BlackBerry OS

RIM releases updated PlayBook OS v1.0.7

Research In Motion has re-released the BlackBerry Tablet OS v1.0.7 update after pulling it shortly after first making it available. The new version 1.07.2670 address issues caused by the previous update and the BlackBerry Bridge app. Aside from the fix, little else appears to have changed. The enhancements include: Enhanced support for saving attachments with the BlackBerry Bridge app BlackBerry […]

RIM pulls BlackBerry Tablet OS 1.0.7 update

Research In Motion has pulled the BlackBerry Tablet OS update it had just released. The company confirmed the news moments ago. According to the update sent via Twitter: Some users were experiencing issues with Bridge & 1.0.7. We expect to release an update with a fix later this week. As RIM indicates, it looks like PlayBook users will not have […]

RIM BlackBerry Tablet OS 1.0.7 update now available

Research In Motion has released a new BlackBerry PlayBook OTA update. BlackBerry Tablet OS version 1.0.7.2650 (along with BlackBerry Bridge v1.0.4.9) comes with new features and enhancements. These include: Enhanced support for saving attachments with the BlackBerry Bridge app BlackBerry Bridge ZIP attachment support Portrait support in Pictures app Pinch to Zoom in Video app Support for 15 additional languages […]

BlackBerry App World tops 1 billion downloads

Just ahead of today’s Research In Motion’s annual stockholder meeting, there is news for RIM to cheer about. The BlackBerry App World, now available in over 100 countries, has now topped one billion downloads and is seeing an average of 3 million downloads per day. While this is a worthy accomplishment, RIM still has ways to go if it wants […]

Bell to launch four new RIM BlackBerry devices starting in late August?

A leaked internal roadmap suggests that Bell is gearing up to launch four new RIM BlackBerry devices. The devices are none other than the BlackBerry Torch 9810, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 (announced back in May), the BlackBerry Torch 9860 (so much for the Volt branding?), and the BlackBerry 9360. The first three are scheduled for late August although that RIM […]

Google updates search for BlackBerry 6 devices

Google today announced that they have updated the Google search experience for BlackBerry 6.0 WebKit enabled devices. Improvements focus on both search and results pages and should make searching faster and easier, especially on touch-enabled Blackberry devices. Among these are: Enter searches faster: Save time by using autocomplete and search history queries that appear beneath the search box as you […]

AT&T begins supporting PlayBook Bridge app

Good news today for BlackBerry PlayBook users on the AT&T network. It may have taken about two months but AT&T is finally offering the Bridge app. It was the only carrier not to do so at the launch of the BlackBerry PlayBook. For those not familiar with the BlackBerry Bridge app, it mirrors the existing messages, contacts, calendar, memopad, tasks, […]