Category: Blackberry
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Blackberry App World reaches 1 Billion downloads
RIM’s app outlet for Blackberry smartphones and tablets, the Blackberry App World, has just bypassed 1 billion app downloads. A statement posted on the official Blackberry Blog reads: “BlackBerry App World is now in over 100 countries, seeing an average of 3 million downloads per day, and we recently crossed the 1 billion app download…
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Blackberry Internet Service to be updated October 8th
Blackberry users; get ready for an improved email service as of October 8th. The makers of all things Blackberry, Research in Motion, have announced that the Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) that all Blackberry smartphones rely on for email and internet access will be getting an update on October 8th. Rumours say that European Blackberry owners…
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Renault launch FRENDZY concept car with Blackberry Playbook in Dashboard
We’ve given it a lot of thought before and it’s really something we think should happen: Media Tablets integrated in cars. French car manufacturer Renault clearly shares our thinking, as they have just announced the FRENDZY electric concept car which has the new Blackberry Playbook tablet at the core of its dashboard. RIM’s 7-inch Playbook…
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New pictures of the BlackBerry Touch Monza leak online
We’ve already seen some leaked pictures of the BlackBerry Touch Monza not too long ago, however we have now been treated to some new leaked pictures of the yet unannounced BlackBerry smartphone, which happens to be the GSM version of the identical CDMA 9850 Touch Monaco available in the US. This time the leaked images…
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RIM reports 1 million new Blackberry users in 3 weeks
Despite reports of poor sales and slipping down the smartphone rankings, Blackberry manufacturer RIM have just boasted a huge 1 million new subscribers in the EMEA region. The smartphone manufacturer announced on Twitter: “Pow! @Blackberry continues momentum across EMEA with 1 million+ new subscribers added in less than 3 weeks” We’ve recently heard reports that…
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Blackberry App World 3.0 is coming
RIM is preparing to update App World for Blackberry smartphones and tablets to version 3.0 shortly, taking the software to version 3.0. We know this because developers of Blackberry apps are now receiving notification from RIM that the App World will be changing to include some new features, an improved design and new information which…
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Blackberry Bold 9900 coming to UK on September 15th
It would appear that we have a UK release date and SIM-free pricing for the Blackberry 9900, thanks to Amazon.com. The online retailer quotes a release date of September 15th 2011 for the original black model, and interestingly a white variant will also be released a month later, on October 15th 2011. Amazon is asking…
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Is the Sound Charge t-shirt the perfect festival accessory?
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With the festival season in full swing hundreds and thousands of us are braving the mud and rain to take in the sound of some of our favorite live music. But it doesn’t matter where we are going nowadays, our smartphones come in tow. This in turn causes the age-old problem of “how can I…
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RIM report poor quarterly income – Jobs will be cut
Research In Motion reported disappointing results this quarter with net income for the company behind the Blackberry mobile phone range, dropping to $695-million from the previous quarter’s $974-million – that’s a staggering $279-million plummet. RIM look set to cut costs and unfortunately a number of jobs are for the axe, but the company remains optimistic…