Apps & Games / by - Feb 24, 2012 9:24 AM
This week has so far been a great week for #TeamBlackBerry. The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet received the long-awaited OS 2.0 with a bunch of goodies as well as app updates…
Desktop & Server Software / by - Feb 15, 2012 8:46 AM
RIM today officially announced the released of BlackBerry Desktop Software version 7.0. According to their announcement, this version is “designed to link users’ data, media files, and applications on a…
Apps & Games / by - Feb 2, 2012 11:21 AM
[blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/asaunders/status/165097598624075777″] You read that right! According to Alec Saunders, VP of Developer Relations at RIM, Android developers who submit their apps to BlackBerry App World by February 13th will…
Desktop & Server Software / by - Jan 19, 2012 11:49 AM
RIM today released Beta 3 of the Native SDK for Tablet OS on the BlackBerry PlayBook. This update brings a few goodies like additions and improvements to tooling, APIs and…
Apps & Games / by - Jan 10, 2012 2:49 PM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eb9tKEXRlY&hd=1[/youtube] I just showed you RIM’s preview video for BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 and it looks like they’ve put up another one, this time for updates made to BlackBerry Bridge…
Apps & Games / by - Dec 7, 2011 11:26 AM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK4OYlCr1QQ&hd=1[/youtube] Those of you that have an interest in Dingleberry after I mentioned it a few hours ago will be happy to know they’ve put together a video guide on…
News & Rumors / by - Dec 7, 2011 9:52 AM
With BlackBerry DevCon going on in Singapore and now a BlackBerry PlayBook root exploit being made available by Dingleberry, they definitely have their hands full. For those of you that…
News & Rumors / by - Nov 24, 2011 11:03 AM
Last week I let you know that RIM was planning to release an update for the Tablet OS on the BlackBerry PlayBook. Today version 1.0.8.4985 of the Tablet OS went…
News & Rumors / by - Nov 16, 2011 12:08 PM
RIM yesterday announced in the BlackBerry Beta Zone that a new Tablet OS update for the BlackBerry PlayBook will be available ahead of the 2.0 release in February. According to…
News & Rumors / by - Oct 25, 2011 7:05 PM
Earlier today I let you know about a rumor that claimed OS 2.0 for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet would be delayed until February of next year. RIM confirmed this rumor…
News & Rumors / by - Oct 25, 2011 11:46 AM
The team over at BGR have received word that RIM plans to launch Tablet OS 2.0 for the BlackBerry PlayBook in mid-February next year. Besides for this bit they’ve also…
Apps & Games / by - Oct 20, 2011 2:32 PM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugfc_y-GInE&hd=1[/youtube] Some great games recently launched for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet showing exactly what it’s capable of…awesomeness. The first to really show off its power was Dead Space but a…
Desktop & Server Software / by - Oct 18, 2011 1:21 AM
RIM today posted a new version of the BlackBerry Desktop Software for Mac computers. Now at version 2.2.0.17, this update brings improved support for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. According to…
News & Rumors / by - Oct 6, 2011 10:19 AM
RIM today updated the Tablet OS for the BlackBerry PlayBook to version 1.0.7.3312 with an important fix/update for the Adobe Flash Player. Here are the details for this update: A…
News & Rumors / by - Oct 3, 2011 2:16 PM
Over the weekend I posted some info and links to help get you up to speed with what to expect at this year’s BlackBerry DevCon Americas. RIM today published a…
News & Rumors / by - Sep 15, 2011 6:13 PM
I just finished the live blog for RIM’s Q2 2012 earnings call but I figured I’d mention something that deserved some spotlight, that being Tablet OS 2.0 for the BlackBerry…
Events & Live Coverage / by - Sep 15, 2011 5:00 PM
Live Blog: Research In Motion Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results Yesterday I let you know that RIM would be reporting their second quarter fiscal 2012 results today. They’ve already…
Apps & Games / by - Sep 15, 2011 10:25 AM
RIM today pushed out an update for the BlackBerry Bridge app for BlackBerry smartphones. Now at version 1.0.6.5, there’s no note no what’s new in this update but it’s probably…
News & Rumors / by - Aug 26, 2011 9:07 AM
Rumors have been going around about a new Tablet OS version for the BlackBerry PlayBook and it looks like they were right according to some newly leaked screenshots. Chinese website…
Apps & Games / by - Aug 24, 2011 12:13 PM
Among the other BlackBerry App World notifications I received after updating my Tablet OS to version 1.0.7.2942 was an update for the official Facebook for PlayBook app. Now at version…
Desktop & Server Software / by - Aug 24, 2011 11:40 AM
RIM let me know today they’ve launched a beta of the Native SDK for the BlackBerry Tablet OS. With this SDK game developers can code in C/C++ environment and take…
Operating System Updates / by - Aug 24, 2011 9:38 AM
I guess a BlackBerry Bridge update will always mean a Tablet OS update for the BlackBerry PlayBook is on the way. At least that’s been the case so far. RIM…
Desktop & Server Software / by - Aug 19, 2011 3:17 PM
RIM today released version 2.1.1 of the BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for BlackBerry smartphones. Developers can now take advantage of integrating new BlackBerry 7 simulators and features for developing BlackBerry apps…
Events & Live Coverage / by - Aug 11, 2011 12:20 PM
I just go an email from RIM letting me know that the online session catalog for BlackBerry DevCon Americas is now live and available for viewing. Also mentioned in the…
Apps & Games / by - Jul 20, 2011 4:03 PM
