RIM Also Working With YOU i Labs Design Firm? (Designers of HTC Sense UI)
If you have ever used an HTC device including their older Windows Mobile phones you may have seen HTC’s slick Sense UI. GigaOm is reporting that RIM is working with the Ontario design firm YOU i Labs which helped work on the HTC Sense UI. The deal seems to be some sort of “significant partnership”…
Collection of Fun Flash Games for your PlayBook in FlashGames
I happened to spot FlashGames by Richard Aberefa in App World and am really glad I did. When the PlayBook first came out I was scouring the internet for fun flash games but it was hit and miss due to touchscreen compatibility, ads, and other issues. Well Richard has done exactly what I would…
New BlackBerry Communities Unites RIM Communities On One Page
When I first saw this email from RIM I was really hoping it meant they managed to get all of their communities to use the same login. While that is not the case they have created a new umbrella page called BlackBerry Communities. According to RIM this new BlackBerry Communities effort is a re-branded and…
RIM Testing Out PlayBook OS 1.0.6 In Beta Zone for Select Developers?
Quite a few users are waiting for RIM to update the BlackBerry PlayBook OS with native email and PIM but it looks like another update is coming before that. The team at N4BB is hearing rumors that RIM is testing out BlackBerry PlayBook OS 1.0.6 for “select developers” to test out in the beta zone….
BlackBerry PlayBook Tots Game Adds Word Fun for Kids
Over the last two years I have been noticing more and more BlackBerry games targeted at children for BlackBerry devices. I doubt that kids learning their ABCs have their own BlackBerrys but parents are entertaining their kids with them. While this may lead to issues like drool on your keyboard the games are getting…
Farmdefense Mimics “Plants vs Zombies” for the PlayBook
If you like the genre of “Plants vs. Zombies” you will definitely enjoy Farmdefense for the BlackBerry PlayBook. The gameplay is almost exactly the same though here you have an army of robots trying to invade your farm instead of zombies. You defend you farm with some of those crazy plant weapons like Chili throwers…
Rumored Email from RIM Employee Provides Insight Into RIM
Zaman59 pointed out an interesting article in the forums that I thought was worth sharing. The Business Insider article is supposed to be from a rank and file RIM employee giving some insight (bullet point style) on what is currently going on at RIM. There is even a great conversation going on in the comments…
X-Men First Class Gets a PlayBook EXTRA Magazine App
I have not had a chance to watch the latest X-Men installment but it has perked my interest. David took his wife who hates super-hero movies and she supposedly loved it. In another first I noticed that X-Men now has their own X-Men EXTRA Magazine in App World for the BlackBerry PlayBook. I am not…