Adobe has announced that after a series of betas, the mobile version of their Flash player is production-ready and now available to partners. Android gets a lot of attention in the press release, confirming that the Flash player will be baked right into 2.2 (a.k.a. Froyo), but BlackBerry, webOS, Windows Phone, Linux Mobile, MeeGo, and…
RIM Issues Trademark Application for “BlackBerry Drive”
RIM has just recently applied for a trademark on the term “BlackBerry Drive”, which will apply to a wide variety of situations, ranging from software, education, wireless, repair, payment, and advertising services, and lots more. Despite the breadth of the application, it seems likely that BlackBerry Drive has something to do with QNX, a recent…
BlackBerry OS Roundup for Saturday, June 19th
OK BlackBerry addicts, it’s time for my weekly BlackBerry OS Roundup. I’ve put together all (or at least all of the ones I’ve found!) of the leaked (albeit only 1!) and official BlackBerry OS releases from the past 7 days. So, if you’re eager to install a new operating system on your beloved Berry, take…
BlackBerry Curve 8910 Unboxed, Announced on China Mobile
The BlackBerry Curve 8910 is a device we’ve heard relatively little about, but it’s gone official in China. There’s a bit of weirdness going on here, though – as you can see, this version has a trackball, as does another 8910 we saw in Venezuela. However, we’ve also seen two new Curves with trackpads that…
BlackBerry App World 2.0 in Screenshots
Although we’ve already heard a fair bit about it, RIM started showing off their new version of App World last night, and now RIM is giving us the tour. There are some user interface changes to fall in line with OS 6, namely a category carousel that shows some new pages: newest apps, recently updated,…
UK Parliament Sticking with BlackBerry, No iPhone Due to Security
In a recent publication, the UK Parliament addressed a variety of questions and concerns, spanning the gamut from food poisoning to public education. Among them was the question about which Government employees used an iPhone or BlackBerry, to which Secretary of State for Health Simon Burns replied that BlackBerry is the only device approved by…
Telus Teams Up with Poynt for Live Agent Assistance
Poynt’s location-based reference app for BlackBerry is getting an impressive new feature thanks to Telus. If you have incomplete or absent results when doing a business search, you can launch a phone call to a live service rep who can look up more information for you and update the Poynt database. Details right now are…
BlackBerry 2010 Roadmap Assembled by Analyst
A lot of unreleased BlackBerrys have been making the rounds the last couple of months, and RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky has rounded them all up in this handy graph, while tossing in his own estimates for releases, pricing and a few interesting new bits of information. For one, he lists the Onyx Delta…
BlackBerry App World 2.0 Getting Carrier Billing, QR Codes
BlackBerry’s official software portal, App World, is getting a big update to include carrier billing, as announced in November. That means when you buy an app, instead of having to go through PayPal, the charge will just be tacked on to your regular wireless bill. There’s also a new option to use credit card billing,…
2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Game for BlackBerry
The 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa is well and truly on. In fact, as I punch this post out this morning, Chile and Honduras are locked in a battle. Score is 1-0 for Chile, and they’ve just started the second half. So far, not a bad game! At any rate, with football (soccer) clearly…