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It isn’t only RIM investors that have lost confidence in BlackBerry. An anonymous senior executive at Research In Motion just published an open letter to top management about some things to keep in mind for BlackBerry’s transition to a new QNX-based operating system. While the letter doesn’t provide any particularly exclusive insight to the company,…
Not that it’s anything we haven’t seen for the last six months or anything, but a few shots of the upcoming BlackBerry Curve 9360 “Apollo” have leaked out. The BlackBerry 9360 will be a little lower-end than the other OS 7 devices coming from RIM, but still respectable when compared to their current lineup. It’ll…
RIM has been pretty open about the possibility of releasing a bigger version of their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet to compete more directly with the iPad, but word has it they’ve canned development on the project, and are shifting work to a 4.3-inch smartphone. We hadn’t heard much about the next PlayBook, other than it might…
After going through a public beta for the last couple of months, the BlackBerry Social software development kit has graduated to full 1.0 status, which means we’ll now start seeing apps launching with BlackBerry Messenger integration. App World submissions received by July 8 will be available for the eventual release of BBM 6.0. Now that…
Following up on their beta last month, RIM has updated the Facebook app for BlackBerry with a few more modest features. The biggest one is that now you’ll get notifications for polled events, including Likes and Event wall posts. There are a few new UI changes, including a shortcut bar along the bottom for common…
Back at CES, Ford announced a mobile app to help electric vehicle owners find charging stations and monitor their range. Last week, we got a chance to check out MyFord Mobile in person running on a Windows Phone. The home screen shows a simple charge gauge showing how much juice is left in your EV,…
RIM has updated their BlackBerry Travel application in the Beta Zone with a few new features for frequent globe-trotters. With BlackBerry Travel 1.1, you can now remotely book car rentals at a number of popular agencies like Budget, Avis, and Hertz. Those bookings will use local currencies, so you don’t have to bust out any…
We already had an inkling that the upcoming BlackBerry Bold 9930 and the touchscreen slate 9860 “Monaco” would be finding their way to Sprint this year, and a glimpse into Sprint’s CelleBrite point of sale system confirms that they’re on the way. The two have been floating around inside Sprint since earlier this month, and…
If you need something a little more buxom than RIM’s official Twitter client, HootSuite has just updated their social networking app with a smattering of new features. Twitter users can now enjoy Lists to their fullest extent, including creating, editing, and viewing, as well as adding lists as a dedicated stream of content to monitor.…
While it’s not the massive, full-year roadmap that was leaked for T-Mobile, Sprint’s Q3 roadmap has been dug up and will offer a nice chunk of new devices. Whether or not it’s enough to do battle with the likes of Verizon’s LTE arsenal others, Sprint stands a good chance of wooing some people over. Maybe.…