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Just when you thought the old BlackBerry platform was toast in preparation for BBX, RIM introduces a fresh feature to their old Java-based operating system. Given, FM radio isn’t what you’d call a mind-blowing new addition, it’s good to see RIM is starting to offer outside developers access to the near-field communications chips that we’ve…
RIM has just launched a new beta for their signature BlackBerry Messenger app. The biggest feature in BBM 6.1 is support for animated .GIF files as profile pictures. Sounds obnoxious? You betcha. Thankfully, they only come to life when you hover over them, unlike the jolly fellow to the left who will ROFL until the…
While it’s exciting to see Android apps running on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet with some degree of stability, you know what I really want to be able to play on there? Nibbles. Thanks to some tinkering by the BlackBerry community at large, popular emulation program DOSBox has been jammed into a BAR file and runs…
After checking out their new smartphones, RIM gave us a sneak peek at BlackBerry Tag, which will really start putting near-field communications to work. Just as described, BlackBerry tag will allow users to quickly and easily share content between BlackBerry devices; by putting them butt-to-butt, you’ll be able to transfer ringtones, voice notes, contacts, images,…
The enterprise market, where BlackBerry has traditionally reigned supreme, is now ruled by the iPhone according to recent reseach. A survey by iPass questioned 2,300 employees across 1,100 businesses around the world, and showed that 32.2% owned a BlackBerry (compared to 34.5% last year), while 45.0% claimed to use an iPhone for work, compared to…
I took a jaunt down to Waterloo to visit with RIM and check out their latest creations: the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and the BlackBerry Curve 9380. At first glance, they seemed like little more than entry-level rehashes of the OS 7 devices they launched over the summer, but that’s not exactly a bad thing. Following…
Following up on the BlackBerry Bold 9790 hands-on time, I got to try out the new Curve 9380. Of course, it doesn’t look anything like what I would consider a BlackBerry Curve to be (a light, entry-level candybar smartphone with a physical QWERTY keypad), but then again, the last all-touchscreen device from RIM was the…
RIM’s own navigation app, BlackBerry Traffic, is getting a few new features in the Beta Zone. The biggie is voice navigation, so turn-by-turn directions are read out loud to you in a friendly robot voice, which is standard for most nav apps. Voice guidance includes a bunch of options, including standard and high-quality audio, as…
RIM has just announced two new smartphones, which are sure to be among the last before they switch to BBX. The BlackBerry Curve 9380 and Bold 9790 have been spotted before, and as expected are basically entry-level versions of the OS 7 devices RIM launched earlier this year. The BlackBerry 9790 has a 1 GHz…
We’ve been waiting some time for our first glimpse of a QNX-powered BlackBerry smartphone, and today we’ve got our wish. This handset is apparently code-named London, and is due for a June 2012 release date. While it’s not suffering in the looks department, there’s a lot of good stuff going on under the hood too:…