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Today at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, RIM announced that they will be opening up some developer options in BlackBerry Messenger, their handheld-only instant messaging client. By tying applications to BBM, developers will be able to take advantage of the chat, contacts, profiles, file transfer, groups, and invitation functions offered. One example included was multiplayer gaming,…
Research In Motion is trying to bolster its developer environment in hopes that it will become on par with the Apple App Store and the Android Market. The BlackBerry maker introduced some analytic tools and an Eclipse plug-in for Mac OS to help in these efforts. There are already third-party analytics options for app developers…
The Apple iAd mobile advertising platform could prove to be a masterstroke by the iPhone maker, as new research from IDC suggests the new platform is gaining market share from its rivals. The research indicates that the Apple iAd mobile advertiser will finish with 21% of the nascent mobile ad market. Google is expected to…
We’re here in San Francisco for RIM’s BlackBerry DevCon 2010 and waiting for the BlackBerry maker to kick off their opening keynote. Being a developer’s conference, we’re expecting to see some interesting new services and tools for developers. RIM is looking to take their App World applications store to the next level, and that means…
We first caught a glimpse of the BlackBerry Style 9670 back in April, a new form factor for RIM – a clamshell phone with a full QWERTY keyboard. Now the Style 9670 has popped up within Sprint’s internal system, so it’s just a matter of time before it becomes available. After all, it did just…
It looks like Canadian carriers are lining up with their BlackBerry Torch 9800 launches, as Rogers has pushed their availability date from today to the end of the month, much like Bell. We were already prepped for a delay when in-store availability was rumoured to not be until the 27th., but what’s three more days,…
On the off-chance we needed any more proof than a flood of leaks that RIM’s clamshell, the BlackBerry Style 9670, was going to be announced next week at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, the thing passed through FCC certification recently. From what we’ve gathered, the BlackBerry 9670 will have 4 GB of internal storage, 512 MB…
Now that we’re hearing RIM may be announcing a tablet at the BlackBerry Developer Conference next week, folks are probably wondering what it will actually do. Sure, we’ve heard that it’ll be between 7″ and 8.9″, piggyback on a BlackBerry for connectivity, and use a new OS from QNX, an embedded software company RIM had…
Canada, it’s time to let the BlackBerry Torch 9800 madness begin. Bell has launched their pre-order page, giving you the opportunity to order your BlackBerry Torch for a ship date of September 29th. Interestingly enough, if you’d rather just hop down to a Bell location, you will be able to pick one up in-store on…
Research In Motion is supposedly preparing to make 2.5 million BlackBerry tablets, or BlackPads, for the fourth quarter of this year, according to a financial analyst. This figure comes from Susquehanna Research analyst Jeffrey Fidacaro and it does seem a little high to me because the Apple iPad sold 3.27 million units in its first…