Posted on October 20, 2010, at 1:07 PM .
The BlackBerry Innovation Forum is an event for Alliance Members and people looking to discover more about what the BlackBerry Platform has to offer. The event is geared towards the business community and it looks like a way of bringing people together to discuss mobile strategy and giving them access to RIM technical people who can help carve the best path to mobilizing their business.
According to @Consnet, an SAP CRM company from South Africa, tomorrow’s South Africa event will feature the new Bold 9780 and Torch integrating to SAP.
Register for the BlackBerry Innovation Forum here and for South Africa here.
Posted on October 20, 2010, at 11:37 AM .
Yesterberry is a free web app that gives you access to over 200 live streaming audio and video channels. The site was originally envisioned for vintage material, as most of the video and audio content that’s available has gone out of copyright. The site also accepts user submitted content so it could really take off as a source for recent content. The site is 100% free, but they do accept donations for which they give you a login and extra features.
Download the Yesterberry web launcher for your BlackBerry and check them out.
Posted on October 20, 2010, at 10:25 AM .
BlackBerry Protect has been updated in the beta zone to version 1.0.8.11 and includes support for the BlackBerry Torch 9800, as well as a couple other enhancements and fixes. Some of the fixed issues include:
- Browser bookmarks stored in subfolders were not backed up.
- When you set or change your device password through the BlackBerry Protect web site, a password validation message was displayed before you finished typing the password.
- The label in the search field was misaligned in some browsers.
- If you had selected no data types to be backed up in the BlackBerry Protect application and attempted to back up data through the BlackBerry Protect website, a message was displayed saying that the device was not connected to the wireless network.
Head over to the Beta Zone and download the latest version of BlackBerry Protect.
Posted on October 19, 2010, at 4:19 PM .
It’s great to see RIM firing back at Steve Jobs and not letting him get away with snide remarks about the PlayBook. As you may or may not know, Jobs had this to say about 7″ tablets: “The current crop of 7-inch tablets are going to be DOA, dead on arrival. Their manufacturers will learn the painful lesson that their tablets are too small.” In response, Jim Balsillie had this to say:
“For those of us who live outside of Apple’s distortion field, we know that 7″ tablets will actually be a big portion of the market and we know that Adobe Flash support actually matters to customers who want a real web experience. We also know that while Apple’s attempt to control the ecosystem and maintain a closed platform may be good for Apple, developers want more options and customers want to fully access the overwhelming majority of web sites that use Flash. We think many customers are getting tired of being told what to think by Apple. And by the way, RIM has achieved record shipments for five consecutive quarters and recently shared guidance of 13.8 – 14.4 million BlackBerry smartphones for the current quarter. Apple’s preference to compare its September-ending quarter with RIM’s August-ending quarter doesn’t tell the whole story because it doesn’t take into account that industry demand in September is typically stronger than summer months, nor does it explain why Apple only shipped 8.4 million devices in its prior quarter and whether Apple’s Q4 results were padded by unfulfilled Q3 customer demand and channel orders. As usual, whether the subject is antennas, Flash or shipments, there is more to the story and sooner or later, even people inside the distortion field will begin to resent being told half a story.”
The 7″ PlayBook looks like a size that makes a lot of sense. It looks like you could fit the PlayBook into a blazer pocket which would make the size very portable.
What do you think? Is 7″ a good size or do you think the PlayBook should be bigger?
Posted on October 19, 2010, at 2:28 PM .
The Hacker Halted conference recently took place and the Junos Pulse Global Threat Center gave a presentation entitled “BlackBerry Proof of Concept: Malicious Applications“. The presentation outlines the following:
- Present the up-to-date state of the BlackBerry mobile security.
- Discuss about commercial spyware & remote monitoring applications.
- Present P-O-C malicious applications for BlackBerry.
For those who couldn’t attend the conference, you can download the PDF here.
Posted on October 19, 2010, at 2:08 PM .
Tag In is a new service by Allstate Mobile that lets you send a quick message and GPS location to friends, family and colleagues. The app complements the Allstate Mobile app which lets you review your account and comes with a checklist so you can organize yourself after a collision. Features of the Tag In app include:
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