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By now, you’ve probably heard that the BlackBerry PlayBook will run Android 2.3 apps in a “sandbox” or emulator environment and my quick, pool side reaction is that I don’t like this because I believe that it is a short-sighted move that undercuts Research In Motion’s QNX platform before it has any time to gather…
RIM announced its fourth quarter financials for the fiscal year ending February 26, 2011 and while its quarterly results are strong, its guidance is shaky. The Canadian handset manufacturer shipped 14.9 million BlackBerry handsets in the last three months. This figure that is at the top of its estimate for the quarter, but less than…
Earlier this week, four U.S. senators called on Apple, Google and RIM to remove DUI-busting applications from their respective App stores. The apps in question include titles such as FuzzAlert and Buzzed. These apps and other like them help drivers pinpoint DUI checkpoints presumably so they can avoid them. Several of the apps accept user-submitted…
Received a note from a good developer friend of mine this morning, letting me know about a new BlackBerry app (in Beta) from Fixmo. Called ‘Fixmo Extend’, this new app allows you to connect your laptop to the internet via your BlackBerry’s internet connection. From what I’ve read so far, it looks pretty neat. Made…
After promising to launch new versions of both Opera Mini and Opera Mobile at CTIA last week, we’re happy to say that the Norwegians have kept their word. While the user interface hasn’t changed with Opera Mini, performance has gone up. Scrolling and panning speeds have improved considerably since version 5, and there’s also now…
Online backup service Carbonite launched an iPad version of its mobile application, allowing users with Apple’s tablet to access their files on a large screen. Carbonite Access for iPad shows all of the files you’ve stored in the cloud on your beloved tablet so you can download, view and share them with just a few…
Koodo Mobile have been adding some nice new devices to their lineup in 2011. The featurephones we’re so used to seeing are stepping aside, to make room for more attractive offerings, like the BlackBerry Curve 9300. According to a tipster over at MobileSyrup, Koodo is set to offer the BlackBerry Curve 9300. No launch or…
Damn. SXSW 2011 has been a bonanza for the IntoMobile team on the BlackBerry PlayBook exclusive side, as we just brought you the first look at the BlackBerry PlayBook music store on the device but that’s just one of the components of the multimedia strategy. Check out the video below for an exclusive first look…
The SXSW 2011 festival in Austin, TX has been overrun with group messaging apps from every corner of the world. The mobile technology trends we’re seeing out here are being fueled by personal recommendation apps and grilled cheese sandwiches (seriously), but the biggest trend, by far, is the group messaging trend. So, when we ran…
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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…