The BlackBerry Partners Fund, a $150 million pool of money focused on apps and services for the RIM-made device, had a little contest of its own (a la Google’s Android developer challenge) and today awarded $150,000 from its venture fund to three companies: Poynt, Strands Social Player and Nobex Radio Companion. The three were named “Best in Show Grand Prize Winners” at the BlackBerry Developer Conference. The winners will be entered into the BlackBerry Partners Fund <a href="http://www.blackberrypartnersfund.com/jumpstart" title="
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