New SSH Telnet & Rlogin Client Based on PuTTY for BlackBerry PlayBooks
I am really indebted to Dmytro Mishchenko right now. This week he released a new Telnet SSH client for the BlackBerry PlayBook. This new client is based on PuTTY and supports the SSH, Telnet, and Rlogin protocols. This app is built on the work from PuTTY, qPuTTY, and the QT Library so it has a…
Rooted BlackBerry PlayBook Shown Off On Video Showing Off Hulu
This keeps on getting better. It looks like the BlackBerry PlayBook root exploit we told you about before is real. The developers behind it, @xpvqs @cmwdotme @neuralic, have been hard at work hacking away at the BlackBerry PlayBook. Both Chris Wade and Neuralic have posted up videos showing off the exploit. See that screenshot…
PlayBook Discounts Start Ending December 3rd – Solid BlackBerry Phone Deals
The swooping discounted $199 BlackBerry PlayBook deals look like they will be wrapping up in the next week or so. RIM rounded up some great BlackBerry deals for this holiday weekend and confirmed that Walmart, Staples, Office Depot, and Office Max will have the $199+ PlayBook deal going on until December 3rd. That means…
Dev Claims to Have Rooted the BlackBerry PlayBook with “DingleBerry” Jailbreak
It looks like the RIM BlackBerry Incident Response Team is not going to get much sleep this weekend. Lucas @N4BB noticed that long time hacker/dev Chris Wade has confirmed on his Twitter account that he has a confirmed that the BlackBerry PlayBook has been “rooted.” In case you don’t know “rooted” is slang for gaining…
BlackBerry PlayBook $189+ With $10 Off Coupon From Shop BlackBerry
We knew that RIM would be getting in on the BlackBerry PlayBook discounting on their own Shop BlackBerry store though they were a bit late to the game. Tabletaholic let us know that RIM actually has a better deal than the usual $199 price due to a $10 off coupon available. You just use…
FCC Gives AT&T’s Purchase of T-Mobile a BIG Thumbs Down
You have to appreciate the times when government officials see through the smoke and mirrors and actually make what seems to be a reasonable decision. The FCC put our a draft order today giving AT&T a piece of its mind. They rejected practically every part of AT&T’s argument for why the acquisition of T-Mobile should…
BlackBerry PlayBook Native SDK 2.0 Beta & New OS 2.0 Simulator
There has been quite a bit of good juju flowing towards Native SDK developers from RIM. The latest is a new public beta of Version 2.0 of the BlackBerry PlayBook Native SDK. This new update also includes a new BlackBerry PlayBook Simulator that has OS 2.0 for those of you who don’t want to…