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BlackBerry 10 coming to the PlayBook after first BB10 phone launches

Brad Linder — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:28:07 +0000

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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Confirmed: BlackBerry PlayBook 4G coming in 2012

Brad Linder — Wed, 02 May 2012 19:30:06 +0000

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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RIM launches BlackBerry 10, courts developers with $10,000 guarantee

Brad Linder — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:00:56 +0000

Research in Motion officially launched the BlackBerry 10 operating system for smartphones and tablets today. While you can't buy any devices with the new software yet, RIM did start handing out BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha smartphones to developers. But that's just one of the things the company is doing to try to get developers to write apps for the BlackBerry...

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Now you can play PlayStation games on a Blackberry PlayBook

Brad Linder — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:30:54 +0000

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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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 won’t support side-loaded Android apps

Brad Linder — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:55:36 +0000

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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BlackBerry PlayBook 4G spotted in the wild

Brad Linder — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:00:24 +0000

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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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 may be on the way

Brad Linder — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:00:11 +0000

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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Over a million BlackBerry PlayBooks are in the wild

Brad Linder — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:49:37 +0000

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 brings hundreds of magazines to the BlackBerry PlayBook

Lee — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:13:40 +0000

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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RIM lays out policy on jailbreaking (hint: don’t do it)

Brad Linder — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:16:38 +0000

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion sells a lot of products to business clients, so it's no surprise that security is a key feature. So when people figure out how to jailbreak a device such as the BlackBerry PlayBook by exploiting a security hole in the software, it's not surprising that RIM moves to patch that hole. Today BlackBerry Security Incident...

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Blackberry phone becomes a BlackBerry PlayBook gamepad

Brad Linder — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:17:58 +0000

Have a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and a BlackBerry smartphone? Soon you may be able to use your phone as a game controller for your tablet... which is pretty cool when you realize the tablet also has an HDMI port that lets you view games on a big screen TV. One of the features baked into the recently released BlackBerry PlayBook...

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BlackBerry PlayBook was top-selling tablet at Future Shop, Best Buy Canada last week

Brad Linder — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 14:16:45 +0000

The BlackBerry PlayBook was the best-selling tablet at two major electronics chains in Canada last week. Both Future Shop and Best Buy Canada have tole Research in Motion that the 7 inch tablet outsold the competition... including Apple's iPad 2 for the week. Before you break out the champagne to toast RIM though, there are a few things to keep...

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BlackBerry PlayBook still available for $199

Brad Linder — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:30:08 +0000

Now that Research in Motion has rolled out BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 to make the 7 inch tablet more useful, you might think the company would end the sale it's been running that lets you pick up a PlayBook for as little as $199. But you'd be wrong. On February 21st, RIM released PlayBook OS 2.0. And up until recently,...

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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2 is here…so what’s new?

Lee — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:00 +0000

After months of previews, sneak peaks, glimpses, and beta updates, RIM has finally released BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2. While it's not going to turn the original PlayBook into an iPad killer, the update has brought tons of new functionality to RIM's tablet. And that's terrific news for everyone who's recently picked up a heavily-discounted PlayBook -- and for folks who...

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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 could launch February 21st

Brad Linder — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:35:38 +0000

Research in Motion has promised to release a major software update for the BlackBerry PlayBook this month -- and now it looks like the company has picked a date: February 21st. The folks at Berry Review note that Research in Motion mentioned the date during a webcast for game developers. BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 will bring a number of new...

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