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An exploit found in the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet a few months ago has begun to bear fruit for a trio of scrappy developers. The rooting application, which will be made publicly available within the next week, will be called Dingleberry, and lets you do a few cool things. Hulu, which had previously been blocked when…
Awhile back, RIM announced that they would be supporting Android and iOS devices in their enterprise management suite, and today they’re getting a little more specific with the details. The new management suite is called BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, and will support tablets and smartphones, including those running RIM’s new BBX platform based on the PlayBook operating…
Ford has this pretty cool system called AppLink that lets smartphones take advantage of the car’s built-in voice recognition. The selection of compatible apps has been limited, but now they can count one more well-established name to add to their roster: Slacker Radio. Once paired over Bluetooth, you can tell Ford Sync to play stations…
Scattered reports are indicating that RIM is cutting a pretty sweet deal on the BlackBerry PlayBook to those in the family. Employees will be able to snag up to five 16 GB tablets for $100 a pop, apparently. The 32 GB only costs $149, and the 64 GB version is going for $199. Those of…
Google’s conglomerated retail shopping app, Catalogs, has recently made the jump from iOS tablets to Android tablets. Currently, major stores like Urban Outfitters, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, Eddie Bauer, and lots of others have their lineup searchable, saveable, and purchasable from the app. You view product videos when available, and even assemble collages of still images to…
It looks like Best Buy over-promised to customers eager to snag a BlackBerry PlayBook for $300 off. Despite having the same attractive offer as many retailers over Black Friday and the weekend, Best Buy appears to be unable to fulfill many (and some say all) orders of the BlackBerry PlayBook. Prices were as low as…
Finally. After at least 8 months of coy glances at mobile Wi-Fi hotspot functionality in BlackBerry smartphones, we’re starting to see some real results. A leaked OS for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 (version 7.1.0.74) will let you share your cellular data connection to nearby Wi-Fi-enabled devices. Those who have tested out the OS are also…
Black Friday is upon us, and if you aren’t already knee-deep in the sales, let us help you out. BlackBerry devices are on sale across the board, but the big one is the $200 16 GB BlackBerry PlayBook sale. That’s been going for a few weeks now, so stock might be tricky, but right now…
Today, Indonesia was set to be the first country in the world to get the BlackBerry Bold 9790, and now we can see why. Over a thousand people lined up at a big BlackBerry store in south Jakarta, which is great and all, but the crowd got a little antsy since the Bold 9790 would…
Internet security service provider, Zscaler, recently published some interesting usage data for the last quarter, including some insight into mobile browser usage. Although iOS may be winning device adoption over BlackBerry in businesses, it looks like the majority of Zscaler’s enterprise subscribers that browse the web on smartphones (40.3%) are doing so through an Android…