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 […]
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Over a million BlackBerry PlayBooks are in the wild
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 […]
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Zinio brings hundreds of magazines to the BlackBerry PlayBook
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 […]
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RIM lays out policy on jailbreaking (hint: don’t do it)
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 […]
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Deals of the Day (3-16-2012)
The BlackBerry PlayBook 7 inch Android tablet normally sells for $199 and up, but Buy.com is offering a model with 16GB of storage today for $30 off the list price. First released in early 2011 for $499, the PlayBook is now available for less money than an Amazon Kindle Fire — a tablet which looks […]
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4G BlackBerry PlayBook visits the FCC
Right now if you want to use a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet with a 3G or 4G network you need to use a MiFi or similar mobile hotspot. But Research in Motion is preparing to launch new models with 4G connectivity… and this week they showed up at the FCC website. The first to appear was […]
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Official BlackBerry PlayBook keyboard case launches… for $120
Research in Motion is finally offering an official keyboard/case combo for the BlackBerry PlayBook… more than a year after the tablet first hit the streets. But that’s not even the strangest thing about the new BlackBerry Mini Keyboard. RIM also wants to charge $119.99 for the accessory — even though you can buy a BlackBerry […]
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Blackberry phone becomes a BlackBerry PlayBook gamepad
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 […]
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BlackBerry PlayBook was top-selling tablet at Future Shop, Best Buy Canada last week
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 […]
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BlackBerry PlayBook price drops to $199… permanently?
Before the holidays Research in Motion started slashing BlackBerry PlayBook prices by more than 50-percent. From time to time the price has gone back to normal, with a 16GB model priced at $499, but the company seemed to keep starting up the sale again, pricing the cheapest model at $199. Now it looks like that […]