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PlayBook’s Android app support explored

Chris Davies, Feb 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM's PlayBook tablet has finally taken off its training wheels - after ten months of suckling at your smartphone - and it's PlayBook OS 2.0's newfound Android abilities that are coming in for the most attention. The updated platform supports select Android apps, and efforts have been underway for some time figuring out which of the popular titles for Google's platform will also play nicely on RIM's tablet. Read The Full Story

PlayBook OS 2.0 finally released

Chris Davies, Feb 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM has released BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 for its 7-inch tablet, finally adding much-needed features like a native email app and social networking integration, as well as turning your BlackBerry phone into a remote control. The free upgrade is available today, bringing with it select Android app compatibility; RIM says the BlackBerry App World is also being updated with “a range” of Android apps that will work with the PlayBook.

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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 launches Feburary 21

Rue Liu, Feb 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

The much delayed updated to RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook seems confirmed for release on February 21, if internal marketing docs obtained by Engadget prove to be accurate. The update is expected to show at Mobile World Congress later this month, but now we have a more precise date for anxious PlayBook owners. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: February 15, 2012

Mark Raby, Feb 15th 2012 Discuss [0]

Welcome to the 15th of February, everyone. Not only is it hump day for the week but also for the month. February has now just passed the half-way point but before we start steaming ahead to the rest of the month, let's see what made news today. First up, AT&T has expanded its 4G LTE network coverage to include Florida and North Carolina, just in time for a new slate of capable smartphones. Read The Full Story

Reviews

BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 Review

Chris Davies, Feb 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

At first glance, Porsche Design and BlackBerry might not make obvious bed-fellows. Still, the car firm’s aesthetically-obsessed arm has taken up with Canada’s finest, and the Porsche Design P’9981 is the result: maple syrup by way of Stuttgart. The less forgiving might draw comparisons between Porsche’s legendary reluctance to diverge from its original 1963 car design, and BlackBerry’s struggle to break free of its old OS. The frugal will likely be too busy gaping at the $2,350 price tag. So, Porsche or Pinto? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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RIM’s Blackberry 10 gets new leaked photos

Mark Raby, Feb 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

New pictures of what is reported to be Research in Motion's next-generationg Blackberry operating system have surfaced, and they show a platform that looks like a mix of Windows Phone's large home-screen widgets and Android's app selection menu. In other words, it's a Blackberry OS that actually belongs in the 21st century, but the question is whether or not it's too little too late. Read The Full Story

RIM feared “morons from outside” in CEO hunt says director

Chris Davies, Feb 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM's choice for its new CEO was either look internally to save the BlackBerry business or "hand it over to children, or morons from the outside who will destroy the company" according to one outspoken board member. Roger Martin, who has been on the RIM board for around five years, dismisses suggestions that the company should have junked co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis several years back, telling The Globe and Mail that the best strategy was that RIM "try to build our way to having succession." Read The Full Story

StatCounter says 8.5% of Internet usage comes from mobile

Mark Raby, Feb 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

A new study from research group StatCounter has found that 8.5% of the world's Internet usage comes from a mobile device. And when StatCounter says "mobile" device, they're talking about the purest form - cell phones only. Tablets were not included in the data. So the question is - is this a big number or should it be bigger? The answer is pretty obvious when you look at how the stats have changed over the last couple years. Read The Full Story

Blackberry getting dumped by Haliburton for iPhone

Rue Liu, Feb 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM may be facing another blow in the enterprise arena that it once dominated. According to a leaked memo obtained by AppleInsider, Haliburton, the world's largest energy service company, is reportedly planning to transition its employees away from BlackBerry devices to iPhones. The transition is expected to roll out in phases over the next two years. Read The Full Story

RIM to abandon multi-platform BBM and BB10 licensing says analyst

Chris Davies, Feb 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM is likely to abandon any ambitions of licensing BlackBerry 10 to rivals and ditch the possibility of a BlackBerry Messenger client for iOS and Android, it's suggested, as the company attempts to leverage its "integrated solution" instead. Jefferies analyst Peter Misek says his company's checks found RIM "will delay and possibly abandon its OS licensing plans," Forbes reports, and that despite having met - and liked - new CEO Thorsten Heins, he believes his near-term strategy is significantly flawed. Read The Full Story

PlayBook free per Android App says desperate RIM

Chris Burns, Feb 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM's VP of developer relations Alec Saunders has offered up free PlayBook tablets to Android developers today in exchange for their apps. All they've got to do is make sure they're signed up and have submitted their Android app to BlackBerry's BB AppWorld by the 13th of February. If your humble narrator didn't know any better, it would seem that RIM is desperate not only to get rid of their remaining stock of the PlayBook BlackBerry tablet, but to get Android users interested in working with them, no matter the cost. Read The Full Story