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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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Interview: Jane McGonigal talks Gaming and Gamification at BlackBerry DevCon

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 21 Oct 2011 8:09 pm
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] Following Jane McGonigal's featured speaker presentation at BlackBerry DevCon, she sat down with @berryvic to answer a few questions. I didn't have a chance to attend her session, but talking to a few of the people who did attend they said it was really awesome. So if you've got 12 minutes, sit back, relax and check out the video above. You'll...
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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...
BBDoodle: The RIMPIRE Strikes Out!
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BBDoodle: The RIMPIRE Strikes Out!

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 21 Oct 2011 5:55 pm
Sitting down to live blog the BlackBerry DevCon keynote this week, my hopes were high that we'd see the RIMPIRE walk up to the plate and smack a homerun, knocking a QNX-based BlackBerry SuperPhone out of Moscone park. That didn't happen. Instead, we saw RIM's Founder and Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis take a couple swings, hit a foul ball with a confusing BBX announcement, and ultimately strike out...
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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...
Tune in at 3:30pm EDT / 12:30pm PDT for CrackBerry LIVE Video Podcast - BlackBerry DevCon 2011 Highlights and Wrap Up!
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Tune in at 3:30pm EDT / 12:30pm PDT for CrackBerry LIVE Video Podcast - BlackBerry DevCon 2011 Highlights and Wrap Up!

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 21 Oct 2011 12:56 pm
BlackBerry DevCon 2011 has officially come to an end and the Crack team is back at home which means it's time to fire things up for a LIVE CrackBerry Podcast (with video) this afternoon to reflect on the events of this week. Who: Joining us for this one will be Adam Zeis, Chris Umiastowski, Bla1ze and yours truly. What: We'll talk about the show, what we saw, what we didn't see and everything...
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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...
We salute you Gary Klassen, Inventor of BlackBerry Messenger!
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We salute you Gary Klassen, Inventor of BlackBerry Messenger!

Posted by Kevin Michaluk on 20 Oct 2011 12:36 pm
We all know BlackBerry Messenger is one of the biggest hooks the BlackBerry platform has. Research In Motion originally made its mark in the world with push email, but in recent years it is BBM that has become the killer feature the company gets the most kudos for. Especially in the consumer space, BlackBerry Messenger is the must-have application that attracts people to buying a BlackBerry...
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Number one reason BlackBerry PlayBook sales are lacking is due to no native email client

Posted by Adam Zeis on 19 Oct 2011 3:56 pm
[ youtube video link for mobile viewing ] Sitting in on a panel today regarding the BlackBerry Runtime for Android App Player, we learned quite a bit about what's to come down the line for Android apps on the BlackBerry PlayBook. It definitely looks like there will be plenty of apps ported over from Android to play around with. One thing that was said was that the number one reason the...
Union releases Burn the City, Falling Fred and Kona's Crate to BlackBerry App World
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Union releases Burn the City, Falling Fred and Kona's Crate to BlackBerry App World

Posted by Bla1ze on 19 Oct 2011 3:51 pm
As noted in yesterdays BlackBerry DevCon general session keynote, the folks from Unity have now started their roll out of games for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Burn the City, Falling Fred and Kona's Crate have all been approved  to BlackBerry App World and are available for download. Surprisingly, they're not priced nearly as high as some of the other games we've seen released most recently. All...

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