RIM CEO Thorsten Heins has confirmed that the company will indeed be releasing a 4G LTE enabled BlackBerry PlayBook in 2012 and that it will be arriving on shelves at some point later this year. He declined to offer a specific release date. Heins, according to Engadget, made the comments at a press event this [...]
Back in February, RIM rolled out the major BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 update, an update that brought a number of welcomed improvements and features. Today, the company has followed that update up with another update, OS 2.0.1, an update that brings a number of fixes for the device’s software. The update is currently available Over-the-Air [...]
Owners of the BlackBerry PlayBook got quite the surprise today when Angry Birds Space appeared in the BlackBerry App World. That surprise soon turned to dread though as the application has since disappeared from the marketplace. Still, it would appear that the game will be coming to RIM’s tablet soon. According to CrackBerry, earlier today, [...]
RIM has long been thought to have a 4G LTE version of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet up its sleeve and today, photos of that alleged tablet have come up to the surface. Images of what appear to be a BlackBerry PlayBook with a SIM card slot have emerged on the CrackBerry forums today (courtesy of [...]
In a post on its business blog, RIM has revealed, in detail, its stance on jailbreaking BlackBerry devices. Adrian Stone, who is the company’s Director of the BlackBerry Security Incident Response Team says that the company recommends against installing any jailbreaking tool and that doing so will indeed void the warranty that comes along with [...]
RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet recently got a crucial update to PlayBook OS 2.0, an update that finally brought features like native email and contacts, features that should have been on the device from the beginning. Well, seems OS 2.0 won’t be the last update that the device will get as RIM’s Vice President of Product [...]
Last month, we heard that RIM was still planning on releasing 4G LTE and HSPA+ versions of its tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, during the month of April. And sure enough, right on schedule, an HSPA+ version and a 4G LTE enabled version have passed through the FCC on their way to as of yet, unknown [...]
Today RIM introduced the new Bluetooth Mini Keyboard Case for the Blackberry PlayBook. Arriving months after the tablet’s release and (arguably) long after anyone still cared, this accessory aims to make the PlayBook an even better business companion. Every little bit helps, right? The slim keyboard connects via Bluetooth and features 128 bit encryption for [...]
If you own a BlackBerry PlayBook and you’ve been waiting for an official physical keyboard solution to pair with your tablet that’s now running BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, your lucky day has finally arrived. Sadly, it looks like you’re going to have to use all of your change from your broken piggy bank to scoop [...]
While RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook may never get Netflix support, it might just be getting 4G LTE support come April, this according to a leaked document courtesy of MobileSyrup. This isn’t surprising, considering that back in August, RIM confirmed to us that it was indeed still developing a 4G LTE enabled BlackBerry PlayBook, even after U.S. [...]
Not to rain on the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 parade that has been going on this week but yesterday, Netflix confirmed some pretty grim news for both BlackBerry smartphone and PlayBook owners by stating, on Twitter, that the company has no current plans to support BlackBerry devices. That is an absolutely devastating revelation for a [...]
With rumored release dates galore, it was only a matter of time before we heard from someone at RIM in regards to the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 release date that the company promised would be rolling out this month. Unfortunately, we still don’t have a concrete date for the roll out but BlackBerry senior brand [...]
The lips of RIM remain firmly sealed as far as a release date for BlackBerry OS 2.0 is concerned but that doesn’t mean we don’t have rumors. We had previously thought that the update might be arriving on February 17th. However, B4BB has fired up the rumor mill once more, tossing February 21st out there [...]
While we know BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 is on the way, we still don’t know exactly when RIM will be rolling it out. However, there is a date that seems to be popping up more than most making it the front-runner as the release date. That date is February 17th which just so happens to [...]
It looks like Sprint is gearing up to retire some older smartphone and tablet models in an attempt to make room on its retail shelves for newer upcoming models with 4G LTE on-board. The models being retired and placed on Sprint’s EOL, or End-of-Life, list include the WiFi-only version of Research in Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook, [...]
It appears that RIM’s 2012/Q1 2013 roadmap has leaked out today revealing the devices that new CEO Thorsten Heins will see to the market. If they even make it that far. The roadmap reveals that RIM has a few, but not a lot of hardware on the way this year with the company planning on [...]
It would appear that RIM hasn’t given up on the tablet business just yet as N4BB is reporting that the company is gearing up to release not just one, but two new BlackBerry PlayBook tablets in 2012. RIM will apparently be launching a 7-inch version of the PlayBook in April, which will be 3G, and [...]
It appears that the BlackBerry PlayBook has gone the way of the HP TouchPad as stock on Best Buy’s website has dwindled into non-existence amidst reports that the retailer has begun canceling orders of those that placed orders for RIM’s tablet. Best Buy’s forums are currently rife with complaints from people who say that Best [...]
