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The BlackBerry Torch 10000 has shown up on Asurion’s help site. Asurion is an insurance provider for mobile devices and it is very possible that they may have information to future, upcoming BlackBerry devices. What do you think? Is this real? Will BlackBerry use 5 digits to name devices? How close are we to seeing [...]
As all PlayBook users already know, RIM’s QNX based operating system is superb aside from the few missing features that RIM is known for. We all know that RIM will not release any phone ever without proper email, calendar, and BBM. Blogs that have posted otherwise are just trying to start controversy because apparently RIM [...]
Could this be the 1st BlackBerry to run BBX? or is this just another Porsche collaboration device?
CIO has obtained an exclusive interview with RIM’s new VP of Developer Relations, Alec Saunders, about the new BlackBerry platform, BBX, the future of the existing BlackBerry OS, what this software split means to BlackBerry–and Android–developers, and more. It’s a very good read, I encourage everyone to check it out here
Before RIM goes any further with the ‘BBX’ name they are going to have to go through BASIS International due to the fact that BASIS owns the trademark for its own trademarked operating system independent language, database, and toolset. The good thing however, is that CEO, Nico Spence, stated that with their help, RIM can get [...]
The above image is a screenshot of the old keyboard (highlighted in yellow) with the new keyboard (highlighted in red) pulled up on top of the old keyboard. As you can see, RIM has made some minor changes to the size of the keyboard in OS 2.0 for the PlayBook. Overall, the new keyboard is [...]
Additional announcements and highlights from BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011 include: • BlackBerry WebWorks and HTML5 apps compatible with current BlackBerry smartphones and tablets will run on future BBX-based devices • Native SDK for BlackBerry PlayBook goes gold; released for general availability • SDK for Adobe AIR Now Supports Adobe AIR 3.0 • BlackBerry PlayBook OS [...]
+ BBX – BlackBerry X which was just officially announced at BlackBerry DevCon is trending worldwide on Twitter.
PlayBook OS 2.0 Beta also supports Adobe Air 3.0, Adobe Flash 11, WebGL (3D graphics acceleration), and the new PlayBook Native SDK with the forthcoming Cascades Framework. According to RIM, The Native SDK allows developers to build high-performance, multi-threaded, native C/C++ applications and enables developers to create advanced 2D and 3D games and other apps [...]
In an interview with the Financial Post, RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie has confirmed that the upcoming BlackBerry mobile platform name will be “BBX”. According to Jim, the motor that has been built for the BBX platform will be the driving force into the future. “We’ve completely had to re-engineer ourselves for the future,” Mr. Balsillie [...]
DevCon 2011 is officially here! If you plan on attending, you won’t need this post but for those who are not attending DevCon, RIM has made their Keynote available to watch live via Webcast.
CB reports that RIM is set to unveil a new name for their QNX-based BlackBerry platform at BlackBerry DevCon this month. And its name is BlackBerry X or BBX for short. This is not BlackBerry TEN, but rather B B EX representing the coming together of BlackBerry and QNX. Developers have been waiting for the official release of the NDK for QNX, which [...]
