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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…
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…
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,…
BlackBerry Torch 2 joins the latest RIM leaks
A revamped version of last year's flagship RIM handset, the BlackBerry Torch, is on its way according to BGR. We've already seen the Dakota break cover, and while its form factor may prove to make it the preferred RIM 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…
iPad 2 to beat the BlackBerry Playbook to stores?
RIM's BlackBerry Playbook tablet may have he wind knocked out its sales by Apple before it even hits stores. The suggestion comes as rumoured manufacturing delays may mean that the tablet will not hit stores until March, whereas it had…
VIDEO: Another day, another BlackBerry PlayBook video preview
Here is yet another BlackBerry PlayBook tablet video, this time showing off the RIM device's 1080p playback skills. Not that we're complaining; on the back of these preview vids, RIM seem to have put together a very tasty little…
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…
