When it comes to keeping our messages secure we are all aware that our BlackBerry devices have our backs. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t take extra precautions safeguarding our personal messages from prying eyes. While multiple applications are at our disposal to hide unwanted text messages from other uses, having one more option at your fingertips is always a good thing.
With Secret SMS and MMS, selected contacts and their conversations are stored within the application and removed from the Hub. Similar to the Private SMS feature in their populate Privacy Suite Pro application, this time it gets its own standalone headless version with some nice additions to improve the experience.
When first launched, it asks you to create a password and recovery question before loading the main screen. From there you can swipe to the right to access the different tabs including the all-important help file, the main SMS screen, and the contacts screen. Using the contacts menu you can add individuals from your address book as well as existing conversations from the Hub. Therefore, you can continue your conversations within the application itself. However, once conversations are transferred, if you delete them from Secret SMS and MMS it is permanently deleted and all messages are lost.
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Now for those of you who would like to download this application for free, rather than the regular price of $0.99, the developer is giving away 1,500 copies! I’m sure we are all familiar with the drill but just in case the instructions are shown below with the promotion code.
I must warn you that if you are connected to BlackBerry Blend, incoming text notifications will appear on your display even if the contact was transferred to the Secret SMS App. The text itself does not show on the device or in Blend, only the notification. Another issue is the wait time, especially if you’re like me with hundreds of texts, for the application to process a contact. Other than the problems described, Secret SMS and MMS keeps your messages separate and password protected from unwanted users.
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As developers continue to prepare for BlackBerry World removing paid apps, we’re seeing more BlackBerry 10 apps turn from paid to free and the latest are being made available by Sven Ziegler IT Solutions.
If you’re loading up on paid apps before BlackBerry removes them from BlackBerry World on April 1st, you won’t want to miss out on grabbing as many Burning Platform’s apps as you can. Luckily, you can snag all 21 apps in a bundle for one low price.
With Nemory Studios being one of the more active BlackBerry 10 developers, updates to their core lineup of apps to support the incoming BlackBerry World changes have now been released.
This is just a reminder for all you folks out there using WhatsApp on BlackBerry 10 to ensure you’re running the latest version available from BlackBerry World.
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