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- S4BB Christmas Sweepstakes draw!
- Reminder: WIN a BlackBerry PlayBook or $200 Gift Certificate!
- New & Current US BBM Music Users Get 4 Months Free for a Limited Time
- Explanation Behind BlackBerry 10 Phones Needing a Chip Coming in Q2 2012
- iTunes Video Sync Brings Non-DRM Videos to Your PlayBook Wirelessly
- BlackBerry PlayBook Native SDK 2.0 Beta 2 Now Available
- What does a $100 million dollar advertising budget look like?
- No Update to PlayBook OS 2.0.0.6149 Dev Beta? Try This URL
- Viper Wants You to Preheat Your Car From Your BlackBerry This Winter
- AcousticSheep SleepPhones Review
| S4BB Christmas Sweepstakes draw! Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:08 PM PST The guys over at S4BB just let us know again, that they are giving away a FREE BlackBerry Torch 9800 as part of their Christmas Sweepstakes. They are allowing you to increase your odds of winning by inviting your friends to join the sweepstakes. And yes, worldwide entries are allowed for this sweepstakes! This is how to enter the sweepstakes: The deadline is December 24, 2011 and S4BB will announce the winner on December 27th. As for shipping costs, don’t worry, S4BB will take care of it too! Do let us know if you have entered the draw. Goodluck! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Terrence T for ©BerryReview, December 17, 2011, 12:08 am. | S4BB Christmas Sweepstakes draw! | Leave a comment |
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| Reminder: WIN a BlackBerry PlayBook or $200 Gift Certificate! Posted: 16 Dec 2011 02:32 PM PST December is half way over and we are really getting into the end of the year festivities. We just wanted to remind you that there is a free 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook or $200 Amazon or PayPal gift certificate going to a lucky reader this month. The BerryReview BlackBerry Unlock Store, your #1 source for BlackBerry unlock codes, has sponsored this holiday giveaway prizes. All you have to do to enter this giveaway is simply leave a comment, forum post, and/or tip submission during the month December 2011. We are also including all "Retweets" of BerryReview articles on Twitter as extra entries to win! The selection process involves us choosing a finalist from each of the categories (comments, forum posts, tips, Retweets) and then having our judge select the winner out of those four. Every comment, forum post, Retweet, and/or tip submission counts as another entry so get cracking! You must be registered and logged in to BerryReview when leaving comments for them to be included in the contest and the winner will be chosen by the BerryReview staff in the beginning of January 2012. You can check out all the details and official rules in the announcement post. If you have any questions comments leave a comment on that post. Start a New Forum Discussion Visit the forums So what are you waiting for? Let us know why you want/deserve a BlackBerry PlayBook below! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 16, 2011, 5:32 pm. | Reminder: WIN a BlackBerry PlayBook or $200 Gift Certificate! | 5 comments |
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| New & Current US BBM Music Users Get 4 Months Free for a Limited Time Posted: 16 Dec 2011 12:59 PM PST
RIM has finally realized that they need to promote BBM Music more if they want it to have a chance to succeed. Their latest promotion offers new BBM Music subscribers in the United States four months free of service if they download the app between December 16, 2011 to January 4, 2012 . The are also extending the subscription of users who have already downloaded BBM Music by another 4 months which is a nice bonus. Here are the details:
Music is Better with Friends With this holiday offer there has never been a better time to introduce friends to BBM Music – so that you can share and discover music together.
With BBM Music, you can create a music profile of your favorite songs that all your BBM Music friends can listen to – and in return you can enjoy all of your friends' profile selections. That means the more friends you have on BBM Music, the more music you and your friends can enjoy! You can listen to full tracks, create playlists, have conversations about music, and even listen to music offline.
