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 […]
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Now you can play PlayStation games on a Blackberry PlayBook
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 […]
BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 won’t support side-loaded Android apps
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 […]
BlackBerry PlayBook 4G spotted in the wild
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 […]
BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 may be on the way
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]