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- RIM Confirms Some Devs Will Get Slightly Modified BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha's
Over the years RIM has always released multiple builds of the internal dev devices before launch so this is really no surprise. Recently some sharp eyed souls noticed that RIM had even posted a render of a revision called the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha B on RIMs developer website. RIM quickly pulled it down and the speculation continued.
@NerdBoss514 couldn't leave it at that and asked @BlackBerryDev on Twitter and actually got a response. Here is what they said:
They then followed up detailing some of the small changes coming for some future devices. RIM has confirmed that they will be giving away more of the devices before the launch of BlackBerry 10 so that may be when we see them probably around BlackBerry 10 Jam Americas. There are also rumors that they changed some of the components due to them being changed by manufacturers.
Kudos to Bla1ze @CrackBerry for pointing out the conversation
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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, July 31, 2012, 11:23 pm. | RIM Confirms Some Devs Will Get Slightly Modified BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha’s | Leave a comment |
Переслать - BlackBerry Curve 9380 OS 7.1.0.569 Official Released by Claro Brasil
Those of you with BlackBerry Curve 9380s will be happy to get a new OS for your devices. Claro Brasil has released OS 7.1.0.569 for the Curve 9380 which brings it up to date with other 7.1 devices. No word on what is new in this update but let us know if you find anything.
Download OS 7.1.0.569 for the Curve 9380 @BlackBerry.com
Warning: This OS will NOT install on any other BlackBerry besides the one mentioned above. If you do not know how to upgrade your BlackBerry OS please start by reading this step by step guide. Don't forget to delete the vendor.xml file located in c:program files>common files>research in motion>apploader to install it on a different carriers device. Don't forget our usual warnings: do not download and install these updates if you don't know what you're doing. Incorrect procedure or just bad luck could render your BlackBerry inoperative or unstable.
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, July 31, 2012, 3:04 pm. | BlackBerry Curve 9380 OS 7.1.0.569 Official Released by Claro Brasil | Leave a comment |
Переслать - Microsoft Cannibalizes Hotmail with Impressive New Outlook Preview
Microsoft has been horribly squandering their Hotmail service for years. They have promised change for ages but things have gotten so bad that I no longer know anyone who actually uses an @Hotmail.com address as their email. (Its almost as bad as an @AOL.com address) It looks like Microsoft has finally wizened up and released something actually competitive with their new Outlook Preview. This new preview sort of looks like their new Outlook 365 for enterprise and is a nice clean interface without the blaring advertisements and horrid UI found in Hotmail.
This new Outlook preview is available now and Outlook is gunning for their users back from Gmail. They are offering features like Gmail contact sync and simplified instructions for migrating from Gmail. Along with that there is tight integration with Skydrive and features like Exchange ActiveSync for PlayBook users. Oddly they do not have support for IMAP which is a real bummer for some users who prefer that format. On the other hand they are making a point of stacking themselves up against Gmail feature-wise. (Their own comparison)
I have tested an Outlook.com account on both my 9900 and PlayBook and it seems to work OK. I really see no reason to switch from Gmail unless you have something against them philosophically. On the other hand if you are a hotmail user I HIGHLY recommend trying out the new Outlook Preview free at www.outlook.com. Hopefully Microsoft does not place arbitrary limits on it like requiring a monthly fee for ActiveSync access. You can read more about the preview at www.outlookpreview.com or watch their intro video below:
Desktop Video Link | Mobile Video Link
PS: Does anyone else see the irony in Microsoft asking "Why have our expectations become so low?" when it comes to email? Thankfully they woke up and smelled the coffee.
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, July 31, 2012, 2:25 pm. | Microsoft Cannibalizes Hotmail with Impressive New Outlook Preview | Leave a comment |
Переслать - Free SoundNine SoundCloud Streaming Music Client for the PlayBook (Beta)
Domisy Dev's lead developer let us know they have released a beta their free SoundNine app for the PlayBook. SoundNine is a free client for the popular SoundCloud streaming music service that works nicely on the PlayBook. This is coming from the developer of Reddit in Motion so you know it is a solid app. It even has a UI built especially for the PlayBook.
Features in Beta include:
- Browse tracks based on category
- Search capability
- Stream music
Follow users and Like tracks - Fun and easy to use ui designed specifically for the BlackBerry PlayBook
- Future features include
- Record sounds on your BlackBerry PlayBook
- Comment on tracks
- Share tracks on Facebook, Twitter
Check out SoundNine free in App World and let us know what you think!
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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, July 31, 2012, 11:43 am. | Free SoundNine SoundCloud Streaming Music Client for the PlayBook (Beta) | Leave a comment |
Переслать - Popular BeBuzz LED Control App Updated to v5.0.81
The hugely popular BeBuzz (formerly BerryBuzz) app from Bellshare just got a small update to v5.0.81 this week. This new update brings some features I wish all apps would have including Bellshares BeReader and BeWeather though hopefully they are coming soon. It adds a license auto recovery option after device wipe and makes it easy to transfer your license to a new device from inside the app. Best of all this version also includes "improved memory and battery usage" which is always a perk.
