RIM Explains Piracy Protection Introduced in PlayBook OS 2.0.1
Alec Saunders raised a furor when he first talked about what RIM was doing to curb piracy on the PlayBook and BlackBerry 10. At first it sounded like he meant that RIM was going to block sideloading but he clarified that. Now we have details from RIM on what they did in OS 2.0.1 to…
Developer Opens Up BlackBerry PlayBook Bridge From Desktop
Now this is an interesting development and one that I think RIM should keep an eye on. The N4BB crew spotted a slick new app that is currently waiting for RIM’s approval in App World that opens up the BlackBerry Bridge on the PlayBook to your Desktop. This DesktopBridge app essentially will let you use…
Shiva 3D Brings Five Games to the BlackBerry PlayBook
Stonetrip, the company behind the Shiva 3D engine, has brought five of the games built on their platform to the PlayBook. The new games come from a variety of developers but all seem to be released through Stonetrip. The games range from puzzlers like Voodoo Dice to my favorite Necronomicon. The games include: Pirate Wings…
Build Your Own Contraptions With Phyzicle Sandbox for the PlayBook
Phyzicle Sandbox is an interesting new puzzle app for the PlayBook. It has you building contraptions in its 2D physics sandbox using shapes and fluids around constraints. You can undo any move and use different gravity bases including tilt based accelerometer gravity. Check out Phyzicle Sandbox in App World for $1.99 and let us know…
Tip: SideLoad PlayBook Apps Using LocalBar2 Without a Proxy
Originally, a PC was required in order to sideload apps onto the PlayBook. The first release of LocalBar was created to give users the ability to sideload apps ‘locally. The PlayBook could now sideload apps onto itself. Using LocalBar, the requirement for a PC was gone. RIM then blocked that feature. The PlayBook can no longer…
Stunt Pear Physics Game Comes to the BlackBerry PlayBook
I have a thing for physics games and Stunt Pear by Chocolate Mouse Games does not disappoint. It offers up 144 physics puzzles for you to throw your pear through with gears, canons, bubbles, and more. The game is definitely worth checking out if these sorts of puzzles are your thing. You can find…
Free ScrapBook PlayBook App Gets 3D Theme Pack Upgrade
RIM and TAT are on a roll with theme pack updates to the free PlayBook ScrapBook app. The latest is a 3D pack that seems to be based on the anaglyphed red (left eye) and cyan (right eye) filtered 3D glasses from back in the day. I don’t have a pair handy to test…
PlayBook OS 2.0 Aces Sencha HTML5 Development Scorecard
This little tidbit was lost during all the craziness of BlackBerry World and BlackBerry 10 Jam but I think it is still worth mentioning. Jerry let us know that Sencha put the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 through their various tests for HTML5 and found that it had improved upon an already solid HTML5 platform. In…