Waiting impatiently for that PlayBook 2.0 update that was supposed to bring far and wide sweeping changes as well as a ton of added functionality? Well, you’re going to be waiting for a while longer. The rumored October release isn’t happening. November’s out. December. Ditto. As it stands now according to BGR, RIM is still having problems with the one device PIN limit that has so far delayed the roll out of multi-device BBM, email, calendars,...
Rumors of RIM porting their popular BlackBerry Messenger messaging service to Android and iOS have been circulating around the web for well over a year now. Thus far, however, we haven’t really seen any physical evidence. The rumor was even called into question as RIM has also stated that they aren’t porting BBM for competing platforms. Contradicting statements aside, TechRadar has published new screenshots from an alleged RIM employee that shows a BlackBerry...
One of the PlayBook’s glaring holes is the lack of dedicated BlackBerry Messenger support, instead relying on the company’s BlackBerry Bridge software to get mobile messaging done. A dedicated BBM app has been promised for many months now, although nothing has come to fruition just yet. But a slip up on BlackBerry.com could be sign of things to (soon) come. The screenshot above shows an ad that was live on BlackBerry.com earlier today that has since been...
If your head was already spinning from the growing number of streaming radio/music services currently on the market, sit down and take a load off. RIM is getting in the game too with BBM Music… Built off of the company’s popular BlackBerry Messenger chat platform, BBM Music will give users a profile of sorts with which to store (initially) up to 50 songs. The songs can be viewed and shared with friends, with increases in music storage coming from the...
If you spend any amount of time outside of your rock, you’ll know things are a bit sketchy in London. Riots and looting fueled by police shooting a London man have catapulted RIM into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. According to the most vocal critics so far, RIM’s BBM is to blame for helping the rioters message spread, and therefore, the “cause” of continuing rioting. The only problem — nothing could be farther from the truth. ...
