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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:…
In its “Strong mobile adoption of Flash Player” press release, Adobe said that the new release of Flash Player with performance advancements will be available for computers and also for Android Honeycomb tablets and BlackBerry Tablet OS (PlayBook). The main new thing of version 10.2 is called Stage Video, which delivers much improved video performance…
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…
A late night quickie for all the BlackBerry Style users out there. If you think an OS update is in order, look no further. An official OS has dropped for your device, from the good folks at Reliance. Earlier today OS 6.0.0.436 dropped, and you can grab it right here. As per what seems to…
Last year, Rogers purchased the rights to become the official mobile sponsor of the Vancouver Canucks. Along with that came the naming rights to the arena (Formerly known as General Motors Place, now known as Rogers Centre)… and now, it looks like Rogers is extending their reach by launching a new (and free) Vancouver Canucks…
A tip sent into skatter tech suggests the BlackBerry PlayBook may land at Verizon Wireless. The tipster sent in the URL for a website that is apparently a registration page for a beta program to demo the PlayBook on Verizon’s network. The portal landing page confirms the beta program is closed and contains links to a…
Communology announced that its Visual Voicemail (VVM) solution can now be used with Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry smartphones. The voice-to-text enabled solution is also available as a widget, making it accessible for almost every internet enabled device imaginable. Obviously, Communology will use the upcoming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to showcase the latest VVM…
A couple of late night BlackBerry OS updates for you folks tonight. One is very official, the second… well, it’s not so official (a leak). First off comes OS 6.0.0.380 for the BlackBerry Pearl 3G. It comes to us via Aircel, and yes, it’s official all the way. To get started, you can download the…
It’s a head-to-head-to-head-to-head matchup against the Dell Streak 7, Playbook, iPad and Motorola Xoom brought to us by Skattertech. Which device will come out on top (without looking back at the title of this post)? Read on to find out! The infographic is broken up into multiple parts with categories like connectivity, hardware, software, screen,…
By now, you should know a lot about the upcoming Research In Motion BlackBerry PlayBook, as we’ve had multiple hands-on videos of the device but I thought one more dedicated solely to the gesture controls could be useful. As you may know, the BlackBerry PlayBook sports a 7-inch screen with a high resolution but there’s…