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Fat Fingers for BlackBerry PlayBook now in App World
FatFingers is an application for finding misspelt items on eBay. Compatible with most major eBay websites, this application is sure to save you money on your eBay shopping. The application is based of...
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From AllThingsD: RIM Will End PlayBook Sideloading to Escape “Android Market...
Below is the full article from All Things D. I don’t usually do a full article re-post as a basis for one of our blog posts, but this one deserves the attention. The article gives some insight into...
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‘BlackBerry PlayBook’ attracting more searches than ‘iPhone 4S’ in the UK
According the the Wall Street Journal’s “Market Watch”, it appears folks in the UK are seriously interested in 7″ tablets — specifically the PlayBook and Kindle Fire. From Market Watch: LONDON, UNITED...
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PlayBook Users: App World Not Supported? Change your language!
Several people have reported today that they’ve been getting this error when they open App World on their BlackBerry PlayBook; as these complaints seem to be coming from the United States and the UK...
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Blaq for BlackBerry PlayBook 1.7.2 now available
The good people over at Kisai Labs have just announced the release of the latest version of their popular Twitter Client for PlayBook: From Kisai Labs: Blaq for BlackBerry® PlayBook™ 1.7.2 is now...
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Official Wikipedia app now available for PlayBook
Wikimedia Foundation has launched their official Wikipedia app in BlackBerry App World for the PlayBook! Grab it here and enjoy!
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How to Unlock your Playbook EScreen
Just a heads up before I get into this: At the time of this posting, doing this is UTTERLY WORTHLESS. There is no functionality AT ALL in the Playbook EScreen, at least not yet. You may or may not be...
View ArticleParental Controls show up in latest BlackBerry OS leak
We’ve seen Content Settings in BlackBerry App World for both smartphones and the PlayBook. RIM has constantly been adding new features to 7.1, and I’m glad that there have been many new features added...
View ArticleImpressions from the 2012 BlackBerry World Keynote
The above video shows the scene just before the keynote address began. While sitting there about to witness my first ever live, in-person BBWC keynote, I hoped RIM would deliver some material that...
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#BB10Jam Tuesday Morning Summary – with Video!
General Session So by now you’ve probably heard all the news about BlackBerry World/BlackBerry 10 Jam. The morning General Session was totally awesome. Some of the new features of BB10 were demoed, and...
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BB10 Developer Alpha Unboxing Video!
Disclaimer: remember that this is NOT a BB10 device, it is a developer alpha. The hardware and software are not what will be released officially by RIM later this year. I want to get this up quick for...
View ArticleVIDEO: Pacemaker PlayBook app in action at the BlackBerry World 2012 official...
Filmed using a PlayBook by our good friend Corran, you can see how powerful the PaceMaker app truly is on the PlayBook. So put on your best headphones and enjoy! Look for Pacemaker to land in App...
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National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
The BlackBerry community, what is it? To some it is just a place to come and get information on the newest BlackBerry OS or device, but for me, it is a family. I wanted to start this article by saying...
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Want System PlayBook apps on your Dev Alpha? OSBB’s got you covered!
(Yes, this is a screenshot of my Dev Alpha) This post is probably not of interest to anyone who doesn’t have a Dev Alpha. To make things easier, I’ll start with the download link:...
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Fresco theme from Pootermobile launches for OS7
From TWP blog: This has been a long time coming…but it’s finally here! The World Of Pootermobile’s first OS7 theme!! Yaaaaaaaay! I had been holding back from making OS7 themes because the work-around...
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Reconnect with your childhood: bbExecutor (beExecutor) for BlackBerry handsets
Admit it. You remember the Executor keychains that made all sorts of awesome sound effects. My parents sure remember them. I used to keep one with me at all times when I was younger and would blast...
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Developers: RIM needs your feedback prior to the first Dev Alpha OS update
If you attended BlackBerry 10 Jam in Orlando earlier this month (like I did), you are probably still buzzing with excitement over the BlackBerry 10 platform and eagerly awaiting to hear (and see) more...
