Tag: PlayBook
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…
RIM: BlackBerry PlayBook battery should last a day
CES 2011 proved fertile ground for the BlackBerry PlayBook, wowing the crowds and keeping RIM's name in the headlines. However, rumours are now abounding about poor developer support and, perhaps more frighteningly, sub-par battery life. Out to combat these claims,…
VIDEO: BlackBerry PlayBook goes multitasking mad
Here's another sneak-peek video of the soon-to-be-released BlackBerry PlayBook tablet from RIM. Looking to bring the fight head-on with Apple's iPad, it's another impressive showcase of the tablet's multitasking abilities. Caught here at the Rogers TabLife event in Canada, RIM…
RIM buy a load of TAT to revamp BlackBerry UI
RIM, the manufacturers behind the BlackBerry range of handsets and forthcoming PlayBook tablet have bought the Swedish design team The Astonishing Tribe (TAT). With TAT specialising in the design of mobile interfaces, it's believed the acquistition will lead to an…
RIM to Apple: "You don't need an app for the Web"
Steve Jobs is sitting smugly in the knowledge that Apple have passed BlackBerry makers RIM in smartphone sales during the last quarter. "I don't see them catching up to us in the near future!" he gloated recently at an Apple…
VIDEO: BlackBerry PlayBook vs Apple iPad in browser battle
The gloves are most definately off in the battle of the tablets now, as RIM prepare to launch their BlackBerry PlayBook device with this side-by-side comparison against Apple's iPad. Showing off Flash support, interesting HTML5 facts and Javascript details,…
BlackBerry Playbook gets cheap-as-microchips launch price
The BlackBerry Playbook, RIM's answer to the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab tablets is looking like a must-have purchase for the BlackBerry-wielding business man about town. That must-have purchase just got all the more attractive too as it has today…
Amazon Kindle headed to PlayBook tablet, and BlackBerry Video Messenger too?
Amazon have announced that they will be bringing their Kindle e-book reading smarts to RIM's just announced BlackBerry Playbook tablet. "Amazon.com today announced that it will launch a Kindle app for the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer", the company said…
BlackBerry PlayBook – Official pics
After wading through more rumours than found in a tabloid celeb page, RIM have finally revealed their BlackBerry tablet, the PlayBook. A 7 inch touchscreen device with HD recording abilities and the brand new QNX OS, its being aimed at…
RIM take on the iPad with BlackBerry PlayBook tablet
After months of speculation, RIM have finally unveiled their iPad-battling tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook. 7 inches in size, it's considerable smaller than the iPad, and is running a brand new operating system called QNX, as opposed to the BlackBerry…
