Most tablets function just fine on their own, but RIM’s BlackBerry Playbook introduced a unique, yet restrictive interface that limits Bluetooth tethering to a similarly-branded handset. This feature, called BlackBerry Bridge , lets your tablet piggyback on a handset’s 3G data connection, also enabling access to productivity apps like email and calendar, which are still otherwise unavailable on the PlayBook. Unfortunately, this option hasn’t been made available for AT&T users, but that’s about to change, as the feature will be added to App World today . While the Bridge suite is totally gratis, enabling the AT&T 3G data connection requires a monthly tethering plan of $45, which means anyone grandfathered into the unlimited data feature will need to decide if it’s worth the jump. Bridge not sounding like your cup of tea? Don’t worry — at least you can take comfort in knowing that the days of pining for native email are numbered. AT&T to enable BlackBerry Bridge support before sundown originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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AT&T to enable BlackBerry Bridge support before sundown
July 2nd, 2011 
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Tags: app, blackberry, blackberry bridge, blackberry playbook, bluetooth, bridge, Data Connection, mobile-apps, playbook, researchinmotion, tether, tethered, unlimited-data, unlimitedplan 
No Comments »BlackBerry ‘Apollo’ gets manhandled on camera (video)
May 30th, 2011 admin It’s not exactly the most exciting device in RIM’s pipeline, but the Curve “Apollo” is shaping a solid workhorse of a BlackBerry. The still-unannounced smartphone popped up on Tinh te , with the Vietnamese tech showing off some solid hands-on time with the device, putting it through its paces on video, and ending up genuinely impressed with the aesthetics and speed of the hardware. According to the site the new Curve is 11mm thick (a couple millimeters thinner than the 8900 it’s juxtaposed with), packs a 800Mhz Marvell Tavor CPU MG-1 processor, and has a touch-insensitive 480 x 360 screen. Swipe that thumb touchpad after the break for a video tour of the phone, then dig the source link for more close up images. [Thanks, Anonymous] Continue reading BlackBerry ‘Apollo’ gets manhandled on camera (video) BlackBerry ‘Apollo’ gets manhandled on camera (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 May 2011 10:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
IDC: smartphone market grows 80 percent year-on-year, Samsung shipments rise 350 percent
May 6th, 2011 admin Smartphones are getting kind of popular nowadays, in case you hadn’t noticed. The latest figures from IDC show a 79.7 percent expansion of the global smartphone market between this time last year and today, which has resulted in 99.6 million such devices being shipped in Q1 of 2011. That growth has mostly been driven by Samsung , which has more than quadrupled its output to 10.8 million shipments in the quarter, and HTC , whose growth has been almost as impressive. The other big gainer is Apple, with 10 million more iPhones shipped, but the truth is that all the top five vendors are showing double-digit growth. In spite of Nokia losing a big chunk of market share and RIM being demoted from second to third in the ranking, both of those old guard manufacturers improved on their quarterly totals. IDC puts this strength in demand down to the relatively unsaturated smartphone marketplace, and believes there’s “ample room for several suppliers to comfortably co-exist,” before ominously adding, “at least for the short term.” And after the short term, our break-dancing robot overlords take over. Continue reading IDC: smartphone market grows 80 percent year-on-year, Samsung shipments rise 350 percent IDC: smartphone market grows 80 percent year-on-year, Samsung shipments rise 350 percent originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 May 2011 04:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
AT&T bestows BlackBerry OS 6 upon the Bold 9700
May 3rd, 2011 jedwan AT&T’s Bold 9700 owners undoubtedly cringed with jealousy as T-Mobile announced BlackBerry OS 6 for the 9700, though less than a month later, Ma Bell is making amends with an OS 6 release of its own. Yes, the long wait is over, and rather than watching us play with RIM’s creation (as you have for months), just hit the source link for some download action to call your own. AT&T bestows BlackBerry OS 6 upon the Bold 9700 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 02 May 2011 18:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in att, engadget Tags: att, black, blackberry, blackberry os 6.0, blackberry-os, bold 9700, engadget, operating-system, operatingsystem, researchinmotion, smartphone, the-source, upgrade No Comments »BlackBerry Orlando leaks out: say hello to the touchscreen Curve
April 9th, 2011 admin As if we needed any more signs of where Research in Motion was heading in terms of its 2011 device line, we’ve just caught wind of yet another touchscreen-equipped Berry. The BlackBerry “Orlando” is purported to be a variation of the Curve with touch capabilities, already being described as a mini Bold Touch . This yet again begs the question of why exactly RIM has so many different devices planned, especially when the spec differences are so minor. We wish the company would deviate from this approach it has relied on for years, but it seems to be more focused on its tablet strategy than it is on pushing the envelope with phones. Additionally, it could just mean that BB6 might be sticking around for a while and that RIM wants its users to get acclimated, or perhaps that it might take a little longer than we think for QNX to trickle down from the PlayBook . BlackBerry Orlando leaks out: say hello to the touchscreen Curve originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Apr 2011 21:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: blackberrycurve, blackberryorlando, engadget, research, researchinmotion, rim, smartphone, touch, touch blackberry, touchblackberry, touchscreen No Comments »RIM tries to patent billboards that adjust to roadside traffic
