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RIM has launched a new app in a limited beta called BlackBerry Radio. It basically jams up streaming music service from apps like Slacker, Pandora and iheartradio, as well as traditional radio networks like Corus into a single, unified discovery mechanism. You can either play the audio streams right through the app, buy songs that…
A quick bit of app update news for the BlackBerry users out there. If you’ve ever used IM+ Talk for BlackBerry, you’ll know how easy it makes conducting Skype calls and chat, right from your Berry. In an update that dropped the other day (taking it to version 4.4), some key enhancements were included: Multichat…
After taking two months to ready their back-end and a short beta, RIM has rolled out BlackBerry App World 2.1, complete with in-app purchase support. This is good news for both developers and end-users, as they’ll be able to buy or sell a whole new category of software, and offer a feature comparable to the…
Attention Canadian BlackBerry users! If you’re tired of punching out those long-winded messages while you’re away from your desktop… it looks like the folks at Nuance are here to rescue you. Earlier today, it was announced that BlackBerry Dragon for Email is now available in Canada. Awesome! With this free app, you can quickly and…
In a survey cross-referencing smartphone use with ethnicity, Nielsen found that Hispanics and Asians were the most likely to own a smartphone (45% each), followed by African-Americans (33%) and finally Caucasians (27%). In terms of those recently buying handsets, Asians have been buying the most of the last six months (60%), then Hispanics (56%), African…
We saw a glimpse of the Poynt application running on the BlackBerry PlayBook at CES, but how would you all like an extra taste? Although the app is still a work in progress prior to the tablet’s launch, everything looks polished and functioning; just like the smartphone app for BlackBerry, you can look up people…
RIM’s ongoing negotiations with the government of India regarding lawful interception of BlackBerry data have hit a bit of a roadblock. RIM has already gone on record and said that they can’t access anything on BlackBerry Enterprise Servers, but the Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said that they still insist that some kind of surveillance…
T-Mobile customers with a BlackBerry Bold 9700 or Curve 9300 may be able to test out a pre-release version of OS 6 through RIM’s Beta Zone. The BlackBerry 9300 is an entry-level smartphone with a fixed-focus 2 megapixel camera, 2.4-inch QVGA display, Wi-Fi, GPS, and 3G. The Bold 9700 is a bit swankier, including a…
In RIM’s ongoing video series leading up to the launch of their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in March, they’re showing off some of the business capabilities of the device. There’s nothing particularly new to be seen; it’s explained again that enterprise e-mail is wiped from the PlayBook as soon as you un-pair a BlackBerry smartphone. App…
Alright, I won’t hate on BlackBerry too much, but I’d be kidding myself if I pretended that the Torch 9800 was a pretty big disappointment for many BlackBerry fans when it was announced. At the time, most new smartphones were launching with 1GHz processors and ridiculously high-resolution screens. The Torch 9800, on the other hand,…