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- SpeedLock Brings “Slide to Unlock” Feature to Touchscreen & Non-Touch BlackBerrys
- BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0.0.6149 Developer Beta Brings Loads of Goodies!
- BlackBerry App World Gets Official Update to v3.1.0.56
- Sprint Rolling Out OS 7.1 for Bold 9930 & Torch 9850 – Curve 9350 Coming Soon?
- RIM Earnings Call Questions and Answers Highlights & Tidbits
- RIM Confirms BlackBerry 10 Phones Only Coming in Second Half of 2012
- Press Release: RIM Reports Q3 Financial Results
- $200 Off PlayBooks At Staples and The Source
- Coconut Dodge Game for the BlackBerry PlayBook (Marmalade)
- Addictive Ziptrix Battle! With Bluetooth Multiplayer – $0.99 Today Only
- BeBuzz 5.0 gets Official! Individual BBM Alerts and more
- Keep an eye on your gifts with Santa Tracker!
- RIM Offering Sweet 65%+ Discount on DevCon Europe!
- Free Barcode Scanner lets you scan barcodes and more!
- Free BlackJack King Beta from Magmic for BlackBerry Smartphones
- RIM Reporting Q3 Fiscal 2012 Results Today at 5PM EST
- Sprint Selling BlackBerry PlayBooks for $199 From Dec 26th to Jan 7th
- QuickLaunch v4 Released With New Features on OS 7 (OS6 Coming Soon)
- BlackBerry Curve 9360 OS 7.1.0.70 Unofficial Installer Found Online
- Tank Recon 3D Game for the BlackBerry PlayBook
| SpeedLock Brings “Slide to Unlock” Feature to Touchscreen & Non-Touch BlackBerrys Posted: 16 Dec 2011 02:30 AM PST Boardwalk Mobile let us know about their SpeedLock app that they launched last month. The app brings a cool "touch to unlock" style lock screen to both touchscreen and non touchscreen BlackBerrys. You can have it lock the screen through the icon or when the screen shuts off which is nice. It has a slick design so it looks like its a native app.
Features include:
You can pick up SpeedLock in App World for $0.99 If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, December 16, 2011, 5:30 am. | SpeedLock Brings “Slide to Unlock” Feature to Touchscreen & Non-Touch BlackBerrys | Leave a comment |
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| BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0.0.6149 Developer Beta Brings Loads of Goodies! Posted: 15 Dec 2011 09:26 PM PST
We are just starting to play with the latest BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0.0.6149 developer beta and you can see that RIM is starting to make some nice changes. My buddy Shahriyar pointed out to me that it supports Bluetooth headsets along with auto correct outside of bridge. He also noticed that it scores a 308 on the HTML5 test site. Keep in mind this update may patch the current DingleBerry jailbreak so if you have been relying on that you may want to wait until we get confirmation one way or the other. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, December 16, 2011, 12:26 am. | BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0.0.6149 Developer Beta Brings Loads of Goodies! | 5 comments |
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| BlackBerry App World Gets Official Update to v3.1.0.56 Posted: 15 Dec 2011 09:22 PM PST
RIM has made their new version of App World publicly available tonight. This new version adds all of the features we have been telling you about like begging/gifting apps and Wi-Fi use along with content ratings. The update should also fix a few other bugs but RIM still has a way to go. You can download the latest version of App World from your BlackBerry at www.blackberry.com/appworld If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, December 16, 2011, 12:22 am. | BlackBerry App World Gets Official Update to v3.1.0.56 | Leave a comment |
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| Sprint Rolling Out OS 7.1 for Bold 9930 & Torch 9850 – Curve 9350 Coming Soon? Posted: 15 Dec 2011 09:15 PM PST
Sprint has quietly started rolling out OS 7.1 for both the BlackBerry Bold 9930 and the BlackBerry Torch 9850. My guess is that the Curve 9350 will probably follow up but maybe not today since mine is not showing an update. This OS version 7.1 adds Wi-Fi hotspot functionality along with loads of other fixes that RIM finally got around to. To get the update just go to your Options –> Device –> Software update If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, December 16, 2011, 12:15 am. | Sprint Rolling Out OS 7.1 for Bold 9930 & Torch 9850 – Curve 9350 Coming Soon? | One comment |
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| RIM Earnings Call Questions and Answers Highlights & Tidbits Posted: 15 Dec 2011 03:00 PM PST
Hey everyone, This earnings call was ANOTHER tough pill to swallow for us RIM faithful. I cataloged the different items that came up in the Q&A session after the earnings call. Here are the highlights: Here are the highlights:
Overall the tone was very subdued and clearly no one was happy. It will be interesting to see how the aggressive ad campaign in the US of A will change things. I don’t think anyone at RIM is crazy enough to think they can really recapture much market share, but, maybe the a NEW BIG ad campaign, combined with great phone pricing will stop the bleeding a little bit more than if RIM sat back and did nothing. Jim and Mike also gave the impression the discounts on the Playbook will continue into the new year and that they are 100% viewing the Playbook as a development base for the BB10 phones. I agree with this sentiment and I think its an overall good move. RIM is going for broke and their words suggest they want to get it RIGHT this time as opposed to rushing something. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by BBA Brian for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 6:00 pm. | RIM Earnings Call Questions and Answers Highlights & Tidbits | 16 comments |
