RIM’s attempts to get a cellular-equipped version of the BlackBerry PlayBook have been troubled, to say the least. The company signalled its intentions around Mobile World Congress last February, only to watch as carriers backed off — partly as RIM …
PlayBook product manager Michael Clewley has tweeted that users can soon expect to get hold of (beta) version 2.1 of its operating system at the “end of May.” Given that it’s the 30th now, the company has less than two days to ensure Mr. Clewley does…
Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for …
DingleBerry arrived with an awesome name and even better functionality: the ability to root a BlackBerry PlayBook. For the moment, however, it seems the utility is little more than dust in the wind. We’ve received news that development of the famed ex…
Everybody loves happy endings, so it’s with this in mind that we bring you news of the official “sanctioned” arrival of Dolphin Browser within the BlackBerry App World. At version 7.2, this app isn’t quite as fresh as its native Android counterpart –…
This week at Mobile World Congress we had the opportunity to talk with Alan Panezic, VP of Enterprise at RIM about what the company is doing to keep existing business customers (and possibly even lure new CIOs) in the warm and secure embrace of its en…
After touring the exhibition circuit for what seems like an eternity, PlayBook OS 2.0 is finally ready to settle down and make itself available for download. Check for updates via Settings on your tablet and you should see it sitting there, wearing la…
Let’s face it: a free PlayBook is nice, but it’s not enough. If Android developers are to be persuaded to give up soccer practice and hot dates to stay home and re-package their apps for PlayBook OS 2.0, then they’re going to need some advertising inc…
There’s been plenty of back and forth between the web and RIM lately regarding the debut date of the next OS release for the PlayBook, and now we’ve got some hard evidence showing that the software is set to be let loose on February 21st . As you can …
By now, you’ve seen all that RIM’s 2.0 software update for the PlayBook is prepared to give — just not in your own hands. But that could all very well change if news of a February 21st release date, supposedly confirmed by the lips of Waterloo’s own …
