BlackBerry
BlackBerry Mini Keyboard beefs up Playbook’s business acumen
Transforming the RIM PlayBook into a super-portable workhorse, the Mini Keyboard boosts the BlackBerry tablet’s productivity potential. RIM’s new accessory is something even PlayBook haters of the world can grudgingly give a nod. Attaching to the much-maligned tablet, the Mini Keyboard harnesses the PlayBook’s new-found native email capabilities to provide a laptop level of functionality [...]
Are Android Apps Being Published on Blackberry App World Without Developer Consent?
After RIM pushed out their 2.0 update for the Playbook, Android apps were suddenly available on the platform through their Android Player. The company is even giving out free Playbooks to Android developers who port their apps over. Playbook users, once upgraded to 2.0, started downloading the Android-based Dolphin HD Browser from Blackberry App World as a [...]
RIM Placing Android Apps On BlackBerry App World Without Developer Permission
When the Dolphin HD browser developed for the Google Android Market appeared on the BlackBerry App World portal most users probably assumed that the developer had agreed to the submission, however it turns out that 3rd party app development team MoboTap had no idea their application had been placed. That’s because a third party application [...]
Is your Android app on BlackBerry App World without you knowing?
In our review of PlayBook 2.0, we were eager to check out how well Android apps worked on the platform, and one of the first we reached for was the Dolphin HD browser. Curiously enough, it turns out Dolphin’s makers MoboTap had no idea their app was available via BlackBerry’s App World. The discovery …
SwiftKey apparently makes the leap from Android to BlackBerry PlayBook
So our pals at CrackBerry have been killing it with their BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 coverage. Killing it. But in keeping an eye on it — remember that part of BB’s MO now is to just use Android applications — something looked strangely familiar. See, the third-party Android keyboard I use loves to mock me by [...]
Blackberry Playbook OS Version 2.0 adds Android app support
RIM is pulling out all of the stops in an effort to keep the Blackberry Playbook alive. OS version 2.0 is now live and it gives that tablet the ability to run Android apps. Unfortunately for BB, we have something called the Kindle Fire which essentially is the same thing as the Playbook and runs [...]
Blackberry 10 screenshots hint at inspiration from WP7, Android
Although Research in Motion has been floundering lately to keep its venerable BlackBerry smartphone from going the way of the laser disc, new images of the Blackberry 10 operating system reveal a slick homage to Android and Windows Phone. Crackberry.com has posted exclusive photos the site received Tuesday morning from what we expect is future [...]
Wrap your head around this BlackBerry concept
Remember Nokia’s concept phone with a flexible screen? Well, designer John Anastasiadis has applied it to a BlackBerry concept phone featuring a display that wraps around to the back. The additional screen real estate enables separate workspaces to be set up on the front and back of the phone. Due to the flexible screen technology, [...]
BlackBerry Curve 9370 assessment: A challenging promote
Behind the back cover, the BlackBerry Curve 9370 has a GSM SIM card slot for globe travel. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) If you’re strictly comparing the BlackBerry Curve 9370 to what came prior to, then the update for Verizon is an absolute knockout. It runs BlackBerry seven OS, and has a beautiful 5-megapixel camera and 1GB [...]
RIM: BlackBerry App Globe more profitable than Android
RIM talks App Planet development relative to rivals RIM’s Developer Relations VP Alec Saunders created aggressive claims about the state of BlackBerry App Globe at his company’s DevCon Europe keynote on Tuesday morning. He contended that the retailer was the 2nd-most profitable mobile app keep immediately after Apple’s personal and that Android lagged behind considerably. [...]