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| RIM Confirms BlackBerry 10 Phones Only Coming in Second Half of 2012 Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:52 PM PST
RIM just delivered some sad news during the BlackBerry earnings call that is currently going on. Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis confirmed that BlackBerry 10 phones will not be available until the second half of 2012. They say this is because the BlackBerry 10 LTE phones are held up by a chipset that will not be available until Mid-2012. They say this chipset is needed to offer the battery life that customers expect. While some of that is definitely true it is really going to hit RIM hard that they are missing the first half of 2012. The story is still developing so expect more… Thanks Phil for the screenshot! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 5:52 pm. | RIM Confirms BlackBerry 10 Phones Only Coming in Second Half of 2012 | 26 comments |
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| Press Release: RIM Reports Q3 Financial Results Posted: 15 Dec 2011 02:00 PM PST
Research In Motion Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2012 ResultsWATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Dec. 15, 2011) – Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today reported third quarter results for the three months ended November 26, 2011 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where otherwise indicated). Highlights: * Revenue of $5.2 billion, up 24% from last quarter Q3 Results: Revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2012 was $5.2 billion, up 24% from $4.2 billion in the previous quarter and down 6% from $5.5 billion in the same quarter of last year. The revenue breakdown for the quarter was approximately 79% for hardware, 19% for service and 2% for software and other revenue. During the quarter, RIM shipped approximately 14.1 million BlackBerry smartphones and approximately 150,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets. “Despite the challenges faced in the third quarter, the BlackBerry subscriber base grew to almost 75 million customers around the world. In addition, RIM launched a range of new BlackBerry 7 based smartphones globally and introduced holiday promotions that helped drive growth in the installed base of BlackBerry PlayBook users,” said Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, Co-CEOs at Research In Motion. “RIM continues to have strong technology, unique service capabilities and a large installed base of customers, and we are more determined than ever to capitalize on our strengths to overcome the recent execution challenges surrounding product launches and the resulting financial performance. As part of our commitment to improving our performance to better meet the expectations of shareholders and customers, we continue to evaluate ways to improve in several areas of the Company’s operations. It may take some time to realize the benefits of these efforts and the platform transition that we are undertaking, but we continue to believe that RIM has the right set of strengths and capabilities to maintain a leading role in the mobile communications industry.” The Company’s GAAP net income for the quarter was $265 million, or $0.51 per share diluted, compared with GAAP net income of $329 million, or $0.63 per share diluted, in the prior quarter and GAAP net income of $911 million, or $1.74 per share diluted, in the same quarter last year. Adjusted net income for the third quarter was $667 million, or $1.27 per share diluted. Adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share exclude the impact of pre-tax charges of $54 million ($40 million after tax) to revenue related to the service interruption experienced in the third quarter, $485 million ($356 million after tax) for the PlayBook inventory provision taken in the third quarter and $7 million ($6 million after tax) for the Company’s cost optimization program that was implemented in the second quarter of fiscal 2012.Q4 Outlook Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 ending March 3, 2012 is expected to be in the range of $4.6-$4.9 billion. Gross margin percentage for the fourth quarter is expected to be approximately 38%. BlackBerry smartphone shipments are expected to be between 11 million and 12 million units. Earnings per share for the fourth quarter is expected to be in the range of $0.80-$0.95. Conference Call and Webcast A conference call and live webcast will be held beginning at 5 pm ET, December 15, 2011, which can be accessed by dialing 1-800-814-4859 (North America), (+1)416-644-3415 (outside North America) or through your personal computer or BlackBerry® PlayBookTM tablet at www.rim.com/investors/events/index.shtml. A replay of the conference call will also be available at approximately 7 pm ET by dialing (+1)416-640-1917 and entering passcode 4466493#. A replay of the webcast will be available on your personal computer or BlackBerry PlayBook tablet by clicking the link above. This replay will be available until midnight ET, December 29, 2011. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by BBA Brian for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 5:00 pm. | Press Release: RIM Reports Q3 Financial Results | 5 comments |
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| $200 Off PlayBooks At Staples and The Source Posted: 15 Dec 2011 01:34 PM PST
While perusing my massive pile of pre-Christmas flyers I noticed that PlayBooks have been discounted again at some locations in Canada. The Source (above) is simply taking $200 off and Staples (below) is offering a $200 gift card with purchase. For those of you who missed out on the $199 extravaganza, this might be the next best thing until after Christmas. Both locations are advertising these promotions until December 24th.
