Free BlackBerry Management Center for Small Business Now Available
We have been keeping all of you up to date on the progress of RIM’s BlackBerry Management Center solution for awhile now. The solution is quite promising for small businesses and even families with multiple BlackBerrys. It lets you centralize the management of all of the BIS email accounts along with managing their BlackBerry…
RIM Issues Statement on 4G PlayBooks – LTE Is Where its at!
RIM has issued a statement on the news earlier today that Sprint had cancelled the BlackBerry PlayBook 4G WiMax variant. It seems like we were right earlier that RIM has focused on LTE instead of WiMax since even WiMax carriers have given up on WiMax. Here is what RIM has to say: RIM has decided…
Find BBM Chat Friends With Free Smoothie BBM SDK Powered App
When I first heard of RIM’s plans for the BBM Social Platform for developers the first app idea that came to mind was an app for BBM users to find other like minded BBM users to chat with. App World reviews have long been abused as a way to post your pin to find…
BBM Hackathon Team BerryReview Pics & Update – PickleBack Shots
The fun continued all day yesterday with the BBM Hackathon here in NYC. The morning started off well as you saw in our articles and throughout the day RIM was available teaching and helping developers to create their BBM powered apps. There was some hardcore coding going on throughout the day enhanced with TJ’s…
OtterBox Releases Cases for BlackBerry Bold 9900 & Torch 9810
OtterBox has been on the forefront when it comes to releasing cases for BlackBerrys at launch. Their latest efforts give us a BlackBerry Defender (hardcore protection), Commuter (midway protection), and Impact (light protection) for the BlackBerry Bold 9900. They have also released a Commuter series case for the BlackBerry Torch 9810 which offers mid level…
Enlarge Your Pants Game for the BlackBerry PlayBook… by Not-so-Stupid
I am at a loss for words. When John sent me a link to this game I couldn’t stop laughing. As the developer, not-so-stupid, explains the objective of the game is to keep the bear bouncing by pulling his underpants (aka trousers aka underwear) faster. Based on where you strategically place your finger on…
Why Social & BBM SDK is So Important to RIM – Wordmole Getting BBM Treatment
At the Hackathon Tyler Lessard and the head of the BBM SDK initiative (didn’t catch his name) talked about why BBM is so important and why this BBM Social Platform is exciting for RIM. Tyler bases his reasoning on Ray Kurzweil and his “Law of Accelerating Returns” which boils down to proving exponential instead…
RIM Talks BlackBerry Messenger Growth Numbers
Every so often RIM shares with us how BlackBerry Messenger is doing. At the BBM Hackathon at NYC Tyler Lessard, VP of BlackBerry Alliances & Developer Relations, share the latest numbers. They are pretty impressive and I think it is the first time RIM has shared how many BBM groups there are. 45 Million active…