Zinio Launching on PlayBook in Mid March With Loads of Magazines in tow!
We have told you quite a few times that Zinio was bringing their hugely popular magazine subscription app to the PlayBook soon. Well it looks like the wait is almost over. Ali Madan asked @Zinio on Twitter when they would be launching on the BlackBerry PlayBook and you can see their response above. I am…
Ion Factory Releases Some Slick PlayBook & Smartphone Cases
A friend of mine recently mentioned to me that Ion Factory has some VERY slick PlayBook and BlackBerry smartphone cases. They are very bold looking and I was shocked that it was the first time I had heard of them. For example, they have this slick carbon cover for the PlayBook along with a carbon…
RIM Demos HTML5 Browser Speed Improvements in PlayBook OS 2.0 vs 1.0
We told you yesterday that RIM had detailed some of the new features and improvements in PlayBook OS 2.0’s Browser but it was hard to describe them. Adam @RIM decided to take on that challenge and show off the PlayBook 2.0’s improvements over OS 1.0 in a side by side video. He takes it through…
PlayBook Twitter Client Blaq Updated to v1.7 With Lots of Goodies
The popular third party Twitter client for the PlayBook, Blaq, just got an update from their developers Kisai Labs to v1.7. This new version adds loads of goodies including support for portrait mode, LED notifications, and more. Thankfully Kisai Labs has provided a change log of whats new which includes: Portrait Mode Auto-correct and spell…
WordPress for PlayBook App Gets Small Update to v2.0.7
I woke up this morning to a new notification in App World to update WordPress for PlayBook. There is no word on what the update brings to the Android port of WordPress but using it this morning it seems to be much faster. Either way if you wanted to access WordPress from your PlayBook…
The BlackBerry PlayBook Hits the Ice with NHLPA Players PlayBook
We heard before that RIM was working together with the NHL Players Association (NHLPA) for a special promotion called the Players PlayBook. They just announced the details together with the NHLPA where they have partnered together to give fans a behind the scenes look into the lives of five NHL stars. That includes Scott Hartnell…
Free Dolphin Browser HD Comes to the BlackBerry PlayBook (Android Port)
The popular 3rd party Android web browser, Dolphin, was ported by the Handster team earlier this month. I did not have a chance to try it when it came out but now that everybody is upgrading to PlayBook you might want to check it out. I find that it is a great alternative browser…
RIM Details Some of the Improvements in PlayBook OS 2.0 Browser for Developers
RIM has taken the BlackBerry PlayBook browser a huge step further in PlayBook OS 2.0 but they did not detail most of the updates. Now the web team has done a nice job of detailing why web developers can “now build stable web apps” as apposed to previously. They have also shared some of the…