About: BBM Music is a cloud-based BBM-connected music service that enables viral music discovery and social interaction, allowing music fans to connect on a whole new level. BBM Music allows users to enjoy an evolving, community-based music library together with their BBM Music friends. The size of a user's music library continues to grow as they invite friends to join their community. Each user can select music from a catalog of millions of songs from Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, EMI, IODA: Independent Online Distribution Alliance, Merlin, VidZone Digital Media and The Orchard.
Thanks, RIM Media Relations
Application requirements:
* May not be combined with other offers. Payment information required to receive full trial period. Following the trial period, the user is placed into an automatically renewing monthly subscription plan unless cancelled before the end of the trial period. This limited time introductory offer may vary by BlackBerry® smartphone model or carrier. Wireless charges may apply. Subject to change. See www.blackberry.com/bbmmusic for complete details. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, December 16, 2011, 3:59 pm. | New & Current US BBM Music Users Get 4 Months Free for a Limited Time | 2 comments |
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| Explanation Behind BlackBerry 10 Phones Needing a Chip Coming in Q2 2012 Posted: 16 Dec 2011 09:57 AM PST RIM's Co-CEO's stirred up some serious discussion by blaming the lack of a chip for BlackBerry 10 phones delay into the second half of 2012. While I personally think RIM should have revamped the Colt with a dual core processor and HSPA+ 4G I realize they were getting pressure from US carriers to launch a 4G LTE device. Many of us know that the reason RIM has been struggling along with quite a few other manufacturers to launch 4G headsets that are no huge and don't kill your battery in 4 hours. For now Android phones are solving that by making the phones larger and strapping on huge batteries and others like Apple have simply skipped on LTE for now. QTFan pointed out to Brian in our original post about the delay that AnandTech has a good explanation (from October) of what the whole story is and what chip (Qualcomm) RIM and others are waiting for. Its a great read which you can find here. Let us know if you find more details on the situation. I still feel like RIM is missing out on a major opportunity by not simply releasing a 4G HSPA+ device on all of the carriers other than Verizon… There are 150+ of them worldwide that RIM partners with. PS: There is a conversation going on in the forums about this too. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 16, 2011, 12:57 pm. | Explanation Behind BlackBerry 10 Phones Needing a Chip Coming in Q2 2012 | 5 comments |
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| iTunes Video Sync Brings Non-DRM Videos to Your PlayBook Wirelessly Posted: 16 Dec 2011 08:01 AM PST Daniel Bigham has released the latest iteration of his wireless sync apps. This one called iTunes Video Sync brings videos from iTunes on your PC, like your video podcasts or personal, to your PlayBook. Keep in mind that TV shows and movies you download from iTunes have DRM and will not play on the PlayBook. Check out iTunes Video Sync in App World for $0.99 If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 16, 2011, 11:01 am. | iTunes Video Sync Brings Non-DRM Videos to Your PlayBook Wirelessly | Leave a comment |
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| BlackBerry PlayBook Native SDK 2.0 Beta 2 Now Available Posted: 16 Dec 2011 07:05 AM PST
Devs get your engines started. RIM has just rolled out a Native SDK 2.0 beta update to beta 2. It adds some cool new features like AIR Native Extension support which should lead to some quasi AIR+Native apps. This new Native SDK has a corresponding runtime of 2.0.0.6149 which is exactly the same as the current PlayBook Dev Beta OS RIM just rolled out. Here is the change log for the Beta 2 release of the Native SDK 2.0:
You can find the full release notes here and download the update at: If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 16, 2011, 10:05 am. | BlackBerry PlayBook Native SDK 2.0 Beta 2 Now Available | 3 comments |
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| What does a $100 million dollar advertising budget look like? Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:49 AM PST One of the few positives out of yesterdays earnings call was the announcement that RIM will finally be aggressively advertising in America. This will be to the tune of $100 million dollars in the next quarter alone. There were rumors a couple months ago that RIM was shopping ad companies so they obviously have picked their company and marketing materials must be in the pipeline. While we don’t know yet what this campaign will look like, I would like to give you a reference point so you can vision the scale that a $100 million dollar budget will bring. In 2006 the average ad budget for a major studio movie release was around $35 Million. No official figures have come out since 2006, but, many think the average has gone up to 40-50 million. Think about how many ads you see for major studio movies, most recently Hugo, The Muppets, Twilight, New Year’s Eve etc et. When major studios launch campaigns of this level, you can’t help but see the ads, they are EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME. With a budget of $100 million, we can expect to be overrun with Blackbery ads… a true Shock and Awe ad campaign. Its unclear at this point what % of the budget will go where. Mike and Jim indicated that the budget might also discounts promotions, presumably through carriers. It will also be interesting to see how they market OS 7. I have read many people poopooing this marketting effort and saying it will not make much difference. I see and understand that point of view, but, I have always been one that believes the consumer public, especially the American consumer public, is VERY easily swayed. If RIM can implement a super aggressive, effective marketting campaign, I think the results will be surprising. Apple has been telling you for years the iPhone is the best at everything and that Apple invented everything good. There is nothing to say RIM can’t create their own “distortion field” If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by BBA Brian for ©BerryReview, December 16, 2011, 9:49 am. | What does a $100 million dollar advertising budget look like? | 20 comments |
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| No Update to PlayBook OS 2.0.0.6149 Dev Beta? Try This URL Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:49 AM PST
Normally this would just be a blip on the radar but I have been getting quite a few readers asking me about this today. We told you yesterday that RIM had started to roll out BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0.0.6149 of their developer preview beta. Not everybody was seeing the update and it turns out there is a simple solution for that. BarracudaBob pointed out in the comments that you should register at the SDK site instead of the Android Runtime site. Just register again if you are not seeing the update yet. Enjoy the goodies! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 16, 2011, 9:49 am. | No Update to PlayBook OS 2.0.0.6149 Dev Beta? Try This URL | Leave a comment |
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| Viper Wants You to Preheat Your Car From Your BlackBerry This Winter Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:40 AM PST
Over the years I have had a few friends install Viper's SmartStart system into their cars. The system lets you start, lock, and unlock your car from your BlackBerry or other smartphone. That also means you can remotely start your car to blast the heat before you get in. When Viper pointed that out to me I thought it couldn't hurt to highlight how they want to make the holidays a bit warmer:
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, December 16, 2011, 9:40 am. | Viper Wants You to Preheat Your Car From Your BlackBerry This Winter | One comment |
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| AcousticSheep SleepPhones Review Posted: 16 Dec 2011 06:00 AM PST
Problem: All earphones dig painfully in your ear while lying on your side and all headphones are too bulky to lay your head down flat. Most of the time, either option will only last several minutes before causing you to turn over and try another position. Goal: Finding the most comfortable way to listen to music or watch a program on your phone without disturbing your bedmate or roommate. Solution: SleepPhones! I was eager to try out this product from the first photo I saw. When I received the product for review, my first impression was ultra-comfy and simple. I was also happy with the sight of one wire coming out of the band, allaying my fear of waking up tangled and strangled by several wires when I would use my regular earphones for sleeping purposes.
Sound Quality. The sound emitting from the speakers is slightly muffled, which is expected when they are covered in two layers of thicker material. I found it to be similar to wearing the most basic earphones while on the subway. However, the purpose of SleepPhones is for wearing them in bed with intent of falling asleep. Being the case, the lack of perfect sound from these speakers is not something that truly affected me. Conclusion. I highly recommend SleepPhones for those people who bring earphones to bed. The material is super comfortable, staying light around your face without overheating you. Those precious minutes before sleep are no longer wasted trying to adjust your head on the pillow with the earphones – the SleepPhones band goes on and adjusts in seconds. Although the price may seem a bit steep, I have found them to be truly worth it. They also make a great gift for the holiday season. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by shannonaf for ©BerryReview, December 16, 2011, 9:00 am. | AcousticSheep SleepPhones Review | Leave a comment |
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