Sunday we posted an article about Staples clearing out the BlackBerry Playbook on Sunday, but if you are getting anxious and cannot wait, Futureshop has the Playbook on sale NOW for $149.99. You can place your order online, or visit your local retail store and pick up this bargain. Doing …
Read More »Blackberry Playbook Fire Sale Sunday August 19
According to staples.ca, they will be selling overstock of the 16GB WiFi Blackberry Playbook this Sunday August 19 for a mere $159.00..Yes you heard correctly. A week after the 4G LTE Playbook launched for $550, you are able to pick up a very similar tablet for near $150 bucks! There …
Read More »RIM continues to BE BOLD with BlackBerry Scavenger Hunt in Toronto
If you happen to be downtown Toronto this week, you may notice very subtly placed BlackBerry posters indicating “BlackBerry Benefits are just around the corner”. This peaked our interest of course so we followed the signs and found a map as well showing 5 locations that will be setup during the …
Read More »Blackberry Desktop Manager for Mac updated to include Media Sync
Posted by Jamie Forestell RIM has just announced Blackberry Desktop Manager for Mac has been updated and is now available for download. Desktop Manager for Mac v2.1 now include media sync support for the Playbook. In addition to being able to drag and drop files to the Playbook directly over …
Read More »Blackberry Playbook to get Rovio’s Angry Birds
Posted by Jamie Forestell It was just a matter of time and I am quite sure has held some people back from purchasing a Blackberry Playbook, but the time has come. Yesterday during a keynote at the Blackberry World 2011 Conference, RIM announced that Angry Birds will be released for the …
Read More »Blackberry Playbook Video Chat Quick Review
Posted by Jamie Forestell Early yesterday morning, RIM released an over the air update which included video chat for the Blackberry Playbook. If you are not sure where to find it, you can simply look for the icon on your home screen under the ALL tab. (or in my case …
Read More »Blackberry Playbook Update: version 1.0.3.1868
Posted by Donny Torrefranca Early May 3rd shortly after 1:00 am Eastern time I received the latest update for my Playbook. Like before the update is 289 MB in size and installed over-the-air. (are you hearing that Apple? Over-the-air update!). What did this update bring? Read on for details. Immediately, …
Read More »Research in Motion (RIM) kicks off Blackberry World 2011
Posted by Jamie Forestell Earlier today RIM made several announcements as they kicked off Blackberry World 2011 being held in Orlando Florida. Where to begin? RIM introduced two new BlackBerry Bold Smartphones – Bold 9900 and Bold 9930 – Coming Summer 2011 and will feature a touchscreen alongside the QWERTY keyboard. …
Read More »RIM acquires Montreal based Tungle
Montreal based Tungle.me has announced it was recently acquired by Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM). Tungle is a scheduling application that syncs with your existing calendar to assist with eliminating double bookings, time zone mishaps and the back-and-forth of finding a time to meet. At this time there is …
Read More »Blackberry Playbook and Blackberry Bridge feature
Posted by Donny Torrefranca Today is the much anticipated public release of the Blackberry Playbook. And as we were told during our coverage of the media event in NYC on April 14th, the Blackberry Bridge was also enabled in the AppWorld. Today I’ve had the opportunity to examine the Blackberry Bridge …
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