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RIM is introducing a new accessory for the BlackBerry PlayBook that actually looks pretty cool. It’s the BlackBerry mini keyboard and it aims to not only make you more productive with your tablet, but even turn it into a laptop thanks to Citrix Receiver. The keyboard isn’t just an ordinary keyboard attachment. It also acts…
If you’re a diehard RIM fan (Fan in Motion?), you’ve probably already got the PlayBook. What you may be missing is a solid physical keyboard to make email handling a much better experience. Canadian company has been talking about such a product for quite some time, and now it’s (almost) here. Canada’s The Source has…
Personal data stored on smartphones has become quite the hot-button topic of late. With Apple and Google playing the defensive after it was outed that applications are allowed to have access to contact information or all your photos stored on the device (among others), smartphone users don’t always know what their rights are when it…
The number of employees bringing their own devices (BYOD) to the workplace has grown exponentially in recent years; a full 80% of employed adults use some kind of personal device (smartphones, tablets, or PCs) for work-related functions. While a large proportion of this 80% is likely attributed to personal computers, the ushering in of the…
Though I’ve only been to Austin once, in just a short time it has propelled itself to my short list of favorite American cities. On my bucket list this year was a trip down to Austin for the illustrious South by Southwest, the music, film, and recently startup and application launch/promotion conference which takes place March 9th…
We’re just about wrapped up with Mobile World Congress 2012 and the largest mobile-focused conference was filled with major announcements from nearly every company. Not everything was a home run though, so let’s take a look at who really stood out from the crowd. Winners Android Google’s Android was the star of Mobile World Congress,…
BlackBerry wasn’t showing off too many new products this year at Mobile World Congress but that certainly didn’t stop it from having a rather impressive booth. We snapped a couple of shots, so take a gander if you want to see what RIM’s booth looked like here in Barcelona. We got a chance to play…
According to a Wall Street Journal report, AT&T may soon test a new service that would provide app makers the opportunity to pay AT&T for subscriber’s data usage. Yes, you read that right. AT&T wants app makers to give it money for the data AT&T customers use while using the developer’s applications. Before you start to…
Mach ado was made about AT&T’s move to throttle the top 5% of unlimited data users on its network. These users were grandfathered into unlimited data plans, a service AT&T no longer provides its customers. Some of these customers are up in arms, claiming Ma Bell was in violation of the terms of their original…
Netflix dropped a bombshell on Research In Motion yesterday when it confirmed it does not have plans to make an app for BlackBerry devices, including the PlayBook tablet. Twitter user Jon Robinson angrily tweeted Netflix Helps asking “Where is my #playbook app? You’ve had enough time and no more excuses! Thanks!” Two hours later, he received an…