Productivity apps, games, business, photography, weather, health; we’ve got ‘em all covered! Head on over to the BlackBerry World and take your pick from our list of BB10 apps:

1. Groovy Notes  – $4.99
2. The Logo Game – Free
3. The Logo Game – Paid Version – $5.99
4. A Day in Life- Journal – $2.99
5. Vault – $2.99
6. Uber Iris – Photo Effects & Filters – $1.99
7. Currency Converter – $1.99
8. Weather+ HD – $1.99
9. ProInsights for LinkedIn – $3.99
10. Dictionary+ – $1.99
11. Find Near Me – $0.99
12. Health Tracker PRO – $2.99
13. StockPulse – $2.99
14. Bird Calls – $4.99

We’ve received tremendous support from all our good friends throughout the BlackBerry community and would like to specially thank them for their constant encouragement.

A very special thanks to Berryfication, BlackBerryOS.com, BlackBerryed.com, BerryReview, NerdBerry and N4BB for taking the time to write about our BB10 app launch on their blogs.

P.S. Since all these BB10 apps were developed from scratch with regards to the UI, users who already have the PlayBook version of these apps will need to repurchase them for their BB10 phones, as this is the only way we can support development costs.

We’re giving away a bunch of our popular titles for iOS, Android and BlackBerry PlayBook at unbelievable prices! The sale for iOS & Android apps is till January 5^th while the sale for PlayBook apps goes on up to January 10^th, 2013. Grab them before they’re all gone!

To download these apps and for more details, check out http://xlabz.com/HolidaySale2012/.

And here’s wishing all our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

A Day in Life – Journal is the perfect app to store all your ideas, thoughts, events, experiences, memories, notes and more. If you love journal writing and want to make it even more personalized and meaningful, you will enjoy using this journal. And if you’ve wanted to keep a journal but never got around to doing it, A Day in Life will keep you motivated with its neat additions to journal keeping.

Here are the main features:

• Weather & Location tagging to add a personal touch to your journal entries.
• Add photos and images to your journal entries and notes. Import photos from your camera roll or just snap a photo as you create your journal entry.
• View all your journal entries and notes in 4 handy views:

                 – Visual Timeline: Browse through your journal entries in a visual timeline view.

                 – Photo View: Flip through your journal entries in collage style.

                 – Calendar View: View all journal entries and notes on a particular date.

                 – Favorites: See only your starred journal/diary entries.

Read more about A Day in Life- Journal and download it at $1.99 from the BlackBerry App World here.

• Option to change text font and size
• Organize all “Categories” of your notes manually in any order you like
• New option to compact Voice Notes to mp3 format to save disk space. Can also compact all previous recordings into mp3 with just a tap
• Updated to latest Dropbox service. Existing users might need to relogin to Dropbox to restore and backup data

Read more about Groovy Notes and download it from the BlackBerry App World here.

Latest user reviews:

“Best note planner ever! This is probably the best app for Blackberry for productivity.”

“Cant manage without it now, using for business as well as personal life. Absolutely love it!”

“Definitely the best thing I’ve purchased on my playbook. Extremely fluid, hiccup free and extremely useful. Well done !”

“Love this note book!”

Groovy Beats has a grid with several squares. Each row on the grid corresponds to a different instrument/sound while each column corresponds to a different point in time. Just tap on any of the squares to select your sounds and you’re good to go!

Main Features:

• Choose from a huge collection of sounds. Browse through Groovy Beats’ sound library and buy even more groovy sound packs!
• Options to save your favorite tracks and load them back
• Loop: Hit the Loop button to play a particular beat in a continuous loop. You can also adjust the tempo.
• Draft: Toggle between Draft and Final play modes. Draft mode allows quick playback and editing on the fly, while the Final mode is more precise, but takes a little more time to generate.

Groovy Beats Sounds:

• Bass/ Kick Drums
• Snares
• Percussions
• Synth/Bass
• Guitar
• Piano
• Loops
• And more….

Groovy Beats Sound Packs:

• Africa
• Rock/Pop
• Trance
• Dance
• Hiphop
• Arabia

Read more about Groovy beats and download it for free from the BlackBerry App World here.

Ready to mix some beats? Grab Groovy Beats now and sway to the rhythm!

