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- BlackBerry App World Doubles Downloads in 6 Months – 3 Million Downloads a Day
- Free BlackBerry Travel App Updated to v1.0.341.99
- Video of BlackBerry PlayBook Calculator and Weather App
- BlackBerry 6 Made Simple for Curve & Bold Book Now Available
- Free Nux Shoot App Adds Timer to BlackBerry Camera
- BES : Duplicate Contact Lists or Calendars that do not synchronize with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
- Staples Also Offering BlackBerry PlayBook Preorder
- Opera Mini 6 Now Available With a Fresh New Look and More!
- Rumor: RIM Offering Same Incentive for Employees Developing PlayBook Apps?
- BlackBerry PlayBook Launches April 19th – Preorder from Best Buy
- BlackBerry PlayBook Pricing and Retail Stores Announced
| BlackBerry App World Doubles Downloads in 6 Months – 3 Million Downloads a Day Posted: 23 Mar 2011 02:21 AM PDT
Every few months or so RIM has announced some stats on how many downloads App World sees on average per day. Alex Kinsella, Product Manager at RIM for BlackBerry App World, mentioned on Twitter that App World is now pushing 3 million app downloads a day. That is some pretty impressive growth from RIM. Here are the stats we have learned until know with dates:
Pretty impressive work for RIM. They need to keep up this consistent growth and usage of App World to compete in the mobile game. Keep up the good work guys! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 23, 2011, 5:21 am. | BlackBerry App World Doubles Downloads in 6 Months – 3 Million Downloads a Day | Leave a comment |
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| Free BlackBerry Travel App Updated to v1.0.341.99 Posted: 23 Mar 2011 01:26 AM PDT
RIM's BlackBerry Travel app, a free branded version of WorldMate, has just received its first upgrade since launching. The upgrade is just a slight version bump but still the app is pretty popular and offers many of WorldMate's features for free. The new version clocks in at 3.3MB up from 3.2MB so I cannot say if it is worth doing another download and reboot for such a slight update but who knows. Check out the latest version of BlackBerry Travel in App World at this link. Thanks to everyone who sent this in! If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 23, 2011, 4:26 am. | Free BlackBerry Travel App Updated to v1.0.341.99 | 2 comments |
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| Video of BlackBerry PlayBook Calculator and Weather App Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:38 PM PDT Desktop Video Link | Mobile Video LinkCTIA news this year has been dominated with the AT&T T-Mobile and RIM has announced a launch date, venue, and price for the PlayBook. Kevin seems to really be bored out of his mind but since there really is not much new to see but he did catch quick videos of the new BlackBerry PlayBook Calculator and Weather apps. The calendar app by AccuWeather is kind of dull in my opinion but not bad. On the other hand the calculator is slick with a built in tip calculator and scientific functions! Desktop Video Link | Mobile Video LinkIf you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, March 22, 2011, 11:38 pm. | Video of BlackBerry PlayBook Calculator and Weather App | 2 comments |
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| BlackBerry 6 Made Simple for Curve & Bold Book Now Available Posted: 22 Mar 2011 01:01 PM PDT
Made Simple Learning has a solid background of creating books and other learning materials for new and novice BlackBerry users. Their latest release in both book and ebook form is BlackBerry 6 Made Simple for Curve and Bold. This new book covers the new features found in OS 6.0 available to the latest Curve and Bold series devices. You can pick up the paperback book on Amazon at this link or the ebook directly form Made Simple Learning. Its a great gift for new BlackBerry users and can help them learn without pestering you. They also have a promotion going where if you purchase either printed book – BlackBerry Torch Made Simple or the brand new BlackBerry 6 Made Simple for Bold and Curve from Amazon.com. Then email us the receipt or a picture of the cover to info@madesimplelearning.com and they will send you a coupon for 50% off any electronic books or video tutorials that you can buy at their web store until April 15th. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 22, 2011, 4:01 pm. | BlackBerry 6 Made Simple for Curve & Bold Book Now Available | 3 comments |
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| Free Nux Shoot App Adds Timer to BlackBerry Camera Posted: 22 Mar 2011 11:03 AM PDT
I am still trying to wrap my head around how exactly you would use Nux Shoot. When Daniel mentioned Nux Shoot on the forums I gave it a whirl and I have to admit it does work. It simply adds two new menu items in the calendar for a 10 second or 5 second timer before it takes a shot. What I am still trying to figure out is a way to position my BlackBerry standing up where I could leave it for such a shot… Check out Nux Shoot for yourself in App World. Its only a whopping 3Kb download. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 22, 2011, 2:03 pm. | Free Nux Shoot App Adds Timer to BlackBerry Camera | 13 comments |
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| Posted: 22 Mar 2011 09:01 AM PDT
We've seen numerous posts on this before but as I was nosing around RIM's knowledgebase today, I came across this KB Article posted back on Feb 23, 2011. Its mainly geared towards the BES Admin's which I have no doubt have come across this on many occasions with troublesome users. Granted there are other ways to fix the issue and its is somewhat simpler with OS 6, this will however help for the stubborn devices that just don't want to co-operate with you. The steps outline for both BES 4.1 and BES 5.0 and makes use of a handheld installable tool and custom IT Policy.
