If you aren’t familiar with the BBM Challenge Council it is “celebrities” from various walks of life chosen to mentor a BBM loving protegé in a series of challenges. The protegé’s will complete challenges and the voting will be opened to the public. In the end the winner will get a free BlackBerry smartphone and will also receive [...]
Posts Tagged ‘news’
BBM Challenge Council Proteges have been chosen, let the games begin!
October 24th, 2011 
B_ren 
Posted in Blackberry, News, RIM 
Tags: BBM, BBM Challenge Council, BBM challenges, BBM winners, blackberry, Blackberry messenger, Contest, news, RIM, voting 
No Comments »
RIM and TVOKids announce 5 new educational apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook
October 20th, 2011 B_ren Today RIM and TVOKids have announced five new PlayBook apps that are geared towards early learners and school aged children. The apps are designed to provide a high level of gaming fun, but also provide education that supports the Ontario school system. Hit the break for the full press release and download links. Source
Posted in Apps, BlackBerry PlayBook Apps, News Tags: apps, blackberry, educational apps, new apps, news, PlayBook aps, press release, RIM, TVOKids, TVOKids PlayBook apps No Comments »
T-Mobile’s Bold 9900 may never get NFC functionality
October 20th, 2011 B_ren While NFC hasn’t been fully implemented as a useful feature yet, it is nice to know that a device has the ability to use it in the future. The T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold 9900 did not launch with NFC enabled, and it looks like it may never receive it either.
Posted in News, NFC, Rumors, T-Mobile Tags: BlackBerry Bold 9900, BlackBerry Bold 9900, carrier restrictions, news, NFC, restrictions, RIM, Rumors, T-mobile No Comments »
Gist for BlackBerry updated to v1.6.12
October 20th, 2011 B_ren If you are unfamiliar with Gist for BlackBerry it is a enhanced contact list that pulls all calls, email, social media from your contacts into one profile. The latest update for Gist brings the version to 1.6.12 and comes with some nice new features. Hit the break for the change-log and download link for Gist. Source
Posted in App Updates, Apps, Blackberry, News Tags: App Updates, apps, blackberry, BlackBerry Apps, contact profiles, enhanced contacts, news, RIM No Comments »
Porsche designed BlackBerry set to be officially announced on October 27th
October 20th, 2011 B_ren Love it or hate it the Porsche designed BlackBerry that we have seen numerous times is apparently going to be officially announced on October 27th. The BlackBerry Bold 9980, aka the “Knight”, was originally rumored to be a QNX BlackBerry which of course made no sense. After a few more leaks it was determined that the 9980 [...]
Posted in Blackberry, News, Rumors Tags: blackberry, BlackBerry Bold 9980, blackberry knight, custom design, new device, news, Porsche, Porsche designs, RIM, Rumors No Comments »
Kindle and many other Android apps now working on the PlayBook thanks to the Android Player Repackaging Tools
October 19th, 2011 B_ren With the release of the developer beat of the PlayBook os 2.0 update we now have the ability to load Android apps that have been converted from .APK files to .BAR files. Among them the Kindle app has been converted and will now work on your PlayBook, this is especially nice considering Amazon is getting [...]
Official Facebook Messenger app comes to BlackBerry
October 19th, 2011 B_ren If you are a dedicated Facebook fein that also uses a BlackBerry then you are in luck today. The official Facebook Messenger app is now available for most BlackBerry devices. The app will allow you to easily send a message to your Facebook friends that are delivered to them by notifications and texts directly to [...]
Posted in Apps, Blackberry, News Tags: apps, blackberry, facebook, Facebook Messenger, IM+, instant messages, new apps, news No Comments »
Updated your PlayBook to the 2.0 beta and want Bridge items to work? We may have an answer
October 19th, 2011 B_ren I am sure that I am not alone in this one, but I of course updated my PlayBook to the developer beta of version 2.0 and have since been missing my Bridge functionality. Well I stumbled upon a neat little fix today while roaming around on Twitter, and while I have not been able [...]
Posted in Blackberry PlayBook, News, QNX, Rumors, Tips & Tricks Tags: BBM, BlackBerry Bridge, Bridge items, devcon, developers beta, messages, news, Playbook, PlayBook 2.0 beat, runmors, tips and Tricks No Comments »
RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie confirms the BBX name, and claims it will “leapfrog” the competition
October 17th, 2011 B_ren With BlackBerry DevCon 2011 starting tomorrow it looks like RIM is already putting their game face on. In an interview RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie has confirmed that the next generation BlackBerry OS will receive the BBX name. Jim also went on to state that RIM has had to re-engineer themselves for the future and BBX [...]
Posted in BBX, DevCon, News, Rumors Tags: BBX, blackberry, BlackBerry X, devcon, future of RIM, Jim Balsillie, new operating system, news, RIM, Rumors 1 Comment »
BlackBerry Desktop Manager v2.2.0.17 for Mac now available for download
October 17th, 2011 B_ren If you are a BlackBerry user who also owns a Mac then you will want to grab this one as soon as possible. It is no secret that Mac users have not had the best Desktop Manager software over the last few years, and any update is more than welcome. If you already have the [...]
Posted in Desktop Manager, News Tags: blackberry, Desktop Manager for Mac, Desktop Manger, mac, news, official release, official update, RIM, updates 1 Comment »
