Posts tagged: blackberry
Viber Arrives on BlackBerry and Windows Phone
Starting today, the owners of devices running under Research In Motion’s BlackBerry operating system or under Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform can download and install the Viber application on their devices. Viber is a chat app that allows users to make free calls with their friends and family, as ...
Unannounced BlackBerry 10 devices revealed by developer phone
A number of unannounced devices currently being developed by Research In Motion have been revealed by the alpha software included on the developer preview phone the vendor distributed last week. BlackBerry watcher N4BB discovered a number of code-names referencing unannounced BlackBerry devices in RIM’s BlackBerry 10 alpha software, several of which ...
Leaked Doc Shows BlackBerry 10’s Screen Sharing, Lock Screen Notifications
Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is nearing the release of a new flavor of its mobile operating system, namely BlackBerry 10. The company has provided a variety of details on this OS only a few weeks ago, but it appears that it hasn’t delivered all of ...
BlackBerry 10 OS Files Reveal Upcoming Devices: Nevada, Winchester, London and More
RIM’s BlackBerry World 2012 has just closed its gates and developers who attended are still getting acquainted with their newly received BlackBerry 10 prototype devices.For those who don’t know yet, RIM promised that each developer attending this year’s BlackBerry World event will re... (read more)
BlackBerry 7.1 Update Now Available in the UK
The next major software update for BlackBerry 7 operating system has been released a couple of weeks ago. However, until recently, the availability was limited to Canada and a few other countries.Today, RIM has quietly made BlackBerry 7.1 update available in the UK. BlackBerry fans living in the UK probably ...
Blaq for BlackBerry PlayBook 1.8.1 Now Available
A new version of Blaq, the popular Twitter client for Research In Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook, is now available for download, namely 1.8.1. The tablet PC did not arrive on shelves with a native Twitter client inside, but Blaq does the job beautifully, those who took it for a ...
BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha hands-on; meet the elusive BlackBerry Colt
RIM made an unprecedented move earlier this week when it gave away pre-production BlackBerry 10 hardware to developers, but it was a smart one. In order to develop for a brand new operating system and help grow develop support for a new platform, you need to be able to test on ...
BlackBerry 10 Shows a Glimpse at Its Features, Great Predictive Keyboard (Video)
As you may already know, this week the BlackBerry World event is taking place in the US and thanks to it we’ll get to see the BlackBerry 10 OS in action. We also have a clip of the new OS running in the video below, but these are mere seconds ...
BlackBerry 10, webOS and the platform predicament
During the annual Consumer Electronics Show in January 2009, a struggling smartphone company that had once helped shape the mobile industry unveiled its next-generation platform. It was gorgeous. The design was unique and appealing, the gesture-based controls were smart and intuitive, and the company’s new smartphone operating system offered a ...
Even with BlackBerry 10, RIM is still dead
I sat at my computer in amazement a little earlier. Most of me knew that RIM is too damaged and too slow to pivot, and just too out of touch with its customers to know it actually has a chance. But, there was this small part of me that was ...
Live from RIM’s BlackBerry World 2012 keynote!
Research In Motion has its work cut out for it. Apple and Samsung went from dominating the smartphone industry to completely owning it in the first quarter this year, and RIM’s struggles continued as its BlackBerry 7 smartphone lineup really started showing its age. All eyes are on BlackBerry 10 as ...