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Latest Commercial Shows Off “The Incredibly Powerful BlackBerry 7 OS”

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 02:50 AM PDT

 BlackBerry 7 Commercial

RIM's advertising agency is finally getting into the swing of it with their BlackBerry 7 spots. The latest commercial posted to their YouTube page and shown on the BlackBerry.com website highlights "The incredibly powerful BlackBerry 7 OS." It actually does a good job of conveying the BlackBerry strengths and what BlackBerry 7 devices add to the mix. Check it out for yourself below:


Desktop Video Link | Mobile Video Link

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, October 26, 2011, 5:50 am. | Latest Commercial Shows Off “The Incredibly Powerful BlackBerry 7 OS” | Leave a comment |


An Update on BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 04:25 PM PDT

Today, RIM has posted on the Blackberry blogs an update on the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0. As most of you who follow RIM, they have been great with promises, but they fail on delivery. This announcement did not fall short on that.

Many expected a release of the new PlayBook OS, with native email clients, Android player and other features first this summer, then this fall, the PlayBook OS 2.0 is now officially been postponed till February 2012. Wow, the features that should have been delivered during the initial launch are now 10 months after.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my BlackBerry 9700 and Playbook, but I am getting tired of RIM’s promises missing the targets all the time. It stops being funny when you hear a new release and you automatically add 6-9 months at least to it.

You can read the whole post from RIM here.

What do you think of this update? Share your thoughts on the comments below.

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Posted by Remzi Turer for ©BerryReview, October 25, 2011, 7:25 pm. | An Update on BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 | 25 comments |


BBM Social Platform SDK v1.0 Comes Out of Beta for WebWorks

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 03:07 PM PDT

webworks PlayBook Torch

RIM has updated the BBM Social Platform SDK out of Beta for WebWorks developers. Usually they would just promote the beta but this release includes some updates. The new gold release v1.0 of WebWorks BBM SDK includes:

The SDK has been in beta for awhile and includes the following features for WebWorks developers:

  • Access and update fields in the user's profile such as status, avatar and personal message
    create app-specific custom areas within the user's profile for promoting your app and recent activity related to it, e.g. achievements
  • Initiate BBM chats with BBM users
  • Initiate file transfers
  • Share applications for download virally with friends in the contact list
  • Initiate application-to-application background communication through BBM for sending and receiving application signaling, data

Developers can download the SDK of the BBM Social Platform and play with it for themselves if they have not already or read about the release on RIM's DevBlog.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, October 25, 2011, 6:07 pm. | BBM Social Platform SDK v1.0 Comes Out of Beta for WebWorks | Leave a comment |


BlackBerry DevCon 2011 Sessions Now Online and Available Free?!?

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 01:52 PM PDT

BlackBerry DevCon Sessions

Usually RIM does a great job of posting up the sessions from DevCon online including audio and presentations along with sample code. The thing is that content is usually limited only to registered attendees of DevCon. Josep pointed out a thread on the forums where Adam Stanley from RIM confirms that the sessions are now up. The thing is it looks like they are available to anybody who wants to view them for free as long as you fill out a relatively simple registration.

I just went to this link and registered with a new username and password for free and now I can download and view all the sessions from DevCon along with downloading all the content to my BlackBerry. You can watch all the general sessions along with all the specific sessions on Java, Web, Native SDK, Adobe AIR/Flash, Android, Enterprise, and others. They even have some of the sessions offered in Spanish and some of them also have text transcripts!

I am not sure if this is a fluke that everybody can register but if you are interested I would recommend heading to this link and registering free so you can download the content in case RIM changes their mind… Let us know if it works for you!

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, October 25, 2011, 4:52 pm. | BlackBerry DevCon 2011 Sessions Now Online and Available Free?!? | 2 comments |


Blurry Pic of BlackBerry Bold 9790 Shows off New Buttons – Late November Release?

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 01:21 PM PDT

BlackBerry-Bold-9790-Fuzz

The latest out of the rumor mill is news on the BlackBerry Bold 9790. The BoyGenius scored a picture of the device along with an interesting choice of buttons when compared to the current 9700 series since the buttons look like the new Torch 9850/9860. The device is said to have a 2.45 inch 640×480 screen like the 9900. It will also include a full QWERTY keyboard. The same rumor also confirms that RIM will be following up with OS 7.1 (their last OS before BBX) later this year even though this device will probably ship with OS 7.0.

So what do you think of the blur-tastic picture? Any reason you would chose this over a 9900? I have been using the Curve 9350 for the last two days after using the Bold 9930 and I am sort of digging the smaller form factor.

