Desktop Manager 7.1 Adds Support for Dev Alpha & 4G PlayBook
RIM today made Desktop Manager Available through the BlackBerry Beta Zone to registered members. This new update brings a few surprise additions one is the support for BlackBerry Dev Alpha including a instructions on how to reload the OS on the device. The other is the 4G PlayBook support. We mentioned that the LTE version…
BlackBerry 7 Approved For Government Use in UK, Australia and New Zealand
RIM just got approval for BlackBerry 7 devices to be used by the US government from the DoD. Now that has been extended with approvals from the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. The CESG, National Technical Authority for Information Assurance in the UK, gave their stamp of approval for BlackBerry 7. They also got…
Build Your Own Contraptions With Phyzicle Sandbox for the PlayBook
Phyzicle Sandbox is an interesting new puzzle app for the PlayBook. It has you building contraptions in its 2D physics sandbox using shapes and fluids around constraints. You can undo any move and use different gravity bases including tilt based accelerometer gravity. Check out Phyzicle Sandbox in App World for $1.99 and let us know…
XIMAD Huge Sale Offers 12 of Their PlayBook Games for $0.99 Each
XIMAD is the new featured sale in App World on the PlayBook starting today. They are offering up 12 of their PlayBook games for a very low price of $0.99. They even had some fun announcing it stating that: This morning, our boss told us to reduce the price for all of our games to…
UK BlackBerry Owners Get Telmap Navigator GPS Free
Telmap has a great promotion going in App World for BlackBerry users in the UK. They are offering up Telmap Navigator free for most OS 6.0+ devices. This mans you can get free in car navigation with 3D moving maps and voice directions. Check out the new download for Telmap Navigator in App World for…
Tip: SideLoad PlayBook Apps Using LocalBar2 Without a Proxy
Originally, a PC was required in order to sideload apps onto the PlayBook. The first release of LocalBar was created to give users the ability to sideload apps ‘locally. The PlayBook could now sideload apps onto itself. Using LocalBar, the requirement for a PC was gone. RIM then blocked that feature. The PlayBook can no longer…
Devs: RIM TinyHippo Staff & Adobe Talk About PhoneGap Cordova
If you have been working on creating cross platform HTML5 technology apps you have probably run into PhoneGap or Cordova. They were recently acquired by Adobe and donated PhoneGap to the Apache foundation which has renamed the framework to Cordova. Jason pointed out a nice video overview from BlackBerry 10 Jam where Dan Silivestru…
Splashtop Pro Released for Enterprise Use on the PlayBook
Splashtop has been doing well on the PlayBook as one of the leading remote desktop solutions out there. Late last week they announced that they have extended their solution on the PlayBook to also support enterprise users with Splashtop Pro. This service is designed for IT shops that want to build on Splashtop Remote…
Pass The Time With Juminja From XIMAD
My latest way to pass the time on my BlackBerry smartphone has been to play Juminja from XIMAD. In true XIMAD fashion they combine Ninjas with Pandas and throw in things like canons. You have to shoot a canon filled with ninjas with three of the same color leading them to explode and clear the…
Top Gear Releases Free Smartphone & PlayBook News App
I am not sure how many of you are watching Top Gear but BBC Worldwide has released a news app for the show. The app is available for the PlayBook and BlackBerry smartphones and seems to have been released for Android shortly after BlackBerry. The app gives you access to the latest news, video,…
Verizon Prepares Us for The Death of Grandfathered Unlimited Data Plans
We knew it could not last forever but we were really curious how much Verizon was going to screw their customers when they ended the fun. Verizon’s CFO, Fran Shammo, announced at the 40th annual JP Morgan Technology, Media, and Telecom conference that they pan on “migrating” all of their users from unlimited plans to…
Vampires vs Hunter Now 60% Off For a Limited Time
Smarter Apps let us know that they have discounted one of their solid BlackBerry games for the summer. They are offering 60% off Vampires vs Hunter which brings it to $1.99. That means you can enjoy killing off the undead between meetings without breaking the bank. Features include: Engaging audio and visual experience 3 unique…
