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- BlackBerry Traffic v2.0.0.1735 Released in Beta Zone
- OS 6.1.0.44 Leaks for Unreleased Torch 2 9850 and Bold Touch 9930
- Leaked BlackBerry Radio, App World, Podcasts, & News App For OS 6
- What is that Icon in the BlackBerry Touch Leak – Speculate!
- RIM Foo Fighters Garage Tour Contests End Today! (US & Canada)
- BlackBerry Touch Monaco/Monza Caught on Camera!
- Zillow Releases Free BlackBerry App for Home Shoppers
- RIM Asks FCC to Hold Back PlayBook Approval Details Until Launch
- BlackBerry PlayBook Internet Tethering Simply Uses Bluetooth Dial Up Networking
- Where is the BlackBerry PlayBook Advertisement Blitz?
- Office Depot and Sears Canada Also Offering PlayBook Preorders
- Last Day for Developers to Submit Apps for Free PlayBook Offer – Have You?
- New Spring Story 3D Animated Theme from BB-Freaks – 50 Freebies!
- Polar Mobile Signs Deal with RIM for Over 100 PlayBook Apps
| BlackBerry Traffic v2.0.0.1735 Released in Beta Zone Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:08 PM PDT RIM has been doing a great job of updating their BlackBerry Traffic app in the Beta Zone. The latest update is not a big one but seems to be the last one before this version comes out of beta at the end of April. The new version bring the following improvements:
DavidB let us know about the update and mentioned it added turn by turn notifications but I could not find that feature. Either way let us know if you spot anything else in the update. You can find the BlackBerry Traffic update in the Beta Zone at this link. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, April 1, 2011, 1:08 am. | BlackBerry Traffic v2.0.0.1735 Released in Beta Zone | Leave a comment |
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| OS 6.1.0.44 Leaks for Unreleased Torch 2 9850 and Bold Touch 9930 Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:40 PM PDT For all of you sporting unreleased BlackBerry Torch 2 9850's or BlackBerry Bold Touch 9930s we have an OS leak for you! If you don't have one of those devices simply jump in your Tardis (that’ makes 3 @DrewCPU) and pick one up from the "future you." You can pick up the OS at the links below: Thanks to everyone who sent this in! (image credit AussieGall) If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 31, 2011, 7:40 pm. | OS 6.1.0.44 Leaks for Unreleased Torch 2 9850 and Bold Touch 9930 | 4 comments |
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| Leaked BlackBerry Radio, App World, Podcasts, & News App For OS 6 Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:31 PM PDT The guys over at BBH-Plus got their hands on a 6.1 OS and have been busy all afternoon leaking the applications found in the OS including: BlackBerry Radio, Visual Voicemail, App World, Podcasts, and News. UPDATE: Added Facebook for BlackBerry NOTE: The applications are only for OS 6.0, they will not work on other devices as far as we know. BlackBerry App World v2.1.3.2 OTAFacebook for BlackBerry v1.9.1.8 OTA (note leak may require a keycode)BlackBerry Podcasts v1.5.0.18 OTAIf you get errors about BBID .cods missing, Install this OTA: BlackBerry News v1.1.0.12 OTAIf you get errors about BBID .cods missing, Install this OTA: BlackBerry Radio v1.0.0.34 OTA – If you get an error download this.Visual Voice Mail v3.0.0.122 OTAThanks to Tashana and Fubaz for sending this in. Source: BBH PLUS If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Luis Merlos for ©BerryReview, March 31, 2011, 6:31 pm. | Leaked BlackBerry Radio, App World, Podcasts, & News App For OS 6 | 11 comments |
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| What is that Icon in the BlackBerry Touch Leak – Speculate! Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:19 PM PDT I didn't notice it until Marc Paradise pointed it out but anybody notice something funny about the BlackBerry Touch pictures leaked by the BoyGenius? They have a black box over one of the icons on the homescreen. While Marc thought that points to it being a controlled "leak", Jonathan (aka BoyGenius) confirmed in the comments when Afrolion also pointed it out that:
So I thought I would throw the question to all of you. What do you think could be hidden behind door black icon #1? If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, March 31, 2011, 4:19 pm. | What is that Icon in the BlackBerry Touch Leak – Speculate! | 30 comments |
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| RIM Foo Fighters Garage Tour Contests End Today! (US & Canada) Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:03 AM PDT I am not sure how we missed this but RIM has a Foo Fighters contest and sweepstakes going on with a grand prize of trip for two to see the Foo Fighters or a private performance by them in your garage. The sweepstakes for the trip to see the Foo Fighters in concert ends today and its really simple to enter compared to the Best Buy version. You need to fill out the form at www.foofightersgaragetour.com and the contest is open to US and Canadian residents except for Quebec. The contest on the other hand is a bit more complicated but also ends today. You need to submit a photo of YOUR garage and in 25 words or less tell RIM why the Foo Fighters should play in your garage. You enter that contest at this link. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, March 31, 2011, 2:03 pm. | RIM Foo Fighters Garage Tour Contests End Today! (US & Canada) | 3 comments |
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| BlackBerry Touch Monaco/Monza Caught on Camera! Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:29 AM PDT
Finally we have some new info on BlackBerry smartphones. It looks like that picture of the "BlackBerry Storm 3" we snagged back in September of last year was spot on! The BoyGenius scored some hands on pictures of what is now the BlackBerry Touch codename Monaco (Verizon CDMA) and Monza (GSM). Gone is the SureType screen and we have BlackBerry OS 6.1 on board. Nothing crazy fancy in OS 6.1 but still its nice to see! It has the BlackBerry ID login built into the system where you need to login to use the device.