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, October 25, 2011, 4:21 pm. | Blurry Pic of BlackBerry Bold 9790 Shows off New Buttons – Late November Release? | 9 comments |


RIM Publishes Full Security Advisory for Old BlackBerry 6 WebKit Vulnerability

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:38 AM PDT

BlackBerry Torch 9800 hacked

This latest security advisory goes to show why RIM's current model for carrier approved OS updates is not ideal. RIM put out what they call a security notice about a BlackBerry 6 WebKit browser vulnerability back in March of this year for an exploit found in the BlackBerry 6 Browser at Pwn2Own that month. RIM said back then that devices updated to OS 6.0.0.526+ were safe from the vulnerability. They then finally issued a security advisory this week for the same old vulnerability with quite a few more details about it.

The reason RIM took so long to release the advisory was because RIM had to wait for carriers to approve the security software update. RIM provided the fix within two weeks of learning of the vulnerability. Now SIX MONTHS LATER RIM has found that "a sufficient number of wireless services providers" have made the update available to their customers.

Here is RIM's explanation for the delay:

A sufficient number of wireless service providers must make a security software update for BlackBerry smartphones publicly available to customers before RIM will publish full details of the software update in a Security Advisory. RIM delivered the software updates to its wireless service provider partners. Where a wireless service provider may not have then provided the software updates to all customers, this policy is intended to protect those customers from increased risk of exploitation.

Within two weeks of learning of the vulnerabilities that this Security Advisory addresses RIM tested and delivered fixed software to our wireless service provider partners for their Technical Acceptance process. During the Technical Acceptance process, RIM monitored update availability for nine affected devices available through nearly 500 carriers globally until an availability level was achieved that allowed us to be confident that disclosure of the security vulnerabilities addressed by the software update would protect the interests of the majority of our customers.

RIM continues to work with our partners to expedite the process of software update delivery to BlackBerry smartphone customers.

Note: KB26132 was previously published as a Security Notice to responsibly advise customers about the existence of one of the three vulnerabilities, which had been publicly disclosed, and provide workaround options in lieu of a software update to address that issue for all affected customers. This Security Advisory replaces that Security Notice and provides full details of publicly available software updates that address that issue and two related issues, and urges affected customers to upgrade.

Six months to roll out a relatively critical software update is simply ridiculous in this fast changing security scene… Thankfully the PlayBook QNX based OS has been consistently pushing out security updates within 2 weeks or so.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, October 25, 2011, 2:38 pm. | RIM Publishes Full Security Advisory for Old BlackBerry 6 WebKit Vulnerability | 6 comments |


BlackBerry Torch 9810 Spotted in T-Mobile Inventory System

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 09:16 AM PDT

blackberry-torch-tmobile

We have already heard a couple of solid rumors that the BlackBerry Torch 9810 was coming to T-Mobile USA. Now we have it showing up in the T-Mobile internal inventory system spotted by TmoNews. This more or less fits in with the current rumored November 9th launch date but no price is specified yet. It will be interesting if they will price it as competitively at AT&T.

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, October 25, 2011, 12:16 pm. | BlackBerry Torch 9810 Spotted in T-Mobile Inventory System | Leave a comment |


BlackBerry App World v3.0.1.29 Rolled Out to Everyone

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 09:00 AM PDT

App World Update

If you have not already received it you will shortly be getting an update notification for App World. RIM has rolled out v3.0.1.29 of App World following a Beta Zone version of v3.0.1.28. My guess is that they are pretty much the same but you can check it out for yourself sans keycode.

You can pick up the download directly at www.blackberry.com/appworld from your BlackBerry

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, October 25, 2011, 12:00 pm. | BlackBerry App World v3.0.1.29 Rolled Out to Everyone | 2 comments |


Sweet Golf Battle 3D PlayBook Game with Online Multiplayer Fun! (Marmalade SDK)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 08:05 AM PDT

Golf Battle 3D Golf Battle 3D 2 

The fun continues with the rollout of yet another Marmalade SDK developed game for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Imperial Game Studio has released Golf Battle 3D for the PlayBook today and the game is freaking awesome! It also offers online multiplayer gaming against their 250,000+ players on the PlayBook, iPhone, Android, Symbian, Windows 7, and Bada. It is a pretty fun take on golf for mobile gaming with some fun antics. You can choose from one of 26 characters to play the courses.

