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The slew of upcoming BlackBerry OS 6.1 handsets will launch with a mobile hotspot feature so you can share your 3G connection with up to 5 nearby devices over Wi-Fi. Though we’ve seen it mentioned in leaked specs, a new batch of slides is getting down to the nitty-gritty of how it’ll look and work.…
RIM’s been showing off the music store and podcasts app to launch with the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet around the end of the month, but there’s still another surprise in store – a dedicated peer-to-peer video conferencing app, according to RIM VP of enterprise strategy, David Heit. The PlayBook has a front-facing HD-capable 3 megapixel camera…
The launch dates and prices for a bunch of tablets at an anonymous major U.S. retailer have snuck out. First up is the Motorola Xoom (likely the Wi-Fi-only model), supposedly launching on March 17 for $649, though we’ve heard 27th. and $599 elsewhere. Then there’s the BlackBerry PlayBook due for March 27 (not April 10)…
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We’ve been looking at the BlackBerry PlayBook for a long, long time now and we thought it would be tough for Research In Motion to show us something new with its tablet but the company did reveal to IntoMobile exclusively how the song purchasing and how BlackBerry Podcasts will work on a live unit. At…
This morning 7digital announced that they would be preloaded on the BlackBerry PlayBook. To follow up, RIM decided to give us a sneak peek of not only the music store, but also the dedicated Podcasts app for their first tablet. The 7digital store has a layout similar to the PlayBook’s home screen, having a slim…
Untappd, a check-in social network for beer connoisseurs, added a feature over the weekend that lets you rate the brews you check in to on a scale of one to five bottle caps. That rating will stick when you check in again, but you can always change it if your opinion drifts one way or…
The 7digital music store has been tight with BlackBerry for a long time now, and they’ve today graduated to preload status thanks to an agreement with RIM to get on the PlayBook tablet. There will be regional limitations based on where 7digital has rights mind you, but it’s still a big win for these guys.…
Some recent data from StatCounter has revealed that Android web traffic has edged out that of BlackBerry. Of the 15 billion page hits and 3 million sites StatCounter monitors, 14.52% came from BlackBerry handsets, while 15.16% came from Android phones. I’m surprised it’s that close of a race given how mediocre the BlackBerry browser is,…
Opera, Stefan’s favouritest mobile browser in the whole wide world, has launched a broad app store for BlackBerry, Android, Symbian, and Java apps. Helping Opera out with this store is Appia, previously known as PocketGear as of a month ago. The Opera Mini and Mobile browsers will offer a shortcut to the store for easy…
An anonymous source from Marvell says they were actually working on the BlackBerry PlayBook for six months before RIM ditched them and went with Texas Instruments and their dual-core 1 GHz OMAP 4430 processor instead. Previous rumours along this vein suggested that RIM missed a Christmas launch exactly because of this reason. Unfortunately, the tipster…