The Blackberry Playbook is finally relevant again with a major software upgrade that spent almost a year in development. The new OS2 update is available in your settings menu where you select "update." It will give you some amazing new features that will give you the quintessential RIM experience.The new OS2 update gives users something everyone has wanted from day one and … [Read more...] about Blackberry Playbook OS2 Update Is Finally Available!
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Best Buy Advert Leaks Kindle and Twitter Apps for Playbook OS2
The Blackberry Playbook OS2 update is probably the most eagerly anticipated firmware update in the last few years. It really makes the RIM tablet offering relevant because it imbues you with the ability for Android Apps, a real email client, calender, and cool hardware abilities. Today Best Buy in Canada launched their promotional flyer for next week and gave us some new … [Read more...] about Best Buy Advert Leaks Kindle and Twitter Apps for Playbook OS2
Latest With The RIM Blackberry Playbook: Ad-Powered Android apps to Run Afterall
The easiest way that most thought can salvage the PlayBook tablet device out of its impending graveyard was to allow the device to run Android Apps. Their native application market just did not have enough to attract developers to it. A user would therefore have limited applications to load on the PlayBook for their various needs. RIM accepted this suggestion and went ahead to … [Read more...] about Latest With The RIM Blackberry Playbook: Ad-Powered Android apps to Run Afterall
New PlayBook OS 2 Update Set for a Feb 21 Launch
The BlackBerry PlayBook and the PlayBook OS Update 2.0 have been expeted for quite some time, and all that was missing was the official release date. RIM confirmed the new release date in a webcast that focused on "Developing native games with the BlackBerry NDK 2.0." Not surprisingly, RIM has refused to commit to the Feb 21st date, but is sticking to the update being made … [Read more...] about New PlayBook OS 2 Update Set for a Feb 21 Launch
BlackBerry PlayBook Owns 15% of the Canadian Tablet Market
The virtues of having a product priced really affordable is increased consumer acceptance and a greater market share. RIM is all too happy to have hit upon that with the PlayBook tablet device that has gone on to garner a healthy 15 percent market share in Canada. The tablet has been selling really well off late which is in stark contrast to the lukewarm response that the … [Read more...] about BlackBerry PlayBook Owns 15% of the Canadian Tablet Market
BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Arriving Next Week?
RIM isn't confirming any of this, though unconfirmed sources say the PlayBook OS 2.0Â will be officially unveiled February 21st. RIM has declared that the much awaited software update for the PlayBook device is in advanced stages of development and an official announcement is due anytime now, as Feb 21st isn't too far away. Also, among the goodies bundled with the OS 2.0Â is … [Read more...] about BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Arriving Next Week?
10 Inch BlackBerry Tablet Spotted, Developers Get 2 More Weeks to Work on BlackBerry OS
We all know there is a 10 inch tablet device that RIM is working on and the good thing is, the tablet might be there for public viewing at the upcoming MWC. Or with a greater probability, at the DevCon Americas scheduled in May. Also as proof of the tablet already attaining its final shape, the rumored 10 inch PlayBook had been sighted by people of BlackBerryCzech in the … [Read more...] about 10 Inch BlackBerry Tablet Spotted, Developers Get 2 More Weeks to Work on BlackBerry OS
Good e-Reader Week in Review: Tablet News
Things have been pretty staid as far as tablet devices are concerned this past week with nothing spectacular coming along our way during the period. The usual Apple vs Samsung battle continues though advantage Samsung is how the legal tussle can be explained right now. However, the battle seems far from being over, more so in light of what Steve Jobs is reported to have said, … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Week in Review: Tablet News
BlackBerry PlayBook for $199 Is Back Again
Perhaps RIM has made more experiments with the price of its PlayBook than anyone with a tablet device anytime before. However, of all the prices that the PlayBook can be associated with so far, it seems it is the $199 price tag that suits it best. Which is perhaps why the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is up for sale at just $199 one more time. Last month, the same tablet had been … [Read more...] about BlackBerry PlayBook for $199 Is Back Again
Good e-Reader Week In Review: Tablet News
Reflecting on the happenings in the tablet field this past week, what comes to the fore is that there has been no major tablet launches during the period though the usual doses of rumors and speculation had its share of limelight all along. The biggest news of the past week has of course been the way the Apple iPad almost steamrolled the competition by announcing total sales … [Read more...] about Good e-Reader Week In Review: Tablet News
New Blackberry PlayBook Leaked
What you are looking above is believed to be what the PlayBook will look like in a few months from now. There are hardly any changes to the tablet's exterior that RIM has planned, so that the new upgraded PlayBook is expected to be almost entirely about enhanced internals. There is going to be an uprated 1.5 GHz TI OMAP 4460 dual core processor that will replace the 1 GHz OMAP … [Read more...] about New Blackberry PlayBook Leaked
PlayBook OS 2.0 Beta Update Introduces Autocorrect and Predictive Text
For BlackBerry PlayBook users who had been waiting for the OS 2.0 version, there is the beta version now available at the BlackBerry site. The beta has been numbered 2.0.0.7111.However, the latest update is aimed primarily at developers to let them test out their apps before the final PlayBook OS 2.0 is made available. PlayBook OS 2.0 is scheduled to arrive February 17, … [Read more...] about PlayBook OS 2.0 Beta Update Introduces Autocorrect and Predictive Text
Dingleberry 3.0 for PlayBook released
For those who are looking to root their BlackBerry PlayBook, the updated version of the Dingleberry tool makes the task a lot simpler. The features which the new release has on offer include the option to downgrade the standard operating system to an earlier version -- to let the Dingleberry app to gain root access -- along with support for streaming video from Hulu. Of course … [Read more...] about Dingleberry 3.0 for PlayBook released
RIM Shows off OS2 Update for Blackberry Playbook at CES
Research and Motion brought a few Playbooks to CES that were running the new OS2 update that will be pushed to all devices sometime in February. This is one of the most eagerly anticipated updates because it will bring added functionality to the Playbook and make it feel relevant again.There were a few key features RIM was pushing with this new update and one of them … [Read more...] about RIM Shows off OS2 Update for Blackberry Playbook at CES