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9mm HD from Gameloft launches for PlayBook
A new title from Gameloft for PlayBook has launched, 9MM HD, and at 843MB it’s the biggest (file size) PlayBook game I have seen. Official Description: John “Loose” Kannon is the leader of a special...
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Announcing OSBBx for Developers
In a matter of a few months Research In Motion (RIM) will be pushing out what many industry experts and media outlets consider to be the company’s last-ditch effort to succeed in the rapidly changing...
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Hybrid Release: Mecca’s Gamma Prime Hybrid for Torch 9810
There was a time in history, where innovators utilized their skills to manifest a masterpiece. Ever vigilant, each detail of their work caressed, fine tuned. Often times paintings went incomplete,...
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RIM updating App World Developer Portal in preparation for BB10
I submitted a new PlayBook app to App World earlier today, and I noticed that RIM made a small change in preperation for BlackBerry 10. This Dropdown menu formerly let you choose between OS4, OS5,...
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PBOS 2.1 available for download for Devs (and you)
Today RIM made PlayBook OS 2.1 available for Developers to download. Unlike the 2.0 beta downloads, 2.1 is fully featured. You can head on over to https://developer.blackberry.com/devzone/register to...
View ArticleComing Soon to PlayBook: Blood and Glory from Glu Games
Over at BB10Apps, a fellow BlackBerry addict got his hands on a pre-release copy of Blood and Glory for PlayBook by Glu Games. Blood and Glory is an arena fighting style game with crisp graphics,...
View ArticleA BIG congratulations to @AgentBlackBerry: this month’s BlackBerry Fan of the...
Here at OSBB, we generally do not post the same old news that other BlackBerry blogs push out, rather we try to only post information that anyone who happens to visit us might find useful. Normally we...
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Brine – an iOS emulator for PlayBook (not yet available).
This morning a youtube link was floating around on Twitter showing several popular iOS games playing on the BlackBerry PlayBook. Personally, I was a bit skeptical at first, but it seem fairly likely...
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Mupen64Plus-PB – An N64 Emulator for PlayBook
Over the last while more and more emulators have been making their way to the PlayBook. If we were to ask anyone what was still missing, I think you would be hard pressed not to hear Nintendo 64 (N64)....
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Attention Developers: Announcing OSBBx!
As you know, OSBB is commited to BlackBerry and to BlackBerry developers. In keeping with that commitment, we announced OSBBx a few weeks ago. OSBBx is a new division of OSBB for BlackBerry developers...
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BlackBerry from the heart!
A little while ago I received a broadcast message via BBM. Now anyone who knows me, knows I hate broadcast messages, but this one was special. Our good friend, BBMorDie (who has used every device on...
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BIG congratulations to @KMCooley: this month’s BlackBerry Fan of the Month!
Kim July FOTM Its a new month and that means one thing, a new BlackBerry Fan of the Month. We here at OSBB dont normally post about the Fan of the Month, but this month is a different story. This...
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Dev Alpha Device to get update next week.
Good news Devolpers! Wayne over in the BlackBerry Beta Zone forums just let us know that an update for the BB10 Developer Alpha devices should be available next week. Wayne said: The good news is that...
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Need to restore your Developer Alpha OS? You can now with Desktop Manager.
Earlier this week we mentioned that Wayne from the BlackBerry Beta Zone was going to get an update to the Developer Alpha pushed out. Well the update isn’t out yet, but it looks like RIM has finally...
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Photos of BB10 Dev Alpha OS 10.0.6.386
By now you already probably know that an update for the BB10 Dev Alpha dropped. This is just a short post to show some screenshots of the update; most are of the new initial setup, as other than that...
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How to Run #BB10 on your BlackBerry #PlayBook
We know that BlackBerry10 will eventually be coming to the PlayBook. If you need further proof of that, you can install BlackBerry 10 onto your PlayBook right now. A few days ago, OSBB reported that...
