Tag: Blackberry
iPad 2 causing BlackBerry PlayBook delays?
The BlackBerry PlayBook has been on the receiving end of a fair few delays since being first revealed last September. Off the back of the latest one-month set back to the RIM tablet's release schedule, it now looks as…
ROUND-UP: Religious apps for iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry
Smartphones: tools for chatting just to friends or potential hotlines to God? It's a bit of a leap for the imagination to imagine chatting to The Man Upstairs on your Jesus Phone, but that's not to say you can't…
BlackBerry PlayBook officially supporting Android apps
RIM's iPad competitor, the BlcakBerry PlayBook, has just had a killer addition made to its features list. PlayBook owners will be able to access Android apps as well as BlackBerry ones on their new tablet. Two optional "app players" will…
Nokia gave BlackBerry OS a taste before settling on Windows Phone 7
Nokia may have sided once and for all with Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 as their new lead smartphone platform, and Stephen Elop has already revealed that Nokia had considered adopting the Android OS for the Finnish company's high-end handsets, but…
BlackBerry PlayBook WILL support Android apps
The BlackBerry PlayBook will have compatibility with Google's Android Market apps, despite no longer supporting the Dalvik platform, Bloomberg are reporting. Sources "close to the matter" now believe that RIM have come up with their own software solution to make…
APP OF THE DAY: Funambol wireless sync (BlackBerry)
Enterprise BlackBerry users may have the luxury of syncing information and contacts between a PC Outlook account and their smartphones, but regular users have to go through the painstaking task of manually inputting any new contact info if they're looking…
After Windows victory, chip king ARM Holdings proves its worth with stellar results and ten-year share high
Just as we were catching our breaths from ARM Holdings' CES fair announcement of a tie-up with Microsoft, the Cambridge semiconductor group smashed all expectations with a 73% increase in pre-tax profits, to £167.4 million, at its full-year results….
BlackBerry faces ban from India after missing government deadline
BlackBerry could miss out on one of the fastest-growing mobile markets in the world after missing a data sharing deadline set by the Indian government. India's authorities had given Research In Motion (RIM), the owner of BlackBerry, until 31st…
Sorry Apple: BlackBerry UK's most popular smartphone in 2010
Apple's iPhone may steal the headlines when it comes to flashy apps and celebrity fans, but when it comes to cold, hard sales figures, it still isn't the leader of the pack. That lofty position is reserved for RIM's BlackBerry…
Touchscreen/QWERTY combo BlackBerry Dakota leaked
Fancy a BlackBerry with a physical QWERTY AND a touchscreen, that isn't the underperforming Torch of course? Well it looks as if RIM are trying the one-two touch-and-type combo once again in the shape of the BlackBerry Dakota, just leaked…