September 10th, 2010 admin Looks like our pals at Research In Motion are taking the company name literally this week — they’ve got a pair of patent applications target ads to automobiles and pedestrians on the street by dynamically changing their information density. By taking a page out of Google’s book and measuring the relative position of GPS-equipped phones (or using traditional sensors should that fail), RIM wants to create digital billboards that automatically add details the slower traffic gets. In one example, a “Road House Restaurant” could display only the name and exit number of the joint in giant letters when traffic moves quickly, but pitch that delectable pecan pie more thoroughly when it’s stop and go — but RIM’s thinking a bit further than that, suggesting that when vehicles are particularly slow, you could pull out your phone and get a coupon by photographing a projected QR code . The future, ladies and gentlemen. RIM tries to patent billboards that adjust to roadside traffic originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: billboard, billboards, create-digital, engadget, patent app, patents, researchinmotion, rim, sensors-should, traffic No Comments »Apple #1 US phone manufacturer, RIM enters top 5 worldwide, Motorola feels the burn
May 1st, 2010 jedwan Apple, love it or lump it, has seen some big numbers lately: one million App Store apps downloaded, ten billion iTunes, and now it looks like the company can claim to be the number one phone maker in the US. According to Forbes , Apple sold 8.8 million iPhones in the first quarter, as opposed to 8.5 million mobile devices sold by Motorola — quite a slide when you figure that four years ago the company moved something like 46.1 million in Q1. If that ain’t enough to give Motorola pause, industry analysts IDC have issued a report stating that, while the mobile phone industry continues to recover (growing almost 22 percent in Q1) Motorola has been knocked out of the top five worldwide mobile vendors by RIM. We guess the next question is, will Motorola’s all-Android, all-the-time strategy be enough to bring it back into the big leagues? Apple #1 US phone manufacturer, RIM enters top 5 worldwide, Motorola feels the burn originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: apple, apps-downloaded, engadget, entry, feels-the-burn, five-worldwide, mobile-vendors, moved-something, numbers, research in motion, researchinmotion, rim No Comments »Switched On: Revamps in Motion
April 28th, 2010 admin Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. Before the iPhone’s release, there were four major smartphone operating systems — Symbian, Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry OS. And after the iPhone’s release, their user interfaces all seemed dated in some way. Palm OS and Windows Mobile have essentially been replaced by new operating systems dubbed WebOS and Windows Phone 7. Symbian stakeholders, though, has decided that there is no need to throw out the past completely, and are instead looking toward a series of evolutionary upgrades to make the now open source operating system more competitive. This week at RIM’s WES conference, the company is announcing a similar evolutionary path for the BlackBerry OS . Like Symbian, the BlackBerry OS has a reputation for being fast and efficient but has not kept up with many of the aesthetic and input amenities offered by more modern competitors. The challenge will be to preserve what users love about the platform while disrupting it in many ways. For example, while the new BlackBerry OS will be better optimized for touchscreens, reports are that it will not require one. Continue reading Switched On: Revamps in Motion Switched On: Revamps in Motion originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: aesthetic, bbos6, blackberryos6, iphone, researchinmotion, switchedon, user, windows, windows-phone No Comments »BlackBerry Slider undergoes further undercover inspection, side shots emerge
March 14th, 2010 admin We’re still no closer to finding out whether this is the next iteration of the Bold, Storm or some other BlackBerry line, but the unofficially coined BlackBerry Slider continues to pique our interest. Here in the third round of spy shots , we’re seeing the elusive RIM-branded device from a few new angles, namely a round of side shots and a side-by-side with Curve 8900. You’ll notice that the new guys is a bit thicker and longer, and you’ll also see a complete lack of labeling beside the camera. There’s a fair chance that hitting that Source link will simply lead to increased frustration and stress in your life, but c’mon, anything to keep you from finishing up those 2009 taxes is worth a look. BlackBerry Slider undergoes further undercover inspection, side shots emerge originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Posted in engadget Tags: 9700a, berry-slider, blackberry, bold 9700a, entry, from-finishing, leakedphotos, researchinmotion, rumor, slider, smartphone, speculation, storm 3, storm-or-some, storm3 No Comments »BlackBerry shipments break record in Q3, RIM profits jump 59 percent
December 18th, 2009 jedwan RIM being a thriving and profitable company is hardly a new story — as confirmed by third quarter earnings of $628 million off the back of a record-breaking 10 million units sold — but the way it’s making its money seems to be changing. More than 80 percent of new BlackBerry subscribers in the quarter were private customers, marking a distinct shift — maybe not away from the corporate arena, but definitely toward embracing the consumer market. In an effort to further consolidate its global empire, RIM has also announced a partnership with China Telecom to go along with its earlier China Mobile deal . Oh, and there’s the small matter of the 75 millionth BlackBerry being sold, but we’re sure the cool cats up in BB HQ aren’t counting handsets, they’re probably too busy rolling around in piles of money. BlackBerry shipments break record in Q3, RIM profits jump 59 percent originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this | Comments
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