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Future BlackBerrys to feature Thermal Imaging?
THERMOGRAPHIC AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE US PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 13/007,763 ABSTRACT An electronic device is configured to capture thermal information of objects and...
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Nokia Poll: Qwerty (and, by extension, BlackBerry) is King.
Disclaimer: as far as I can tell, this poll is neither scientific nor unbiased. It is likely that only Nokia phone users/lovers took this poll, and I haven’t found any information about how many...
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Introducing the OSBBx bbUI.js Contest
Attention BlackBerry developers! Have you made any new apps lately, or recently gotten started on a new project? Have you ever built an Open Source app, or wanted to, but just didn’t know where to...
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OSBBx Introduces App Centre for the BlackBerry PlayBook!
One of the challenges facing users on the BlackBerry PlayBook, is the difficulty in finding open source applications and ensuring you have the latest version. OSBBx would like to present App Centre,...
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Win a BlackBerry PlayBook and other prizes in the OSBBx bbUI.js Challenge!...
A couple of weeks ago, we announced the OSBBx bbUI.js app development contest. Developers participating in this contest will have the entire month of September to create their best open source...
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BB10, WebWorks, and Linux – Setting your system up for BlackBerry Development
I intend this blog post to be the first of two, three, or even four posts detailing my personal BlackBerry 10 WebWorks development in Linux; I hope these posts will help other people decide to create...
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Developers: Good news! The OSBBx bbUI.js Contest is being extended through...
Just a quick post to let developers know that, due to the response we have gotten, the OSBBx bbUI.js Developer Contest is being extended and will run through the end of October. We have also decided...
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Marmalade Free PlayBook offer Closed “Due to Exceptional Demand”
There hasn’t been a lot of posting going on here at OSBB in the last few weeks; RIM is ramping up for the BlackBerry 10 release, and most of the OSBB/OSBBx team is insanely busy getting apps ported to...
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RIM: In BB10, only one smartphone can be connected to BBM at a time.
Greetings from the road! I’m currently on my way to visit some family for Thanksgiving, but I was talking with the extraordinarily helpful @BlackBerryDev on Twitter about how BBM on BB10 will work,...
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Dev Alpha OS updated to 10.0.1103; here’s some pics!
The Dev Alpha just recieved an update to 10.0.1103; the functionality of everything seems to be the same, but it looks much more polished. Here’s some screenshots:
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Send King to BlackBerry Live
So, I missed out on my chance to go to BlackBerry World (now rebranded BlackBerry Live) last year. Was supposed to go to BlackBerry Jam Americas in San Jose and missed out on that. Now, BlackBerry Live...
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Two BlackBerry 10 GPU’s?
Just a quick post. As I was submitting an app to the BlackBerry Vendor portal today I noticed a small change. There are now 2 BlackBerry 10 device GPU’s showing for All Touch. Imagination GPU and...
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BB10 Launch
RIM is now rebranded as BlackBerry. One Product, one company. Thorsten Heins thanks Dan Dodge, Mike Lazardis, Jim Basille for getting the company to this direction and point. He also thanks the...
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BlackBerry Link 1.0.0.71 Available for BlackBerry 10 Now!
I figured we’d start with the good stuff: the download link - http://us.blackberry.com/software/desktop/blackberry-link.html RIM as posted a page and a download for BlackBerry Link, for syncing your...
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LE working on Verizon
Many of you may look at this picture and ask yourself how? The answer is simple. I gutted both the LE and my Verizon Z10 and swapped the internals. I didn’t take any pictures while I was doing the...
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Who uses BlackBerry?
This morning (right now actually) I attended a Market Insights session at BlackBerry Live, and what I learned was at first surprising, although in retrospect I perhaps should have suspected. I’m going...
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Hello OSBB, I’m Alex!
Alex (me) with Vivek Bhardwaj and Garry Klassen Hello World, Yes, I went there! As any developer knows, ‘Hello World’ this is the best way to start off anything new. Oh, and speaking of new… I am...
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