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You might have heard that the BlackBerry PlayBook will be able to run Android apps, but what about the other way around – what if Android ran BlackBerry apps? Rumour has it that this is exactly what’s happening; RIM is supposedly aiming to bring the legendary BlackBerry Messenger client to not only Android, but the…
Nielsen recently published some study data comparing smartphone operating system and manufacturer market share recently, showing RIM and Apple battling for second place with 27% each, while the combined efforts of HTC, Samsung, Motorola and LG have pushed Android to 29%. It was only two months ago that iOS had a pretty distinctive lead, and…
HootSuite had launched their Twitter and Facebook app for BlackBerry a few months ago, and recently updated it to include access to the LinkedIn professional social network. The social networks HootSuite was already supporting also got some added functions; Facebook got the ability to add pages, do searches, and view events, while Twitter now includes…
AT&T and Verizon are locked in for a March 11 launch of the iPad 2, but Canada isn’t far behind. Rogers has confirmed that they’ll be selling Apple’s new skinnier, faster tablet. Though they don’t mention pricing or dates, Apple did mention March 25 for international launches, and they’re selling the Wi-Fi-only 16 GB model…
As expected, the original iPad’s price has been slashed in the wake of the iPad 2 announcement; the Wi-Fi 16 GB iPad is now $399, 32 GB is $499, and the balls-out 64 GB Wi-Fi and 3G model is going for $729. That’s a $100 cut across the board. Apple was reasonably humane and kept the…
At the iPad 2 announcement today, Apple announced three apps that would be launching on their new tablet and will work on iOS 4.3, which is bound for recent iPhone and iPod touch models soon. Photo Booth is what you would expect – use the front-facing camera to take pictures of yourself while adding wacky…
A solid, high-quality batch of iPad 2 pictures have come out of China for your viewing pleasure. They line up nicely with previous leaks, despite some doubts to their legitimacy. A leak from Amazon leads us to believe the iPad 2 will have Thunderbolt file transfer capabilities, have a 1.2 GHz processor, include Wi-Fi and…
The upcoming iPad 2 has some moxy, flashing its rear to us just a few short days before its announcement. The shot seems credible enough, jiving well with a previous leak showing the side of the tablet. The most glaring addition is the camera on the back, a feature which was conspicuously absent from the…
RIM has been promising to get the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet out into our hands by the end of Q1, which is the end of the month, but rumours are suggesting it won’t be in stores until April 10th. The final version of the QNX-based operating system is expected to be ready on March 31 though,…
When RIM announced the BlackBerry PlayBook, it was easy to see the similarities with Palm’s webOS – gesture areas, thumbnailed multitasking, and upward flicks to close apps were all conspicuously familiar. RIM evolved the idea in a few ways, like by throwing a gesture area around all sides of the screen, and adding a few…