Archive for the ‘Platforms: BlackBerry’ Category

BlackBerry Receives Official Facebook App Ahead of iPad

May 2nd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: Facebook | No Comments »

While iPad consumers are still stuck without an official Facebook app, RIM is proud to announce that Facebook is launching first on their new Playbook device.

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BlackBerry Developer Challenge 2011 Announced

May 1st, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

The BlackBerry Challenge 2011 has started off, accepting submissions for the first competition. This first competition is about developing the best Adobe Flash/Air app for RIM’s Playbook.

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RIM to Announce BlackBerry Bold with Touchscreen

May 1st, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Over the past couple of days, there have been rumours of a BlackBerry Bold with touchscreen that would be announced by RIM somewhere soon. Research in Motion itself confirmed it ahead of schedule.

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GfK: BlackBerry Topping the Charts in Holland

April 22nd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Some more news from our lovely home country. GfK announced that BlackBerry is still dominating the Dutch sales charts. The most popular BlackBerry phone is the BlackBerry Curve 8520.

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Playbook Launces in North America

April 20th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Research in Motion has silently launched the Playbook in the US and Canada. RIM even canceled the press event that should help get the Playbook in the hands of the many BlackBerry fans. According to analysts, this move from RIM is because of the many negative reviews of the Playbook that are on the internet.

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Android Apps Also Coming to BlackBerry Phones

April 6th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Last Monday, we met some folks from RIM that were lorrying a PlayBook around in Holland. Of course we took it for a sweet little spin (we weren’t at MWC), but there’s more to this story.

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RIM Confirms Android Support on Playbook

March 24th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry | 1 Comment »

RIM has confirmed that the new BlackBerry Playbook will be able to run Android apps. RIM will deliver two ‘app players’ with the playbook that should make sure the apps run on the tablet.

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BBM Goes Open

March 16th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

RIM has just opened up BBM to developers that wish to include the messaging service into their BlackBerry apps. BlackBerry is however not opening up the API for usage from other platforms.

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Opera Launches Opera Mobile Store

March 8th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: PalmOS, Platforms: Symbian | No Comments »

Opera has launched it’s own browser based app store called Opera Mobile Store. The app store is active in over 200 countries and supports platforms like Android, BlackBerry, Palm and Symbian.

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RIM to Expand Ping Onto iPhone and Android!?

March 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

If rumors are right, BlackBerry is developing special versions of BlackBerry Messenger for both the iPhone as well as for Android. Both new versions would be paid apps though usage after purchase is free.