Let us know if you snag one! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by jforce for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 4:34 pm. | $200 Off PlayBooks At Staples and The Source | One comment |
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| Coconut Dodge Game for the BlackBerry PlayBook (Marmalade) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 01:12 PM PST We have another fun BlackBerry PlayBook game built on the Marmalade SDK called Coconut Dodge. Coconut Dodge has you playing a crab named Clawrence in a zany version of dodge the coconuts capture the treasure while it all falls down from the tree. Its not the most graphically intensive game by all means but it will really make you move. Check out the cross platform trailer below: Desktop Video Link | Mobile Video LinkCoconut Dodge is also priced right at only $0.99 in App World. Let us know if you pick it up! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 4:12 pm. | Coconut Dodge Game for the BlackBerry PlayBook (Marmalade) | Leave a comment |
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| Addictive Ziptrix Battle! With Bluetooth Multiplayer – $0.99 Today Only Posted: 15 Dec 2011 11:11 AM PST
The popular and slightly addictive Ziptrix Battle game from Joyco Games just got a nice discount. They have lowered the price to $0.99 for today only. The game is quite slick and is a form of Tetris. It also ups the ante letting you play two player Battle Mode over Bluetooth which is pretty fun. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 2:11 pm. | Addictive Ziptrix Battle! With Bluetooth Multiplayer – $0.99 Today Only | Leave a comment |
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| BeBuzz 5.0 gets Official! Individual BBM Alerts and more Posted: 15 Dec 2011 10:02 AM PST
Bellshare has released BeBuzz 5.0 today, and it couldn’t come soon enough. A lot of us using BeBuzz always wanted individual BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) LED alerts, and today that day has come. With 20 different LED colours to choose from, and 12 different disco flashing led sequences, you will have the ability to give everyone your personal touch. They have also added text to speech, this allows you to have certain contacts messages read to you automatically or upon request. They have also added BBM ‘Toasts’, small unobtrusive on-screen messages (“toasts”) at the bottom or top of the screen. Bellshare has certainly done a great job here, you can find more info on it on their website. It is on sale for $2.99 for the next two day in App World, existing users will be subject to a $1.99 upgrade fee. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Fubaz for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 1:02 pm. | BeBuzz 5.0 gets Official! Individual BBM Alerts and more | 2 comments |
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| Keep an eye on your gifts with Santa Tracker! Posted: 15 Dec 2011 09:08 AM PST
Eager to see what exactly Ol’ Saint Nick is up to over the holidays? Well let Santa Tracker help you! Santa Tracker gives you an exact count down until Christmas in your time zone, as well as shows a map of where Santa is. It uses your location and slowly shows Santa getting closer to your location. You can pick it up $0.99 in App World Here. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Fubaz for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 12:08 pm. | Keep an eye on your gifts with Santa Tracker! | Leave a comment |
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| RIM Offering Sweet 65%+ Discount on DevCon Europe! Posted: 15 Dec 2011 08:09 AM PST
One of our tipsters let us know that RIM has a pretty sweet promotion for DevCon Europe until December 23rd, 2011. The deal gives you 50% OFF the already discounted Early Bird rate. In other words the regular rate is €400 and the early bird rate is €275 and this "incredible limited time discount" is only €125 for DevCon Europe. Even better you can get an ADDITIONAL €50 Alumni Discount off that €125 if you have attended a previous BlackBerry DevCon event in 2010 or 2011. Oh and it gets better. All attendees receive a free BlackBerry PlayBook. All you have to do is register for DevCon Europe before December 23rd, 2011 and use the code DCJM01 to get the "incredible limited time discount." So what are you waiting for? Get your development on at BlackBerry DevCon Europe on February 7-8th in Amsterdam! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 11:09 am. | RIM Offering Sweet 65%+ Discount on DevCon Europe! | 3 comments |
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| Free Barcode Scanner lets you scan barcodes and more! Posted: 15 Dec 2011 08:00 AM PST
S4BB Limited let us know today that they have released a new FREE Barcode Scanner to transform our BlackBerry Smartphones into a bar-code Scanner. Besides barcodes, they have also added the support for QR codes, datamatrix, UPC codes and many more formats which makes it stand out in the crowd of such apps. If you like to check your product bar-codes on the go, you definitely must check this out! According to S4BB, this app allows you to read barcodes with the following formats: You can pick it up at here at the BlackBerry® App World or in our store here If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Terrence T for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 11:00 am. | Free Barcode Scanner lets you scan barcodes and more! | 7 comments |
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| Free BlackJack King Beta from Magmic for BlackBerry Smartphones Posted: 15 Dec 2011 07:55 AM PST Magmic has released BlackJack King beta for BlackBerry smartphones (select models). The new game makes BlackJack King totally free in this beta with a similar gameplay to Texas Hold'em King Live. It has loads of fun features including twitter integration for bragging rights.