Yesterday the awaited Tablet OS version 1.0.7.2650 was finally released for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Unfortunately it was pulled soon after because of issues some users were experiencing with BlackBerry Bridge…
Apps & Games / by - Jul 19, 2011 5:01 PM
Earlier today I let you know that Tablet OS version 1.0.7.2650 was released for the BlackBerry PlayBook and before that the BlackBerry Bridge app was also updated. Apparently users are…
Apps & Games / by - Jul 19, 2011 8:56 AM
And it’s finally here! Tablet OS version 1.0.7.2650 for the BlackBerry PlayBook is now available for download and includes support for new languages, BlackBerry Bridge updates and multimedia enhancements. Among…
Guides & Tips / by - Jul 19, 2011 7:27 AM
While we continue to wait for the Tablet OS update to version 1.0.7 for the BlackBerry PlayBook, RIM has gone ahead and published the new, official user guide for this…
Apps & Games / by - Jul 19, 2011 6:59 AM
Here’s some great news for those of us waiting on the BlackBerry PlayBook update to version 1.0.7 that was supposed to happen last week. RIM has begun rolling out an…
News & Rumors / by - Jul 15, 2011 5:24 PM
Earlier today I let you know that a Tablet OS update for the BlackBerry PlayBook is rumored to be releasing soon with some new features. According to an internal Bell…
News & Rumors / by - Jul 15, 2011 10:11 AM
I’ve seen/heard a few rumors that a new Tablet OS update for the BlackBerry PlayBook is in the works and might even get released today. While the rumor about today’s…
Desktop & Server Software / by - Jul 7, 2011 3:31 PM
RIM has announced a new version of the BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for smartphones today. Currently at version 2.1, the goal of this release is to bring the WebWorks APIs and…
Desktop & Server Software / by - Jun 23, 2011 1:31 PM
RIM today announced and released a new version of the BlackBerry WebWorks SDK for the BlackBerry PlayBook’s Tablet OS. With the new APIs in this version developers can create WebWorks…
News & Rumors / by - Jun 20, 2011 8:51 PM
A few weeks ago RIM released Tablet OS version 1.0.5.2342 with fixes for the Adobe Flash Player vulnerabilities but I guess they didn’t get them all. Version 1.0.6.2390 is now…
Apps & Games / by - Jun 20, 2011 9:43 AM
Adobe today released an update to their Flash Builder and Flex software putting them at version 4.5. This version allows developers build applications for iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry PlayBook, Android…
Guides & Tips / by - Jun 17, 2011 12:21 PM
RIM recently posted an updated user guide for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The user guide now has info for everything included in the Tablet OS version 1.0.5 update. The user…
News & Rumors / by - Jun 16, 2011 11:03 AM
Although already mentioned in their press release from last week, RIM today sent out a separate press release for the launch of the BlackBerry PlayBook in Hong Kong. Not much…
News & Rumors / by - Jun 13, 2011 2:19 PM
RIM today released a beta version of the BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet OS with a focus on developers who’d like to preview the update and test their apps on it. Version…
Desktop & Server Software / by - Jun 13, 2011 9:33 AM
RIM recently released a new version of the Tablet OS SDK for Adobe AIR for the BlackBerry PlayBook. The latest version of the SDK software is now at 1.0.2 and…
Operating System Updates / by - Jun 11, 2011 11:22 PM
Earlier this week RIM released Tablet OS version 1.0.5.2304 for the BlackBerry PlayBook. This version of the Tablet OS included a few new features and enhancements but might have also…
News & Rumors / by - Jun 7, 2011 8:36 AM
It’s been just over a month since the last Tablet OS update for the BlackBerry PlayBook but it seems longer, especially with all the earlier rumors of an OS update…
News & Rumors / by - Jun 3, 2011 5:23 PM
After an apparent slip up by Gerald Evans and launch details for Sprint’s BlackBerry PlayBook, John let me know that RIM went ahead and made it official! In a press…
Guides & Tips / by - May 19, 2011 7:11 AM
If you updated to the latest BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet OS v1.0.3.1868, you might have noticed your battery drains a bit more than it did before the update. This isn’t happening…
Desktop & Server Software / by - May 11, 2011 12:47 PM
If you’re a developer who’s interested in learning more about the BlackBerry Tablet OS Native Developer Kit (NDK) then RIM’s upcoming webcast is something you should definitely look into. This…
Operating System Updates / by - May 3, 2011 7:40 AM
Yesterday I let you know that RIM was planning to roll out an update to the BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet OS. This version will bring new features like PlayBook Video Chat,…
Events & Live Coverage / by - May 2, 2011 3:56 PM
Among the many announcements so far today at BlackBerry World, RIM just announced a new version of the BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet OS. The new version available this week will be…
Operating System Updates / by - Apr 22, 2011 7:36 AM
I think it’s great that RIM is directly handling software updates for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. New Tablet OS versions are available as soon as RIM pushes them out and…
News & Rumors / by - Apr 21, 2011 2:41 PM
Back in late March RIM officially announced they’d be expanding the application ecosystem for the BlackBerry PlayBook to support both Java and Android applications. There were many questions about how…
Guides & Tips / by - Apr 19, 2011 12:47 AM
As promised in yesterday’s post about BlackBerry Bridge, here’s a video that should that should give you a good idea on how to go about updating the software on the…
Guides & Tips / by - Apr 19, 2011 12:24 AM
So you’ve seen the unboxing video and now it’s time for the next video in our BlackBerry PlayBook tablet series. This video will show you the bootup screen and initial…