Have you ever wanted to have a battery on your belt, RIM has! The patent details how RIM is planing to use flexible batteries in their holsters that will give you that extra charge for your berry on the go. It doesn’t stop there as the holster is said to house it’s own speakers allowing for notifications and ringtone’s to be heard with ease.
Source : Engadget
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11:54 am on May 15, 2012 | Leave a comment
The Porsche Design P’9981 smartphone by Blackberry has just been awarded “Smartphone of the Year 2012” by a distinguished jury at the renowned Plus X Award. The sleek one-of-a-kind device includes a typical straight-line and “puristic”design by Porsche Design and innovative technologies from BlackBerry.
The Plus X Award is awarded in the categories technology, sport and lifestyle paying particular attention on innovative and future-oriented products that distinguish themselves from others by an aptly named Plus X Factor.
Axel Kettenring, Managing Director RIM Germany, says: “We are very proud to receive this seal of quality. Receiving the Plus X Award for the Porsche Design P’9981 smartphone confirms we are operating at the cutting edge with our demand for design and quality.”
Source : Porsche Design Press Release
Monday morning update! A new version of BlackBerry Bridge was released today. This is a smaller update but does include a fix for issues around Bridge being disabled after a Blackberry OS 7.1 upgrade. If your feeling the itch to download the latest version of Blackberry Bridge check out the link below.
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12:54 pm on May 9, 2012 | Leave a comment
As mentioned before RIM has been very faithful to their physical keyboard in the past and it doesn’t look like that is going to change either. A patent back from ’09 for an “Angular keyboard” has had some life breathed back into it, as RIM continues to try out all kinds of different keyboards this one is said to be more for the chubby fingered individuals out there. As you can tell in the picture above, the angled keys would make texting and emailing a little easier for our chubby fingered friends.
Source : Engadget
Today RIM officially launched the new 9320 Curve, you may have heard about this device and that it will be coming with its own dedicated BBM button for all you non-stop messengers, very cool! No word on pricing or who will be carrying the new device but we will keep you posted, as for the OS it will be hitting the streets with Blackberry OS 7.1.
For those of you who like it official, click the link below to check out the press release from RIM.
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9:05 am on May 7, 2012 | Leave a comment
After looking over theses new screenshot’s I found myself salivating slightly, just wait until you look at these leaked images of the new BlackBerry 10 software. The pictures have been found floating around the web recently and have been generating some buzz. They show more details about the everyday functionality of the new BlackBerry 10 OS, with some very cool new tricks and treats built into the software. If these pictures turn out to be true, RIM may very well have a few more surprises up their sleeves. Enjoy!
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For those that blog, this is an especially relevant update. WordPress for the BlackBerry PlayBook has been updated this morning to v2.1. Since PlayBook apps don’t yet have change logs enabled, we’re not exactly sure what has changed or been added in this release. Since it has made the jump from 2.0 to 2.1, we can assume there are some significant new features or fixes in this release. If you’re a PlayBook WordPress user, grab the update form the link below and let us know what you find.
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1:15 pm on May 2, 2012 | Leave a comment
Today Thorsten Heins made clear the speculation that RIM is NOT abandoning the physical keyboard that so many of us have grown to love. During a Q & A session he said “We want the typing experience on BlackBerry to be the best in the World… both touchscreen and physical keyboard”. So unless he is just toying with us we can expect to see some type BB 10 device with a physical keyboard in the future, one with a killer keyboard by the sounds of it.
Source : crackberry
The Blackberry Playbook is rumoured to be getting an update to OS 2.1 in the coming months. Thanks to some lucky people attending the shindig down in Orlando, it has been reported that the Playbook will be releasing a developers build by the end of the month and should be releasing it to the rest of us sometime around the beginning of the summer!
It looks as though this could be a rather hefty update, check out some of the new features listed below.
Source : Berryreview.com
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2:59 pm on May 1, 2012 | Leave a comment
As we all know by now, RIM is giving out a limited number of BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha Developer phones to attendees of the BlackBerry 10 JAM this week. We’ve seen tons of photos of the device in the past few days, so now we’re going to take a look at the actual device specs and content.
The Dev Alpha looks exactly like a mini-PlayBook tablet. It has the same feel as the PlayBook but with a slightly different configuration. The Dev Alpha’s cameras have been shifted so that the device functions primarily in portrait mode. The device is running the core OS of BlackBerry 10, meaning the speed, functionality, and usability of BlackBerry 10 is all there. The one thing you’ll notice; however, is that the Dev Alpha OS doesn’t look like what we saw Thorsten Heins present at the keynote. That’s because this unit is running BlackBerry 10 skinned over with the PlayBook UI. Head past the break for more on the Dev Alpha, including the full specs.
The team at Kisai Labs has updated their popular Twitter app, Blaq for the BlackBerry PlayBook, to v1.8. This new version addresses some common issues while also adding some new features. As usual with Blaq updates, the change log is massive! The biggest new feature that they have added in this release is the threaded messages view. This allows you to see your Twitter conversations in an easy-to-read, threaded format. You can view the full change log for this update past the break. If you want to download Blaq for your PlayBook, it’ll run you $1.99 and can be had at the link below.
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9:50 am on May 1, 2012 | Leave a comment
[To view this video on your BlackBerry, Click Here]
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins just showed off an amazing video preview of the coming BlackBerry 10 phones. Even if you weren’t at BlackBerry World 2012, you too can now check out this awesome video. Just hit play or click the link above to check it out!
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9:46 am on May 1, 2012 | Leave a comment
RIM has made the first Beta version of Cascades for BlackBerry 10 OS available. The Cascades site, which is linked to below, offers application samples, code framework examples, and downloads of the Cascades SDK. If you’re a developer working towards BlackBerry 10, this is one SDK you MUST have. Grab it at the link below and get started developing today!
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9:36 am on May 1, 2012 | Leave a comment
Here’s the first image of the new BlackBerry 10 User Interface. The keynote is happening now so there is more to come! This new UI is absolutely beautiful and is going to revolutionize the mobile space!
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9:21 am on May 1, 2012 | Leave a comment
RIM has officially released the first BlackBerry 10 Native Development Kit to developers. Here’s the press release:
Developers get powerful tools in advance to build apps that deliver highly engaging mobile experiences for users
BlackBerry World 2012 / BlackBerry 10 Jam – Orlando, FL – - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today unveiled its vision for the BlackBerry® 10 platform at the BlackBerry World™ conference in Orlando, Florida and released the initial developer toolkit for native and HTML5 software development. The toolkit is available in beta as a free download from http://developer.blackberry.com.
“BlackBerry 10 builds upon the core values and exceptional user experiences that have attracted more than 77 million BlackBerry customers around the world today,” said Alec Saunders, Vice President, Developer Relations and Ecosystems Development. “Developers building for BlackBerry 10 will be able to easily create the kind of cutting-edge apps that deliver truly engaging experiences and ‘wow’ customers, whether through integration with native features and other apps like BBM or by leveraging the new signature design elements of this new and powerful mobile computing platform.”
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