BlackBerry Desktop Software v7.0 B44 Officially Released for PCs
RIM released BlackBerry Desktop Software v7.0 in the Beta Zone back in November of last year. Vodafone then sort of released it on their website in January but RIM was nice and hush about it. Now RIM has officially made Desktop Manager v7.0 official on their website and available to all for download. This version…
Free vnPButils Utility Lets You Easily Sideload & Manage Apps on Your PlayBook
@vnbb let us know about their latest BlackBerry utility called vnPButils. It sort of takes the role of their BlackBerry smartphone utility, vnBButils, and performs similar functions for your PlayBook. It allows you to easily sideload applications onto your BlackBerry PlayBook from your windows PC which DDPB has been letting you do for awhile….
RIM Sees 6600 New Registered Developers in 11 Days!
Before going to bed last night Alec Saunders, RIM’s head of Developer Relations, posted a tweet that impressed me. He was simply awestruck that they have registered 6600 new BlackBerry developers in 11 days. My guess is this is all from the hugely successful PlayBook promotion. Devs have been telling me that it is taking…
Magmic Chronicles 10 Years of BlackBerry Development for 10th Birthday
Magmic just made me feel really old. They are celebrating their 10th anniversary/birthday and created a very cool infographic chronicling their history from 2002 to 2012. I remember playing their games back in 2003-04 and its really crazy to see how far they have come. Check out the infographic by clicking the image above or…
BlackBerry Torch 9810 OS 7.1.0.258 Found Online
The OS 7.1 leaks continue this time with OS 7.1.0.258 for the BlackBerry Torch 9810. Its nice to see the 9810 still getting some love and hopefully this new OS update has some bonuses. Kudos to the N4BB team for scoring it! Download OS 7.1.0.258 for the BlackBerry Torch 9810 at: DepositFiles RapidShare JumboFiles MediaFire…
Possible Prerelease BlackBerry 10 Images Show Up With Widgets & More
RIM has been pretty cagey about what the different experience will be for BlackBerry 10 when it finally comes to phones in the second half of this year. Kevin @CrackBerry scored a new slide deck from a tipster that was supposedly prepared for one of RIM’s external agencies as a briefing for BlackBerry 10….
Three Free Valentine’s Day Themes Show A Love Story Unfolding Through Wallpapers
Ellen from 7langit let us know about a new line of free themes they have released that take a creative approach that fits perfectly with Valentine’s Day tomorrow. The first is called Love Battery (BlackBerry OS 7 compatible!) and is sort of a half theme half app that changes the background wallpaper on your BlackBerrys…
US Government Looking to buy 63 to 18,000 Tablets to Replace Flight Manuals
Quite a few readers sent in an article today from Bloomberg BusinessWeek which claimed that the US Airforce was looking to buy 18,000 iPad 2’s to act as Electronic Flight Bags. It turns out that the Air Force is actually looking for "a minimum of 63 and a maximum of 18,000, iPad 2, Brand Name…
