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A quick app update here for the BlackBerry users this afternoon. If you run the official Twitter for BlackBerry application (from RIM), you can now grab an update, bringing you up to version 1.0.1.12. It’s a small update for sure, but you can never go wrong running the latest and greatest version. Inside the updated…
Poynt’s location-based search app for Android and BlackBerry have had a few updates here at Mobile World Congress 2011. For one, the Android version will now have a gas prices widget, so you can see what’s the cheapest within the 9 closest stations. Both the Android and Blackberry versions also got a new sharing feature,…
Another tidbit from RIM out of Mobile World Congress 2011 was a new service called BBM Gifting, which will let you buy and send BlackBerry App World titles to friends over the exclusive instant messaging network. The transaction would be made through carrier billing, so you wouldn’t even have to punch in your credit card…
As expected, RIM has acquired Gist, a company that offers an e-mail and meeting service which ranks and prioritizes incoming messages, as well as offers web-based contextual info about who’s contacting you. Gist figures out who’s most important to you based on how often you interact, and farms up data from blogs and social networks…
RIM introduced, BlackBerry Travel, a new native travel application for its BlackBerry handsets. The BlackBerry Travel application will compete with other travel applications like WorldMate which has a similar feature set, but is not integrated into BlackBerry OS 6. The native Travel application from RIM has a full set of features for mobile jet-setters including:…
Today at Mobile World Congress 2011, RIM announced two new 4G-ish varieties of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. In the second half of the year, there will be one PlayBook that runs on LTE and Wi-Fi, and another that runs on HSPA+ and Wi-Fi, in addition to the WiMAX version headed to Sprint. The rest of…
Well, it’s that time of year again, as the Mobile World Congress trade show is just a few days away and we’re gearing up for an incredible show that is sure to see the introduction of multiple lust-worthy smartphones, tablets, apps and software. Seriously, Mobile World Congress is kind of like CES but only for…
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet was announced with HDMI-out capabilities, but it hadn’t been shown in action. Today, a video demo shows the PlayBook hooked up to a projector, and streaming HD video and the native OS to the big screen with little problem whatsoever. At 1:51, it looks like the video jumps a little bit,…
We had heard a rumour the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet would be able to run Android apps by using the same version of the Dalvik virtual machine as Google’s operating system. Now three more supposedly trusted sources are confirming that it’s real, and should be made available to PlayBook owners in the second half of the…
A quick BlackBerry OS update for those lovely Brits out there on Three UK. Turns out that OS 6.0.0.448 has gone OFFICIAL on us for not only the BlackBerry Torch, but the Curve 9300, Bold 9700 and Bold 9780 as well. Yes, that’s a lot of official OS update goodness. As per usual, no changelog…