Star CSV Lets You Edit CSV Files on Your PlayBook
One of the things that has irked me about Excel to Go on the PlayBook is lack of CSV support. It doesn’t even let you open it in a text editor even though it manages huge Excel files with ease. In case you don’t know CSV (Comma Separated Values) files are a different form of…
Kami Retro HD Brings Loads of 8-Bit Fun and Scoreloop Social Integration to Your PlayBook
Kami Retro HD is one of Paw Print Games leading mobile games and it is now available on the BlackBerry PlayBook. They actually worked closely with RIM to integrate social features, leaderboard & awards, using the newly released Scoreloop SDK v1.0 during its beta. I had a chance to try Kami Retro HD and was…
Scoreloop SDK 1.0 Now Available for PlayBook OS 2.0
Along with bringing the PlayBook Native SDK to v2.0 RIM has also brought their acquired Scoreloop social gaming SDK to v1.0. That means the new cross platform social gaming ecosystem with over 120 million users is now out of beta for PlayBook OS 2.0. What this does is allow developers to focus on improving gameplay…
BlackBerry Native SDK v2.0 Out of Beta
RIM let us know that they have pushed the BlackBerry Native SDK v2.0 for the PlayBook out of beta for all developers. This new version adds some new APIs (sound, device info, & LED) but not the super app APIs (email, contacts, calendar) I was hoping for. They have also improved the IDE along with…
Handy Games Bring Top Android Games to the PlayBook – Guns’N’Glory & More!
I woke up to a nice surprise in App World this morning. One of Android’s top game developers, Handy Games, has ported a few of their best games to the BlackBerry PlayBook using the Android Player. The list of new games includes their top titles like Guns’N’Glory which I really enjoy. Here is the list…
Box for BlackBerry PlayBook Sees 500,000 Users Since Launch
A friend of mine pointed out this little tidbit that Box shared at Mobile World Congress. During a presentation they mentioned that Box has 500,000 BlackBerry PlayBook app users since they launched in September of 2011. That is 16% of their Tablet users which is pretty impressive. Box is one of the first apps to…
What Android Apps Have You Sideloaded On Your PlayBook? (My Favorites)
We have been able to sideload repackaged Android apps on the PlayBook for awhile now since RIM first started showing us OS 2.0. Now that OS 2.0 is finally officially available for all and there is no reason not to upgrade I thought I would broach this topic. While RIM has been incentivizing developers…
Sling Golf PlayBook Game On Sale for $1.99
Mark from Boltcloud let us know that their popular Sling Golf PlayBook game is on sale for this week at $1.99 from $2.99. I thought it was worth mentioning in case you have not at least tried the trial yet since the game is addictive. Let us know what you think! Features include: 6 very…