 Here are the top features:

• Customizable layout: Have as few as 2 keys or as many as 15 keys at a time on Synth Pad!
• Take a pick from a huge assortment of percussion and other sounds. Experiment with a variety of cool sound packs from Synth Pad’s sound library!
• Save your best presets and load them back any time!
• Autoplay: Use the Autoplay mode to compose rhythms and play them back automatically; do this by tapping the numbers on the keys. These rhythms change depending on the sound/instrument you choose
• BPM (Beats Per Minute): Adjust the tempo to either slow down or speed up those beats, in the Autoplay mode

Synth Pad Sounds:

• Bass/ Kick Drums
• Snares
• Cymbals
• Hi- Hats
• Crash Cymbals
• Loops
• And more….

Synth Pad Sound Packs:

• Africa
• Rock/Pop
• Trance
• Dance
• Hiphop
• Arabia

Read more about Synth Pad and download it for free from the BlackBerry App World here.

Let the jamming begin!

Who Got Brains is a mind training game designed to keep your brain cells sharp and active. It tests your brain through a series of mini-games in 4 key areas: Analytical, Memory, Math and Visual.

Here are the main features:

• Challenge and stimulate your brain with a variety of brain teasers in 4 key categories: Analytical, Memory, Math & Visual.
• The scores from each category are summed up to give you an overall rating- your Brain Power!
• Login with Facebook to see your rank on the local and global Leaderboards. Compare your Brain Power with friends and see where you stand amongst them.
• Invite your Facebook friends to play and challenge them to beat your score!
• Get better at the game and score higher by playing more & more!

Who Got Brains is currently available for iPad, Kindle Fire, BlackBerry PlayBook, Android Tablets and even on Facebook!

So grab your copy now and fire up those neurons with Who Got Brains!

Since its launch, we’ve had two major updates, wherein we’ve added 8 themed logo packs which users can purchase. Also, The Logo Game now features a Leaderboard which shows one’s standing in the game.

Here’s the list of new themed levels in v2.1:

• Football Clubs – For all the football/soccer fans in the house!
• Automobiles – Petrolheads, this one’s for you!
• Fashion brands – The world of Haute Couture awaits you!
• Fortune 500 companies – How well do you know the Bigwigs?
• Food– All the yummiest and most mouth-watering brands ever!
• Women- Brands for the versatile women of today!
• Technology- How geeky are you? Find out with this logo pack!
• Government Organizations- The top government departments and agencies from around the world!

We’d like to thank the BlackBerry community for all their support and all our users who have always encouraged us.

Read more about The Logo Game and download it for the PlayBook here.

Here’s The Logo Game in a nutshell:

• The Logo Game has around 300 popular brands from around the world assorted in 8 levels
• The more logos you solve, the more levels you unlock and the faster you do that, the more points you gain!
• Stuck at a particularly confusing logo? Don’t fret! Get hints, ask your Facebook and Twitter friends or just ask us for the answer
• Login with Facebook to see how you fare against your Facebook friends
• Share all your achievements on Facebook and Twitter and challenge your friends to beat your score!

Read more about The Logo Game and download it from the BlackBerry App World here.

So, you think you can crack all those logos? Only one way to find out Play The Logo Game now!

User Reviews on The Logo Game so far:

“Really fun and enjoyable game that will keep you busy for a few hours. It can get pretty hard sometimes ”

“You guys make some of the best games on this platform, thanks for keeping it fresh.”

“Simply one of the most addictive game, and it’s simply beautiful. Thank you for bringing it to the playbook.”

“It is so much fun! Once I started playing I couldn’t stop!”

1) Theme Rooms: We’ve added 6 themed rooms:

• Around the World – Go on a journey to places far and wide!
• Foodie- It’s all about food! Yum Yum
• Showtime – All your favorite movies and TV shows!
• Toontastic – Have fun sketching cartoon and animation characters!
• Brand IQ – Pepsi, Nike and much more!
• The Jungle- The Animal Kingdom awaits you!

2) Stroke Rooms: Draw the given word with just 1, 3 or 5 strokes without lifting your finger! This feature is sure to make things a little more challenging for all of you

3) Challenge your Facebook friends to a mini game of Sketch W Friends by posting your drawing on Facebook.

4) Finding it a tad difficult to sketch your word? Go ahead and skip your turn!

5) Plenty of new words added to the wordlist.

Read more about Sketch W Friends and download it here. Join the conversation on Facebook for all the latest news, fun activities, contests and surprise giveaways!