When the tool has completed running, it flags itself for deletion the next time that the BlackBerry® smartphone is restarted, Just make sure if you use Content Protection in your IT Policy or if it is set manually, it is disabled prior to making use of the tool. You can find the full article and tool at the links below:
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Posted by JohnnyB for ©BerryReview, March 22, 2011, 12:01 pm. | BES : Duplicate Contact Lists or Calendars that do not synchronize with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server | 3 comments |
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| Staples Also Offering BlackBerry PlayBook Preorder Posted: 22 Mar 2011 08:33 AM PDT NOTE: This preorder may be a mistake on Staples part. Still trying to confirm with RIM.
We knew that Staples was going to be carrying the BlackBerry PlayBook. Quite a few readers immediately went to Staple's website when we announced the Best Buy preorder and let us know Staples is also offering one. Staples has all three variants of the BlackBerry PlayBook available for preorder with the 16GB for $499.98, 32GB for $599.98, and 32GB for 699.98.
The ETA is currently 7-14 business days which fits with the April 19th release date at Best Buy. Still it makes you wonder what Best Buy being the "Preferred PlayBook Retailer" means. Here is what Staples has to say about the preorder:
Check out the Staples BlackBerry PlayBook Preorder at this link If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Luis Merlos for ©BerryReview, March 22, 2011, 11:33 am. | Staples Also Offering BlackBerry PlayBook Preorder | 10 comments |
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| Opera Mini 6 Now Available With a Fresh New Look and More! Posted: 22 Mar 2011 07:01 AM PDT
Tal let me know that Opera has released Opera Mini 6 today! This new version brings a slick look to Opera Mini along with a few other features. I have to admit I have not really played with Opera Mini since BlackBerry 6 was released but it definitely warrants a second look now. The new version 6 of Opera Mini includes:
You can download the latest Opera Mini 6 from your BlackBerry at this link or read more about the release here from your PC. If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 22, 2011, 10:01 am. | Opera Mini 6 Now Available With a Fresh New Look and More! | 12 comments |
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| Rumor: RIM Offering Same Incentive for Employees Developing PlayBook Apps? Posted: 22 Mar 2011 06:55 AM PDT
I have always said that RIM would make a killing if it simply allowed and encouraged employees to develop apps for their platforms. There are quite a few app developers out there who are actually RIM employees trying to make a few bucks on the side. From what I understand this was a bit tricky because RIM, like many other companies, has terms in their contract that discourage this. Usually employment contracts state something along the lines of them having a claim to anything created by an employee related to work even not during work hours. Many companies have changed these clauses recently but I just heard that RIM may have also done something similar. According to one of our sources RIM is offering their employees an incentive program similar to the public one. They are offering employees a free BlackBerry PlayBook if their get their app approved by March 31st which is the same as the public offer for developers. They have also thrown in a bonus "Secret Prize" for the employee with the most apps.
I have not been able to confirm the internal incentive program (still working on that) but if it is not true RIM better implement one fast. Many of these employees have the knowledge to create some of the best PlayBook apps out there which could really help RIM at launch. I know it is a bit unfair pitting 3rd party devs against RIM employees but for now it is all about BOTH quality and volume. 3rd party devs will be able to catch up once they have access to an actual device. What do you think? If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 22, 2011, 9:55 am. | Rumor: RIM Offering Same Incentive for Employees Developing PlayBook Apps? | 14 comments |
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| BlackBerry PlayBook Launches April 19th – Preorder from Best Buy Posted: 22 Mar 2011 04:43 AM PDT
RIM dropped another piece of news on the BlackBerry PlayBook this morning. They announced the US and Canada launch date and pricing for the BlackBerry PlayBook together with Best Buy. Best Buy is "a preferred retailer for the BlackBerry PlayBook" and they have opened up preorders for all three models of the BlackBerry PlayBook in the US and Canada. As we said before the BlackBerry PlayBooks featuring 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of storage are priced at $499, $599, and $699 respectively. It is scheduled to be available in stores on April 19th though you can preorder it now from the links below. RIM is wording their announcements stating that you can "Get it first" at Best Buy which more or less confirms the April 19th launch date. I am not sure what pushed the Q1 launch date well into Q2 territory but hopefully RIM has some more good surprises planned. U.S. Blackberry PlayBook Preordering @ Canada Blackberry PlayBook Preordering @ If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 22, 2011, 7:43 am. | BlackBerry PlayBook Launches April 19th – Preorder from Best Buy | 34 comments |
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| BlackBerry PlayBook Pricing and Retail Stores Announced Posted: 22 Mar 2011 04:31 AM PDT
The floodgates have more or less broken. RIM has finally confirmed the prices for the three different models of the BlackBerry PlayBook. They have also confirmed that it will be available in more than 20,000 retail outlets in the US and Canada. The pricing is nothing mind blowing but its toe to toe with the Apple iPad:
The thing is these prices are MSRP so expect retailers to lower them to compete after launch. Here are the stores expected to carry the PlayBook in the US and Canada:
PS: Anybody notice that Amazon is missing from the list? If you liked this article, you might find these interesting:
Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, March 22, 2011, 7:31 am. | BlackBerry PlayBook Pricing and Retail Stores Announced | 21 comments |
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