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On top of updating the PlayBook’s OS today, RIM has thrown in a few new features into the Facebook app. The biggest addition is the ability to upload videos taken on the PlayBook’s front-facing 3 megapixel camera or rear 5 megapixel camera. Search is now accessible from the title bar, and lets you filter results…
It looks like the iPhone’s Game Center is going to have some competition. RIM has just acquired a company called Scoreloop, which had previously helped developers add social elements to their game across multiple platforms (much like OpenFeint). Scoreloop also did stuff like help developers make the move from iPhone to Android, but under RIM,…
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet received a sizeable operating system upgrade this morning. OS 1.0.5 covered a smattering of user-facing improvements, such as providing in-app payments in App World, enabling developers to earn a little bit more through incremental purchases in existing apps. Tapping the battery icon now lets you adjust screen brightness, and power down,…
Yet another announcement out of WWDC today was a new service from Apple called iMessage, that is pretty much identical to RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger client. iMessage will let you send and receive text messages, photos, and contacts from other iOS users. Group messaging and read/unread/typing notifications (which are staples of BBM) can also be found…
Today at the Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple announced a new service called iCloud that works across all of their products, including iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers. Pictures, music, everything is paired up across all devices. Take a snap with your iPhone, and it’s automatically pushed out to your Mac. iCloud will hold onto your last…
Some shots of an upcoming Sony Ericsson handset, code-named the Urushi ST18i, have bubbled up, alongside some general specs. The style of the hardware keys follow closely in what we’ve seen in the next generation of Sony Ericsson’s Mini phones, . The Urushi will have a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, and 3.2-inch 854 x 480…
Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference is kicking off today, where they’ll be unveiling the next version of the iPhone and iPad’s operating system. The features of iOS 5 haven’t been disclosed, but a music streaming and storage service called iCloud seems like a foregone conclusion, and there has been an awful lot of talk about deep,…
In yet another BlackBerry Torch 2 hands-on, the 9810’s 5 megapixel camera has been given a whirl to see how well it captures 720p video. There’s also a bunch of hands-on impressions, mainly glowing over the 3.2-inch 640 x 480 touchscreen’s responsiveness. The form factor is more or less identical otherwise, but packs a 1.2…
An inventory sheet showing some of Sprint’s upcoming handsets have included a bunch of new handsets, including the upcoming Bold, the next Torch, as well as an LG Optimus slider called the Gelato (rumoured to be heading to T-Mobile as well), and a pair of Kyocera handsets dubbed the Oblique and the Radiance. The Bold…
Those business types that regularly dial in to conference calls will want to check out a new BlackBerry app launched by RIM that should help you connect quickly to any big calls on your schedule. The Mobile Conferencing app has been in testing for a little while now, and plugs right into the native calendar…