The Blackberry Experience Forum is intended for BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 and the attendees get to see hands on demos and discussions. Starting in Toronto on February 4th, the Experience will make its way around the world. There should be one near you.
First Round of Developers Contacted For Their Limited Edition BlackBerry 10 Devices
January 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
For those developers out there that received a Dev Alpha device and submitted a qualified app for BlackBerry 10, you should be checking for inbox for an email regarding your limited edition BlackBerry 10 device. The first round of email went out to developers starting today, and I am sure that there are some very [...]
Faculty & students can attend #BBJam Europe for FREE!
January 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
If you are a faculty or a students in Europe you will be happy to know that Research In Motion is offering free passes to BlackBerry Jam Europe! The @BlackBerryDev Twitter account just sent out the following tweet: Exclusive: Faculty & students can attend #BBJam Europe FREE! Email BlackBerryAcademicProgram@rim.com. 1st come, 1st served! ^JD
TELUS BlackBerry 10 Pre-Register Page Goes Live
January 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
We have known for a while that TELUS would be carrying the new lineup of BlackBerry 10 devices, and today their pre-register page as gone live. While the launch announcement on January 30th is only 3 weeks away, we still don’t know exactly when the BlackBerry 10 devices will be available on the big three [...]
Proteg-GO Launches Guardian on the Go Mobile App and Service to Complement 911
January 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
New App and Contact Center Provides First Responders Location and Send Automatic Alerts to the User’s Friends, Family and Social Networks LAS VEGAS — Jan. 7, 2013 — Proteg-GO today launched “Guardian on the Go,” a smartphone app automatically supplying 911 emergency services with the locations of users in distress, even when someone is unable to verbally [...]
QNX Announces New In-Car Speech Recognition Framework to Understand a Speaker’s Intent
January 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
New intent framework to bring power of AT&T Watson(SM) speech recognition engine to wider variety of in-car systems and applications OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Jan. 7, 2013) – QNX Software Systems Limited, a global leader in software platforms for in-car electronics, has announced a powerful new framework that will allow speech recognition systems in cars to [...]
Canada’s First NFC Enabled Magazine Ad From Rogers And BlackBerry
January 7, 2013 By 1 Comment
When NFC first started to make its way into our phones there were a lot of critics that just didn’t see the point. Sure there is mobile payment solutions, but there is a large infrastructure that needs to be put into place before that becomes a full-scale solution. Well Rogers and BlackBerry have gone another route [...]
RIM Starts Outsourcing IT Service Desk As Part Of $1 Billion Cost Cutting
January 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins made it clear that RIM was going to cutting back and outsourcing some of their departments as part of the $1 billion in cost cutting that was needed. RIM has continued along this path by starting to outsource their IT Service Desk, which will now be handled by NCR.
T-Mobile Austria Releases New Official OS 6.0.0.749 For The Bold 9700, Pearl 9105, Curve 9300 And Torch 9800
January 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The folks over at T-Mobile Austria have released a plethora of new official builds of BlackBerry 6 for a variety of devices. The version number is 6.0.0.749 for all the devices in question. These new official build from T-Mobile Austria are available for the Bold 9700, Pearl 9105, Curve 9300 and the Torch 9800. Hit [...]
Google Maps for BlackBerry Once Again Available Ver. 4.5.3
January 5, 2013 By 6 Comments
Around December time it seemed that Google had pulled its support for Maps on BlackBerry devices. Recently Google Maps was spotted once again available for BB this time at a newer version 4.5.3. Nice to have official support of one of Googles best apps on BB. Maybe 75+ million users is a bit too much [...]
RIM Announces January’s BlackBerry Fan of the Month – Congrats to @arisham2003!
January 4, 2013 By 1 Comment
RIM has announce January’s BlackBerry Fan of the Month! We like to take a minute to congratulate Arisham AKA @arisham2003 for being the BlackBerry Fan of the Month! Nice job Zalman keep up the great work and if you are interested in writing about BlackBerry news and more let us know by BBMing us! Our [...]
[Updated With Workaround] BlackBerry Navigator Working on a AT&T Torch 9810
January 4, 2013 By 2 Comments
**Update** – So the work around method we spoke of has been proven to work on multiple devices. All you have to do is go into your Beta Zone profile and change your address to a valid UK address. This method has proven to work on GSM devices from multiple countries around the world. Now [...]
BlackBerry 10 Smartphones Have An “Approx. Retail Value of $700 Cdn” According To Bell
January 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
If you dig within the terms and conditions of the Bell BlackBerry 10 contest we just told you about, you will find that Bell has given the BlackBerry 10 smartphones they are giving away an approx. retail value of $700 Cdn. Now we need to remember that this is an approximate value, as I am [...]
Bell Mobility Pre-Orders for BlackBerry 10 Goes Live – Includes Weekly Giveaway
January 4, 2013 By 2 Comments
Bell Mobility as joined other carriers that are offering pre-orders for the new BlackBerry 10 devices. They have also decided to hold a weekly contest that will see some lucky Bell customers get a free BlackBerry 10 device, we assume the Z10. The contest will end on January 30th, the same day as the worldwide [...]
Images Show off BlackBerry Navigator in Action
January 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Just yesterday Research In Motion released BlackBerry Navigator in BlackBerry Beta Zone. This particular application is currently only available for BlackBerry users in the UK… We now have some great screen captures of the BlackBerry Navigator application. There have been reports that people running OS .794 not being able to input their key code. If [...]
BlackBerry Music Mania Concert & Carnival Starts Ball Rolling for 2013
January 4, 2013 By 1 Comment
To bring in the New Year right thousands of BlackBerry fans attended the BlackBerry Music Mania Concert and Carnival in Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam. In concert to bring the year into a bang short of the BlackBerry 10 launch, was the popular Indonesia band, Sheila On 7! “We are very excited to be back here in [...]
RIM Announces The BlackBerry 10 Apps Challenge Contest In India
January 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
RIM has just announced anew contest or development of BlackBerry 10 apps in India. This contest is being held by RIM and Devworx and it is aimed at letting developers show off their amazing BlackBerry 10 apps, and to get rewarded with some prizes as well.
Android Developers Get Ready To Port Your Apps, And Get Rewarded For Doing So
January 4, 2013 By 1 Comment
We told you about the Android Port-A-Thon a little while ago, but now there are more details on the event. Android developers will be able to port their apps over to BlackBerry 10 during a 36 hour virtual event that will start on January 11th at noon ET. For those developers that take part there [...]
KVAD Group Updates Photo Studio for BlackBerry
January 4, 2013 By 1 Comment
KVAD Group has just released an update to their popular photo application Photo Studio to version 1.2. It has been sometime since we last saw an update to Photo Studio and the reason as to why so long is… They have been expanding to other platforms from Windows Phone 8 to Android. Hit the break [...]
BlackBerry Riens in India over iPhone and Samsung in Mobile Market Space!
January 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
It seem like things are continuing to be booming for BlackBerry in 2013! Turns out in a hosted brand survey BlackBerry has been ranked overall & seeded 2nd next to Nokia in mobile handset segment! ”We are really excited at having been able to make an impact on a segment that we clearly identified and worked very [...]