The best part is that you can pick up Golf Battle 3D now for $0.99 in App World. Check out the video trailer below or more details at www.golfbattle3d.com


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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, October 25, 2011, 11:05 am. | Sweet Golf Battle 3D PlayBook Game with Online Multiplayer Fun! (Marmalade SDK) | 3 comments |


RIM Opens BlackBerry Business Cloud Services Public Beta for Microsoft Office 365

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:28 AM PDT

BlackBerry Business Cloud

We have been hearing about RIM's collaboration with Microsoft for a RIM hosted cloud BES since BlackBerry World. That product is finally starting to come together in the form of BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365. It is a RIM hosted BlackBerry Management Service for Microsoft Office 365 hosted Exchange. RIM is saying that a number of Fortune 500 customers and several government agencies have been testing the system out for a bit now and it is now ready for public beta. The best part is that BlackBerry Business Cloud Services is available for no extra charge to Microsoft Office 365 Midsized Businesses and Enterprise Plan subscribers and works on both BES and BIS BlackBerry data plans.

You can sign up for the beta at blackberry.com/beta/businesscloud or read more about it at www.blackberry.com/cloudservices and below:

Single login

    • Log in to the BlackBerry Business Cloud Services using the same credentials that you use to access Microsoft Office 365

Powerful and familiar administration

    • Look and feel similar to the BlackBerry Administration Service for the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server
    • Manage individual user accounts, groups, and your entire organization all from the BlackBerry Business Cloud Services web console. You can also activate BlackBerry devices and send wireless commands.

Wireless activation

    • Activate devices over the wireless network and associate them with the BlackBerry Business Cloud Services

Support for personal devices

    • BlackBerry Balance allows for an employee's use of a single BlackBerry smartphone for both work and personal without compromising the security of corporate data. This feature is available on devices running BlackBerry® 6 or later.

Instant messaging

    • Supports BlackBerry® Messenger and consumer instant messaging applications available from the BlackBerry App World™ storefront

Data protection

    • Uses AES as the symmetric key crytographic algorithm to protect data that is in transit between the BlackBerry Business Cloud Services and devices
    • Protects the connection between BlackBerry Business Cloud Services and the BlackBerry Administration Service using HTTPS
    • Provides IT policies and IT administration commands to control the behaviour of the device

Web-based self-service

    • Allows users to switch devices, back up and restore data on devices, set their own activation passwords, or send wireless commands to lock or erase the data on devices

User features

    • Supports all of the messaging features that users expect with BlackBerry devices, including wireless email reconciliation, email filters, email forwarding, signatures, out-of-office reply, contact lookup and updates, attachment viewing and downloading, personal distribution lists, personal folders and subfolders, follow-up flags, calendar event forwarding, availability viewing in meeting invitations, and so on

For more information, including system requirements, please view the Feature and Technical Overview.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, October 25, 2011, 10:28 am. | RIM Opens BlackBerry Business Cloud Services Public Beta for Microsoft Office 365 | Leave a comment |


RIM Offering Shazam Encore Free in Early November As Part of “Thank You Gift”

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:02 AM PDT

BlackBerry-Promo_blog-post-final 

RIM has listed the apps they plan on giving away in the coming weeks as a thank you gesture for their prolonged outage. The list included the sweet Shazam Encore premium version which usually costs $4.99 in App World. RIM did not give us a specific date but Terry pointed out that Shazam posted a tweet that it would be available in Early November. They confirmed that on their blog along with the following message:


A heads up for all BlackBerry Shazamers! In early November you'll be able to download Shazam Encore – our premium App worth $4.99 for FREE from BlackBerry App World.

No Limits. Unlimited tagging with Encore means you can Shazam as often as you like to buy music, get lyrics, watch videos and more…

And it's all thanks to BlackBerry! To show their appreciation for your loyalty and support during last week's service interruption – BlackBerry Subscribers will get a choice pick of premium apps free of charge – find out more here*! Nice one BlackBerry! We'll keep you posted here on our Blog and on Facebook and Twitter when Shazam Encore is free to download from BlackBerry App World.

* Please note that the availability of this offer will depend on the type of device, operating system version, access to BlackBerry App World and local conditions and/or restrictions.

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, October 25, 2011, 10:02 am. | RIM Offering Shazam Encore Free in Early November As Part of “Thank You Gift” | 2 comments |


RoboForm Finally Releases New BlackBerry Beta v1.4.8

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 05:40 AM PDT

RoboForm 

It has been years since RoboForm updated their BlackBerry app for their password management service. Their previous app is pretty bare bones and then stopped development. Now they have started things back up with beta v1.4.8 for BlackBerry. The change log for this version includes:

  • Version 1.4.0 changes:
    * Sync from RoboForm Everywhere account.
  • Version 1.3.0 changes:
    * Supports RC6 and Blowfish encryptions.
    * Dual Master Password support.
    * Enhanced interface.
    * Some bugfixes

This version is confirmed to work on OS 6.0+ but may also work on OS 5.0. It can be downloaded OTA at this link or you can read more about it on their Facebook announcement. Thanks Bill!

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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, October 25, 2011, 8:40 am. | RoboForm Finally Releases New BlackBerry Beta v1.4.8 | 6 comments |


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