Send a Free Custom BBM Postcard to Five of Your Friends…
One of our tipsters let us know about a promotion that RIM has going that still has my head spinning. They have teamed up with AmazingMail to offer up the ability for any BBM user to upload a photo and create your own personalized BlackBerry Messenger PIN postcard. You can then have RIM/AmazingMail send the…
Verizon Rolling Out OS 6.0 for Bold 9650 AND Curve 3G 9330 TODAY!
This was a long time in the works but RIM just let us know that the wait is over. BOTH the BlackBerry Curve 9330 3G AND the BlackBerry Bold 9650 will be getting OS 6.0 by 8PM EST today. The update is available for corporate users at the usual link you will find below but…
BlackBerry OS 6.1 Allows You to Manage Homescreen Panes
One of the things that RIM added in OS 6.0 was homescreen panes. Personally I have found little to no use for this feature and it seems to just cause me annoyances when I accidentally swipe to the wrong pane. Don’t get me wrong I like the idea of multiple homescreens if (and only if)…
RBC Claims RIM Could Sell 6+ Million PlayBooks in 12 Months
You have to love analysts. They get to make predictions on the future and (almost) never have to be held accountable for the results. The latest prediction on BlackBerry PlayBook sales comes from RBC Capital Markets (via Financial Post) which has been pretty nice to RIM as Barrist pointed out in the forums. According to…
PlayBook to Have 4,000 Apps at Launch and Longer Battery Life than iPad
RIM is slowly letting more and more details out about the PlayBook which is set to launch sometime later this quarter. Reuters got RIM’s Jeff McDowell, senior vice-president for business and platform marketing, to rebuff analysts battery life concerns. According to McDowell "It’s going to be equal or greater than the iPad with smaller battery…
Leaked Facebook v1.9.0.26 From BlackBerry Bold 9700 OS
Just a quick one before I sign off for the night. We were sent an OTA link for the Facebook v1.9.0.26 that was spotted in the latest OS 6.0.0.448. I have no idea if these are just for the 9700 series devices though I am pretty sure it will only work on OS 6.0 plus…
Free YouTube Viewer BlackBerry App Courtesy of RIM (OS 6.0 Only)
We mentioned yesterday that Tim W. from RIM had posted a great tutorial on how to create a simple YouTube Search Viewer. I have been having some fun digging through the source code for the simple yet useful app but it has been years since I coded anything in Java. The sample app makes use…
Starbucks Now Lets You Pay Using Your BlackBerry in the US
We told you back in October that Starbucks was testing out a way for users to pay for their overpriced coffee addiction using their BlackBerry. They have just expanded this trial to the whole US including almost 7 thousand company owned stores. The new payment system allows you to pay using their BlackBerry along with…