Winners of the @BlackBerry #PlayBookHaiku Contest Announced Today! 10 PlayBooks to be Won!
Last week the twittersphere was overloaded with terrible haikus from desperate nerds (like myself) trying to win one of 10 16GB BlackBerry PlayBooks. I think my entries were pretty awesome but considering #PlayBookHaiku was the top worldwide trend for a while, my chances of winning are pretty slim. I actually debated whether or not I…
Plastic Mobile and Rogers Sportsnet Bring Hockeycentral to the PlayBook
Plastic Mobile has teamed up with Rogers Sportsnet to bring us Hockeycentral for the PlayBook. With the NHL playoffs in full swing, Hockeycentral aims to keep you informed and in the know wherever you are. The free app features breaking news, scores, schedules, twitter updates from the Hockeycentral panel, articles, and analysis from the best…
Sling Golf for PlayBook is Live in App World! Try it For Free!
Add this to your memopad entry entitled, “Apps to download when I finally get my hands on a PlayBook!” Sling Golf, which we have mentioned before is now live in App World and BoltCloud has added a free trial that includes the ENTIRE first course (9 holes) and ALL 3 characters to choose from. I’m…
The BlackBerry PlayBook: The Future of RIM is Now
RIM has struggled to maintain the confidence of investors and praise of consumers for a long time. Saturday’s Globe and Mail featured an excellent article by Omar El Akkad entitled, RIM makes a play for its future. In the article El Akkad explains the history of RIM and where they plan on going. He elaborates…
Jim Balsillie: Native Email For PlayBook Coming in 60 days
I think this CO-CEO tag-team setup is working quite nicely for RIM. Mike Lazaridis recently walked out of an interview after being asked about security concerns in India and the Middle East. Jim Balsillie tagged in, and sat down with WSJ’s Julia Angwin to talk about the PlayBook AND coincidentally, to clear up concerns about…
Desktop Software Updated to Support PlayBook
C0rinne let us know that the Desktop Manager has been updated to version 6.0.2.42 with PlayBook support. It looks like RIM is a little bit ahead of themselves because when I went to check www.blackberry.com/desktop/docs to look for more details, 6.0.1 was the latest version. I assume the guide for 6.0.2 will be coming soon….
BlackBerry PlayBook In the Wild: First Impressions
Developers who submitted, and had apps approved are starting to receive their PlayBooks. These are different than the review models that we’ve seen reviewed on other sites. They are not fully functional…yet. We have it on good authority that everything will be enabled on April 19th. So what works right now?
Contest Winners: Wrath Retro Shooter and iFrogz Earbuds With Mic
Last week I reviewed Wrath by LoneDwarf Games and announced a giveaway. Here are the 2 winners of a free copy of the retro style shooting game: joseph and domi994 I also reviewed the iFrogz Timbre and Ozone earbuds. Here are the winners of those highly coveted accessories: gozaim – Timbre captainbdsc – Ozone Congratulations…