Back in mid-September, RIM confirmed that a major software update for the BlackBerry PlayBook would be shown off at this month’s DevCon and be released shortly afterward. Well, sad to say, but that timeline has taken a tumble as the company has confirmed that the BlackBerry PlayBook’s OS 2.0 software will not be rolling out [...]
Earlier today, a report from Collins Stewart analyst John Vinh suggested that RIM’s manufacturing partner, Quanta, who is responsible for production of the BlackBerry PlayBook, was ordered to halt production of the tablet device due to poor sales. RIM took exception to this report and has fired back saying that it does not plan to cancel [...]
Shortly after Amazon stuck fear into the hearts of tablet makers around the world, RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet saw a considerable price drop occur over at Best Buy. Yesterday, Amazon announced the Android-powered Kindle Fire tablet which will be priced at a modest $199 and in an apparent response, the PlayBook dropped down from $499 [...]
Yesterday, during RIM’s Q2 earnings call, Co-CEO Jim Balsillie stated that the BlackBerry PlayBook would start seeing some price cuts. He didn’t specify when or how much of a price decrease the tablet would see only promising that something was coming. Well, sure enough, today, we have our first price drop on the PlayBook courtesy [...]
Today hasn’t been a very good day for RIM. It announced that it had only shipped 10.6 million BlackBerry phones in August and it had only shipped a dismal 200,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets last quarter. Notice that that says shipped and not sold. The sales numbers are unknown but I think it’s pretty safe to [...]
Earlier today, Sprint confirmed that it had canceled the WiMax 4G version of RIM’s tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook. Bad news for those who wanted to scoop one up and even worse news for RIM, a company that just can’t seem to catch a break lately. All hope for a 4G powered PlayBook is not lost [...]
It looks like there is more bad news for RIM as the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sprint has canceled the WiMax-enabled BlackBerry PlayBook tablet that was supposed to arrive sometime this fall. The WiMax PlayBook had originally been supposed to launch this summer but reports in June then surfaced indicated that it had [...]
Remember when RIM promised that the BlackBerry PlayBook would be able to run Android applications at some point this summer? If you own a BlackBerry PlayBook, you were probably giddy from hearing the news and watching RIM demo Android apps. Unfortunately, we’ve got some more bad news in the Land of RIM today as the [...]
Research in Motion has utilized Twitter to address rumors that the company may halt production of its PlayBook tablet, stating that it has no plans to do so and that the PlayBook is continuing to launch in new countries every week: “Pure fiction. No plan to discontinue. In fact, WiFi PlayBook is launching in new [...]
AT&T customers who are also BlackBerry PlayBook owners should be happy to learn that BlackBerry Bridge support has finally arrived and the application is going to be showing up on the BlackBerry App World catalog throughout the day. The release of BlackBerry Bridge to AT&T customers has been a long time coming. All the way [...]
It’s no secret that RIM has been struggling. The phone they announced at BlackBerry World, the BlackBerry 9900/9930, has been delayed. The BlackBerry PlayBook launched to mediocre reviews and sales of the tablet have been average at best. The company’s workforce has taken a hit and it’s still a ways off from getting its first [...]
At the beginning of the month, we touched on a rumor that stated that RIM was at work on a 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook model that was apparently scheduled to be out in time for the holiday season. Well, it appears that RIM has scrapped that project in favor of something that B4BB is calling a [...]
More bad news on the BlackBerry front as Research in Motion’s Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis has revealed that the company will not be launching 4G BlackBerry PlayBook models until fall, much different than the summer window which had been previously announced. Lazaridis’ statement was made in passing as he was talking about how he was excited [...]
RIM has announced that its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will be headed to 16 new countries at some in the next 30 days. And while the company specified which countries it would be launching in, it failed to provide any specifics as to when exactly we might see it show up. Sales of RIM’s first tablet [...]
Sprint has yet to launch its 4G WiMax edition of Research in Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, but the carrier has now announced that it will start selling the 16 GB WiFi edition through its channels, including its corporate-owned retail stores. The 16 GB WiFi edition of the PlayBook tablet will retail for $499.99. The device [...]
Research in Motion has announced a new incremental OS to its tablet platform for the BlackBery PlayBook. While the operating system update, which takes the BlackBerry Tablet OS to version 1.0.5 still doesn’t bring the promised email and calendar apps natively to the PlayBook nor Android app compatibility, it does bring some new features, including [...]
It looks like Sprint still intends on releasing the BlackBerry PlayBook and it appears that it intends on releasing it soon. According to remarks made by Sprint Market Director Gerald Evans – which have since been deleted – the PlayBook will arrive on Sprint in Wi-Fi form on June 5th. Here is what he said: [...]
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