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Shanghai Daily launches BlackBerry Super App powered by Polar Mobile

Posted by Bla1ze on 27 Oct 2010 4:02 pm

Shanghai Daily has gone mobile on BlackBerry. With the help of Polar Mobile Shanghai Daily readers can now stay up to date with China's premier english launguage newspaper. As indicated in the press release: “We understand that our readers are everywhere and want to ensure they have the information they need on the go”, says Peter Zhang, editor-in-chief of Shanghai Daily. “Polar Mobile...

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RIM Announces the BlackBerry Bold 9780 Smartphone!

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 27 Oct 2010 9:07 am

FINALLY!!! For soooooo many of us traditional BlackBerry users out there, this is the new device from Research In Motion that we have been waiting for. Today RIM has officially announced the BlackBerry Bold 9780, the GSM successor to the popular BlackBerry Bold 9700. Compared to the 9700, the 9780 doubles up its internal flash memory to 512MB, gets the new 5 megapixel camera that's already found...

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BlackBerry Style Hands-On Video Impressions!

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 27 Oct 2010 12:48 am

[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] We'll be following up shortly with our full BlackBerry Style 9670 review, but in the meantime figured we'd throw up our initial hands-on video impressions to ease the wait for all the flip phone lovers out there. The BlackBerry Style will be available from Sprint starting this halloween, October 31st for $99.99 on a 2 year contract (see...

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Further Information/Clarification on the Free BlackBerry PlayBook for Developers making PlayBook apps

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 26 Oct 2010 7:22 pm

Following up the live demo of the BlackBerry PlayBook yesterday at the Adobe MAX conference and the news from RIM's Co-CEO about developers making PlayBook apps getting a free PlayBook, RIM has followed up with some more information on their BlackBerry DevBlog to help clarify things: There has been a lot of excitement about the BlackBerry PlayBook developer promotion announced by Mike...

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HootSuite for BlackBerry updated to version 0.3.11

Posted by Bla1ze on 26 Oct 2010 5:26 pm

Being realistic here, HootSuite for BlackBerry got off to a bad start on the BlackBerry platform. A lot of users had issues with lag, being unable to import accounts or just overall getting the application to load period. HootSuite though, has worked hard over the little bit since the apps original released and has now corrected many of the issues users were seeing. If you have faith in the...

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Official OS: 5.0.0.983 for the BlackBerry Bold 9650 released by Sprint

Posted by Bla1ze on 26 Oct 2010 3:31 pm

For all you BlackBerry Bold 9650 users out there that only like to run official goodness on your devices and that are with Sprint. You'll be pleased (or disppointed?) to know that OS 5.0.0.983 is now available for download. You can hit up the Sprint BlackBerry download page or go via OTA, although some folks reported that OTA was acting funny. Thanks to many, many folks who sent this in. Even...

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Download the BlackBerry PlayBook ringtones and sounds!

Posted by Bla1ze on 26 Oct 2010 3:00 pm

Since the release of the BlackBerry PlayBook SDK many developers have been poking around to see what goodies they can find hidden within. Some of those found goodies were the BlackBerry PlayBook ringtones and sounds. Ok, they're not really ringtones, rather just system sounds. Either way, they've all been extracted in .wav format and posted up for download, we're not exactly sure who did it...

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First Ever BlackBerry PlayBook App Released! Get the CrackBerry Launcher for your BlackBerry PlayBook today!

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 26 Oct 2010 10:32 am

Somebody has to be first, right? I guess it shouldn't come as any surprise then to see the first third party app to be released for the BlackBerry PlayBook be a CrackBerry Launcher app! While it's still an early build and only a few people in the world actually have BlackBerry PlayBooks right now to use it on, our friends at ShaoSoft got playing with the newly released BlackBerry Tablet OS SDK...

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Adobe posts longer BlackBerry PlayBook demo video!

Posted by Bla1ze on 25 Oct 2010 11:46 pm

For those of you who missed the full presentation or are not wanting to watch the replay via the AdobeMAX website, Adobe has now posted a longer version of the BlackBerry PlayBook demo to Youtube. Kevin summed it all for us earlier today so, just sit back and enjoy this one. Needless to say, my desire to own a BlackBerry PlayBook has increased many times over.

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India getting upgraded 3G services

Posted by Yousif Abdullah on 25 Oct 2010 7:01 pm

Although a little late to the game, an important step is being taken towards a more modern and technologically advanced India. Major telecommunication providers in the country are launching 3G networks soon, with Bharti Airtel aiming to upgrade to the wonders of HSPA before the end of this year. Vodafone Essar takes a more conservative route and strives to make the switch to 3G early next year...

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