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Free MagicBerry v3.5 Adds Support for Reading .BBB BlackBerry Backup Files

MagicBerry has long been the best tool for parsing and reading BlackBerry backup files. The problem is when RIM started moving from .IPD files to .BBB files they could no longer be opened with MagicBerry. Now it seems like MagicBerry’s developer, Ashraf M. Awwad, has reverse engineered the .BBB format and we are back in…

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BlackBerry 10 USB Host & Bluetooth Accessories Coming! (USB & Bluetooth APIs)

  RIM has teased us with USB host and other accessories for awhile now but it looks like they are finally coming. One of the unscheduled sessions at BlackBerry 10 Jam is a GRP101 – Roundtable: BlackBerry 10 USB and Bluetooth Extensibility. There three RIM employees will be discussing how accessories can connect over USB…

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BlackBerry 10 Jam Sessions Reveal Upcoming Features & Dev Tools!

RIM has let developers know more about the components of BlackBerry 10 but I found something interesting when I started looking at the BlackBerry 10 Jam session catalog. Many of the sessions assume that certain features, APIs, and developer tools will be released before the session or at least at the same time. For example,…

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What Do You Want RIM to Improve or Add in PlayBook OS 2.0?

RIM has reiterated many times that PlayBook OS 2.0 is just a stepping stone to BlackBerry 10 and the future of the BlackBerry platform. They recently released PlayBook OS 2.0 and I already want more. We are hearing multiple reports that RIM is already running PlayBook OS 2.1 internally but I wanted to reach out…

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Traffic Wonder Puzzle Game Ported to the BlackBerry PlayBook!

  YoAmbulante has ported their Traffic Wonder puzzle game to the BlackBerry PlayBook this week. The game has you guiding the colored vehicles to the appropriate destination by tracing the path for each car and then sending them off without colliding into each other. Things get complicated as cars slow down for turns or having…

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Free WiFi Manager Turns Wi-Fi On & Off Based on Your Location (CellID)

There have been a few Wi-Fi managers for BlackBerry that turned on and off your Wi-Fi connection based on your location but I think Wi-Fi Manager by PingDev is the first free one. Joseph let us know about this app and I have to say it works like a charm. You install it and then…

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ImageAirplay Sends Images from Your PlayBook to an Apple TV

I don’t have an Apple TV but this latest app from Mikko Haapoja (Dev of Tweedless & Panoramic) has definitely caught my attention. The app called ImageAirplay promises to let you Airplay images from your PlayBook to your Apple TV and view it on a larger screen. It works with the current 2nd Generation Apple…

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RIM Lays Out BlackBerry Platform Roadmap – BB10 to Add Super App Capabilities

  During a presentation at MWC Tim Neil, RIMs Director of Application Platform & Tools Product Management (Here at Slide 26), laid out a platform roadmap for BlackBerry ranging from BlackBerry OS 7 through the PlayBook to BlackBerry 10. This is the first time I have seen anything in writing from RIM about this and…

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