Features include:
You can pick up BlackJack King Beta free from BlackBerry App World If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 10:55 am. | Free BlackJack King Beta from Magmic for BlackBerry Smartphones | Leave a comment |
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| RIM Reporting Q3 Fiscal 2012 Results Today at 5PM EST Posted: 15 Dec 2011 07:45 AM PST
RIM is going to have a pretty interesting earnings call today at 5PM EST. They recently issued a revised forecast for this quarter and the year saying that Q4 will not exceed shipments of Q3. The RIM stock is currently the lowest it has been in 7 years which is pretty crazy and is down 74% for the year. RIM really needs to start hitting investors hard with proof and execution showing how they plan on getting out of this slump and instilling confidence. We all know RIM has a plan for BB10 but RIM will need to wow investors. You can join the conference call yourself from RIM's website today at 5PM. We will recap what is said once RIM releases the results. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 10:45 am. | RIM Reporting Q3 Fiscal 2012 Results Today at 5PM EST | 15 comments |
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| Sprint Selling BlackBerry PlayBooks for $199 From Dec 26th to Jan 7th Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:46 AM PST
The $199 deals for 16GB BlackBerry PlayBooks look like they will be continuing. A leak spotted by SprintFeed (via CB) shows a flyer for Sprint's holiday deals. They are going to be selling the BlackBerry PlayBook for $199 from December 26th until January 7th 2012. My guess is some other retailers will be jumping in on the bandwagon so it may be worth the wait! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 9:46 am. | Sprint Selling BlackBerry PlayBooks for $199 From Dec 26th to Jan 7th | One comment |
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| QuickLaunch v4 Released With New Features on OS 7 (OS6 Coming Soon) Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:42 AM PST
NikkiSoft has updated its hugely popular launcher app QuickLaunch to v4.0 for BlackBerry OS 7 devices. The new version brings a load of new features which will be coming to OS 6.0 devices soon. QuickLaunch is one of those tools that people either love or hate so it may be worth checking out. Here are the new features in v4.0:
You can pick up QuickLaunch v4.0 in App World for $1.99 If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 9:42 am. | QuickLaunch v4 Released With New Features on OS 7 (OS6 Coming Soon) | 4 comments |
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| BlackBerry Curve 9360 OS 7.1.0.70 Unofficial Installer Found Online Posted: 15 Dec 2011 06:32 AM PST The BlackBerry OS 7.1 leaks continue with more unofficial installers. This time we are seeing it for the BlackBerry Curve 9360 with OS 7.1.0.70. N4BB spotted this unofficial installer created by JD from BBH+ from files provided by Polan Tech. This is not the traditional beta leaks so only install this if you know what you are doing and are willing to deal with the consequences. Download the BlackBerry Curve 9360 OS 7.1.0.70 Unofficial Installer from: Warning: This OS will not install on any other BlackBerry besides the one mentioned above and is not an official release.If you do not know how to upgrade your BlackBerry OS please start by reading this step by step guide.Don't forget to delete the vendor.xml file located in c:program files>common files>research in motion>apploader to install it on a different carriers device. Don't forget our usual warnings: do not download and install these updates if you don't know what you're doing. Incorrect procedure or just bad luck could render your BlackBerry inoperative or unstable. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 9:32 am. | BlackBerry Curve 9360 OS 7.1.0.70 Unofficial Installer Found Online | Leave a comment |
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| Tank Recon 3D Game for the BlackBerry PlayBook Posted: 15 Dec 2011 05:40 AM PST
Lone Dwarf Games has brought their Tank Recon 3D game to the BlackBerry PlayBook. It has you in their new codename Alpha tank taking on other tanks, planes, helicopters, and more through two campaigns and two survival levels. You can also submit your scores online to compare with others. Features include:
You can pick up Tank Recon 3D in App World for $4.99 If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, December 15, 2011, 8:40 am. | Tank Recon 3D Game for the BlackBerry PlayBook | One comment |
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