PlayBook Telnet SSH PuTTY Port Updated With Multiple Connections
We told you about the SSH Telnet PuTTy port for the PlayBook a bit back but since then it has been updated a few times. I was in need of a good SSH client over the weekend and picked up a copy of SSH Telnet for $4.99 (it used to be $1.99) in App World….
Pencil Camera Turns Your Pictures Into Art With Six Filters
Jeremy let us know about a cool new app in App World called Pencil Camera. The app by Eddy Liu is a port of his BlackBerry smartphone Pencil Camera app with what he calls “Tons of features” that are not available in the smartphone version. There are six different art filters that convert pictures you…
Files & Folders Bringing SugarSync Integration to the PlayBook
The popular third party PlayBook file manager, Files & Folders, has had integration with third party services like Box and DropBox added and now they are working on SugarSync. This is a huge deal for me since I find that SugarSync is way better served for my purposes than DropBox and others. Luis pointed out…
Dolphin Browser Makes its Way Back into App World for the PlayBook
We told you before that the popular Android Dolphin Browser was ported to the PlayBook though it was then pulled by the developer. It now seems like the developer Mobotap has once again put it in App World (This time without Handster doing it for them). The browser does need quite a bit of improvement…
TELUS Rolling Out OS 7.1.0.267 for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 & Torch 9810
We have received a few tips from readers over the weekend that TELUS has begun rolling out OS 7.1.0.267 for the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Torch 9810. I think that may be the latest OS even with leaks for the 9810 but I did not have a chance to verify. If you are on TELUS…
BlackBerry PlayBook TIFF File Viewer Now Available
We told you last week that Jon Web from Innovatology challenged himself to create a PlayBook app in 24 hours. That app is a TIFF file viewer and it is now available. In case you are not familiar with them Tiff images are complex usually large files that can contain multiple pages inside them. They…
DJPad MP3 DJ Lets You Mix & Scratch MP3’s on Your PlayBook
I have been waiting for a good DJ app to come to the PlayBook and it looks like there is one making some steady progress. DJPad MP3 DJ by Burnsmod is a nice step in the right direction with a fast interface. From what I can tell the app originated as a WebOS app…
Updated: Dev Shows Off PlayBook Controlled Robotic Car
UPDATE: Piotr from BBNews.pl tracked down more info about this project which can be found in Polish here or here. It is a Polish BlackBerry Academic project made for www.robotchallenge.org Over the years we have seen some pretty cool uses for BlackBerry as remote controls. RIM even had an event at one DevCon where you controlled robotic…