Free Planets Gives You a 3D View of the Sky on Your PlayBook
Dana Peters has brought his hugely popular Planets app from iOS to the PlayBook. The app is free and gives you a 3D view of the sky making it easy for you to spot planets and constellations. This is the perfect tip sheet for aspiring astronomers who want to understand what they are seeing at…
Free FlightAware Flight Tracker Comes to the PlayBook
FlightAware has a pretty useful and free flight tracking app for BlackBerry smartphones. Now they have released a version that runs on the BlackBerry PlayBook. It allows you to track flights in real time and even map them. The PlayBook version is not shown on FlightAware’s website yet but it is available in App World….
BlackBerry Curve 9310 & 9320 Make Their Way Through the FCC
The BlackBerry Curve 9320 and Curve 9220 have been making their rounds in emerging markets and now RIM is bringing the 9320 and 9310 to North America. Engadget spotted the BlackBerry Curve 9310 & 9320 (CDMA & GSM) making their way through the FCC with the classic BlackBerry Curve low end features including 512MB of…
Having Issues Connecting Your PlayBook To Your PC? Here Is a Common Fix
Have you had trouble connecting your PlayBook to your PC over USB with Desktop Manager giving you error messages like “BlackBerry Desktop Software cannot communicate with the connected device.” When I first ran into this issue with the launch of PlayBook I thought it was caused by a custom image of Windows XP that had…
Free FUZZEngine Offers Up Wallpapers for Your BlackBerry PlayBook
FUZZengine from i-Mentalist is an innovative new application for the PlayBook that really won’t shine until some developers join in. FUZZengine is a free personalizing application that lets you download wallpapers, wallpaper video loops, and new sounds. The twist is that not only does the app offer up static wallpapers but is working with…
Desktop Bridge Now Available In AppWorld
Ronen mentioned last week about Pulsecode working on opening up the PlayBook Bridge via desktop. Well today, the day has come Desktop Bridge is available for purchase in App World. Desktop Bridge allows you to open your browser and access all of your bridge info from your PlayBook. Now keep in mind you need to…
Help the Marble Find Its Home with ChromaSphere for the PlayBook
I have a thing for Labyrinth style games that really hooks me. The latest is ChromaSphere which uses the accelerometer in the PlayBook to steer the ChromaSphere to the level end. The faster you do it the better score you get. Its sort of like Super Monkey Ball as far as I can tell….
BlackBerry Bold 9900 OS 7.1.0.437 Officially Released by China Unicom
China Unicom has made a bunch of BlackBerry Bold 9900 owners happy today with the launch of a new OS for the device. This brings OS 7.1.0.437 officially to the Bold 9900. Hopefully this fixes some of the calling issues I have been having with .402. Download the OS from BlackBerry.com Warning: This OS will…