Advanced Users: How To Run Practically Any Android 2.3.3 App on BlackBerry 10
Many BlackBerry 10 users have figured out how to sideload Android apps over the past year or even before on the PlayBook. While doing so you may have noticed that only about 50-75% of the apps you try to convert work on BlackBerry 10 due to running native code instead of Dalvik Java. This includes…
BlackBerry Link v1.1 Gets Feedback Forum in Beta Zone
A few of you have asked me how you can give BlackBerry feedback on the latest BlackBerry Link v1.1 release with its 2-way contact and calendar sync for Outlook. BlackBerry has responded by opening up a program in the Beta Zone for you to offer your feedback for improvements and bug fixes. Check out…
How to Request a Refund For BlackBerry World Purchases
I know I spend quite a bit in BlackBerry World but every once in awhile I have found the need to ask for a refund. In the past I have tried working directly with developers but recently some have told readers that they cannot process the refunds themselves and it has to come from BlackBerry…
Older Twitter Apps Stop Working Today As Twitter Disables Old API
We have been hearing from a few users about their legacy Twitter apps which stopped working last night. This is not an outage but rather Twitter disabling/retiring their much less restrictive APIv1 as it moves up to their new APIv1.1 that newer Twitter clients use. The new API has some serious limits which has more…
BlackBerry UK Managing Director Rob Orr Resigns
BlackBerrys current managing director in the UK and Ireland, Rob Orr, decided to resign this month. The UK is a key market for BlackBerry and Orr did a great job of launching both the Q10 and Z10 there before any other country. Those launches really set the tone for the whole global launch so it…
HootSuite HTML5 App Coming to BlackBerry 10 Phones Shortly
HootSuite Mobile is a new HTML5 cross platform app coming from the popular social media management (Twitter, etc) company HootSuite. They are currently beta testing the app and let Diego know on their support site that it will be compatible with BlackBerry 10 devices. The HTML5 app will pack some nice features including the ability…
BlackBerry’s Top Z10 & Q10 App Releases for the Week
Its the Wednesday again which means BlackBerry has put out their list of top app releases for the week. This list is a bit light on the Z10 but the Q10 is catching up with some solid apps including the F1 app. Many of these we have already covered in the past week but we…
CNN News, TD Waterhouse, Discovery Channel & More Coming to BlackBerry 10 Next Week
BlackBerry let us know that a few more big names are bringing their apps to BOTH the BlackBerry Q10 and Z10 next week. That includes TD Waterhouse, Discovery Channel and CNN News apps coming for both devices. They also let us know that the PGA Tour app and Piano app will be available for the…