Check out the latest version of BeBuzz in App World
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, July 31, 2012, 11:33 am. | Popular BeBuzz LED Control App Updated to v5.0.81 | One comment |
Переслать - RIM's Adrian Stone Discusses Changes in Security Relations for BlackBerry
Over the past year or two I have been making a point of highlighting the major changes at RIM's BlackBerry Security department especially how it relates to the public. It all really started changing when the BlackBerry WebKit browser was hacked a bit back by some researchers at Pwn2Own and how RIM dealt with the situation and disclosed the necessary public information… Now they are co-sponsoring the Pwn2Own competition this year. They also seem to have finally squashed the BES PDF vulnerability that kept plaguing RIM every few months for years. On top of that they also gracefully handled the BlackBerry PlayBook Dingleberry (jailbreak) and ElcomSoft brute force password attack which lead to RIM holding their first BlackBerry Security Summit with external researchers this year.
Now while at one of the most popular security conferences of the year, BlackHat, we have Adrian Stone sitting down with TreatPost for a quick Q&A. Adrian is RIM's director of BlackBerry Security Incident Response and has been pretty vocal recently with engaging security researchers. If you want to learn a bit more about what RIM does check out the full interview over at ThreatPost (via N4BB)
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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, July 31, 2012, 11:08 am. | RIM’s Adrian Stone Discusses Changes in Security Relations for BlackBerry | Leave a comment |
Переслать - UberSocial for BlackBerry Updated to v1.403
UberSocial has updated their highly popular Twitter and Facebook client to v1.403 this week. This update is not a huge one but adds some nice usability tweaks. Thankfully UberSocial provided the change log below:
- User interface modification to ensure compliance with Twitter display guidelines
- Support for the Twitter photo upload service
- The addition of a Photo Timeline which shows only tweets in your timeline which have photographs attached
- Removed spurious error notifications when using in a low or non-network available area
- Removed all deprecated Twitter api calls
- Removed the bird from the logo
You can pick up the updated UberSocial in App World or at bb.ubersocial.com/bb/. Thanks MADBRADNYC for the tip!
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, July 31, 2012, 10:37 am. | UberSocial for BlackBerry Updated to v1.403 | 2 comments |
Переслать - FileScout & FileScoutLite Updated to v2.9.1.1
EmacBerry has updated their very popular premium FileScout and free FileScoutLite app to v2.9.1.1 recently. This update is not a huge one but it does offer up a new interface for touch devices and offers the ability to hide the toolbar to get more screen real estate. There is also a clipboard now to facilitate copy and paste functions.
The full change log includes:
- New Appearance Option (Touch Devices only): Hide Toolbar (change will take only effect after a restart of FileScout)
If you have the opinion that the additional touch toolbar at the bottom have no use for you, you now can disable the toobar to get additional space on the screen. - New Settings Category ‘Copy, Paste & Clipboard Setting’:
- Clear Clipbboard before add a File/Dir [Default OFF]
Now you can select if the clipboard should be automatically flushed when you add a file or directory (in previous builds this was hardcoded) - Clear Clipbboard before add muliple Files/Directories (multiple Selection) [Default OFF]
Same as above – just for the adding multiple files (selection) - When Destination Exist (moved from the General Settings category)
- Clear Clipboard after Copy [Default OFF]
If enabled all successful copied files/directories will be removed from the clipboard. (Please Note that when you make use of the move operation this always happens) - Clear Selection after Copy [Default OFF]
If enabled all files that have been previously marked as selected in FileScout (no matter if added to the clipboard or not) will be unselected
- Clear Clipbboard before add a File/Dir [Default OFF]
- Search have an additional checkbox to search only in the current directory and all sub-directories
You can find FileScout premium for $4.99 in App World along with FileScoutLite (OTA here)
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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, July 31, 2012, 9:55 am. | FileScout & FileScoutLite Updated to v2.9.1.1 | Leave a comment |
Переслать - New Appearance Option (Touch Devices only): Hide Toolbar (change will take only effect after a restart of FileScout)
- Box Office Movies Helps You Find Movies to Watch from Your PlayBook
Box Office Movies is a PlayBook app that pulls in movie information from Rotten Tomatoes to your PlayBook. Currently it allows you to view upcoming and current movies in theaters in a nice native app. Sadly the app does not allow you to play trailers but hopefully they are working on that. For now you can get the movie poster, cast, synopsis, rating, and more along with an overview of the movie. It covers movies on DVD along with those in theaters.
While some may just prefer browsing the Rotten Tomatoes site you may want to check out Box Office Movies for $0.99 in App World.