According to BGR these new devices will be announced at BlackBerry World in May along with the BlackBerry Bold Touch, Torch 2, Curve Touch, and this BlackBerry Touch Monaco and Monza versions!
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, March 31, 2011, 1:29 pm. | BlackBerry Touch Monaco/Monza Caught on Camera! | 17 comments |
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| Zillow Releases Free BlackBerry App for Home Shoppers Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:25 AM PDT I am not sure how many of you are familiar with Zillow but it is an awesome resource for home shoppers. When you are looking for a new house Zillow provides you with a ton of vital information about each property. They just announced today that they have released a BlackBerry app for their service that allows you to view a aerial map of your location using GPS displaying
The Zillow BlackBerry App also allows you to have:
The Zillow app is totally free and you can pick it up at zillow.com/blackberry/ or in App World by searching for Zillow. It supports OS 5.0+ so it should cover most users. Check out a video demo of Zillow for BlackBerry below: Desktop Video Link | Mobile Video LinkIf you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 31, 2011, 12:25 pm. | Zillow Releases Free BlackBerry App for Home Shoppers | 3 comments |
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| RIM Asks FCC to Hold Back PlayBook Approval Details Until Launch Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:11 AM PDT If you needed any more proof that RIM originally planned on launching the PlayBook in March this should clinch it. Doug (Hayes Developer) noticed that RIM has filed an extension with the FCC asking them to keep the PlayBook's details confidential until April 19th (the launch date). The previous date was set for March 31st. They want the FCC to do this to:
Now this makes me truly wonder what is in these approval documents that RIM has not told us already??? Any guesses? I am hoping for a built in sonic screwdriver. RIM is asking them to withhold the:
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, March 31, 2011, 12:11 pm. | RIM Asks FCC to Hold Back PlayBook Approval Details Until Launch | 6 comments |
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| BlackBerry PlayBook Internet Tethering Simply Uses Bluetooth Dial Up Networking Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:57 AM PDT Over the last few weeks I have tried to explain to a few people the difference between the BlackBerry Bridge and the Internet Tethering on the BlackBerry PlayBook. The BlackBerry Bridge simply proxies certain information like email, contacts, calendar, notes, tasks, and BBM from a BlackBerry to the PlayBook and shows that information on the PlayBook. It looks like it may give BES users access to the companies intranet but that is about it. Internet Tethering on the other hand is simply using the Bluetooth Dial Up Networking (DUN) profile that many phones support. This was just confirmed again in a leaked guide by Kevin @CrackBerry. That means any phone that supports Dial Up Networking over Bluetooth, which many feature phones even support, will be able to use their phone to get to the internet from a PlayBook. This all comes with one major caveat. Carriers are going to want to get paid. That means I can see them tacking on some $20 or so charge a month for "PlayBook Tethering." What would be really cool is if these plans would work with the upcoming Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot features coming in the next generation of BlackBerrys. Check out the details from the guide at this link. I have spoken to a few devs and it does not look like they will be able to create an app like "Tether" with the current SDK's available for the PlayBook. On the other hand my discussions with a few internal RIM devs hint that quite a few more API's are coming soon. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, March 31, 2011, 11:57 am. | BlackBerry PlayBook Internet Tethering Simply Uses Bluetooth Dial Up Networking | 6 comments |
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| Where is the BlackBerry PlayBook Advertisement Blitz? Posted: 31 Mar 2011 07:59 AM PDT Now that RIM has officially set the BlackBerry PlayBook launch date for April 19th along with opening up preorders I keep wondering one thing. Where are all the BlackBerry PlayBook ads. RIM has really stepped up their game with BlackBerry smartphone ads but I have yet to see one ad for the BlackBerry PlayBook. No billboards, web ads, nothing… So I have to wonder if we are in the quiet before the storm? Will we suddenly see the floodgates open in the next three weeks? What do you think RIM's game plan is? If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 31, 2011, 10:59 am. | Where is the BlackBerry PlayBook Advertisement Blitz? | 11 comments |
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| Office Depot and Sears Canada Also Offering PlayBook Preorders Posted: 31 Mar 2011 07:01 AM PDT
Retailers are gearing up for the April 19th launch of the BlackBerry PlayBook. I got an email yesterday from Sears Canada announcing that they have opened the doors for preorders for all three variants of the BlackBerry PlayBook. Quite a few readers also let us know that Office Depot in the US is also accepting preorders. The prices are the same across all these retailers but the trend I am seeing is that many of them are only really going to have quantities of the 16GB variant in stock at stores. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 31, 2011, 10:01 am. | Office Depot and Sears Canada Also Offering PlayBook Preorders | 3 comments |
