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RIM announced its fourth quarter financials for the fiscal year ending February 26, 2011 and while its quarterly results are strong, its guidance is shaky. The Canadian handset manufacturer shipped 14.9 million BlackBerry handsets in the last three months. This figure that is at the top of its estimate for the quarter, but less than…
Today RIM announced that they’re expanding the developer ecosystem not only with a native SDK that high-end game developers have been toying with privately on the PlayBook tablet, but also two app layers to run legacy BlackBerry apps, as well as Android 2.3 apps, as speculated at great length. Android apps will be found in…
Earlier this week, four U.S. senators called on Apple, Google and RIM to remove DUI-busting applications from their respective App stores. The apps in question include titles such as FuzzAlert and Buzzed. These apps and other like them help drivers pinpoint DUI checkpoints presumably so they can avoid them. Several of the apps accept user-submitted…
Received a note from a good developer friend of mine this morning, letting me know about a new BlackBerry app (in Beta) from Fixmo. Called ‘Fixmo Extend’, this new app allows you to connect your laptop to the internet via your BlackBerry’s internet connection. From what I’ve read so far, it looks pretty neat. Made…
After much speculation regarding when exactly we’ll see the BlackBerry PlayBook, RIM has announced specific launch details for their first tablet. Prices for the Wi-Fi-only model start at $499 for the 16 GB version, $599 for 32 GB, and $699 for 64 GB – more or less in line with what we were expecting. The…
We’re expecting the Wi-Fi-only BlackBerry PlayBook to launch any day now, but a 4G version isn’t far behind. A few months ago Sprint had promised a WiMAX PlayBook, and now we’ve got a summer timeframe for a launch. Around the same time, I’m expecting we’ll see a software update to the Wi-Fi version which will…
A juicy leak from Three UK has revealed a bunch of release dates, as well as our first look at the Samsung Galaxy S2 Mini. The original Samsung Galaxy S Mini is still just getting its feet wet in the UK, but the S2 Mini definitely bumps things up a notch. The screen has been…
Koodo Mobile have been adding some nice new devices to their lineup in 2011. The featurephones we’re so used to seeing are stepping aside, to make room for more attractive offerings, like the BlackBerry Curve 9300. According to a tipster over at MobileSyrup, Koodo is set to offer the BlackBerry Curve 9300. No launch or…
The next batch of BlackBerry handsets will have near-field communications installed, which will allow you to pay for stuff by simply tapping your phone on a sensor at retailers. While RIM might have the technical prowess to enable NFC in the hardware, the back-end logistics are apparently proving to be a headache. According to several…
GetGlue, a social network for checking-in to stuff of just about any type, has graduated their closed beta BlackBerry app to prime time, and is now available for free in App World. No new features unfortunately, but all of the major bugs should be soundly squashed. GetGlue is a way of sharing your fandom of…