In a blog post to Windows Phone Developers, Microsoft’s Todd Brix said that their Marketplace will have 3,000 apps by the end of the week, made by more than 15,000 developers saying they’ll make apps for the platform (likely because there’s a fat wad of cash at the end of the rainbow). Promises of making…
BlackBerry PlayBook Pricing Rumoured: 32 GB for $599
The source of a video showing a BlackBerry PlayBook outside the vigilant auspices of RIM PR and marketing has suggested the three price points of the upcoming tablet. Apparently the version with 8 gigabytes of storage is going for $399, the 16 gigabyte one for $499 (both under $500 as promised) and the 32 gigabyte…
REVIEW: BlackBerry Bold 9780 (Same Package, New Insides)
Last year, RIM gave the BlackBerry Bold a much-needed update by slimming its profile, upgrading its camera, and replacing the trackball with a slick optical trackpad. Since then, a bunch of new BlackBerrys have come out with the brand new OS 6, most notably the BlackBerry Style 9670 and the BlackBerry Torch 9800. It’s been…
Apple Poaching BlackBerry Enterprise Sales Staff
In the mobile world, it’s not uncommon to see specialists move from one manufacturer or carrier to another, but it seems like Apple is making a concerted effort to nab enterprise sales staff from BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion. Digging around on LinkedIn has revealed that at least five employees in corporate sales have left RIM…
BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet Makes Cameo in Black Eyed Peas Music Video
The Black Eyed Peas are playing around with the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in their music video for “The Time (Dirty Bit)”. It’s a perfect song for those times you wish you were listening to bastardized oldies in a club full of Lego-people. Although the PlayBook is likely to be a dummy unit with the…
AT&T BlackBerry Bold 9780 Spotted on Video
The BlackBerry Bold 9780 is available across Canada, and T-Mobile launched their version just last week. AT&T should be following suit soon, as some video of a branded version of the refreshed Bold has popped up. This isn’t the first we’ve seen of such a device with AT&T branding, but it sure has been awhile.…
RIM Pulls Kik Messenger’s Access to SDK, Push Services
After being yoinked from the BlackBerry App World, Kik Messenger now has their development effectively frozen, as Research In Motion has revoked their access to the software development kit, and stopped push services for the app, effectively killing its usefulness for existing users. The developer doesn’t mention any reasons, and RIM’s statement on the issue…
BlackBerry Maps Expanded to 34 New Countries, Adds POIs
RIM has just updated their bundled mapping app, BlackBerry Maps, to include data for Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, New Zealand, the Philippines and Taiwan. Additionally, map data now includes a smattering of points of interest on the map, so you can see handy little icons where hospitals, universities, police stations, subway stations, shopping centres, parking,…
T-Mobile’s HSPA+ Network Expanded to Detroit, Other Markets
Following up on an expansion to Chicago, Colorado Springs, Ft. Wayne, Louisville, and Raleigh-Durham, T-Mobile has opened up their HSPA+ network in Detroit, Grand Junction, Harlingen, Lafayette, Montgomery, Roanoke-Lynchburg, and Youngstown. On paper, HSPA+ can reach up to 21 Mbps, but the standard is 3-6 with peaks of 9 or so. That’s as fast as…
Hapless Victims Send Embarassing BBM and Text Messages for Cash
RIM and CollegeHumour teamed up for a funny little game show where they offered a hundred bucks cash to folks who would spin this wheel and send whatever message it landed on to a BlackBerry contact of the hosts’ chosing. Flipping a coin determined whether it would be a BlackBerry Messenger or text message, and…