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Rodman & Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar is claiming that the upcoming BlackBerry tablet will include two cameras, one rear-facing and one forward-facing for video calling. To power such graphically intensive activity, Kumar says the tablet will use a 1 GHz processor, which would be the first time RIM used something that fast. He also claimed…
We’ve seen a few stills and a staged demo of RIM’s Webkit browser to be launched with BlackBerry OS 6, but now we’ve got a slightly more in-depth tour of the new BlackBerry browser The start screen looks a little rearranged, but all of the parts of the original browser are still there (search, history,…
I don’t know about you, but when I think about American Eagle Outfitters, I immediately think about high-end smartphones. Well, not really, but the company is trying to get some of that smartphone halo around its brand by giving away devices like the HTC Aria, LG Ally or BlackBerry for free when you try on…
I just made a new best friend: it’s called BerryReader, which is an app for BlackBerry that just came out today and plugs right into Google Reader with full two-way sync. Read items match up, you can star stuff for later retrieval, change flags and tags, and even drop Likes on the good stories. The…
We’ve seen Ford SYNC cars be cell-phone friendly in a lot of ways, like Wi-Fi sharing, and smartphone application APIs; today they’ve got two more features that will keep drivers both safe and connected. First up is a Do Not Disturb mode, accessed from the snazzy MyFord Touch console, which mutes incoming mobile calls, e-mails,…
Above is a leaked roadmap for the devices T-Mobile plans to release for the rest of the year, and things are looking pretty exciting on the Android front. Please excuse the picture above, it’s very blurry, but tells a good story. The picture may be a little out of focus, but for the most part,…
Apple’s iPad has been a tremendous success with mainstream consumer but the “magical” tablet is also gaining some corporate fans as Wells Fargo, SAP, Mercedes and even the White House are using the device for business purposes. According to a report by Bloomberg, the Apple iPad is being used by multiple businesses for things like…
The BlackBerry Enterprise Server software has just been updated to version 5.0.2, now allowing end-users to buy their own BlackBerry and use them for work without setting off alarms. Inside BlackBerry hinted at this feature not too long ago, and focused on the security implications of allowing outside users to bring in their own devices.…
I’ve known for awhile now that my bud Hedone Hawker was busy working away on a killer iPhone theme for BlackBerry. I knew it was coming, but when? How about TODAY!? After popping open my email this morning I was warmly greeted with an email from Hedone. He told me briefly about his new BlackBerry…
This morning we’ve got a trio of videos showing the breadth of RIM’s immediately upcoming BlackBerry lineup, featuring the 9800 slider code-named Talladega (launching as either the Bold or the Torch), the 9670 clamshell code-named Oxford, and the BlackBerry Curve 9300, also known as the Kepler. First up, the BlackBerry 9670 that’s being reviewed is…