Last night I attended MobileMonday Toronto’s April Event: “Developer Ecosystem Discussion – From PlayBook to BlackBerrys”. The event featured Tyler Lessard, VP Global Alliances and Developer Relations at RIM (Research In Motion) giving us a general overview and taking questions as part of audience Q & A about the newest developments around the launch of the Playbook, and BlackBerry Developer [...]

Wow! BGR is reporting that their sources at Research in Motion (RIM) are telling them that a deal bringing BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) to Android devices is DEFINITE. As well, talks are apparently occurring to eventually bring BBM to the iOS running iPhones. The rumors continue that the software might be FREE on the competing platforms or [...]

RIM’s BlackBerry Desktop Software for PC (that’s its official name, most people I know call it BlackBerry Desktop Manager) is a great tool for all BlackBerry users. It does so many things so well and is such a necessity, in my opinion, for ANY BlackBerry user. In fact, I am often surprised when I meet [...]

Looks like there’s a new version of BlackBerry App World today from RIM. The new version is 2.1.0.39 and it is a 1018.8 KB download (so you may want to connect to a WiFi network before beginning the download). Download links are below. According to BerryReview “[t]he main new feature in this version is the [...]

A lot of people when they buy a smartphone today do not realize the branding that is on the device is not only physically there but programmed into it so everyone in the world who they email will know they’re sending emails on a BlackBerry - and often which cellular provider they’re with (see picture below). Some users don’t [...]

You may remember back in December I told you about some VPN software being developed for Android and iPhone and I mentioned I thought it “almost looks like a shot across the bow at BlackBerry and their stranglehold on Enterprise clients”. Well, it looks like BlackBerry did not take that news sitting down and they [...]

RIM (Research In Motion) has just created a new branding program for their accessories as well as accessories made by select third party partners. The program is named “Built for BlackBerry” and is a partnership between RIM and selected third party partners. From the site pictured above (and linked below) “These partners will develop accessories and [...]

Reported in a BlackBerryCool post last night, TELUS has finally done it, they’ve flipped the on switch enabling the long awaited carrier billing in BlackBerry App World. They are now the first Canadian carrier to have support for the feature. What it means is that now, when you buy something from BlackBerry App World on your [...]

Millenial Media, the largest independent mobile advertising network, revealed in their November 2010 Mobile Mix Report that the Android and iOS platforms tied for the most mobile ad impressions in the United States at 38% - ad impressions is defined as the frequency of an ad appearing. This is a gain of 1% for both [...]

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 [...]