I have talked to a bunch of people about RIM’s latest product the BlackBerry PlayBook and they all seemed to have the same question.: Why do we have to tether our BlackBerry? Well we cananswer that question. The answer is the PlayBook must be connected wirelessly to a BlackBerry smartphone in order to access PIM-related functions [...]
Video: QNX Car concept integrates with PlayBook hands-on
January 10, 2011 By 1 Comment
RIM was not the only company at CES 2011 displaying the BlackBerry PlayBook. QNX was also displaying the PlayBook inside the QNX concept car. The QNX concept car was showing how the BlackBerry PlayBook intergrates with a car. The demo shows us how media can be displayed on the cars main from multiple devices. Terminal Mode will be used to replicate the [...]
Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis Talks About The Future Plans For BlackBerry – “Super Phone”
January 6, 2011 By 1 Comment
In an interview with PCMag’s Sascha Segan at CES, RIM’s Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis had a lot to talk about. Mike Lazaridis went into some details about RIM’s plan for a BlackBerry “super phone” stating: We are in Vegas let’s party!! Haha Just kidding. The future BlackBerry ”super phone” will run a scaled down version of RIM’s QNX OS running on [...]
Analyst says BlackBerry PlayBook battery issues could delay launch!?!
December 28, 2010 By 1 Comment
Analyst Shaw Wu from Kaufman Brothers states “RIM may be forced to delay the release of its first tablet computer, the BlackBerry PlayBook.” Wu also states he is hearing that the PlayBook “needs to improve its relatively poor battery life of a few hours compared to 6 hours for the Samsung Galaxy Tab and 10 hours for [...]
Playbook Walkthrough Video from BGR
December 8, 2010 By 1 Comment
Mobile Video Link Since the Playbook was announced at DevCon10 we have seen a multitude of videos and pics pop up. Today The Boy Genius Report posted another video walkthrough that is one of the best so far. You can really see what the new QNX OS is able to do, and the multitasking blows [...]
Is RIM working on a 3D device? Is this why they acquired TAT?
December 8, 2010 By 1 Comment
Mobile Link Is RIM working on a 3D device? Is this why they acquired TAT? So many questions without answers… RIM recently announced that they have acquired The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) to help with their QNX OS interface and that is all we know. The rumor mill is hard at work now that TechRadarcame across the below videos from TAT. [...]
QNX comming to BlackBerry when dual core processors are ready
December 7, 2010 By 2 Comments
Mike Lazaridis Co-CEO of RIM went on record today stating that they will bring QNX to the Blackberry Smartphone platform once the Dual core CPUs are available to handle it. This comes on the heels of the Nexus S being released with a single core processor despite the rumor it would release with a multi-core [...]
Skyfire Returning to BlackBerry??
November 18, 2010 By 1 Comment
A while back when everyone was still sorting out the 3rd party browser offerings, there were quite a few different offerings. One of them that fell off the map after a while due to lack of popularity and the developers not putting stock in BlackBerry. Well then a funny thing happens… OS6 comes around with [...]
RIM Co CEO Jim Balsillie Give Short Live Demo Of The Playbook
November 16, 2010 By 1 Comment
Earlier today the comparison video of the Playbook vs. the iPad, where we saw the pure power of the Playbook. Well the guys over at Engadget were able to get a short little hands on demo by Jim Balsillie himself in a hotel hallway. Obviously the entire Blackberry community is eagerly awaiting the Playbook, [...]
Rumors: Storm 3 Still In The Works With A QNX OS??
November 10, 2010 By 1 Comment
More rumors have come out today regarding the much discussed Storm 2.5/3. The guys over at Gizmofusion received some information from a “reliable source” that RIM was very close to releasing the Storm refresh and then finally realized that it would not be in their best interest. We have talked about it over and over [...]
Rumors:What is The Blackberry 9900????
November 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Well if you have been wondering what RIM has coming up next, the gang over at BerryReview have just got tipped off about some internal screen shots that show a Blackberry 9900. These photos are from a Vodafone Germany internal system showing a 9900 battery door cover. Our minds are going a mile a minute [...]
RealVNC and QNX to support terminal mode – Control your BB through any car touch screen
October 29, 2010 By 2 Comments
Mobile Link Most of you know about QNX since they are the ones developing the BlackBerry PlayBooks OS. QNX has been around the block a time or two, They have developed systems for automotive, appliances and other type of electronics. QNX was most likely one of RIM’s the best investments in years. Press Release: RealVNC announces support for Nokia’s [...]
“Q” Your Next New Car
October 25, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Thinking of buying a new car with that sweet touch Navi screen? With some new cars, you will be able to connect your Berry to that in-dash piece of technology. It is not the Bluetooth that most are used to these days. That is simply for calls or media. What if you could control every [...]
RIM To Give Free Playbook’s To Developers Who Get Their Apps In Appworld
October 25, 2010 By 1 Comment
Now this is a great offer from RIM to all you developers, or anyone wanting to get into developing for the Blackberry platform. RIM has decided to give a free Playbook to any developer that makes an app for the Playbook and has it accepted into Appworld!! This offer is even making me want to [...]
Playbook Is Left Running A Demo App, Not An Early QNX OS
October 21, 2010 By 1 Comment
After RIM announced the Playbook at DEVCON10 people have been speculating whether or not it will be released by the holidays. We here at Nerdberry believe that RIM should take their time and not rush the tablet, and therefore we think that RIM will release the device in Q1 of 2011. Recently eWeek was able [...]
RIM To Launch Playbook By February-March 2011??
October 14, 2010 By 1 Comment
Since it’s announcement at DEVCON10 the Playbook has been a hot topic with Blackberry lovers, well today it seems that there is a rumor regarding the launch dates. It was fairly obvious during DEVCON10 that the Playbook was not ready to be truly unleashed as no one had access to it, rather they were protected [...]
Storm 3 Still In The Works?!
October 14, 2010 By 1 Comment
“The next couple of quarters may be better than we initially thought,” states the research note, “due to the launch of a non-haptic touch Storm 3 (Nov) and PlayBook (late Feb/early Mar). But we maintain our Hold rating as we wait for evidence of not just sell-in strength, but sell-through demand and pull.” The Jefferies [...]
BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet OS (QNX Features)
September 28, 2010 By 1 Comment
QNX WILL run JAVA BlackBerry apps It will also run quite a few other rendering engines like Adobe Air, Flash, and environments Multicore processing with distributed computing will be awesome When you switch between applications they will actually run in the background When you develop a BlackBerry app you will be able to publish, sign, [...]
RIM VP Confirms QNX OS Will Replace BlackBerry OS
September 28, 2010 By 1 Comment
This morning at DevCon, a RIM VP confirmed that the QNX operating system announced in their new PlayBook tablet would be in fact replaceing the existing BlackBerry OS. He also went on to say that BlackBerry 7 would likely be the time to make the full switch for BlackBerry smartphones.This confirmation isn’t a surprise, considering all [...]
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 [...]
