Archive for March, 2011
Official: BlackBerry PlayBook Launches April 19th in Canada and USA
Finally the official news we’ve all been waiting for! RIM has just announced the Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry PlayBook is set to go on sale April 19th in both Canada and the United States. The PlayBook is expected to be available in three sizes 16GB, 32GB and 64GB, and like we expected pricing will be $499, [...]
Sprint landing page for 4G BlackBerry PlayBook Goes Live!
We knew that Sprint would be getting a 4G enabled BlackBerry PlayBook tablet sometime this year, but now they’ve officially confirmed it. BGR picked up the news that Sprint is now taking registrations for the 4G PlayBook. Sprint is expected to launch the long awaited 4G PlayBook this Summer, but pricing is still unknown at [...]
BlackBerry PlayBook Coming to UK in June…
Some sad news to report today. A new leaked document showing upcoming phones and tablets for UK carrier Three shows the BlackBerry PlayBook isn’t launching until June. Three is expected to launch the Wi-Fi only model of the BlackBerry PlayBook, along with several other smartphones and tablets. We haven’t confirmed if June is only for [...]
Koodo Mobile to release BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300
Koodo Mobile launched BlackBerry service roughly a year ago, and ever since then they’ve only had only model, the CDMA Curve 8530. Now our friends at MobileSyrup are reporting that Koodo is gearing up for a couple new smartphones, including the BlackBerry Curve 3G 9300. The Curve 3G will make a great addition to Koodo’s [...]
GetGlue For BlackBerry v1.0 Is Available In BlackBerry App World
The Social Network for entertainment, allowing you to find new favorites, earn stickers and discounts. GetGlue is social networking for movies, shows, music, tv, and books. You can check in, rate things, and have the opportunity to win free stuff. The app is free, the social network is free, so what have you got to [...]
Facebook for BlackBerry Version 2.0 with Chat now in Limited Beta
Facebook has played a huge role in the social networking world. Until now BlackBerry smartphones were always a little behind in the times, when compared to other devices like iPhone and Android. But good news rolled out today from RIM with the announcement that they have opened a limited beta for the new Facebook for [...]
Microsoft announces Free BES Cloud Hosting… Is RIM next?
Every time I see the words Microsoft and RIM in the same story I think back to a couple years ago, when Microsoft was rumored several times to be buying RIM. However this story is quiet different! Apparently Microsoft just shared the news that they have cut the normal $10/month fee for BES down to [...]
BlackBerry Traffic updated to Version 2.0 — Available in Beta Zone
BlackBerry Traffic is one of those apps that I haven’t used too much, but apparently some people love it. Well for those who do use it, RIM has just updated it to version 2.0 and it’s now available from the BlackBerry Beta Zone. The new updated version brings: Complete UI revamp – You asked for [...]
WordPress For BlackBerry Updates to v1.4.6.2
WordPress for BlackBerry has updated in BlackBerry App World and in the WordPress for BlackBerry website. There’s no current changelog for what has been updated, so we’ve included the features that were improved in the previous version.
RIM Announces BBM Social Platform for BlackBerry Developers
Back at DEVCON 2010, RIM announced the BBM Social Platform for BlackBerry developers. Today RIM made it available in open beta! While this wasn’t the press release I was waiting for from RIM, it is great news for developers. The new BBM SDK will allow developers to: access and update fields in the user’s profile [...]
BreakingNews App for BlackBerry Brings RSS Feeds to Home Screen
Here’s a great app for your BlackBerry smartphone. It’s called BreakingNews and is designed by Shao-Soft. The purpose of BreakingNews is to bring up to 5 RSS feeds that will scroll across your home screen to keep you in sync with the latest news. Currently BreakingNews is in public beta and can be downloaded free [...]
Winners Of The PrivacyStar Giveaway Announced!
We ran our contest for the PrivacyStar subscriptions and we have three winners. We’d like to thank First Orion for the contest as well as our readers for participating and congratulate them on their prizes. And the winners are…
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