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February 17, 2012  12:47 PM

BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Release Date



Posted by: Nathan Simon
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Hey all, PlayBook OS release date is just days away!

I, like many people are waiting for the official release of OS 2.0. Right now I am running the developer release of OS 2.0 and I know its missing a bunch of things, the video below shows you some features, for those running the...

February 9, 2012  4:03 AM

Facebook Native App on PlayBook



Posted by: Nathan Simon
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PlayBook OS 2 is soon to be released. Want the scoop on what's new for the PlayBook and how it interacts with social apps?

When we took our first official tour of the native messaging on BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2 a month ago at CES 2012, one of the services that was missing from the...


January 23, 2012  3:35 AM

RIM CEO’s Step down!



Posted by: Nathan Simon
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Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis step down and Thorsten Heins is named CEO... it was just announced moments ago... this has to be good for RIM stocks!

According to RIM’s press release Mike Lazaridis, former Co-Chair and Co-CEO, has become Vice Chair of RIM’s Board and Chair of the...


January 10, 2012  1:10 AM

BlackBerry OS 7.1!



Posted by: Nathan Simon
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For you all Bold users running OS 7.0, OS 7.1 is ready for release. Blackberry will be pushing the official OS out over all carriers through out the week. Here are a couple of the new features.

  • Mobile Hotspot:Turn your BlackBerry 7.1 OS device into a Wi-Fi®...


  • January 9, 2012  1:54 AM

    PlayBook Tips and Tricks



    Posted by: Nathan Simon
    64GB, BlackBerry, micro-HDMI, multitasking, Playbook, screenshot, tips and tricks

    Looking for more tips and tricks for that new PlayBook you bought over the holidays? Well look no further! Below is a quick insert on a couple things that you might not know about your PlayBook.

    Just in case you didn’t know, you can connect a micro-HDMI cable to your PlayBook and...


    January 6, 2012  12:40 PM

    Blackberry Playbook OS 2.0



    Posted by: Nathan Simon
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    So the PlayBook is still on sale, should I buy one? I am not too sure. I have all but given up on the Asus Transformer Prime(word on the street is that they removed GPS support from their spec sheet because of its poor signal strength). I for one think there is a future for the BBX(or should I say...


    January 3, 2012  12:42 AM

    BlackBerry Playbook still on sale…



    Posted by: Nathan Simon
    64GB, BlackBerry, Canada, Playbook, professional, RIM, tablet, us

    I would like to start of my first post of the New Year with saying just that, HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! Thanks for reading. So you are still looking for a PlayBook, well guess what? RIM is still pumping them out and hoping you will buy them, and if you are interested, the 16GB is going for $199,...


    October 30, 2011  6:01 PM

    BlackBerry Playbook OS 2.0



    Posted by: Nathan Simon
    bbm, BlackBerry, Messenger, OS 2.0, Playbook, RIM

    BlackBerry® PlayBook™ OS 2.0 is out and about. RIM wanted to provide us with an update on the progress that they’re making.

    As much as we’d love to have it in your hands today, we’ve made the difficult decision to wait to launch BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 until we are...


    October 13, 2011  2:37 AM

    Blackberry, What happened?



    Posted by: Nathan Simon
    3g, BlackBerry, hotmail, HSPA+, microsoft, outage, RIM, rogers

    Still down? Is the only question I can ask, or care to ask, all day I have had service disruptions, mitigated only by connecting to WIFI, so if most of RIM's services were working on WIFI why was nothing working when connected direct to Rogers?

    “The messaging and browsing delays...


    September 30, 2011  2:30 AM

    Playbook Discontinued? Say it isn’t so…



    Posted by: Nathan Simon
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    Lies! All Lies, but to millions of readers world wide, the Playbook went extinct, then less then a couple hours later, it was told to Reuters by BlackBerry representatives that the Playbook is not going anywhere, the QNX Operating system is just beginning. They also mentions that QNX will be...