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Thanks to a leaked sales training guide, we’ve got a glimpse of an unannounced official BlackBerry PlayBook accessory: the Mini Bluetooth Keyboard. As you might have guessed, this will pair up with your tablet (and presumably BlackBerry smartphones) for those times you need a big, physical keyboard. Although this is just a rendering, the live…
After being in a closed beta for a few months, an updated version of Twitter for BlackBerry has been released. Some of the main features in version 1.1 is geotagging support, so you can add your location to your tweets, and a new refreshing mechanism used by dragging your home feed past the top. Push…
An updated version of RIM’s Traffic application hit the Beta Zone for a few weeks of testing, and is now live in the BlackBerry App World. All the same new features are there, like a UI overhaul, new options for which route to path, access to historic traffic data, a larger, more driver-friendly “next maneuver”…
Following up on a flurry of BlackBerry leaks last week, a short video clip of the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9930 (code-named Montana) snuck out onto YouTube over the weekend. It doesn’t show much, but the touchscreen seems to be responding nicely to input. The options menu also shows a dedicated section for BlackBerry ID, backing…
A few weeks ago, Adobe gave a glimpse of full Photoshop running on the iPad, but Apple’s not the only one getting some love; Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Extend will include an SDK for developers to interact with desktop Photoshop through their tablet apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook, iOS, and Android products. In order to…
When it comes to the BlackBerry PlayBook, it doesn’t seem like RIM has the confidence it needs to really make it a huge success. In a recent interview with the New York Times, co-chief Mike Laziridis seemed to complain about why RIM isn’t getting the respect and praise it deserves. “Why is it that people…
Untappd, an excellent web app that helps you share what beer you’re drinking with friends, has expanded its location-awareness with a new option to check in to the Gowalla social network when you’re out on the town. This builds on the Foursquare integration they added a few months ago, and the Facebook and Twitter sharing…
We’ve seen the broad strokes for the BlackBerry Touch 9860 (Monaco/Monza), the Torch 2 9810 (Jennings), the Bold Touch 9900 (Montana/Dakota), but the hardcore technical specifications for all three have just leaked. All of the major specs are confirmed, but there’s extra-gritty information here like FCC IDs, dimensions, regulatory compliance, codec support, and lots more.…
We had seen the BlackBerry Torch 2 in a series of product rendering shots and leaked roadmaps, but today we get to see the real thing up and running. It’s running OS 6.1, and the few shots show options for Bridge (to share e-mail, contacts, and other PIM apps to the PlayBook tablet), as well…
Yet another unreleased BlackBerry has broken cover today: the BlackBerry “Orlando”. It looks an awful lot like the BlackBerry “Sedona” from awhile back, with the primary difference being the display will be touch-sensitive, much like the upcoming Bold Touch (“Montana”). The Sedona was rumoured to run a “lite” version of OS 6.1, so if the…