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Over a breakfast event today at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, a RIM VP confirmed that the QNX operating system announced in their new PlayBook tablet would in fact be finding its way to smartphones in the long run, and ultimately replace the existing BlackBerry OS. Of course that kind of major transition would take time,…
Good news for Kindle owners, Amazon confirmed today that it is developing a version of its popular Kindle app for the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook. Amazon boasts of a catalog of over 700,000 titles that are now accessible on the your BlackBerry tablet device. The eReader application from Amazon will let you browse, download, and read…
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet was announced today at RIM’s Developer Conference, and it looks like we’re already talking about the next iteration of the device. Shortly after the keynote wrapped up, there was a session conducted with the QNX CEO Dan Dodge which ran through some of the technical details of the PlayBook’s operating system,…
RIM just announced their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet device, powered by the QNX operating system that the BlackBerry maker recently acquired, at the BlackBerry DevCon 2010 opening keynote in San Francisco. A bunch of RIM higher-ups took to the stage to talk about all kinds of developer-focused services and tools, but the highlight of the 2.5…
We’ve been waiting on a BlackBerry tablet amidst a wash of vague rumours for the last few months, and it all went official at the Developer Conference today. As speculated, the BlackBerry PlayBook is running a new operating system made by QNX, complete with Flash 10.1 support, the WebKit browser, multitasking, and more. So, what…
RIM jumped head first into the tablet market today at DevCon 2010 with its BlackBerry PlayBook. Based upon the QNX OS, the BlackBerry PlayBook is a feature rich mobile device that includes the following specs: 7inch LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture support BlackBerry Tablet OS (QNX) with support for…
RIM announced a new enterprise-grade application development tool for BlackBerry today called BEAM, which aims to address challenges in compatibility and connectivity for end-to-end corporate mobility software solutions. What exactly that entails is well over my head, but the BlackBerry Enterprise App Middleware SDK will likely be the first stop for developers working on custom…
Amidst today’s many announcements at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, RIM has said that for a limited time, they will be waiving the usual submission fee to get into their official application portal, App World. This move is reminiscent of Palm’s not too long ago, which puts a dent against my comparison of the two companies.…
It’s what BlackBerry fanatics have been waiting for, and it’s finally here — a tablet computer from RIM. Gone is the BlackPad name, though no one was ever really sure that’s what it would be called, and instead we have the BlackBerry PlayBook. It has multitasking, Flash, music multimedia and despite its capabilities and its…
BlackBerry Widgets, a web-based development platform RIM had released in October, has been renamed WebWorks, and will be an open-source project. Using the BlackBerry Web App Packager, developers will be able to create full-fledged programs using familiar web languages, like HTML5, CSS, XML and the like. RIM made bold claims about their significant contributions to…