Jumat, 27 Juli 2012

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OS 7.1.0.580 for the Bold 9930 and Torch 9850 Now Official from Sprint

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 02:14 PM PDT

Sprint started rolling out OS updates for their OS 7 devices over the air last week and now they are following up with desktop installs. Jason let us know that Sprint has made OS 7.1.0.580 available officially for the Bold 9930 and Torch 9850. No word on what is new in the OS but its one of the latest builds we have seen.

Download the new OS from Sprint's Download Site

Warning: This OS will NOT install on any other BlackBerry besides the one mentioned above. 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.

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, July 26, 2012, 5:14 pm. | OS 7.1.0.580 for the Bold 9930 and Torch 9850 Now Official from Sprint | Leave a comment |


Review: Bowers & Wilkins P3

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 12:55 PM PDT

Bowers & Wilkins P3

About a month ago we first heard about Bowers & Wilkins’ new P3 headphones. I for one, was excited at the prospect of what looked like a more affordable version of the spectacular  Bowers & Wilkins P5 headphones. The only question was, what did Bowers & Wilkins sacrifice to shave $100 off the price tag. Read on to find out! 

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  1. Foldable Design:
    • P3: The earpieces of the P3 headphones fold inward so that the earphones can fit into the new hard semi-circle shell-case.  In testing the P3 headphones, the case was tough enough that I was able to throw the P3 headphones into a bag with keys and other tech and not  worry about damaging the headphones.
    • P5: In contrast, the P5 headphones fit into an included soft cloth pouch that protects it from scratches in a bag, but not necessarily drops or inadvertent collisions.
  2. Smaller Build: The P3 headphones are designed to be more portable than the P5 headphones. Thus, as-a-whole, the P3 headphones have a smaller frame (165mm in height) than the P5 headphones (180mm in height).
  3. Dual Wire Connections:
    • P3: The P3 headphones have an audio cable attached to each headphone.
    • P5: The P5 headphones have one audio cable that connects to the left earphone.
  4. Acoustic Fabric: Acoustic fabric replaces leather on the earpieces and the inner portion of the headband.  In testing the P3 headphones, I liked the acoustic fabric a lot when I was using the headphones outdoors.  While I really like the P5′s leather earpieces and headband, it can get a little sweaty around the ears and headband in the warm months.  In contrast, the acoustic fabric covering the P3′s earpieces  breathes, making for better on-the-go experience.

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  1. Airflow redirection to minimize distortion: In the P3 headphones the driver terminals have been moved to the rear of the magnets so that air can uniformly escape, minimizing distortion.
  2. Smaller Drivers: While the P5 headphones are powered by 40mm drivers, the P3 headphones are driven by slightly smaller 30mm drivers.  While the change is necessary to keep with a smaller design, the smaller drivers sacrifice some of the heavier base tones.

The Sound: The vocals and high notes are clear and crisp. As expected the mid-range tones are full and dynamic. However, because of the smaller drivers, the bass sometimes feels like it hits a floor, with very deep notes sounding stunted. (see the notes below the red line)

Wrap-up: For $199, the Bowers & Wilkins P3 headphones are pretty great.  However, having tested the P5 headphones I would recommend splurging the extra $100.

Note: Bower & Wilkins provided a demo unit for this review.

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Posted by David for ©BerryReview, July 26, 2012, 3:55 pm. | Review: Bowers & Wilkins P3 | Leave a comment |


Free Wikitude Augmented Reality Browser Updated to v7.1

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 07:46 AM PDT

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Wikitude has updated their popular augmented reality world browser to v7.1 today. Sadly they do not have a change log for this update but I am hearing it might just be a bug fix. Check out the latest v7.1 of Wikitude free in App World and let us know if you spot anything new!

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, July 26, 2012, 10:46 am. | Free Wikitude Augmented Reality Browser Updated to v7.1 | 3 comments |


More BlackBerry 10 Photo Editor Details Emerge from Leaked Slides

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 07:29 AM PDT

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Last night we saw some video of a new Photo Editor RIM is baking into BlackBerry 10. Now thanks to some slides from N4BB we have a bit better idea of how it will work. There is nothing really ground breaking in the slides but it does explain how the new Instagram-like photo editor will be adapted for the N-Series QWERTY devices. Check it out and let us know what you think!

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, July 26, 2012, 10:29 am. | More BlackBerry 10 Photo Editor Details Emerge from Leaked Slides | Leave a comment |


The New York Times Discontinues Their BlackBerry Smartphone App

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 07:01 AM PDT

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Anyone who was actually using the New York Times app on their BlackBerry probably saw this one coming. The app has been barely updated in years and the mobile website was a better bet in most cases. Still there will be some who will be saddened to hear that it is no longer with us. The New York Times has been struggling to replace their business model as the printed news industry goes into a tailspin and their latest cutback has been their BlackBerry and WebOS apps including their DealBook BlackBerry Reader. They did offer a replacement homescreen shortcut here.

My guess is they needed to make some drastic/costly changes to continue support and they saw RIM was moving away from BlackBerry 7 to BlackBerry 10 which did not warrant the investment. Either way we hope to see them release an app for the PlayBook and BlackBerry 10 in the future.

Check out the full announcement on the NYTimes website (via Bloomberg)

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, July 26, 2012, 10:01 am. | The New York Times Discontinues Their BlackBerry Smartphone App | One comment |


XIMAD Publishes Four New BlackBerry PlayBook Games

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 06:55 AM PDT

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Long time BlackBerry developer XIMAD let us know that they have published four new titles for the PlayBook this week. These four games are solid releases with Brain Cube Reloaded coming to the PlayBook. Check out all four releases below:

  • Free Fantasy Islands – our new project that now is available for iPad and Kindle Fire. And today we have published the PlayBook version. This game is casual city builder with beautiful graphics and interesting game world history. And as a present for our users we have made it absolutely free without any ads for the limited time and given them 100 crystals for building city.
  • Brain Cube Reloaded (BlackBerry PlayBook edition) – version of our famous game which became a bestseller in BlackBerry App World and WP7 marketplace optimized specially for PlayBook. This game has more than 5 000 000 active users all over the world.
  • Throw The Knife – Game witch was in iTunes and Amazon appstore tops for a long time is now available on PlayBook! This game has 3 different game modes including Bloody mode.
  • Bubble Eyes – fun arcade game with cool animation

You can also find the cross platform trailers for Fantasy Islands and Throw the Knife below:


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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, July 26, 2012, 9:55 am. | XIMAD Publishes Four New BlackBerry PlayBook Games | Leave a comment |


The Bard’s Tale Coming to BlackBerry PlayBook & BB10 in August

Posted: 26 Jul 2012 05:35 AM PDT

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You can always count on RIM's head of gaming, Anders Jeppsson, to whet your appetite for some new PlayBook games. The latest he has been teasing us with on Twitter (thanks Jason) is the Bard's Tale. Anders is saying that the game will be coming in August to the PlayBook at have a BlackBerry 10 version at launch. In case you don't know The Bard's Tale is a action role playing game by inXile Entertainment and is a spoof of other fantasy role playing video games. It has been around from the PlayStation 2 days as far as I remember and is quite a fun game.

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You can check out more details about it at www.thebardstale.com or simply keep an eye out for it in App World next month!

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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, July 26, 2012, 8:35 am. | The Bard’s Tale Coming to BlackBerry PlayBook & BB10 in August | Leave a comment |


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