The new BlackBerry 9620 smartphone offers all of the core BlackBerry messaging and social-centric features on Nextel’s Evolution Radio Service Mexico City, Mexico and Waterloo, ON – Nextel Mexico, and BlackBerry®-maker Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today launched the first BlackBerry® 7 smartphone for the new Nextel Evolution Network. The stylish new [...]
Nextel Mexico and Research In Motion Announce the BlackBerry Curve 9620
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Deal of the Day: Unlocked, Refurbished BlackBerry Bold 9900 for only $359.99
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If you are like me you are always looking for that killer deal, well factorydirect.ca is offering refurbished, Unlocked BlackBerry Bold 9900′s for only $359.99! This deal of the day ends in about 23 hours and as a reminder this device is unlocked and has NO contract!
BBM Money App Headed to Indonesia
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Way back in October we let you know that Research In Motion was planing on releasing a BlackBerry Messenger Money App, well the BBC is reporting that BBM Money will soon hit the market. The first country to get BBM Money will be Indonesia and from there other countries will start seeing it in BlackBerry [...]
RIM executing an aggressive Christmas price war in the UK
December 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The BlackBerry Curve 9320 is the cornerstone of RIM’s attempt to salvage its Christmas season and get it through to next year with the launch of BlackBerry 10. The UK is one of Research In Motion’s most important markets in Europe. The latest Kantar World Panel numbers for August-October period showed BlackBerry’s share of the UK market dropping from 19% to [...]
Microsoft, RIM to keep existing platforms operating after releasing new ones
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Microsoft and Research in Motion (RIM) reportedly will keep their existing smartphone platforms, Window Phone 7 and BlackBerry 7, continuing for a while after the release of next-generation platforms by the two companies, according to industry sources. Smartphone with Window Phone 7.x- or BlackBerry 7.x will continue to be launched targeting the entry-level and mid-range smartphone [...]
106 Passwords that BlackBerry 10 Won’t Let You Use
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Security is paramount to BlackBerry and it’s something that it’s reputation hangs on.RIM not only takes security into account at the highest level but also at the very lowest level. Deep in the heart of the BlackBerry 10 OS is a list of 106 passwords that you will not be able to use. We will probably see [...]
BlackBerry 10 and the new QNX Neutrino 8.0.0
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In the 30 year history of QNX, the real-time microkernal operating system that’s under the hood of the PlayBook and BlackBerry 10 phones the QNX Neutrino has received 1 major OS upgrade every ten years. I’ve speculated for a long long time that BlackBerry 10 would run on the latest and greatest build of the [...]
RIM brings BlackBerry 10 road show to Halifax (Video)
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More unbiased-positive reviews of the upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system from Research in Motion keep flooding in. This time RIM heads to Halifax, to show of its next-gen operating system set to be revealed early in 2013. (Launch event set for January 30th). While RIM hasn’t let go too many details about their revolution strategy [...]
BlackBerry 10 and Facebook APIs Incompatible over Webview Issue
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Hey Devs interesting fact for you when you are creating your applications and using FaceBook APIs in BlackBerry 10. Currently as a few devs have been struggling with, is that there is no way to integrate native FaceBook APIs into your games for BlackBerry 10. If you use FaceBook APIs in your games to say invite FaceBook users to [...]
Financial Review BlackBerry 10: it knows what you’re thinking
December 3, 2012 By 1 Comment
Australian Financial Review on BlackBerry 10: “I really wanted to touch it, too, because it looks so very good. The user experience on BlackBerry 10 is much more modern, crisper and more engaging, than that of Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. It even feels a little newer than Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8” – John Davidson. [...]
BlackBerry UK launches their Advent Calendar Contest
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The Holiday Season is now upon us and BlackBerry UK has decided to get in on the action. They have launched their BlackBerry Advent Calendar Contest.
RIM details what the change to BlackBerry AppWorld means to developers
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Recently during the BlackBerry Jam Asia conference RIM spoke about the name change of BlackBerry AppWorld to simply BlackBerry World. Now I am sure that there are quite a few developers and users that have been wondering what this change entails, while RIM outlined it today in a post.
Plex for the BlackBerry PlayBook Updated to v2.2.4.1
December 3, 2012 By 1 Comment
Plex, Inc.has released an update to their application Plex for the BlackBerry PlayBook. At this time there is no change log available to us at this time. Plex delivers the best video, music and photo experience that connects you to any online or personal content–including movies, TV shows, videos, music and photos. Plex works with [...]
Team Inspira, Grand Winner of BlackBerry JamHack 2012
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The winner for the first simultaneous Asia Pacific (APAC) wide 40-hour Hackathon was announced during BlackBerry Jam Asia 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. Team Inspira from Jakarta, led by Vincentius Putra, was choosen as the winner with their app Soccer Ticker. Soccer Ticker helps users stay updated with the latest football results and remain connected with friends at all times.
Two Free BlackBerry 10 Icon Sets for Developers
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If you have ever developed an app before you know that one of the struggles is finding an icon set that works aesthetically with the target platform. Long time BlackBerry developer, formerly of mblware and now part of the RIM Developer Relations Team, @chadtatro was also struggling with that issue. He has been tasked with creating sample [...]
Kisai Labs has released another build of their Tumblr App Trapeez
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A new build (0.9.5.7) for Trapeez is now available! It brings a slew of new features and overall improvements. The guys over at Kisai Labs have been hard at work ironing out bug fixes for its BETA members and adding new new features, most notably to this edition of the build is the ability to [...]
Appcelerator Developers, Port your app to BB10 and get amazing support
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Devs who port over an existing Titanium app or create a new one for BlackBerry 10, and successfully publish the app on the BlackBerry App World store, will receive 1 year of free Appcelerator Cloud Services and Analytics (a $4500 value!) for the app. Be one of the first 1000 to port your app to the [...]
BlackBerry 10 Accessories Shown on RIM Price List
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Now here is something we have been waiting for, and accessories list for BlackBerry 10 devices! These OEM accessories where found on a Research In Motion price list by Tamas @BerryBlog.hu. After going over the list it seems that RIM is still going to offer the leather swivel holster that a lot of people were [...]
Connecting with Enterprise Developers and IT Admins at the BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour
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Mobile Link At the BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour – Enterprise Edition in Washington, D.C. we managed to chat with Mike, an enterprise developer and IT administrator in attendance. We cover topics like cross-platform Mobile Device Management (MDM), BlackBerry PlayBook tablets, and more.
The BlackBerry Business Social Media Team has a New Community Manager
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Mobile Link Steph Frisina recently joined the BlackBerry Business Social Media Team as a new community manager, and will be kicking off a video leadership series to share RIM’s vision for BlackBerry 10 and the future of mobile computing.
