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RIM responds to PlayBook “DingleBerry” jailbreak
Recently a couple of hackers claimed that they managed to jailbreak RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook, leaving RIM to clean up the issue. Research In Motion has issued a statement regarding the jailbreak, and it actually sounds reasonable. RIM’s official response to the matter is: “Research In Motion (RIM) is aware of a claim made on Twitter more »
AT&T announces three new BlackBerry smartphones due out this month
A few months after they were first unveiled AT&T has announced that it will be carrying few new BlackBerry smartphones this month. On November 6 AT&T will start selling the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Torch 9860. In case you’ve forgotten, the 9900 is the top-end standard BlackBerry with a 2.8-inch touchscreen and a physical keyboard. more »
RIM’s new BBX will combine the best of BlackBerry OS and QNX
Image from [Engadget] At DevCon today RIM announced it’s newest mobile OS that will be used in both smartphones and tablets: BBX. BBX will not only unify tablets and smartphones, but it will also combine the best features of the current BlackBerry OS and QNX. The BBX platform will support all the BlackBerry Enterprise and more »
BlackBerry DevCon attendees will get free PlayBooks
Well, it looks like RIM hasn’t completely given up on the BackBerry PlayBook. The company still believes in the seven-inch tablet enough to give it away free to developers. Each developer that signs up for and attends RIM’s BlackBerry DevCon developers’ conference will receive a free 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook. RIM presumably wants to get the more »
Verizon confirms three new BlackBerry devices this year
After Thursday’s earnings call we all know that RIM isn’t doing too well, but there are still some devices coming from the company. There’s the touchscreen BlackBerry Bold, and updates to the Curve and Torch lines coming sometime this year. In a recent interview with BGR, Verizon Wireless CMO Marni Walden has said that the more »
RIM has shipped 500,000 PlayBooks
After all the speculation of just how well the PlayBook was doing in the market we finally have some numbers. Well, we have at least one number. RIM has announced that it has shipped a total of 500,000 BlackBerry PlayBooks. That 500,000 number was actually near the top of the analyst estimates, which is good. more »
BlackBerry Bold 9900 won’t arrive until September
If you’ve been waiting to get your hands on the latest and greatest BlackBerry it looks lik you’ll have to wait just a bit longer. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 has been delayed until September of this year. The RIM BlackBerry Bold 9900 was first announced as coming sometime this Summer. Well, technically it might still more »
RIM co-CEO confirms BlackBerry 6.1 is now BlackBerry 7
Recently we heard that RIM is gearing up for a release of BlackBerry 7 as opposed to the previously announced 6.1. RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie confirmed that the number change is in fact true. According to Balsillie the change in number comes because of how much is included in the update. It seems that there more »
Sprint to get BlackBerry PlayBook on May 8?
One thing was missing when the BlackBerry PlayBook. Well, one thing hardware-wise at least. The tablet shipped with WiFi only, and no 3G or 4G radios built in. We have no idea when exactly we’ll be able to get mobile data in the PlayBook, but one rumor is pointing to May 8 for Sprint. In more »
Telus is offering 45-minute training sessions when you buy a PlayBook
With so many stores offering the PlayBook when it launches on April 19, there has to be some way to differentiate them. Canadian carrier Telus has an interesting way to do so: by offering training sessions to those who buy the tablet from the carrier. If you buy the BlackBerry PlayBook with WiFi from Telus more »
