Earlier this month, BlackBerry released the BB 10.1 SDKs for developers to test the new features introduced on the updated OS. The folks at CrackBerry have now compiled a list of all the new and improved features that are expected when the Canadian company finally releases BB 10.1. (more…)Google+

Two months ago WeChat had launched its BlackBerry app and now the app has hit version 2.0, which adds a number of new features that have more of a focus on location based services. (more…)Google+

At the annual shareholder meeting today, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins threw some more light over the company’s upcoming BlackBerry 10 (BB10) smartphones. RIM will launch a full-touch BB10 smartphone followed by one with a physical QWERTY keypad, a product segment in which RIM excels and continues to remain the market leader. However, Heins also mentioned that BlackBerry 7 (BB7) smartphones will continue to exist. (more…)Google+

Research In Motion (RIM) has announced a slew of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) connected apps that will enable BlackBerry users to chat and share with their BBM contacts without leaving the app. The biggest and most popular connected apps are Twitter and Facebook. The updated versions of both apps will be available within the next 10 days on the App World.RIM claims there are already over 800 BBM connected apps on its app store. It has also updated its BBM app (version 6.2) and App World (version 3.1.2). With th...

India is one of the priority markets for Research In Motion (RIM) and come April, it will launch a couple of smartphones in its entry-level Curve range targeted at Indian consumers. Earlier this month we exclusively reported about the Curve 9220′s pricing and launch timeline and over the weekend I got to spend a few minutes with its 3G variant, the Curve 9320. I did not get much time with the device but the five minutes or so I spent while driving in a car (hence the poor quality pictures) were enough t...

Right on cue, RIM has released the updated version of its BlackBerry Bridge app that will be required to connect a BlackBerry smartphone with a PlayBook running on the new OS 2.0, which is expected to be released today. After getting both the new version 2.0.0.25 of BlackBerry Bridge and PlayBook OS 2.0, users will be able to use their BlackBerry smartphone’s trackpad, touchscreen or keypad to control their PlayBook. The folks at CrackBerry first spotted this update and is being rolled out on the App Wo...

According to a report by analysis firm Convergence Catalyst, the Indian smartphone market is expected to grow by 100 percent with 18 to 20 million devices being sold in the year in comparison to 9.5 million units sold in 2011. The report states that smartphones will encompass for 12 to 14 percent of the total handset sales and Samsung is expected to be the dominant player in the market. (more…)Google+

Vodafone will organize smartphone service camps in association with RIM (Research in Motion) in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh from January 4 to 10 as an extension of their “Happy to Help” ideology. The BlackBerry service camps will be held throughout this period at select Vodafone Stores in cities such as Bangalore, Mangalore, Manipal, Hubli, Belgaum, Tumkur, Hyderabad, Vijaywada and Vizag between 11 AM to 8 PM. Besides this customers will be able to avail various offers and purchase new handsets in exchan...

Research In Motion (RIM) has released a new version of the BlackBerry App World (version 3.1), which includes a few cosmetic changes. The biggest of them is app gifting, which the company has been talking for quite some time, and is apt for the coming holiday season. You can now ask for certain apps as a gift from your BBM friends, as well as buy gifts for other BlackBerry users through the same mechanism.The content rating system is also available, with general, teen, mature, and adult ratings as needed. The...

Research In Motion announced at its DevCon, which is currently underway in Singapore, that it has renamed its next smartphone platform from BBX to BlackBerry 10. This revelation comes after the BlackBerry smartphone maker lost a legal battle with BASIS International, which already sells software products under the BBX name. RIM had announced BBX in October. While this can be seen as a face saving move by RIM (X = 10) but we can already imagine confused consumers who’d be left wondering what happened to ...

RIM has launched three new devices in India based on the BlackBerry 7 OS – the Bold 9790, the Curve 9380 and the Curve 9350 in India. The BlackBerry Bold 9790 and the Curve 9380 were officially announced by the Canadian vendor almost a week ago. The Bold 9790 (on the left side of the image) is equipped with a 1GHz processor, a 2.44-inch touchscreen display with a 480 x 360-pixel resolution, support for near-field communications (NFC), 8GB of onboard storage (extensible up to 32GB) and a full QWERTY keyb...

RIM has unveiled two new smartphones based on BlackBerry OS 7, the Bold 9790 and the Curve 9380 which were revealed by the company last month on a developer site. The former one sports a QWERTY form factor with a 2.44-inch touch display (360 x 480 resolution), 1GHz processor and 8GB of onboard memory storage (expandable up to 32GB). The latter device is the first all-touch smartphone in the BlackBerry Curve family. It has a 3.2-inch display, a 5.0MP camera at the back and will supposedly run on a slower 800MH...