RIM unveils native video chat and Facebook apps for BlackBerry PlayBook

The Independent - 3 May, 2011
BlackBerry PlayBook users will soon be able to (virtually) chat face-to-face with their friends and keep on top of their social lives thanks to the release of two new PlayBook apps, PlayBook Video Chat and Facebook for PlayBook. ...

RIM updates PlayBook with BBM, Video Chat, and Home screen bookmark shortcuts

ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - 3 May, 2011
The PlayBook seems to get better every few days and the latest update adds several new features and also improves the web browser. Matthew Miller is an avid mobile device enthusiast who works during the day ...

Balsillie on the defensive at BlackBerry World

CanadianBusiness.com (blog) - Joe Castaldo - 3 May, 2011
Research in Motion kicked off its three-day BlackBerry World conference in Orlando this morning with a slew of announcements and a keynote address from Jim Balsillie, in which the co-CEO defended management's ability to ...

Therese Poletti

MarketWatch - Therese Poletti - 3 May, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) â€" Research In Motion Ltd. seems to have nary a fan left on Wall Street, its vast base of corporate customers have many new options to replace their “CrackBerry,” and its past growth rates seem ...

RIM: No Android Apps or Flash for BlackBerry 7

PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 3 May, 2011
ORLANDOâ€"It looks like BlackBerry fans will have to wait for the new QNX operating system, and new phones, to enjoy some of the flagship features from the BlackBerry Playbook on their phones. Phones running BlackBerry OS 7, ...

RIM adapts to capitalize on competitors

Globe and Mail - Omar El Akkad - 3 May, 2011
Research In Motion Ltd. RIM-T kicked off its biggest annual conference with the launch of a new smart phone and shift in strategy â€" one designed to position the company for a world in which it faces more competition from Apple Inc. and others for ...

BlackBerry PlayBook to Get Its Own Video-Chat App

Wired News - Mike Isaac - 3 May, 2011
On Tuesday, RIM's PlayBook tablet will receive a video chat app in an over-the-air software update. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com On Tuesday, RIM will debut a new video chat app for the PlayBook, allowing the device to make video and voice ...

RIM Unveils Video Chat App for PlayBook

PCWorld - Tony Bradley - 3 May, 2011
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, launched last month by RIM has been relatively successful thus far despite being almost universally slammed as being an incomplete work in progress in initial reviews. ...

RIM CEO Fires Back at PlayBook Critics, Defends Strategy

PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 3 May, 2011
ORLANDOâ€"RIM's co-CEO Mike Lazaridis mounted a spirited defense of his company's strategy today, saying that the BlackBerry-maker is in a "transitional time" and heavily promoting the BlackBerry PlayBook as the leader in a new realm of ...

Question #1 for RIM: Will the New BlackBerries Make Lance Happy?

TIME - Harry McCracken - 3 May, 2011
Lazaridis didn't really have a good answer for Lance. Actually, it was hard to tell exactly what his response was, but it sounded like it involved RIM opting out of the current phone hardware wars and waiting until it ...

RIM announces Facebook app for BlackBerry PlayBook

ZDNet (blog) - 3 May, 2011
By Emil Protalinski | May 2, 2011, 1:58pm PDT Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry PlayBook will get a dedicated Facebook app later this month. Emil Protalinski has covered the tech industry for five years for multiple publications, including Neowin ...

Why is Lazaridis covering old ground?

Globe and Mail - 3 May, 2011
Chris Umiastowski spent more than a decade working as a technology analyst on Bay Street. He now works as an independent analyst and strategy consultant. He is blogging from BlackBerry World for The Globe and Mail. Mike Lazaridis just finished ...

BlackBerry PlayBook Updates Could Come 'Every Two Weeks'

PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 3 May, 2011
ORLANDOâ€"The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will get updates at the startlingly fast pace of up to "every two weeks," RIM vice president of software Alan Panezic said at the BlackBerry World conference today. "If we need to, ...

RIM announces two new Bolds, OS 7, PlayBook apps

ZDNet (blog) - James Kendrick - 3 May, 2011
RIM has outed the new BlackBerry OS 7, that will drive two new phones announced today, both updates to the popular BlackBerry Bold. On the tablet front RIM has announced an official Facebook app and a new ...

RIM Introduces Touch-Screen Bold Phones to Fight Apple

Bloomberg - Hugo Miller - 3 May, 2011
Jim Balsillie, co-chief executive officer of Research In Motion Ltd., holds up the PlayBook tablet computer during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York. Photographer: Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg The ...

