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BlackBerry Tablet OS v1.0.3 Rolling Out By Tomorrow – Brings Video Chat, BBM and More!

May 2, 2011 | By Scott | 9 Comments

So far BlackBerry World 2011 has been packed full of news. The latest news from RIM is that PlayBook owners will be receiving a pretty big update for their tablet. The BlackBerry Tablet OS will update to version 1.0.3 and will bring BlackBerry PlayBook Video Chat, BBM via Bridge, Bookmark options, and Documents to Go [...]

BlackBerry Bold Touch to include Wikitude Augmented Reality Browser

May 2, 2011 | By Scott | 1 Comment

Along with the BlackBerry Bold Touch announcement this morning, Wikitude announced that their Wikitude World Browser will come pre-loaded on the new Bold Touch smartphones. The Wikitude World Browser overlays information on what the user sees through the device’s camera. Here’s a sniplet from the press release below: “As well as providing more than 150 [...]

T-Mobile announces 4G BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 Coming Later This Year

May 2, 2011 | By Scott | 9 Comments

With the announcement of the BlackBerry Bold Touch smartphones earlier this morning, T-Mobile USA became the first carrier to announce they will be carrying it. T-Mobile will be launching the 4G powered BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 later this year. T-Mobile announced the new Bold is coming via Twitter: The just-announced BlackBerry Bold 9900 will be [...]

High Resolution Images of BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900/9930

May 2, 2011 | By Scott | Add a Comment

Earlier this morning RIM announced the latest to their BlackBerry Bold portfolio, the new Bold Touch 9900 series. I’ve been waiting for RIM to upload the press images to their website, and they’re finally available. As you can see from the high resolution shots it’s beautiful! The Bold Touch 9900/9930 measures in at 10.5mm thin, [...]

TAT’s Scrapbook App for BlackBerry PlayBook Now Available!

May 2, 2011 | By Scott | 5 Comments

Way back before the PlayBook was released to the public, TAT demoed a couple really cool apps, including the scrapbook app. Well today RIM released the scrapbook app into the wild! It’s free of charge and allows create scrapbook pages, organize them, and browse your creations from a cool clothes line style list. Now that [...]

BlackBerry Brige Update Coming Soon – Will Bring BBM With It. Download it OTA here!

May 2, 2011 | By Scott | Add a Comment

Since getting my BlackBerry PlayBook on launch day, I haven’t been able to use BlackBerry Bridge, one of the core features of the PlayBook. After speaking with RIM tech support for many hours they told me an update was coming over the weekend for the Bridge app and the PlayBook OS. It obviously didn’t happen. [...]

RIM Launches BlackBerry Balance for Work-Life Balance on BlackBerry [#bbwc]

May 2, 2011 | By Scott | 1 Comment

WATERLOO, ONTARIO – Research In Motion (RIM) is advancing work-life balance on BlackBerry(R) smartphones with BlackBerry(R) Balance(TM) – new technology that makes possible the convenience of using a single BlackBerry smartphone for both work and personal purposes without compromising the security of company content and the privacy of personal content. RIM is introducing this technology [...]

RIM Announces BlackBerry Mobile Voice System 5 with Voice Over Wi-Fi Calling for Avaya and Legacy Nortel Systems

May 2, 2011 | By Scott | 4 Comments

VoIP and SIP Compatible Platform Enables Integration with More In-Market and Legacy Phone Systems; Extends BlackBerry MVS to Unified Communications Application Development WATERLOO, ONTARIO - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) is helping more businesses bring together the desk phone and smartphone. RIM today announced plans to make BlackBerry(R) Mobile Voice System 5 (BlackBerry MVS 5) [...]

RIM Announces Multi-Platform BlackBerry Enterprise Solution for Smartphones and Tablets

May 2, 2011 | By Scott | Add a Comment

WATERLOO, ONTARIO – Research In Motion (RIM) is announcing today plans for a multi-platform BlackBerry Enterprise Solution for managing and securing mobile devices for enterprises and government organizations. The solution will make available the market-leading management, security and controls of BlackBerry(R) Enterprise Server and BlackBerry(R) Enterprise Server Express for BlackBerry(R) devices plus, through RIM’s pending [...]

RIM Announces New Video Chat Application for the BlackBerry PlayBook [#bbwc]

May 2, 2011 | By Scott | 1 Comment

WATERLOO, ONTARIO – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today announced the availability of the BlackBerry(R) PlayBook(TM) Video Chat application – an easy and fun way for friends and family to place and receive video calls between BlackBerry(R) PlayBook(TM) tablets over an internet connected Wi-Fi(R) network. “BlackBerry is a renowned mobile communication solution for connecting users [...]

Introducing the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900/9930 Smartphones [#bbwc]

May 2, 2011 | By Scott | 2 Comments

It’s time to kick off the BlackBerry World 2011 Conference. RIM just sent out a ton of press releases this morning, announcing several new features for the BlackBerry PlayBook, and now the Bold Touch smartphone. RIM has announced the Bold Touch 9900 and 9930 smartphones. The Bold Touch 9900 is the 4G/GSM/HSPA model, and the [...]

RIM Announces New Facebook App for BlackBerry PlayBook [#bbwc]

May 2, 2011 | By Scott | 2 Comments

We had a feeling it was coming after we saw the leaked image of the BlackBerry Bold Touch (which was also announced today) with the PlayBook rocking the Facebook app. It looks like a native Facebook app for the BlackBerry PlayBook will be showcased this week at BlackBerry World 2011, and then available for download [...]