If you are like me you have been looking for that perfect LinkedIn application for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Well Milton Cheung from techfruits.com reached out to me to let me know about his latest application for the BlackBerry PlayBook inLink. inLink has to be by far the best Linked In application I have used for [...]
Which Is The Better Deal Costwise, BBM Or SMS?
August 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If you guessed BBM, you would be correct. According to Seeking Alpha, RIM has a secret weapon in BBM in developing countries, as well as BIS. Smart phones are expensive to pay for month to month even in North America. So you can probably imagine that poorer countries, it would be a lot harder to [...]
Official OS 7.1.0.569 from Claro Peru for the BlackBerry P’9981
August 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
For those of you lucky enough to be able to spend the cash for a P’9981, there is a new official OS from Claro Peru for you. No word yet on what is new, if anything, in this build, but you can expect bug fixes and the usual tune ups. Please remember that if Claro [...]
Will BlackBerry 10 signal the death of BIS/BES requirements for new devices?
August 21, 2012 By 2 Comments
Shortly after BlackBerry World in May, we got some word from a source that BlackBerry 10 devices would no longer access the BlackBerry servers in the current manner. We were unable to verify this rumor, but it did make sense with what we were seeing with the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device, as well we [...]
BlackBerry Buddy Kiosks Headed to Malls in South Africa
August 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Research In Motion is currently setting up what they have dubbed “BlackBerry Buddy” kiosks in Major South African malls. The Buddy kiosks are offering support, advice, and even software update’s. I can see how this is a great step toward helping elevate customer service calls to the wireless carriers.
PDF Creator Ultimate Free and Paid Versions for BlackBerry Updated to v2.3
August 21, 2012 By 1 Comment
PDF Creator Ultimate Free and Paid versions have been updated in the BlackBerry App World to version 2.3.Take pictures with your camera, edit the images, convert all of them into a PDF and send the PDF by email. It’s that simple with PDF Creator Ultimate! You don’t need to scan your documents using an office [...]
RIM is truly embracing open source development for BlackBerry 10
August 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
RIM has definitely put more of a focus on developers, and general development for BlackBerry 10 than we have seen on previous OS updates. Today on Twitter RIM’s Senior Director of Open Source, @pelegri, announced that they have surpassed 237 open source samples.
Shazam Reaches Major Milestone – Fans Use the App to Discover and Experience Five Billion Songs, TV Shows and Ads
August 20, 2012 By 1 Comment
Growth and popularity establishes Shazam as an unparalleled media engagement experience for its fans LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Shazam®, the world’s leading media engagement company, today announced it has reached a major milestone – fans around the world have used the service to identify songs and experience more with TV shows and ads over five billion times. P!nk’s [...]
Twitter for BlackBerry (T4BB) Updated to v3.2.0.5 In the BlackBerry Beta Zone
August 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Twitter for BlackBerry has been updated to version 3.2.0.5 in the BlackBerry Beta Zone. Stay connected to the people, information and news you care about on Twitter, with the high-quality experience you expect on a BlackBerry smartphone. Hit the break to find out what’s new with version 3.2.0.5.
Feed the Kitten Both Paid and Free Versions Now Available
August 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Feed the Kitten is a Cut the Rope clone and is very fun for all ages. Kittens grow so fast! Kittens are always hungry! Feed your Kitten with a fish hanging on the thread. Cut threads with your finger and avoid obstacles to deliver a tasty snack to your Kittens belly.
Cellular Country’s BlackBerry 9300 Curve is now Unlocked
August 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The BlackBerry 9300 Curve that Cellular Country offers is now unlocked. The BlackBerry 9300 Curve that Cellular Country offers is now unlocked. The announcement just came moments after the company decided to display the latest BlackBerry cell phones on their product lineup. With the move, Cellular Country is offering customers a more flexible smartphone.
Blackberry 10 Alpha Device Developers Get Free Passes To Blackberry Jam
August 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Apparently if you have a Blackberry 10 Alpha device, you should have already received an email stating that you get a free pass to Blackberry Jam Americas. Regular registration can be found here, but you should have an email in your inbox with the actual link to the free pass. If you have the opportunity [...]
Future Shop drops the 16GB PlayBook to $149
August 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
With the launch of the 4G PlayBook we are continuing to see price drops on the WiFi only models. Future Shop is Canada now has the 16GB WiFi only PlayBook on sale for $149 until September 6th. The other WiFi models (32GB and 64GB) have also seen a price drop, however the 16GB price if [...]
BlackBerry Launches the iAfya app for users in Kenya
August 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
RIM has teamed up with Avallain to make a nutritional app for BlackBerry users in Kenya. The app provides users with basic nutritional and first aid information, as well as the ability to contact a health worker. This app provides some great tools and resources for BlackBerry users in Kenya, and with the language tab [...]
RIM cuts 95 jobs in Nova Scotia via teleconference according to former employee
August 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
There were no delusions that RIM would making cuts to their workforce over the next little while. The latest cuts have it the Bedford facility in Nova Scotia where approximately 400, mainly customer service, employees worked. While the talk of cuts isn’t that uncommon at this point, however the way in which it was apparently [...]
Stump The Devs, RIM Puts Out A Challenge For UI Developers
August 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Now this is an interesting challenge. RIM wants you to make a mock up that would be difficult to implement in their Cascades UI Framework. You have to make it as hard as possible for their development team. Submit it to Twitter and they will show the best three in September. And then they will [...]
RIM Updates The Ripple Emulator
August 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Ripple Emulator was updated with some new features. What’s in the update?: Adds emulation for the new APIs delivered in the latest BlackBerry WebWorks SDK releases Enhanced support for the Apache Cordova emulation
Action Starts Here Campaign Continues With Contest: Win A Bold, Torch Or Curve
August 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
There was an ad spread in India’s major newspaper, and then a sing along commercial. Next up? A contest. Blackberry India is putting on the contest, so what do you have to do? Aside from being at least 18 and a resident of India.
Traffic Cops in Bangalore India give out tickets via their BlackBerry
August 16, 2012 By 1 Comment
In an attempt to go paperless, the traffic police officers in Bangalore India are now issuing tickets straight from their BlackBerry. The initial pilot program in Bangalore has been so successful that the whole region is now switching to this new paperless system. ”As many as 250 traffic officers of the rank of Assistant Sub-Inspectors, [...]
RIM publishes changes in upcoming BlackBerry Enterprise Server v5.0.4
August 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
While RIM has not the latest BlackBerry Enterprise v5.0.4 official, they have managed to make the changes in this new service pack official by publishing the change log for it. RIM did this by releasing the changes in a Knowledge base article on their site. If you aren’t a BES IT manager this probably isn’t [...]
