Events

BlackBerry Dev Con: RIM announces BBX operating system

At the BlackBerry DevCon keynote, RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis formally announced BlackBerry BBX, RIM’s new unified operating system for both smartphones and tablets. “With nearly 5 million BlackBerry apps downloaded daily, our customers have made BlackBerry one of the most profitable platforms for developers,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at RIM. “At DevCon today, we’re giving developers the tools […]

Ice Cream Sandwich statue arrives at Google

Google’s tradition of putting a statue on its campus to mark the completion of a major Android release is alive and well. An Ice Cream Sandwich statue today joined statues of Cupcake, Donut, Éclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb on Google’s lawn today. Google will officially launch Ice Cream Sandwich next week on October 19th in Hong Kong at an event co-hosted […]

Samsung and Google to announce Ice Cream Sandwich on October 19th

Samsung today confirmed the rumours and announced that its press event with Google will now take place on October 19th. The original event was canceled days before it was to take place due to Steve Jobs’ death. The new invitation features the Android Ice Cream Sandwich logo confirming expectations that Google will unveil the next major version of Android at […]

Google to unveil Ice Cream Sandwich on October 19th?

The Google Nexus Prime and Ice Cream Sandwich, the next major version of Android, had been expected at Samsung’s canceled CTIA Unpacked event. A DroidLife.com source now suggests that Google will now make its announcement on October 19th at the AsiaD: All Things Digital event in Hong Kong. Giving credence to the story is the fact that Google’s Andy Rubin […]

Google Nexus Prime unveiling coming “very shortly”

Samsung and Google were widely expected to unveil both the Google Nexus Prime and the next version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, today but the event was canceled just days ago. A new date has not been announced but the launch appears to be imminent. In an interview with T3.com, Andrew Glass, Samsung UK’s Sales Director, said, “You will have […]

Motorola and Verizon announcement coming on October 18th

Motorola and Verizon today announced that they will hold a joint press event on October 18th in New York City. It promises “four reasons to get excited.” A short promotional video reveals little, teasing us with words like ‘Faster’ and ‘Thinner’ and even a picture of a razor (a reference to the DROID RAZR?). What will Motorola unveil? If recent […]

Samsung and Google delay Unpacked event due to Steve Jobs’s death

Samsung announced on Friday that it was postponing its upcoming Unpacked event on October 11th. A short statement was issued but did not provide an explanation for the decision: “Samsung and Google decide to postpone the new product announcement at CTIA Fall. We agree that it is just not the right time to announce a new product. New date and […]