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CrackBerry Team uses PlayBook as camera from CES2012 show floor
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CrackBerry Team uses PlayBook as camera from CES2012 show floor

Posted by IsaacKendall on 12 Jan 2012 5:29 pm
This week at CES2012 my video camera battery died early on Day 1 and I realized I hadn't packed my charger. After a moment of panic I remembered that the BlackBerry PlayBook shoots 1080p video! So to the show floor Joseph Holder and I went, armed with our PlayBooks, and started shooting video. We were confident that the video quality would be stunning; the only thing we were initially...
RIM Showcases New BlackBerry 7.1 OS at CES 2012
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RIM Showcases New BlackBerry 7.1 OS at CES 2012

Posted by Adam Zeis on 9 Jan 2012 9:17 am
RIM has announced that BlackBerry OS 7.1 will begin rolling out for devices starting today and over the coming weeks. While we've alreday seen OS 7.1 arrive on Sprint and Verizon (as well as leak for some devices), many users who don't yet have it will certainly be anxious to get their hands on an official version. The new software will include BlackBerry Tag in addition to other new features...
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BBM Ugly Sweater Fan Night [video]

Posted by Adam Zeis on 22 Dec 2011 10:56 am
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] Last night I hit up the Aspen Social Club in NYC to check out the happenings at #BBMUglySweater Fan Night. Plenty of BlackBerry users were on hand to check out the festivities and claim the prizes they won from RIM in the #BBMUglySweater contest on Twitter. They were many happy campers heading home with brand new devices just in time for...
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BlackBerry DevCon 2011 Pavilion Tour Part 3: Perfecto Mobile, TCS, Rhomobile, Wikitude and New Toronto Group

Posted by Ryan Blundell on 24 Oct 2011 11:18 am
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] Finishing up with our BlackBerry DevCon 2011 mobile pavilion tour, these participants may be , but certainly not least. It was great to meet with everyone and discover the name/and faces behind the applications and other services. So rounding up the last set of interviews are representatives from Perfecto Mobile, TeleCommunication Systems (TCS...
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BlackBerry DevCon 2011 Pavilion Tour Part 2: App-Promo, Grabba, Xtreme Labs, iSpeech and Marmalade

Posted by Ryan Blundell on 24 Oct 2011 10:35 am
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] Continuing on with our mobile pavilion tour at BlackBerry DevCon 2011, we met some amazing people behind some equally amazing products. Part II of our tour doesn’t fail to wow either, as we are introduced to companies that help other companies build and market their applications. Though some were more animated than others, you couldn’t help but...
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BlackBerry DevCon 2011 Pavilion Tour Part 1: Search 4 BBM, Polar Mobile, Metova and Universal Mind

Posted by Ryan Blundell on 24 Oct 2011 9:54 am
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] The mobile pavilion at DevCon 2011 is a showcase for sponsoring companies in order to show off their wares/applications. This year, the pavilion was apparently smaller than it was in previous years. Nonetheless, they did provide excellent insight to the possibilities; they ranged from application development support, to in app GPS mapping tools...
CrackBerry Reminder: What you may have missed this week
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CrackBerry Reminder: What you may have missed this week

Posted by Adam Zeis on 23 Oct 2011 12:46 pm
What You May Have Missed Liquid Graphics broke BlackBerry Theme Studio; RIM looking into fixing it We salute you Gary Klassen, Inventor of BlackBerry Messenger!Porsche designed BlackBerry to be officially announced October 27thBASIS International takes legal action against RIM over BBX trademark#1 reason BlackBerry PlayBook sales are lacking is due to no native email clientBlackBerry DevCon...
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BlackBerry DevCon Highlights: Alex Caccia of Marmalade shows off Lara Croft and The Guardian of Light

Posted by Adam Zeis on 21 Oct 2011 8:03 pm
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] During the BlackBerry DevCon general session keynote, Alex Caccia of Marmalade took some time to show off a bit of what the BlackBerry PlayBook can do. It seemed that much of the keynote was about gaming on the PlayBook and here we got a good look at the upcoming Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. I for one and super pumped to check this game...
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BlackBerry DevCon Highlights: Chris Fleck shows off Citrix Receiver on the BlackBerry PlayBook

Posted by Adam Zeis on 21 Oct 2011 1:45 pm
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] Citrix Receiver for the BlackBerry PlayBook was announced a few weeks back, and during the BlackBerry DevCon general session keynote, Chris Fleck took some time to show it off a bit. Citrix Receiver runs over wifi and allows you to remotely connect to your desktop from anywhere in the world. It gives you full access so you can get things done on...
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BlackBerry DevCon Highlights: Alan Panezic talks on the BlackBerry PlayBook in Enterprise

Posted by Adam Zeis on 21 Oct 2011 11:27 am
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] Alan Panezic came on stage during the BlackBerry DevCon general session keynote to talk a bit on the BlackBerry in Enterprise. He touched a bit on BlackBerry Balance and BBX, then dove a bit more into the BlackBerry PlayBook on BES. The PlayBook can be provisined through the server, giving you a full Enterprise app store and secure apps without...

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