Nothing like a little gadget carnage to get your week started off right. This week, DirectFix takes you on an eight-and-a-half minute journey inside a Rogers-branded version of the new BlackBerry Bold 9900. The video is intended as an instructional …
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Tag Archives: BlackBerry
BlackBerry Bold 9900 torn down, put back together for your amusement (video)
Posted by admin on August 29, 2011
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E FUN’s aPen A3 stylus brings digitized scribbles to Android, BlackBerry users (video)
Posted by admin on August 29, 2011
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Students heading back to school this week will have a new stylus to toss in their backpacks, now that E FUN has released its aPen A3 digital pen. The company’s latest note-taker is essentially like Livescribe for Android and BlackBerry users, allo…
Mobile Miscellany: week of August 22, 2011
Posted by admin on August 27, 2011
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This week was packed with news on the mobile front, so it was easy to miss a few stories here and there. Here’s some of the other stuff that happened in the wide world of wireless for the week of August 15, 2011:
Phone Releases
Fido launched t…
Rumor: next year’s BlackBerrys will run Android apps
Posted by admin on August 26, 2011
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RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook will run Android apps later this year after a software update. That much we do know. Now, Bloomberg reports that all QNX-based BlackBerry smartphones will run Android apps as well. Is it time for RIM to throw in the towel and …
PlayBook OS version 2.0 leaked: is RIM really sacking BES?
Posted by admin on August 26, 2011
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This one comes with a health warning: even if the leaked screenshot above is legit, it’s easy to over-interpret. Nevertheless, it purports to show the account setup page from BlackBerry Tablet OS 2.0 and it distinctly lacks any option to sync with B…
Analysis: Steve Jobs’s departure and the mobile industry
Posted by admin on August 25, 2011
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The iPhone. The iPad. Both iconic Apple products have soared in global popularity. Both have led to a mobile computing movement started, argua…
RIM is in trouble: who will buy the BlackBerry pie?
Posted by admin on August 25, 2011
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BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is in deep, deep trouble. Shareholders are watching co-CEOs Balisillie and Lazaridis squander a once-bulletproof lead in the smartphone wars, and they want some changes. The company is currently looking at a new mana…
BlackBerry to run Android apps on future QNX devices?
Posted by admin on August 25, 2011
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One of the biggest gripes from BlackBerry users is the lack of apps, which is why RIM hopes to boost sales by adding Android compatibility in future devices — DroidBerry, anyone? According to Bloomberg, sources familiar with the matter say RIM may …
BBM Music gets official for BlackBerry owners lusting after Spotify
Posted by admin on August 25, 2011
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Nothing warms our hearts quite like the thought of corporate suits and government workers pumping out the tunes of Iris DeMent and Amy Martin as they scurry throughout their busy days. As we’ve previously speculated, a new service for BlackBerry Mes…
