What do you do when you have a highly anticipated product set to launch in a matter of days — that has received some pretty harsh feedback from reviewers — and your Co-Ceo gets heated in an interview and storms off like he is a child? You go on Bloomberg news and dance around any [...]

Well kids, the cat is officially out of the bag: RIM has acknowledged that the forthcoming PlayBook — in all its QNX-powered glory — will support Google Android Apps. But wait, that’s not all, this news also speaks for all future BlackBerry devices released running the new QNX OS. It’s being said that Google Android developers [...]

Now that word is finally out on the BlackBerry PlayBook launch date, Rogers — with the help of RIM’s Jeff Gadway — has taken it upon themselves to tease us with another hands-on video. Though, there is not much new to see, it still offers an overview for those unfamiliar with the device. Watch the [...]

The novelty of the second-generation iPad has barely worn off and now FINALLY BlackBerry die-hards have some bankable information on the much anticipated BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. April 19th, 2011 is the date across the board, with the $499 (16GB), $599 (32GB), and $699 (64GB) price tag as previously reported for both Canada and the US [...]

Many a fan-boy proclaimed that RIM would be “shooting itself in the foot” if it hadn’t yet announced a release date for its upcoming PlayBook by the time Apple launched the iPad 2 this past Friday March 11th. Well, Friday has come and gone and Apple — as many easily predicted — sold well into the millions [...]

In a weird turn of events and with just a month left before the PlayBook officially hits the masses, RIM Chief Marketing Officer Keith Pardy has resigned from his post. Word comes from the WSJ (Wall Street Journal) that Pardy will step down due to “personal reasons”, after a 6 month transition period is up. [...]

RIM (Research In Motion) makers of BlackBerry and the upcoming tablet the PlayBook have put out a video today showing off the web fidelity of the PlayBook. Web Fidelity means displaying web pages just as a full computer would display them. As you can see from the video below the PlayBook seems to be doing [...]

As many of you may already know, Mike Lazaridis, co-CEO of RIM sat down for a rather lengthy interview to discuss all things BlackBerry. In watching the 39 minute interview, it seems like Lazaridis wanted to focus mainly on the upcoming PlayBook, while the interviewers had a somewhat different agenda. When Lazaridis was basically asked [...]

One of the most anticipated devices to launch in 2011 is the BlackBerry PlayBook, RIM’s first attempt in the tablet market. Based on what we have seen through the various hands-on videos, pictures, and TabLife last week in Toronto, it is sure to shake things up a bit. With the launch fast approaching, RIM has thrown [...]

Today, BGR got an exclusive up close and personal demo of the BlackBerry PlayBook by RIM’s Platform Lead of the QNX team, Julian Dolce. They weren’t allowed to touch the device for themselves so the ‘hands on’ part of the demo was all Julian Dolce’s hands. Lucky for us, they took 10 minutes of high definition video [...]