RIM Announces Video Chat App for PlayBook

PC Magazine - Sascha Segan - 3 May, 2011
ORLANDOâ€"RIM today announced a video chat app for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, but it will only allow PlayBook owners to talk to each other for now. The BlackBerry PlayBook Video Chat app will be available on May 3, according to RIM, ...

BlackBerry Messenger finally making its way to the PlayBook

ZDNet (blog) - Ricardo Bilton - 3 May, 2011
Andrew J. Nusca is an associate editor for ZDNet and SmartPlanet. As a journalist based in New York City, he has written for Popular Mechanics and Men's Vogue and his byline has appeared in New York magazine ...

RIM PlayBook Gets Facebook App, Video Chat

InformationWeek - Eric Zeman - 3 May, 2011
BlackBerry World kicked off with Research In Motion introducing key applications that will be made available for the PlayBook tablet later this month. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek Research In Motion's BlackBerry World conference lurched to life Monday ...

First Facebook App for Tablets Coming to the BlackBerry PlayBook

PC Magazine - Alex Colon - 3 May, 2011
RIM today announced a forthcoming Facebook app for the BlackBerry PlayBook, due later this month. This will make it the first official Facebook app available for tablets. The Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook app will be optimized for use ...

BlackBerry PlayBook gets video chat, Facebook apps

CNET (blog) - Bonnie Cha - 3 May, 2011
When CNET reviewed the RIM BlackBerry PlayBook, we found a number of things to like about the tablet, but the selection of apps was certainly not one of them. The number of available apps is still pretty meager, but we're thrilled to see ...

PlayBook gets Facebook app before iPad

NDTV.com - Sameer Mitha - 3 May, 2011
BlackBerry maker RIM has announced a Facebook app for its tablet device, the PlayBook. This will make the PlayBook the first tablet with a Facebook app, over the all mighty iPad. The app is said to take full advantage of the 7-inch display of the ...

RIM announces Facebook PlayBook app while the iPad still doesn't have one

ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - 3 May, 2011
Apple iPad owners still have no Facebook application, but BlackBerry PlayBook owners will this month and it includes quite a few features. Video Chat is coming this week too. Matthew Miller is an avid mobile ...

The BlackBerry PlayBook just beat the iPad to a Facebook app

National Post - 3 May, 2011
RIM announced that a Facebook app is coming to the PlayBook, and it will be showcased at the BlackBerry World conference later this week. This is a big win for PlayBook. The iPad has been out for over a year and is still missing a Facebook app. ...

What we need to hear coming out of BlackBerry World

ZDNet (blog) - James Kendrick - 3 May, 2011
This week Research in Motion (RIM) is hosting BlackBerry World in Orlando, and if the company wants to get back in the game here's what we need to hear from them this week. James Kendrick has been using ...

Software the key for RIM to stay in the race

Globe and Mail - 3 May, 2011
While the company's earnings warning this past Thursday provided the bear camp with extra ammunition, many of the dire predictions are far darker than reality warrants. The mobile phone business is in dramatic flux. To stay in the fight, ...

On the eve of BlackBerry World, RIM feels the heat

Financial Post - ‎May 1, 2011‎
Research in Motion (RIM) co-CEO Jim Balsillie (R) and President and co-Ceo Mike Lazaridis. ORLANDO â€" When Research In Motion Ltd.'s co-chief executive officers Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis take centre stage this week here at the company's annual ...

RIM struggles to last the pace

Financial Times - Paul Taylor - ‎May 1, 2011‎
Has BlackBerry maker Research in Motion lost its mojo? RIM stunned investors last week by issuing a profit warning that it blamed on slowing sales of its ageing handsets in core markets including the US; lower average selling ...

Blackberry Playbook will get BBM and more via OTA update on 3rd May

Gadget Helpline (blog) - 3 May, 2011
Research in Motion (RIM) has confirmed that a major software update will be coming to the Blackberry Playbook on May 3 rd , bringing with it some of the important features missing from the device currently. Blackberry Messenger (or BBM) will now work ...

BlackBerry Reveals That New OS Won't Support Flash, Android Apps

ITProPortal - Michael Ide - 3 May, 2011
Research in Motions's new BlackBerry operating system, OS 7, will be equipped with many previously unseen features, but still lacks Flash and Android app support. The company recently announced that despite many people's expectations OS 7 is not based ...

Research in Motion announces new PlayBook apps

ITP.net - Georgina Enzer - 3 May, 2011
Research in Motion has announced two new apps for the BlackBerry Playbook, a Facebook app and PlayBook Video Chat. (Getty Images) By Georgina Enzer Published May 3, 2011 Research In Motion has announced two new applications for the PlayBook, ...

 

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