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Blackberry Playbook shows up at the FCC

March 10th, 2011 · No Comments · fcc, hardware news

Blackberry’s new tablet showed up on the FCC website today in 3 flavors: 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB. But it appears to be only the Wifi models, and for some odd reason they decided to show all 3 models (there was no need). via FCC

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Blackberry to port BlackBerry Messenger to Android, iOS

March 4th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware rumors

Boy Genius Report are reporting on rumors about the BlackBerry Messenger app and service. According to BGR’s sources, RIM will soon release a limited version of the app for iOS and Android.  The Android port will come first, but no definitive release date has been set. The new apps are supposed to be stripped down [...]

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Kobo app now out for the BlackBerry

February 15th, 2011 · 4 Comments · software news

Update: Apparently I misread the Kobo blog post, because based on the reviews this app has been available since at least March 2010. The only thing new is that another BlackBerry, the Torch, is now supported. Kobo just announced that their latest app was now available in the BlackBerry App Store. The Kobo BB app [...]

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Kobo to be preloaded on the BlackBerry Playbook

September 30th, 2010 · No Comments · press release

I’m not even sure this qualifies as news. I pretty much assumed that Kobo’s reading app would come preloaded on all future BlackBerry devices after last week’s announcement that Kobo would be using BB Messenger Service. There is a demo video, though:

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Amazon to launch Kindle app for the new BlackBerry Playbook

September 27th, 2010 · No Comments · press release

That was quick. But I don’t see anything in the press release on when the app will be available, though. From the press release: Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that it will launch a Kindle app for the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer.  Customers can already enjoy the free Kindle app on their BlackBerry today. [...]

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Kobo going social with Blackberry Messenger

September 27th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news, kobo, software news

RIM are throwing a developers conference right this week for the Blackberry. It just kicked off in San Francisco today. Apparently Kobo are at the conference and they just accidentally announced their new social networking features. Here’s the blog post (they didn’t take it down quite fast enough):

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Surfbook – Is this the Blackberry tablet?

September 14th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

A friend on Twitter pointed me at a Canadian trademark filed by RIM for the word Surfbook. There are no hardware details in the paperwork, but do you really think it’s anything other than their tablet? Curiously enough, they didn’t file for a US trademark.

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Rumor: Blackberry Tablet coming soon

August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware rumors

Digitimes are reporting Chinese manufacturer Quanta Computers will be making RIM’s Android tablet, which will be officially launched in November: The tablet (BlackPad) will support Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, as well as 3G through connection to a Blackberry smartphone. The device will be priced at US$499 and Quanta will start shipping orders in September with volumes [...]

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Rumor: RIM is working on a Blackberry tablet

June 14th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware rumors

The Wall Street Journal has picked up on the Blackberry tablet rumor that we heard about last month from Boy Genius Report. From the way the WSJ article is written, it doesn’t sound like they actually have any more information than BGR. Heck, that might even be their source. RIM is also experimenting with a [...]

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iPhone, Android, Blackberry, WM e-reader apps coming soon from Overdrive

May 19th, 2010 · No Comments · digital library, ipad app, software news

From the press release: OverDrive, a leading distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, and digital content for libraries, schools, and retailers, announced that it will release a series of apps that will combine eBooks, audiobooks, and interactive and multimedia content into one user-friendly application. The apps will be available for both mobile and desktop operating systems, including [...]

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