A Little Explanation of How LocalBar Works to Locally Install Bar Files
In case you have been playing with LocalBar on your PlayBook all weekend you may be interested in this. Yohan, the developer of LocalBar, posted on his blog offering a bit of insight into how LocalBar works and what it does. In essence he is replicating the sideloading process from a PC by performing it…
LocalBar App Installs BAR Files Directly from your BlackBerry PlayBook
We are getting one step closer to being able to easily install PlayBook applications OTA just like current BlackBerry smartphone apps. Until now RIM has forced us to load apps only through App World or by using a convoluted sideloading method which requires a PC and quite a few steps. Now Yohan aka TinyHack…
AT&T BlackBerry Bold 9900 Now Available!
Right on schedule for AT&T we have the launch of the BlackBerry Bold 9900. AT&T is thankfully going with the standard $199 price tag for the Bold 9900 with a 2 year contract or $549.99 off contract. Its nice to see that AT&T has finally made the device available. The big question is if you…
SonicAir v2.2 Streams Media from Your PC to your PlayBook Using Subsonic
SonicAir (aka Air Sonic) is an Adobe FLEX implementation of a Subsonic streaming client for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Mir & Windsor Design created this client that streams tons of different variants of Music and Video from your PC to your PlayBook. It uses the powerful Subsonic streaming server on your desktop and you need API…
Vlingo Now Available Free Compliments of RIM’s Outage Gift
A few readers let us know that RIM has made the next app available as part of their free apps gift in response to their previous outage last month. They have made the popular voice command app Vlingo free for a limited time which is a huge boon considering its $19.99 price tag. It essentially…
Show Me the Images App Updated to Support BlackBerry 7 Devices
The popular Show Me the Images app has been updated by Kisailabs this week. The new update finally gives it BlackBerry OS 7.0 compatibility which they were struggling with for awhile. As a reminder Show Me the Images makes images download automatically in messages based on your safe list, block list, or without any restrictions…
Union Releases Downhill Bowling 2 and Dog Pile Games for the BlackBerry PlayBook
The Unity 3D engine has brought two more games to the BlackBerry PlayBook through Union. The latest is Downhill Bowling 2 along with Dog Pile. Downhill Bowling 2 comes from Game Resort and offers some pretty fun bowling action in multiple “worlds” with unlockable goodies. Dog Pile on the other hand is a physics…
T-Mobile Makes BlackBerry Torch 9810 Official With Availability Starting Today
T-Mobile let us know that they have made the BlackBerry Torch 9810 official. The new device is already available in an exclusive pre-sale to T-Mobile business customers starting today and will be available to all online and in stores starting November 9th. The Torch 9810 is expected to cost $249.99 after a $50 mail-in-rebate card…