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- New DMCA Exemption Updates Make Unlocking Illegal in 2013 & Add to Confusion
The DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) just got more confusing with the latest exceptions (PDF) from the Librarian of Congress. In case you don't know the DMCA stops users from circumventing DRM or other protections but had a loophole offering exemptions by the Librarian of Congress which have to be renewed every three years. These exemptions included unlocking for the last two periods and jailbreaking smartphones for the past period. Now the new announced exemptions plan on making things even more confusing with ridiculous fine print.
The main one that will effect BlackBerry users is about cellphone unlocking. Essentially the Librarian has taken away the exemption by saying that for a phone to be legally unlocked it must have been acquired from the operator no later than 90 days after the new exemptions go into effect. In other words phones purchased after January 2013 must be unlocked through the carrier and with the carriers permission.
The librarian said there are two reasons for the change of heart. One that you are only licensing the software and thus unlocking is not fair use. The second is that the Librarian found that there are quire a few unlocked phones in the market and carriers are liberal in unlocking them.
This has to be one of the more ridiculous rulings coming from the DMCA and will probably be challenged. As ArsTechnica details this years exemptions are ridiculously broken. Here are a couple more examples:
- It is now legal to jailbreak cellphones but is now Illegal to jailbreak tablets! (They say this is because Tablet does not have a firm definition)
- You can still rip DVD's but you cannot move the ripped files to another device!
In other words it should be an interesting 3 years… We will let you know what this means for the BerryReview unlocking store.
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Posted by Ronen Halevy for ©BerryReview, October 26, 2012, 1:54 pm. | New DMCA Exemption Updates Make Unlocking Illegal in 2013 & Add to Confusion | Leave a comment |
Переслать - Facebook for BlackBerry v3.3.0.5 Now in Beta Zone
RIM has revived the Facebook for BlackBerry smartphone program in the Beta Zone again. This time we are starting with v3.3.0.5 which is the first of the v3.3 line. This version brings enhanced BBM integration and Photos redesign. Check out the details below:
Enhanced BBM Integration
Users are now able to integrate BBM with their Facebook for BlackBerry smartphones application! Feature Breakdown:
- Ability to share/unshare BlackBerry PINs to Facebook Profiles
- Ability to invite Facebook friends to become a BBM contact
- Ability to initiate a BBM conversation from within the Facebook for BlackBerry application
Photo Redesign
Improved performance and ability to view thumbnails and open pictures from a grid into full screen. Feature Breakdown:- Grid view photo browsing
- Full screen picture viewing
Check out the latest Facebook beta in the Beta Zone
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, October 26, 2012, 1:23 pm. | Facebook for BlackBerry v3.3.0.5 Now in Beta Zone | Leave a comment |
Переслать - RIM's CEO Thorsten Heins Shares His Thoughts With the BBC (Video)
Thorsten Heins has been making his rounds in Europe and AsiaPac again. This time he sat down with the BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones for a chat about BlackBerry 10 and RIM's plans. The interview has Heins answering a few touch questions after he introduces BlackBerry 10 like asking if BlackBerry 10 is coming out to late and brand image.
Check out the video below:
Kudos to CrackBerry for spotting this one!
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, October 26, 2012, 7:49 am. | RIM’s CEO Thorsten Heins Shares His Thoughts With the BBC (Video) | 2 comments |
Переслать - PhotoStudio By KvadGroup Updated To V1.1.13!
The guys behind Photo Studio, KVAD Group, has just updated their popular Photo Studio Pro application to version 1.1.13. As the absolute favourite photo editing application of mine, I’m always happy to see an update since it would bring more features. So whats new this time? In this version, the following is updated:
● DEMO Mode is now available for 5 days to try all locked packs and tools for free (Photo Studio FREE version)
● Magic Tools pack contains Auto-Levels, Sharpening and Blur.
● Picframes: quick rotate commands are supported
● Lens Boost fix problem with big photos
● Other improvements and bug-fix.The PhotoStudio application is available as a Free version at the BlackBerry App World as well as a PRO version via the BlackBerry App World.
