Youtube video of the overview HERE When Research In Motion released the simulator for the Playbook, they forgot to include a web browser within the simulator. Most of us would have waited until the secondary simulator was released or an update was made to the original. Well, there is always that person that decides they [...]
Press Release: RIM Introduces the New BlackBerry Bold 9780 Smartphone
October 27, 2010 By 1 Comment
Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9780 smartphone – the newest addition to the BlackBerry Bold series of smartphones. Featuring a premium and iconic design with an incredibly easy-to-use keyboard and optical trackpad, the BlackBerry Bold 9780 is elegantly styled and packed with advanced communications [...]
BBM Lounge in LA – Record Release Party with Mark Salling from Glee
October 26, 2010 By 2 Comments
Xomad pesented us with some invites to the BBM Lounge in LA. BBM Lounge took place on the October 21st. The event surrounded the record release of Mark Salling’s new album Pipe Dreams. There were all kinds of stars present at the event to support Mark and to look and learn about the latest and greatest about BBM. [...]
RIM And Adobe Team Up For 5 Weeks of Webcasts Centred Around Playbook Development
October 25, 2010 By 1 Comment
So with the release of the SDK and Simulator for Adobe AIR the topic of the day is the Playbook. RIM and Adobe have announced that they will be having experts hold 5 weeks of webcasts to help developers learn the new system. The first webcast of a five week series hosted by RIM and [...]
Press Release: Officially Announced the BlackBerry Style from Sprint Available on Oct. 31st for $99.99!
October 18, 2010 By 3 Comments
youtube video link Below you will find the press release and full specifications list. The BlackBerry Style will be available from Sprint this Halloween for $99.99 (after mail-in rebate) on a 2 year contract. The Style will be launching in two colors: Steel Gray and Royal Purple. The BlackBerry Style is the first CDMA BlackBerry [...]
BIS 3.2 Finally Hits North America
October 17, 2010 By 1 Comment
A few days ago we reported that the new BIS update, 3.2, had gone live in Europe. As of Friday night sometime the new version of BIS came to North America. This latest update to the BIS includes some much needed fixes and some additions that are long overdue. All major carriers have reported that [...]
Press Release: Research In Motion Launches the BlackBerry Torch Smartphone in Hong Kong
October 15, 2010 By 2 Comments
Combines Full Touch Screen Experience with Easy-To-Use Keyboard; First to Feature New BlackBerry 6 OS with Rich WebKit Browser and Chinese Handwriting Software Hong Kong – Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced the new BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800 smartphone in Hong Kong. Designed to satisfy the mobile needs of socially connected consumers and packed with the [...]
Press Release: RIM Introduces the BlackBerry Torch Smartphone in India
October 15, 2010 By 2 Comments
– First smartphone to combine full touch screen experience with BlackBerry keyboard – New BlackBerry 6 features rich WebKit browser – Offers 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity Mumbai, India – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the launch of the BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800, the first BlackBerry® smartphone with the new BlackBerry® [...]
RIM Issues Patches For Another ‘High Severity’ PDF Distiller Vulnerability
October 13, 2010 By 1 Comment
Now this is mainly a concern for anyone that is running on a BES, but it seems that RIM has had to issue a patch to ‘put the fire out’ on another security risk. With this happening every few months for the last couple of years one would hope that RIM is trying to solve [...]
BlackBerry App Newsy released
October 13, 2010 By 1 Comment
Newsy is a multisource video news service that has been released for Blackberrys. Newsy is now available in as a free download in the BlackBerry App World. BlackBerry users can stay up to the minute on the latest news through the day. Please see the below press release: “In addition to the enormous success of our iPad, iPhone and [...]
Big Red to Hold OS6 Interactive Launch
October 8, 2010 By 1 Comment
Have you been waiting for OS6 to come to your Bold 9650, or Curve 9330 on Verizon? Your wait may be over before you know it. It looks like Big Red is holding an “interactive launch” of Blackberry 6. I’m sure the Software will not be released the same day, but this party indicates that [...]
Big Red to Refund $90M in False Data Charges
October 3, 2010 By 1 Comment
I just got some good news off the wire for us VZW customers! Big Red will be refunding over $90M in back data charges. This was a result of customer complaints. Personally I never noticed the extra money I was forking out. If you DID notice, you will be very happy to read this. Check [...]
Ready for BlackBerry Protect? RIM says they are.
October 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Looks like RIM will be releasing the rumored BlackBerry Protect™ with the release of BIS 3.2! Go to the RIM website to sign up! I can’t wait for this and a few other apps I’ve heard were coming! What apps are you looking forward to? Are you anticipating Protect? Let us know what you think [...]
Blackberry Torch 9800 Now Available In The UK
October 1, 2010 By 1 Comment
When it rains it pours! Not only was the highly anticipated new Blackberry Torch 9800 released in Canadian, but it is now available in the UK. Yesterday Phones4U confirmed on Twitter yesterday that the Torch would be available online and in stores starting today, October 1st. “You’ll be able to get it on the Orange [...]
BlackBerry Partners Fund announces regional selections in the “Super Apps” developer challenge
September 28, 2010 By 11 Comments
The BlackBerry Partners Fund has selected the regional winners of the 2010 BlackBerry Super Apps Challenge. There were hundreds of applications submitted this year. “The response we received in this year’s Challenge has been tremendous, and demonstrates the high level of interest by the developer community in the BlackBerry platform,” said Kevin Talbot, Co-Managing Partner, [...]
An Inside Look At The New QNX OS For The Playbook
September 28, 2010 By 2 Comments
So for all of you that are very excited about the new Blackberry Playbook, you should really be hyped over the new OS from QNX. Blackberry Developers blog has put up a nice interview with Dan Dodge, the co founder and CEO of QNX Software Solutions. We are all very excited for the possibilities that [...]
Press Release: RIM to launch free BlackBerry Analytics Service
September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
RIM and Webtrends to Launch Free BlackBerry Analytics Service Analytics service offers developers deep insight into how customers are using their BlackBerry smartphone applications San Francisco – BlackBerry DEVCON 2010 – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) and Webtrends today announced they are working together to deliver free enterprise-class analytics to the [...]
Press Release: RIM Launches BlackBerry Advertising Service
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RIM Launches BlackBerry Advertising Service New service gives developers the ability to add advertisements from a large number of advertising networks in their applications, with only a few lines of code San Francisco, CA – BlackBerry DEVCON 2010- September 27, 2010 – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today launched its advertising [...]
Press Release: New BlackBerry Enterprise Application Development Platform
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RIM Announces New BlackBerry Enterprise Application Development Platform to Accelerate Creation of “Super Apps” for Business BlackBerry Enterprise Application Middleware to Ease Development of “Super App” Enterprise Applications for BlackBerry Smartphones San Francisco, CA – BlackBerry DEVCON 2010 – Onstage at the BlackBerry developer conference, DEVCON 2010, in San Francisco today, Research In Motion [...]
Press Release: WebWorks platform (what we knew as widgets)
September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
RIM Launches Next Generation BlackBerry Web Application Platform, Releases Code to Open Source Community New BlackBerry WebWorks app platform merges simplicity of HTML5 with the power of BlackBerry services, true multi-tasking, true Push technology and more Developer community can now access and contribute to the BlackBerry open web application platform and tooling components [...]
