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The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet couldn’t very well compete with the iPad without something to match iBooks, right? RIM has partnered up with Kobo to provide an electronic novel marketplace for the PlayBook out of the box when it launches early next year. Kobo offers a library of some 2 million-odd titles, ranging in price from…
An overlooked announcement here at DevCon was the release of BlackBerry Theme Studio 6, screenshots of which had leaked a few weeks ago. Even though the tool might be just a little overshadowed by the announcement of the BlackBerry PlayBook, the new studio will allow theme developers to finally start tweaking the BlackBerry Torch 9800’s…
This week at DevCon, RIM is showing off for the first time the Pearl 9100, Curve 3G 9300, and Bold 9700 running their new BlackBerry 6 operating system. RIM didn’t offer anything specific as far as a release timeline goes, but they did imply that the software was mostly in the hands of carriers at…
RIM just announced their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet device, powered by the QNX operating system that the BlackBerry maker recently acquired, at the BlackBerry DevCon 2010 opening keynote in San Francisco. A bunch of RIM higher-ups took to the stage to talk about all kinds of developer-focused services and tools, but the highlight of the 2.5…
We’ve been waiting on a BlackBerry tablet amidst a wash of vague rumours for the last few months, and it all went official at the Developer Conference today. As speculated, the BlackBerry PlayBook is running a new operating system made by QNX, complete with Flash 10.1 support, the WebKit browser, multitasking, and more. So, what…
RIM announced a new enterprise-grade application development tool for BlackBerry today called BEAM, which aims to address challenges in compatibility and connectivity for end-to-end corporate mobility software solutions. What exactly that entails is well over my head, but the BlackBerry Enterprise App Middleware SDK will likely be the first stop for developers working on custom…
Amidst today’s many announcements at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, RIM has said that for a limited time, they will be waiving the usual submission fee to get into their official application portal, App World. This move is reminiscent of Palm’s not too long ago, which puts a dent against my comparison of the two companies.…
It’s what BlackBerry fanatics have been waiting for, and it’s finally here — a tablet computer from RIM. Gone is the BlackPad name, though no one was ever really sure that’s what it would be called, and instead we have the BlackBerry PlayBook. It has multitasking, Flash, music multimedia and despite its capabilities and its…
BlackBerry Widgets, a web-based development platform RIM had released in October, has been renamed WebWorks, and will be an open-source project. Using the BlackBerry Web App Packager, developers will be able to create full-fledged programs using familiar web languages, like HTML5, CSS, XML and the like. RIM made bold claims about their significant contributions to…
RIM has followed-up on the advertising platform and in-app purchaces announced at the last BlackBerry Developer Conference with an official launch. RIM aims to keep things simple, open, flexible, global, and inclusive (as far as ad networks go) with the new program, which can be implemented in BlackBerry apps with as little as three lines…