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If you missed out on the previous PlayBook sales, you’ll be happy to know that you can now get any of the BlackBerry PlayBook models for a cool $299. That’s right folks, it’s dealing days at Research In Motion and everything must go. The 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB models will all now…
So you like the fancy Porsche Design P’9981 BlackBerry but don’t want to spend a small fortune on one? No problem, you can pretend your BlackBerry 9900 or 9930 looks like a device designed by Porsche’s designers. Simply install the Porsche theme and tell all your buddies your vanilla BlackBerry is just as powerful as…
The last 12 months have been pretty wild in the mobile world, as we’ve seen some major partnerships, Apple and Android continue to dominate and 4G LTE start to roll out. We think that 2012 will be just as important, if not more so, than the last twelve months, so we’ve enlisted the IntoMobile team…
In an attempt to rectify issues with Argentina’s economy, the South American country placed a temporary ban on imports of foreign-made electronics. Two of the most well-known of those electronics are the iPhone and BlackBerry devices. Apple and RIM collectively account for 60 percent of Argentina’s smartphone market, so the ban is going to have…
The last 12 months have been a wild ride, as we started the year with many of us wondering how the Xoom and PlayBook could compete against the iPad, how would HP use webOS, what the iPhone 5 would look like and if 4G LTE would really come to America in a big way. There…
Evernote updated its BlackBerry client, though it’s still not on par with its iOS and Android counterparts. Nevertheless version 3.4 brings several important improvements, including: Improved home screen – which is revamped to make it easier to see which items are selected. Moreover, there are “better” colors, an easy-to-see grid and clearer text labels. Ability…
The BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981, RIM’s fancy looking BlackBerry smartphone made in co-operation with Porsche, has been caught at the FCC where government employed engineers are testing its radiation levels, making sure the device is safe to be used by the general public. At the same time, I’m sure some of them are comparing their…
RIM wanted to break away from its conventional naming scheme and call its next generation operating system BBX, but it can’t. A federal court in Albuquerque granted BASIS International LTD a temporary restraining order that prevents RIM from using the name. RIM responded by announcing that “BlackBerry 10 is now the official name of the…
In the “take this with a grain of salt” department, we’re hearing rumblings that the first Research In Motion smartphone running BBX could be called the BlackBerry Surfboard. Cowabunga. The news comes from a trademark that RIM filed for with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office but that doesn’t mean much, as TechCrunch points out that…
Android developer Trevor Eckhart uncovered software that may be secretly installed on some Android, BlackBerry and Nokia phones. The software, Carrier IQ, tracks almost everything the user does on his or her handset and sends it back to Carrier IQ servers. Eckhart exposed this software earlier this month and called it a rootkit for your phone. Carrier…