Quick and succinct updates are a good thing — in the software world that is. For hardware, fast updates can also be beneficial. In RIM’s case, it’s a death sentence. Take for example, the slide above showing off the freshly leaked R027. It’s essentially a Bold 9700 with OS 6 coming standard, 512MB of RAM (up from 256), and a 5-megapixel camera ’round back. That’s it. That. Is. It. Nothing else. If it sounds like I’m a bit...
Hipsters and haters of the darkness unite, RIM has your BlackBerry ready and waiting in the wings. The king pin BlackBerry (9700) will soon be dropping on Rogers in a rather calming hue of white. Much like the older 9000 Bold before it, a complete 180 in the color department may not seem like much if anything. But to some, it’s the last hurdle in actually picking up said phone. I prefer the sleeker more mysterious lines of a phone dressed in all black. Though I...
The original “Bold” for CDMA users — the BlackBerry Tour — was easily the best CDMA BlackBerry yet. It had gorgeous physical looks and a pretty tight list of hardware internals. The release of the 9700 soon after however cause many to overlook it and it’s “supremacy” with WiFI and the now standard trackpad taking over for the weathered and worn trackball. The Tour 2 as it used to be known, isn’t that big of an upgrade for...
We may have touched on the BlackBerry Slider earlier, but the picture at that time while fairly revealing, was simply lacking that crystal clear definition that we all so desperately seek. BBLeaks has struck back however with clearer shots of this hotly debated device from RIM. For a quick recap, WiFI g/n, touchscreen, OS 6.0 (why not skip straight to 10…?), and several other unannounced goodies lie in wait, hidden beneath the plastic carcass that you see before...
Pwn2Own in years past has been staged to completely rip apart the security of modern computer operating systems and their browsers. Seeing as how that is now old news and taking into account more and more people are using smartphones, which are just as capable as desktop computers to browse the web, sets up a new recipe for security disasters. So it’s no surprise that the main highlight of Pwn2Own this year is focused on mobile browsers from the “big...
