Do You Want a “Today Screen” on Your BlackBerry?
One of the things I have sort of missed since moving to BlackBerry OS 6 was the today screen themes that shipped with previous devices. RIM gave up on that old model with their new Activity Feed bar you get when you click on the notification bar. While at BlackBerry World my BlackBerry Torch…
Pipeline Pro Brings Google Reader Offline on the BlackBerry PlayBook
While I am pretty happy with GeeReader there is now some competition in the Google Reader client space for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Tajddin from Magnoware let us know about the release of their slick Pipeline application. Pipeline comes in a Pro and Free version but the Pro version ($2.99) is where its worth checking…
RIM Clarifies Recall of Less than a Thousand PlayBooks – Not a Big Deal?
Earlier in the weekend we mentioned some rumblings about RIM recalling about 900 BlackBerry PlayBooks from Staples. RIM reached out to us to let us know about the recall and from what I can tell its not that big of a deal. The OS builds shipped with those devices might not have been able to…
The BlackBerry Playbook Native SDK (NDK): What Is It Good For? (A Developer’s Perspective)
Intro: Chris Balavessov is the developer behind the popular BlackBerry personal organization app Viira and its MS Outlook companion the Viira Outlook Suite. On Thursday I tuned in to RIM’s Webcast on the Playbook’s Native SDK (NDK). As a BlackBerry developer my goal was to get a feel for the various ways you can make…
How Do You Arrange Your BlackBerry Homescreen? Share Your Tips!
I always enjoy learning about how others use their BlackBerrys. One of the most personal choices I have found users customizing is the order of their icons on the BlackBerry Homescreen. Specifically the top 4 or top 8 icons on the screen. These are the apps you tend to use throughout the day and I…
Announcing the BerryReview PlayBook Edition Beta!
After a good 10 hours of work and a little help from some friends I have managed to ship up a PlayBook Tablet optimized version of the BerryReview website. The new PlayBook Edition has bigger buttons and simply works much better on the BlackBerry PlayBook than the desktop website. It is currently in a rolling…
Developer Manages to Convert Flash and AIR Apps for BlackBerry PlayBook
One of our long time development contributor on the forums, Keeper, has figured out how to take flash games and port them to the BlackBerry PlayBook as apps. Right now it seems to be a bit hit and miss but if you are into messing around with code and JRE’s you might want to check…
Possible Leaked Screenshot of BlackBerry App World 3.0?
We have been hearing rumblings of a nice update coming to App World. Now we have a screenshot from BBNew.pl (via PocketBerry) and what may be the new design of that upcoming version of App World. This is all still a rumor for now but it looks sweet. I am really hoping RIM makes use…