All Entries Tagged With: "BlackBerry Developer Conference"

The Berry Report (Episode #6)

There are a lot of hot topics on this week’s show headlined by the recent BlackBerry Developer Conference.  The boys discuss the new BlackBerry Academy Program and what type of impact it will have on the smartphone industry.  We also saw a demo of Need for Speed: Shift running on OpenGL, what type of an [...]

Featured Game: Addictive Tower Defense

At this week’s BlackBerry Developer Conference there was plenty of chatter about the future of BlackBerry gaming.  RIM announced OpenGL support which will significantly improve the performance of BlackBerry games.  Even though the future looks bright there are still many games that excel on the existing BlackBerry platform and Addictive Tower Defense is one of [...]

Loopt Updates Its BlackBerry App with Several New Features

Yesterday at the BlackBerry Developer Conference Loopt announced a major update for their free BlackBerry app.  Loopt is a location based service that turns your cellphone into a friend finder.  The new update includes several new features that make it easier than ever to connect with friends and places.
BlackBerry users now have the ability to [...]

Need for Speed BlackBerry Video Shows the Power of OpenGL

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Let’s be honest here, we all know that BlackBerry gaming still has a ways to go before it can compete with the big dogs.  Sure there are a handful of BlackBerry games that are both addicting and fun but we want more than that.  We may get our wish as RIM announced that future [...]

BlackBerry Academy Program Announced by RIM

The 2009 BlackBerry Developer Conference kicked off today and there were plenty of announcements to talk about.  One of the big announcements RIM made was that they will be providing colleges and universities material to offer courses geared to help students learn and develop on the BlackBerry Platform. The curriculum is available for mobile application development, administration of BlackBerry [...]

First BlackBerry Web Signals Released

Some the aftershock after the BlackBerry Developer Conference.  We posted about BlackBerry Web Signals the other day and now they just released their first few signals.  The first sites to get their Web Signals pushed are NYTImes.com, Accuweather.com, Reuters, Fox News, CBC, and Thumbplay.

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BlackBerry Storm 9500 UK Gets a Release Date

There is so much stuff going on this week, I’m getting overloaded with joy.  With Verizon’s Storm 9530 getting a price, to the Bold on AT&T just getting a firm release date, the BlackBerry Developer Conference, now thanks to Trusted Reviews we have the release date for the Storm 9500 in the UK on Vodafone, [...]