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Verizon and AT&T blocking tethering apps from Android Market; we have a workaround
So much for Android being an open platform. Verizon and AT&T have blocked access to popular tethering apps in the Android Market. Carriers are getting serious about paying for tethering and understandably want to
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Angry Birds coming to the BlackBerry PlayBook
We’ve talked a lot about the BlackBerry PlayBook the past few days at BlackBerry World. Today during the keynote, RIM’s Co-CEO, Mike Lazaridis, announced that Angry Birds would be making its way to the
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Microsoft and RIM form partnership to integrate Bing into BlackBerrys
Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance at the BlackBerry World keynote. While Windows Phone is an obvious competitor to the BlackBerry platform, the Microsoft and RIM are establishing a partnership where Bing will be
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RIM announces native email, contacts, and calendar on BlackBerry PlayBook
RIM announced this morning at BlackBerry World that native email, contacts, and calendar would be coming to the BlackBerry PlayBook. These features are available now with BlackBerry Bridge, but this will disconnect that and
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Next version of Android to be called Ice Cream Sandwich
Googe has a habit of naming its Android versions with names of sweet foods. We’ve had 2.0/2.1 Eclair, 2.2 Froyo, 2.3 Gingerbreak, and 3.0 Honeycomb. The next version of Android will be called Ice Cream
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Hands-on with the new BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930
We have heard a lot about the new BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 today. First we got the announcement this morning, then we learned it would be coming to T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T. We got to
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EXCLUSIVE: New BlackBerry Bold spotted on Verizon and AT&T network
RIM officially announced the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 earlier today. While playing with the phone at BlackBerry World today, we found a 9900 running on AT&T (pictured above) and a 9930 running on Verizon (pictured
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BlackBerry PlayBook getting updated this week; bringing video chat, BBM, and more
We are here at BlackBerry World, sitting by the open bar, waiting for the BlackBerry PlayBook update to hit our device. Unfortunately, we have not gotten it pushed to our tablet yet. But we
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BlackBerry PlayBook gets a Facebook app
The BlackBerry PlayBook is finally getting more apps to improve the device’s functionality. RIM announced today at BlackBerry World that it is introducing an official app for Facebook. Tom Goguen, VP, Collaboration and Social Networking
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T-Mobile to carry the BlackBerry Bold
T-Mobile is the first carrier to say announce the availability of the new BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone on its network. It will run on T-Mobile’s 4G HSPA+ network and be RIM’s first 4G BlackBerry.
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