Research in Motion’s next-generation operating system will be able to run on phones and tablets. If you want to run BlackBerry 10 on your phone, you’ll probably have to buy a new handset. No upgrades are planned for current BlackBerry 7 devices. But BlackBerry tablet users will have a chance to move to BB10 without buying new hardware. The BlackBerry…
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BlackBerry PlayBook tablets with 4G radios have been showing up in the wild for a little while now, and there have been rumors that wireless carriers were testing the new tablets. But up until this week Research in Motion officials hadn’t confirmed that its new 4G PlayBook was on track to launch this year. Now they have. CEO Thorsten Heins…
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Not happy with the selection of games available for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet? No problem. Developer Catalystg has ported the PCSX PlayStation emulator to run on the $199 tablet, which means you can play games for Sony’s classic video game console on the 7 inch tablet. You can find details at the CrackBerry Forums or the developer’s website. There are…
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As expected, Research in Motion has released an updated version of its operating system for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. But it doesn’t just add support for 3G and 4G tablets (in fact, it’s not even clear yet if it does that at all, since the PlayBook 4G isn’t available yet). It also offers new features and performance tweaks for WiFi-only…
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We’ve already seen what the new 4G version of the BlackBerry PlayBook table looks like (picture a WiFi-only PlayBook, then slap a 4G sticker on the side). Now comes word that wireless carriers across the globe are testing new 3G and 4G versions of the 7 inch tablet for use on their networks. BerryReview reports the PlayBook 3G and 4G…
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With the release of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, RIM made it possible to run thousands of Android apps on the company’s 7 inch tablet. That dramatically increases the number of apps available for the tablet, since there are far more apps developed for Android than for the PlayBook OS. Right now there are two ways to load Android apps. If…
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Research in Motion plans to release a BlackBerry PlayBook 4G tablet soon. In fact, a 4G capable version of the 7 inch tablet already hit the FCC website last month. Now it looks like there are a few early models in the wild. Last month a member of the CrackBerry Forums reportedly picked up non-working PlayBook 4G evaluation unit from…
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Shortly after Research in Motion released BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 for the company’s 7 inch tablet, folks noticed that it couldn’t be jailbroken using the existing versions of the Dingleberry jailbreak tool. The developers behind the jailbreak had promised that Dingleberry 4.0 would be along soon to address the issue… but that was in February. Now the official changelog for…
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You can pick up a new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet for $199 these days… but if you want a little more storage, CowBoom is selling used 64GB models for $220. And if you want a better warranty you can get a refurbished 64GB PlayBook for $280. We also found some great deals on Acer netbooks and notebooks, microSDHC cards, and a…
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Research in Motion just pushed BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 out the door in February, but the company may already be working on the next version of the 7 inch tablet’s operating system. Web browser benchmarking site HTML5 Test shows some new results for “RIM Tablet OS 2.1,” and the good news is that the browser appears to score higher than…
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Research in Motion is making its quarterly earning report today, and while it’s hardly all good news, RIM has managed to convince at least a million people to use its 7 inch BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The PlayBook launched in February, 2011. At the time the tablet featured attractive hardware but an unattractive price and a tough-sell operating system. For $499…
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Zinio is one of the top apps in the digital periodical game. It offers popular apps for iPad and Android that let users subscribe to hundreds of magazines or buy individual issues. If you bought a tablet and wanted the eco-friendly route and ditch your dead-tree subscriptions, it’s well worth checking out. And now, those of you you who own…
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