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- RIM Confirms Current Layoffs
- Evernote For the BlackBerry PlayBook v1.3 Now in App World
- Facebook for BlackBerry v3.1.0.17 Comes Out of Beta
- TalkBox Updates Voice Messenger Beta App to v0.923 (Now 0.930!)
- Magmic Brings Fremium Phase 10 Card Game to the PlayBook
- BlackBerry 10 Jam Registration Opens in Dubai & Cape Town
- Imo.im Picks Up After Meebo and Imports Your Chat Logs to Their Service
- More Hands On Video of BlackBerry 10 Features on the Dev Alpha
| Posted: 21 Jun 2012 02:16 AM PDT
We have been hearing rumors about RIM doing a large scale layoff as part of their strategy. Thorsten Heins confirmed as much during their last earnings call where he said that it is part of RIM's initiative to cut down operating costs by a billion dollars by the end of fiscal 2013. Now RIM has confirmed that these headcount reductions are part of this initiative. The Record and other sources claim that these layoffs are mainly going to hit sales and manufacturing which makes sense as RIM winds down the current lines of BlackBerry devices during the ramp up of BlackBerry 10 up to its launch. Here is what RIM said in confirming the layoffs:
The count for this layoff round is rumored to be around 2,000 employees bringing RIM to about 14,500 or so but some rumors have RIM lowering that even further. This is all conjecture for now but we are hearing from some RIM sources about the current layoffs though morale still seems to be positive with some serious pride in BlackBerry 10. To all of you who are leaving RIM we wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors and we are sad to see you go. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, June 21, 2012, 5:16 am. | RIM Confirms Current Layoffs | Leave a comment |
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| Evernote For the BlackBerry PlayBook v1.3 Now in App World Posted: 20 Jun 2012 02:47 PM PDT
After ironing out the bugs that crept up in Evernote from the latest OS updates we now have an official release. Evernote originally pulled the app for the PlayBook due to issues but since then has been beta testing a fix. Well we just heard from one of our friends at RIM that Evernote is back in App World for the PlayBook. Get Evernote for the PlayBook now in App World If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, June 20, 2012, 5:47 pm. | Evernote For the BlackBerry PlayBook v1.3 Now in App World | 3 comments |
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| Facebook for BlackBerry v3.1.0.17 Comes Out of Beta Posted: 20 Jun 2012 12:10 PM PDT
RIM has had Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones v3.1 in the Beta Zone for awhile now and has deemed it fit for App World. This new version adds a few key elements to app but not a huge release. Features added include: Facebook groups
Commenting and liking enhancements
New language support
Check out Facebook in App World here If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, June 20, 2012, 3:10 pm. | Facebook for BlackBerry v3.1.0.17 Comes Out of Beta | Leave a comment |
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| TalkBox Updates Voice Messenger Beta App to v0.923 (Now 0.930!) Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:33 AM PDT Jason let me know that TalkBox has updated their recently launched public beta of their BlackBerry smartphone client. As we mentioned previously the apps allows you to send voice messages back and forth in an instant messaging fashion. In other words think of it as a walkie talkie service that works cross platform from iOS, Android, Windows Phone and now BlackBerry. The release notes for the latest v0.923 build include:
Check out the beta at this link as long as you have OS 5.0+ and an SD card. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, June 20, 2012, 1:33 pm. | TalkBox Updates Voice Messenger Beta App to v0.923 (Now 0.930!) | 4 comments |
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| Magmic Brings Fremium Phase 10 Card Game to the PlayBook Posted: 20 Jun 2012 09:01 AM PDT
Magmic let us know about them bringing the popular official Phase 10 game to the PlayBook after its success on BlackBerry smartphones. You can play three random phases free with the free version though the premium version unlocks all 10 phases. We did not mention it yesterday when it went live since the price was lowered to $0.99 and had not propagated all over App World but should now be valid.
Features include:
The free version of Phase 10 is only available on the PlayBook which is pretty sweet. Check out the two versions in App World below: If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, June 20, 2012, 12:01 pm. | Magmic Brings Fremium Phase 10 Card Game to the PlayBook | Leave a comment |
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| BlackBerry 10 Jam Registration Opens in Dubai & Cape Town Posted: 20 Jun 2012 07:55 AM PDT
The BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour has been hitting cities across the world and it is definitely catching developer interest. RIM is learning from their previous events and launches and is doing a much better job of focusing the events this time. They are geared towards introducing developers to the BlackBerry 10 platform and getting them started. RIM announced that they have opened up registration for the events in Dubai and Cape Town this week. That means you just need to head to www.blackberryjamworldtour.com to register. They also supposedly still have a few seats left for Sydney on July 12th and other locations. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, June 20, 2012, 10:55 am. | BlackBerry 10 Jam Registration Opens in Dubai & Cape Town | One comment |
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| Imo.im Picks Up After Meebo and Imports Your Chat Logs to Their Service Posted: 20 Jun 2012 07:15 AM PDT
Imo.im is seriously capitalizing on Meebo's shuttering their Instant Messaging clients after Meebo was acquired by Google. We told you yesterday that you have until July 11th to download your chat logs from Meebo before they remove that too. Imo.im saw the opportunity there are is offering a service to transition your chat logs to the Imo.im instant messaging platform. That means you will have access to your chat logs and sharing them. Better yet you can use Imo.im as your new cross platform messenger on your BlackBerry with access to the most popular instant messaging networks. Check out the details of importing your Meebo chat logs into Imo.im on their blog and let us know how it goes. You can download the Imo.im BlackBerry client here. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, June 20, 2012, 10:15 am. | Imo.im Picks Up After Meebo and Imports Your Chat Logs to Their Service | One comment |
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| More Hands On Video of BlackBerry 10 Features on the Dev Alpha Posted: 20 Jun 2012 05:46 AM PDT Since RIM first showed off some sweet features of BlackBerry 10 at BlackBerry World they have not really been allowing the press to take any videos of it in action. They have allowed the press (specifically in London) to play with the device and take pictures but not video. David pointed out to me that they seem to have allowed CNET along with The Verge and Engadget to actually take a video of the BlackBerry 10 features we saw previously but with a slightly different context. The items shown in the video, flow/peek/keyboard, are the same but its worth checking out: If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, June 20, 2012, 8:46 am. | More Hands On Video of BlackBerry 10 Features on the Dev Alpha | One comment |
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