Using Twitter on the Blackberry has just easier with the launch of the Official Twitter App; this means that from now on the user will be able to do all of the things that they love to do on Twitter, but now even faster and easier.
Key New Features in Twitter for BlackBerry smart phones v1.1.0.21
Add locations to your Tweets
Receive immediate notifications of @Mentions
View your Messages in a chat-
The new and latest Roadmap from RIM is out and it does show some interesting changes for the Blackberry platform. Included are several versions for Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Blackberry OS.
Aside from that, the Blackberry roadmap reveals a few more one-sheets including a “BlackBerry News,” one for Ticketmaster v2.0, and another for Social Feeds. The Blackberry roadmap was shared courtesy of a certain n4bb.
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If the BlackBerry PlayBook caught your fancy then we have some good news. According to multiple industry sources, the BlackBerry PlayBook will release on April 10th, so mark your calendars now. The word on the street is also that RIM will releases the GM (gold master) OS on n March 31st and once the device gets booted up right t out of the box, a prompt to upgrade to a newer version of the OS will pop up.
The next generation of RIM smartphones and even tablets will be a tad schizophrenic and won’t mix work and play. RIM has announced the BlackBerry Balance software which has been designed to separate the personal from the professional and the idea is to have the functionality of two devices into one smartphone. The software will let IT departments to securely separate a user’s business-related e-mail, sent through the
Probably one of the best tablets I saw at CES 2011 was the Blackberry Playbook, which sports a TI OMAP dual-core 1Ghz processor (which is comparable to Tegra 2), brilliant 7-inch screen, minimalist design with just two buttons, Palm Pre-like UI (user interface) which is super-easy to use, and topped with real-time operating system that supports Adobe Flash, Air, and development on Java like
In an attempt to catch up with iOS and Android, RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis admitted to PC Magazine that they are contemplating launching QNX-powered BlackBerry “super phones. The smartphones will run on dual-core processors and IM’s new QNX OS and replicate the PlayBook tablet. However BB users needn’t get their hopes up since these QNX-powered superphones wont be released anytime soon as the current crop of batteries are not equ
Here is something interesting. A survey was conducted by Nielsen to see which among the Android, Blackberry and iPhone sat well with the consumers as far as the U.S. is concerned. The Blackberry and the iPhone led the pack with a 27% market share each while the Android followed with 23%.
The interesting part is the gender appeal. It seems that the survey revealed that men preferred Android devices while the females opted for the iPhone.
Rim’s Blackberry Series need a desperate makeover and I don’t mean just physically. The operating system looks almost archaic when compared to iOS or Android but thats another discussion for another post. For now, lets concentrate on the BlackBerry 8980 which has just popped up at the FCC archives. Rumored to be a successor to the Curve 8900, the 8980 features a quad-band GSM antenna, comes with equipped with a 3.2-megapixel camera with flash
You may have heard about the Apple Find My phone feature and even the iTag service for the owners of Blackberry and Android devices, but one thing about the iTag service is that is free for short period, it is supposed to be for just Cyber Monday but the offer appears to be still running, grab it while you can!
Cyber Monday is all about great deals and if you want one for the books, check out the free Blackberry Pearl 3G that Telus is offering when paired with a 1 year contract. This OS-6 capable and compact phone should be a great choice, heading the ranks of other devices which Telus is offering.
Telus is also offering these other deals as part of their Cyber Monday offering:
