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Enterprise IT management platform Boxtone is throwing a Hawaiian Luau complete with music and dancers during each break at BlackBerry World. If you’re attending the conference, drop by the Boxtone booth (#124) to get Leid and enter into their Hawaiian vacation giveaway.
In a move topping Google giving away G2s at the Google I/O conference, Mike Lazaridis announced that RIM will be giving all the attendees of BlackBerry World a free 16GB BlackBerry Playbook. This is the 10th anniversary of WES/BlackBerry World, with the most attendees they’ve had to date. At 6,000 attendees and a price of $500 per PlayBook, this $3,000,000 giveaway is truly awesome.
The PlayBook giveaway move is sure to drive up adoption of the PlayBook, as well as encourage more developers to head to the platform. According to RIM:
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Webalo announced the launch of their BlackBerry client on BlackBerry App World. Webalo’s client technology allows enterprises to deliver enterprise data securely to mobile. The free software provides an enterprise-to-mobile connection that can connect to your enterprise resources with a Webalo cloud subscription.
Webalo delivers the data and functionality form several business platforms to the mobile with only a bit of configuration and device authorization.
RIM has kicked off a US tour to showcase the BlackBerry Playbook. The BlackBerry Playbook-emblazoned tractor trailer will feature a full multimedia demo area extolling the virtues of their new professional grade tablet. People can also get a hands on look at the slick new device at a tethered demo station, even bridge their device to give it a test drive with your media and content.
The tour begins tomorrow, Tuesday May 3rd from 9 to 5 in New York’s Herald Square. (Broadway and 34th Street).
To see when the BlackBerry Playbook Mobile Tour is making it’s way to your city, visit www.playbooktour.com
Email app Xobni has released a major update. Since their launch this February, their development team has been working hard to add features and fix bugs. Xobni also listens to customer feedback to build the most finely tuned email app out there.
To upgrade to the latest version, simply go to bb.xobni.com from your BlackBerry or the store from which you’ve downloaded or purchased Xobni.
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Gist lets you organize your contacts and keep them updated by leveraging the social connections. Gist gives you access to your contacts’ updates with a menu button press, integrating deep into the BlackBerry and giving you a Super App experience. But of course we would expect this considering the company was aquired by RIM.
Details for this version:
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