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Posted by Terrence T for ©BerryReview, October 26, 2012, 2:12 am. | PhotoStudio By KvadGroup Updated To V1.1.13! | 2 comments |
Переслать - BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1.0.1088 Now Available!
That came out of left field. RIM has released a quick update for the BlackBerry PlayBook OS bringing it to v2.1.0.1088. The update is about 79 Megabytes so its not a complete overhaul and probably makes use of QNX's differential updates. There is no word on what is in the update since the description is the same as the 2.1 release.
So what are you waiting for? Hit that Check for Updates button now!
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, October 25, 2012, 6:02 pm. | BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1.0.1088 Now Available! | 4 comments |
Переслать - Ovogame Launches Smiley's Pop For the PlayBook With 8 More Games Coming
I always love reading about developers appreciating the simplistic yet powerful tooling for the PlayBook and BlackBerry 10. Its like night and day from just a year ago in BlackBerry Java development.The latest example was spotted by James @CrackBerry with UK based developer Ovogame. They just ported one of their popular iOS games to the PlayBook called Smiley's Pop and had it working in a few hours after they started the port. The game is pretty fun and plays well for $0.99 in App World. They also have these 8 games coming soon to the PlayBook.
What I find most interesting from James is the story of how Smiley's Pop came to the PlayBook straight from the developer Jean-Claude Cottier:
My name is Jean-Claude Cottier and I am an independent French game developer. I started coding games at the age of 14 (that’s 27 years ago). During my career I worked on console & PC games (I did the 3D engine for Black&White and The Movies for Lionhead). In 2006, I resigned despite truly loving my job in the AAA industry as an engine architect, I was able to work on amazing technology but I didn’t work in the game industry to create technology – where wanted to work on my own games, from design to coding.
This is why I setup Ovogame and started to create casual games for the PC. In 2010, I updated my technology so my tools could also create games for the iPhone & Mac. A few weeks ago, I met Aaron Ardiri on a forum for mobile game developers. We were talking about multi-platform development and he told me that he was working for RIM, and they had created tools for the PlayBook and BlackBerry 10 that would allow me to port my C++ games in a matter of just few hours. Obviously, I didn’t believe him! I’ve been doing this job for a long time and I knew that porting isn’t as easy as you might think it is. Anyway, he got me interested and RIM kindly send me a Playbook so I could start working on it.
Once I had installed everything and registered with RIM, I was able to run their testing application (a simple square moving on the screen). At this stage, I immediately deleted all the code relative to the square and started to add my own code instead. I was working on a prototype for a new little game and thought this would be perfect for testing the whole porting process as the game was small but complex enough to test everything involved in games development.
Maybe Aaron was right, I should be able to port my games in just a matter of hours (or at least getting something working on the screen). My games are coded using C++, and I am using OpenGL for rendering images on the screen with OpenAL for playing sound and music. RIM’s tools cleverly support these standard libraries and it looks like most of my code was going to work without any changes at all.
After frenetically coding for a couple of hours I was able to nail down all the issues and run the game for the first time. What a surprise! On the first try everything was displayed perfectly. Usually, the first time you run your code on a new platform, you always have something wrong, not displayed in the right place or the code might not even run at all. It was so unexpected that I took a picture of my Playbook and sent it to Aaron to show him how far I had got after just two hours spent on the porting.
An hour later, the touch input and the sound was added so I was able to fully play the game. RIM has done an amazing job to make C++ programmers life easy on their platform. They really deserve a big applause for their tools. Some of their competitors in the industry should really take a look at what they have done (yes, I am looking at you Android platform). I’m glad I invested some time with these tools as I am now updating all my games very quickly so they’ll support this new platform (and BB10). So watch out for more from Ovogame coming soon on Playbook.
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Posted by the BerryReview Team for ©BerryReview, October 25, 2012, 4:37 pm. | Ovogame Launches Smiley’s Pop For the PlayBook With 8 More Games Coming | One comment |
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