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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, July 31, 2012, 8:55 am. | Box Office Movies Helps You Find Movies to Watch from Your PlayBook | Leave a comment |
Переслать - Help Tiny Bird Avoid The Volcano On Your BlackBerry
Tiny Bird from SolverLabs is hanging on the coat tails of the success of Tiny Wings on other platforms and similar games from back in the day. The game is available for the PlayBook and BlackBerry smartphones and has you sliding down hills to escape the scary storms. I am sure you have played similar games in the past but this one actually runs nicely on my 9900 and has some fun gameplay dynamics. Zach @CrackBerry also noticed that the latest update includes BBM integration for sharing your achievements which is a nice touch.
Tiny Bird is available in a free trial which limits you to the first four levels. After that you can purchase the full version for a relatively inexpensive $0.99 in App World.
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, July 31, 2012, 5:23 am. | Help Tiny Bird Avoid The Volcano On Your BlackBerry | Leave a comment |
Переслать - Type On Your PlayBook From Your PC With PC Keyboard
I am still trying to wrap my head around this one but Daniel Bigham's latest app has a different take on keyboards for the PlayBook. What it does is allow you to type up text using your PC's keyboard which is automatically transferred to the PC Keyboard app on your PlayBook when it is running. You can then copy it to your clipboard and paste it into another app.
I am really hoping that some new SDKs allow Daniel to extend this to running even outside the app but it does work for now. Check out PC Keyboard for $0.99 in App World.
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Переслать - Sencha Touch 2 Adds Support for BlackBerry 10 & Improves BlackBerry Support
RIM's Naveenan M. announced on the DevBlog that Sencha has released an update to their Sencha Touch 2 Mobile JavaScript framework. This new update put out today adds better support for BlackBerry smartphones with touchscreen including the PlayBook. This update also allows you to develop for BlackBerry 10 with support for future BlackBerry 10 smartphones.
Either way if you have been looking for a JavaScript Framework for your BlackBerry 10 development you should definitely check out Sencha along with jQuery. You can find more details on the Sencha Touch 2 Mobile JavaScript Framework on their website or the BlackBerry DevBlog. RIM plans on following up this announcement with a series of "tutorials, articles, best practices and samples so keep an eye out for them!
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, July 30, 2012, 4:35 pm. | Sencha Touch 2 Adds Support for BlackBerry 10 & Improves BlackBerry Support | 3 comments |
Переслать - WordPress for BlackBerry v1.6.3 Released With Small Improvements
The Automattic team working on WordPress for BlackBerry Smartphones just pushed out another small performance update this week. This is just a small jump from the previous v1.6.2 to v1.6.3. Obviously this mean it is mostly performance and bug fixes including these updates:
- Added better support for stats
- Added more helpful error messages
- Reliability improvements
Check out the updated WordPress in App World
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, July 30, 2012, 3:54 pm. | WordPress for BlackBerry v1.6.3 Released With Small Improvements | One comment |
Переслать - RIM Rumored To Be Completing Layoffs Next Week
The Cantech Letter is reporting that they are hearing from sources that RIM is planning on completing this round of layoffs next week. Supposedly RIM is going to let go of the remaining 3,000 employees from the previously announced 5,000 layoffs. Supposedly this final section of the layoffs will happen on August 13th since RIM wants to complete the layoffs before the end of their second quarter on August 31st.
According to Cantech's source the RIM employees working on BlackBerry 10 are mostly safe along with those in enterprise sales. The areas seeing the biggest cuts are customer service, human resources, marketing, non-enterprise sales, and RIM's Global Repair Services. It will be really sad to see that many people no longer working at RIM but this will hopefully allow RIM to control costs with a headcount of 10,000 employees as they ramp up to their BlackBerry 10 launch.
We will keep you up to date as this develops.
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Переслать - Former RIM Exec Mike Kirkup Shares His Feelings on CTV
Mike Kirkup made a name for himself at RIM awhile back when he was the Senior Director of Developer Relations. He left RIM awhile back as Alec Saunders took over the reigns of wooing developers to the BlackBerry platform. Kirkup is now the Director of Student Innovation at the University of Waterloo Velocity program and is still invested in the Waterloo startup community. Bla1ze at CrackBerry noticed that Kirkup sat down with CTV for an interview today to share his thoughs on RIM and what its current struggles mean for Waterloo.
Check out the full video at CTV or below thanks to Bla1ze:
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, July 30, 2012, 2:51 pm. | Former RIM Exec Mike Kirkup Shares His Feelings on CTV | Leave a comment |
Переслать - Free Hebrew Bible for the BlackBerry PlayBook (Android)
The PlayBook just got another benefit from its Android Player. I am not sure how many of you are interested in it due to it being in Hebrew but Ivri Applications has released the full Hebrew bible with a built in font. It lets you search across the whole bible from your PlayBook and actually works nicely.
Check out the Hebrew Bible free in App World
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