Sorry BlackBerry PlayBook, You’re Not Getting BlackBerry 10
In the past, BlackBerry had announced that it will be bringing its latest mobile OS, the BlackBerry 10, to the ill-fated tablet BlackBerry PlayBook. However, much to the chagrin and utter disappointment of PlayBook users, the company has now announced that the tablet won’t be getting the update afterall.
BlackBerry PlayBook Gets Dolphin Browser HD
Dolphin Browser has been known as one of the most favorite browser for Android user. The reason for its fame has primarily has been that it was among the first Android mobile browsers to introduce multi-touch gestures. Now, the good news for Dolphin browser lovers is that Dolphin HD has arrived on BlackBerry PlayBook.
Is BlackBerry PlayBook The Hottest Low-Cost Tablet?
When it comes to low-cost tablets, Amazon’s Kindle Fire has been on a fair lead. It costs a mere $199, comes with the extensive Amazon ecosystem experience and is fairly good in specs as well as the overall user experience on it. But, what if another tablet, with better specs and OS and many superior features became available in the same price? This is what has just happened as the BlackBerry PlayBook gets an update and becomes awesome!
Wear Your iPad With GoPad, Bob Dylan Style
I am sure many of you would have seen the old Bob Dylan concerts where he wore harmonica with the help of a strange supporting hardware. It’s about that that style was revived. If you are in love with your tablet so much that you want to wear it on yourself all the time, here’s a hardware that looks quite similar to that used by Dylan. GoPad lets you carry your tablet tucked against your chest with the perfect convenience.
Leaked Slides Report Refreshes In BlackBerry PlayBook And Curve
RIM has been undergoing some major overhaul, both in it’s structure and it’s products. BGR recently claimed that it gained access to some RIM slides which reveal the company’s roadmap for the year 2012. According to the slides, RIM may launch Playbook with some major overhauls which include a 1.5 GHz dual core processor and many other new features. The leaked slides also speak about the Curve devices that are expected to be released by RIM soon. The devices will have a dedicated BBM button, a 2.44 inch display with a resolution 320*240 and 512 MB of RAM as well as storage.
CES 2012: RIM Introduces Email For BlackBerry PlayBook
One of the major failures for BlackBerry PlayBook has been that it had no native email. You had to plug it with a BlackBerry phone and only then you could send an email. This obviously disgruntled the users greatly since all other major tablets offered email service. However, this may change now. BlackBerry has now introduced native email for BlackBerry PlayBook through BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0.
Blackberry Playbook Available For $199 On Best Buy
Finally, RIM has realized that a price-tag of $499 for it’s tablet, Blackberry Playbook is bit too much. With such competent market players like Amazon, providing better tablets at lot better prices, it was only a matter of time before RIM realized that it had to cut the price to attract customers. And naturally, as soon as the prices went down on Best Buy, the stocks went flying out!
RIM Announces BlackBerry BBX
lackBerry maker Research In Motion has unveiled its next-generation mobile operating system, BBX, which will provide a single platform for application development on a range of devices and the Canadian company will use the same OS for its smartphones, tablets and embedded systems, including those in cars. It will include BBX-OS and incorporate support for BlackBerry cloud services and development environments for HTML5 as well as native developers and this mobile platform will also be lending support to those apps that have been developed with the tools available for the BlackBerry PlayBook such as Native SDK, Adobe AIR/Flash and WebWorks/HTML5. BBX will come incorporated with the new BlackBerry Cascades UI framework for advanced graphics and the user interface of BBX has been developed by the studio The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), acquired by RIM more than a year ago……………..
Ratina Display Support Comes To Gmail For Mobile
Google has updated its web app for Gmail with the inclusion of pull down to refresh, new transitions and updated icons to take advantage of the Retina display of the iPhone 4 along with transitions between inbox, menu and conversations look as if one screen is sliding to another. The basic idea behind such transitions is to make the whole process smoother and the new changes have been made via a combination of up to eight different CSS3 transitions and Javascript………….
Android Apps Coming To Blackberry Playbook By Late Fall
RIM previously announced that its Playbook tablet would be able to run Android apps by the summer, but now this highly anticipated feature of the Blackberry slate now won’t arrive until late fall and i think the Playbook needs this new lease of Android life as soon as possible. The PlayBook is really suffering from lack of apps still and it’s pretty much gimped when untethered to a BlackBerry phone………….
Adobe Release Preview Version Of Edge For Creating HTML5 Web Animations
Adobe announced the launch of an early preview version of a new application called Adobe Edge, which is designed to allow web developers to easily create animations and other motion-based content using HTML5, CSS and JavaScript and this tool will kill Adobe Flash. It’s the first professional-grade HTML5 editing tool on the market and is currently available for free. dobe is positioning the new software as a complement to its Flash and Dreamweaver offerings for Web-based content production………………
Download Android App Player For BlackBerry PlayBook
RIM’s Android app player for PlayBook leaked and the company has not said when the Android player will become officially available, but that hasn’t stopped someone from digging around the RIM servers and finding a download link. The App Player doesn’t just let you install Android apps on your tablet, t also provides an emulated Android environment and you can also use the Android web browser, calendar, contact manager and other built-in apps as well as any third party apps you install……………
Adobe Updates iOS Development
Adobe Systems extended its Adobe Flash Builder 4.5 and Flex 4.5 software solutions to Apple’s iPhone and iPad as well as Research In Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and developers can now use the Adobe Flash Builder platform to develop applications. Flash Builder 4.5.1 allows developers to create apps for a variety of popular devices and platforms without needing to recode large amounts of the software and the release aims to provide a number of socially orientated marketing tools on a single platform…………
BlackBerry PlayBook Rolling Out Internationally
Research in Motion (RIM) is now gearing up to make the BlackBerry PlayBook available outside North America and the plan being to introduce the tablet in 16 more countries over the next 30 days. The list of markets getting the BlackBerry PlayBook in the near future includes the UK, the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Australia, Venezuela, Spain, Germany, UAE (United Arab Emirates ), Singapore, Mexico, France, Italy, India, Indonesia and Colombia and PlayBook is priced between $500 and $700, features a 7-inch (1024 x 600) capacitive touchscreen, a 1GHz Texas Instruments dual-core processor (with PowerVR SGX540 graphics), 1GB of RAM, a 5 megapixel rear-facing camera and a 3MP front camera, 802.11 a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, stereo speakers, GPS, an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a digital compass, and micro USB and micro HDMI connectors………..
Download BlackBerry News For PlayBook
Research In Motion (RIM) announced BlackBerry News 1.0, a new app for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet that will allow users to consolidate all their subscription-based (RSS) content within one app and new eeds can be added by browsing the content library or searching for specific keywords or URLs. The app comes pre-populated with feeds from various news channels, including coverage of: Arts & Entertainment, Business, Health & Lifestyle, News Headlines, Science & the Environment, Technology and Travel and also ready for download (free)…………
