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BlackBerry Social was announced about six months ago as a way for third-party app developers to plug into RIM’s hugely popular BlackBerry Messenger client. Today it goes into public beta, allowing devs to add custom fields to BBM profiles, change profile elements like avatar pictures, embed chats within their app, enable file transfers between users,…
The slew of upcoming BlackBerry OS 6.1 handsets will launch with a mobile hotspot feature so you can share your 3G connection with up to 5 nearby devices over Wi-Fi. Though we’ve seen it mentioned in leaked specs, a new batch of slides is getting down to the nitty-gritty of how it’ll look and work.…
RIM’s been showing off the music store and podcasts app to launch with the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet around the end of the month, but there’s still another surprise in store – a dedicated peer-to-peer video conferencing app, according to RIM VP of enterprise strategy, David Heit. The PlayBook has a front-facing HD-capable 3 megapixel camera…
The launch dates and prices for a bunch of tablets at an anonymous major U.S. retailer have snuck out. First up is the Motorola Xoom (likely the Wi-Fi-only model), supposedly launching on March 17 for $649, though we’ve heard 27th. and $599 elsewhere. Then there’s the BlackBerry PlayBook due for March 27 (not April 10)…
This morning 7digital announced that they would be preloaded on the BlackBerry PlayBook. To follow up, RIM decided to give us a sneak peek of not only the music store, but also the dedicated Podcasts app for their first tablet. The 7digital store has a layout similar to the PlayBook’s home screen, having a slim…
Let’s say you picked up that Nintendo 64 emulator for Android last week. And let’s say you have a Wii remote and a classic controller kicking around, but for some reason no Wii system through which you could download Virtual Console N64 titles. Further, let’s say you have a grave distaste for on-screen controls, as…
Untappd, a check-in social network for beer connoisseurs, added a feature over the weekend that lets you rate the brews you check in to on a scale of one to five bottle caps. That rating will stick when you check in again, but you can always change it if your opinion drifts one way or…
The 7digital music store has been tight with BlackBerry for a long time now, and they’ve today graduated to preload status thanks to an agreement with RIM to get on the PlayBook tablet. There will be regional limitations based on where 7digital has rights mind you, but it’s still a big win for these guys.…
Some recent data from StatCounter has revealed that Android web traffic has edged out that of BlackBerry. Of the 15 billion page hits and 3 million sites StatCounter monitors, 14.52% came from BlackBerry handsets, while 15.16% came from Android phones. I’m surprised it’s that close of a race given how mediocre the BlackBerry browser is,…
Opera, Stefan’s favouritest mobile browser in the whole wide world, has launched a broad app store for BlackBerry, Android, Symbian, and Java apps. Helping Opera out with this store is Appia, previously known as PocketGear as of a month ago. The Opera Mini and Mobile browsers will offer a shortcut to the store for easy…