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| Last Day for Developers to Submit Apps for Free PlayBook Offer – Have You? Posted: 31 Mar 2011 06:56 AM PDT What I am hearing now is that RIM may have screwed up in the email they sent to developers that made us think the free PlayBook offer was extended. With that extension not happening that makes today the last official day to submit a BlackBerry PlayBook app to be eligible for the offer of a free BlackBerry PlayBook at launch. If you are not already in the submission process with an App World vendor account and signing keys I doubt you can still make the deadline. I am curious how many of you have already submitted apps or plan on submitting them today. Let me know in the comments along with what kind of app you submitted. In the same vein I submitted a WebWorks app I created on March 23rd and it still is "pending review" over a week later. Maybe RIM is getting inundated with submissions? Either way they better approve it or I will have a conniption. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 31, 2011, 9:56 am. | Last Day for Developers to Submit Apps for Free PlayBook Offer – Have You? | 12 comments |
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| New Spring Story 3D Animated Theme from BB-Freaks – 50 Freebies! Posted: 31 Mar 2011 06:14 AM PDT Yes, BB-Freaks is back with this eye-popping colorful new theme called Spring Story 3D. An animated ascending air balloon, 6/8 customizable icons and a bunch of others lovely details makes this theme bring a breath of fresh air. Available for a variety of BlackBerry devices, Spring Story is on sale for $3.99 but if you head over to our Berryreview Store, enter coupon code BRSPR at checkout (be sure to select your appropriate device) this baby is yours for free. Please, one code per customer…give everyone a chance. Also, if you get lucky, it would be nice to say thanks in the comments section of this post. BIG THANKS TO BB-FREAKS FOR THIS SPECIAL GIVEAWAY! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Vicky for ©BerryReview, March 31, 2011, 9:14 am. | New Spring Story 3D Animated Theme from BB-Freaks – 50 Freebies! | 8 comments |
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| Polar Mobile Signs Deal with RIM for Over 100 PlayBook Apps Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:42 AM PDT In case you don't know Polar Mobile they are a solid mobile development shop that creates some of the popular content apps you probably already use. Polar Mobile let us know they have inked a deal to bring at least 100 apps to the BlackBerry PlayBook. These apps are probably going to be for the same clients that Polar Mobile is currently working with from their catalog of 200+ BlackBerry apps. I am not sure what RIM had to do with the deal but I have heard of them doing similar things in the past. I know RIM has played a role in getting many apps to the BlackBerry Platform by contracting with the developing house directly. Its a pretty solid move for RIM and I hear they are looking to create similar deals. Just to give you an idea of the apps this deal will bring to the PlayBook some of Polar Moblie's apps include: TheStreet, Bloomberg, The Hockey News, TIME. CNN Money, and many more. Here are the full details from Polar Mobile: Polar Mobile to support RIM’s PlayBook tablets and launch 100 PlayBook Apps March 31, 2011 (Toronto, ON) – Polar Mobile (www.polarmobile.com) announced plans today to support Research In Motion’s PlayBook tablet devices and estimates launching at least 100 Apps for the device in 2011. Polar Mobile’s SMART Platform powers over 500 mobile Apps across every smartphone for over 200 Publishers in 10 countries. The 180+ Super Apps powered by Polar Mobile on BlackBerry smartphones today have been used by over 4,000,000 people in 100 countries. The likes of Time Inc, Conde Nast, Bloomberg, CBS Sports, Shanghai Daily and Transcontinental Media are some of Polar Mobile’s customers. “Tablets represent a massive opportunity for our customers to increase reach, drive engagement and create a new revenue stream”, says Kunal Gupta, Chief Executive Officer, Polar Mobile. “We are excited to extend our Platform to the PlayBook and believe it will be a key content consumption device that Publishers need to be on”. IDC forecasts worldwide shipments of tablets to reach 70.8 million units by next year. RIM has announced the launch of the PlayBook tablet for April 19th. "Polar Mobile is a leader in helping Publishers launch high-quality mobile Apps easily and quickly, while enabling a compelling user experience”, says Tyler Lessard, Vice President, Global Alliances, Research In Motion. “The PlayBook is an important device that partners like Polar Mobile are investing heavily on, given the opportunity to grow distribution and revenue”. Polar Mobile's SMART™ Platform provides Publishers with an affordable solution that is fast and easy to get to-market across every major device. The Platform is a fully hosted and managed solution, incorporating a variety of mobile ad servers, mobile reporting, end-user support and other key platform services. To learn more about launching Apps with Polar Mobile, visit www.polarmobile.com. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 31, 2011, 8:42 am. | Polar Mobile Signs Deal with RIM for Over 100 PlayBook Apps | 4 comments |
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