-five best-selling applications for WM Standard in January-June 2009 were:

1. MobiTV
2. Ringtone Megaplex
3. Guitar Hero 3 Mobile
4. HandiTV: Watch TV from mobile devices!
5. Aces Texas Hold’em – No Limit

Despite the remarkable growth of BlackBerry downloads in the first half of 2009, Windows Mobile still remains Handango’s top revenue earner due to Windows Mobile Professional’s high Average Order Value of more than $20.00. Accounting for 23% of sales, Personalization surpassed PIM — the 2008 top category — to become the top category for WM paid downloads.

Palm OS
The top-five best-selling applications for Palm OS in January-June 2009 were:

1. Ringtone Megaplex
2. PocketMirror Standard
3. Agendus
4. Diet & Exercise Assistant
5. SplashID

The top 5 Palm paid app searches were for free products, ringtones, backup apps, games, and mobile email apps. Despite having no new Palm platform phone launches in the first half of 2009, Palm sustained a healthy volume of app downloads (paid and free).

Symbian
The top-five best-selling applications for Symbian January-June 2009 were:

1. ProfiMail
2. X-plore
3. Handy Weather
4. Handy Safe Pro
5. Spb Wallet 2

ProfMail remains the top selling app on the Symbian platform for the first half of 2009. The top 5 Symbian paid searches were for themes, GPS apps, dictionaries and PDF viewers. Handango added 1330 new Symbian titles to its catalog along with 162 new Symbian developers.

Android
The top-five best-selling applications for Android January-June 2009 were:

1. Texas Hold’Em
2. SimCity Metropolis
3. MONOPOLY Here & Now
4. SplashID
5. Bejeweled

Handango nearly tripled its Android paid app downloads for the first half of 2009 over its year-end 2008 downloads. In Handango’s Android catalog, the Games category figures as a higher percentage of sales than it does in its other smartphone catalogs.

About Handango
Handango Inc.is the leading provider of smartphone applications globally for the BlackBerry, Palm, Windows Mobile, Symbian OS, and AndroidT platforms. Leveraging its 140,000+ apps, network of 23,000+ content partners, and vast distribution network, Handango delivers top-selling mobile applications including games, business and entertainment apps and productivity tools to millions of consumers. Applications can be downloaded via http://www.handango.com, partner Web sites, SD cards and Handango’s proprietary on-device catalog, Handango InHandT, the industry’s leading content delivery platform that allows consumers to purchase mobile apps directly from their smartphone and download them over the air. Handango’s unparalleled content expertise has attracted numerous mobile industry partners including Microsoft, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Alltel, Nokia, Research In Motion, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, AOL and The Carphone Warehouse. For more information, visit http://corp.handango.com.
Handango is a registered trademark of Handango, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Now you can play CASH CAB as often as you want with out leaving your couch (desk, car, etc…). From bPlay:

CASH CAB challenges players to answer a series of progressively difficult questions before they get to their destination. As the meter ticks, the questions get harder and the stakes get higher. Miss three questions, and the CASH CAB pulls over and ejects the contestants onto the curb. CASH CAB mobile features nearly 1,000 questions pulled from subjects as diverse as History, Pop Culture, Language and Science.

CASH CAB is priced at $6.99 and is available from bPlay. More photos at the end…

Also out today is the updated version of ABC’s Hit Who Wants To Be A Millionaire® 2010. If you love sitting in the hot seat and saying “That’s My Final Answer, Reig” then this is a must have as well.

Also, there are now over 100 themes for the new Blackberry Tour (9630) including the
iBerry 2.0 Today Plus – BlackBerry Theme which is the MOST POPULAR theme available for the blackberry. Check them out today!!

From the Description:

Undertake thrilling assault missions in this action-packed adventure based on the blockbuster movie! 3 fast game modes transcend realistic action with side navigation for land combat and top-down operation for piloting the Howler and commanding the MOBAT tank. Play as your favorite Joe-Duke, Ripcord or Scarlett. Wield signature moves and weapons as you clash with Storm Shadow, Baroness and Cobra Commander! Now you know-and KNOWING IS HALF THE BATTLE.

From the looks of the game, its entirely worth it if you ever dreamt of really defeating Cobra as a youngster.