Research In Motion today announced its vision for the BlackBerry 10 platform as it launched its next generation operating system. At the BlackBerry World keynote today, CEO Thorsten Heins spoke about RIM’s focus being on helping “BlackBerry people” succeed on a daily basis. The new interface focuses on application flow. For example, notifications can be pulled from the side with […]
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No BlackBerry 10 smartphones at BlackBerry World 2012
One of the biggest expectations for BlackBerry World is that Research In Motion will show off some BlackBerry 10 devices. That will not be the case unfortunately. “We are not unveiling any BlackBerry 10 hardware,” a company representative told CNET today. RIM will instead focus the event on the BlackBerry 10 software itself. The new operating system, based on QNX, […]
BlackBerry World keynote to be webcast live
BlackBerry World 2012 kicks off tomorrow and it hopefully marks the start of Research In Motion’s renewal. The upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system is set to take centre stage along with its new CEO, Thorsten Heins. For those of us unable to make it down to Florida for the event, RIM will offer a live webcast of Heins’s keynote presentation […]
At the Sony Entertainment Network services media event
Sony Canada this week held a media event in Toronto to launch its Sony Entertainment Network which now spans music, movies, games and user created media. Essentially it is a “portal for all of your digital entertainment needs. Movies, music and games across multiple devices (Sony and non-Sony) from one convenient account.” It consists of four key services: Video Unlimited, […]
Apple announces WWDC 2012 dates
Apple today announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place from June 11th to June 15th 2012 in San Fransisco at the Moscone West Center. “We have a great WWDC planned this year and can’t wait to share the latest news about iOS and OS X Mountain Lion with developers,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president […]
Samsung mentions “galaxy s3” in Unpacked 2012 app
Samsung has so far avoided naming the “Next Galaxy” device that it will unveil on May 3rd. Rumours have suggested that it may not be called the Galaxy S III as many expect. Samsung may now have put those rumours to rest by (accidentally?) revealing the “galaxy s3″ name in its description of its Unpacked 2012 event app. That Samsung […]
Rumour: Samsung to also announce new Galaxy Tab at May 3rd event
Samsung may be unveiling more than just a new smartphone at its May 3rd Samsung Unpacked event. Citing “a source familiar with the matter,” CNet Asia is reporting that the manufacturer could also unveil a new 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab. Unlike the upcoming Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) that may now come with a quad-core processor, this model will sport a dual-core […]
Rumour: Quad-core Samsung Galaxy S II successor confirmed for May 3rd
The rumours continue fast and furious as we get closer to the May 3rd event where Samsung will unveil its Samsung Galaxy device. “A source close to the company” has told The Verge that Samsung will indeed unveil its next Galaxy S flagship device at the event. Whether this device will be introduced as the Galaxy S III remains to […]