Tag Archives: BlackBerry PlayBook

About 595 days ago Tablets and eReaders | Uncategorized

Amazon’s New Tablet Sales Are Blazing

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Amazon took a whopping 95,000 pre-orders for its new Kindle Fire tablet in its first day on sale and analysts believe the company is going to enjoy strong sales during the upcoming holiday season, reports Fox News. READ MORE »

About 599 days ago Tablets and eReaders

RIM Reportedly Ready to Ditch PlayBook

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Should we stay or should we go? These days that’s the big question for RIM. The company is reportedly considering a quick exit from the tablet market after a rocky (non)start with the BlackBerry PlayBook. READ MORE »

About 600 days ago Tablets and eReaders

Big-Box Retailers Cut BlackBerry PlayBook Prices by $200

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Now that the long-anticipated Kindle Fire has been announced at a tempting price point of $199, big-box retailers are chopping prices of the ailing BlackBerry PlayBook. Earlier this week Staples and Office Depot began running PlayBook sales promotions and on Wednesday Best Buy began selling all models of the tablet with a hefty $200 discount. READ MORE »

About 601 days ago Smartphones and PDAs

Top Retailers Cut BlackBerry PlayBook Price

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Looks like RIM’s hand has been forced. Three top retailers that carry the BlackBerry PlayBook, Best Buy, Staples, and Office Depot, are offering steep discounts on the gadget, from $100-200 off. Office Depot offers part of the discount as a $100 mail-in rebate. READ MORE »

About 607 days ago Tablets and eReaders

RIM Scales Back PlayBook Production

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RIM’s tablet problems are beginning to have a ripple effect on the industry. The Canadian company has decided to scale back production of the slow-selling PlayBook. Quanta Computer, the Taiwanese firm that manufactures the devices, has had to lay off about 1,000 workers and reports are that 800,000 PlayBooks are simply “gathering dust.” READ MORE »

About 631 days ago Mobility Tips and Tricks | Telecom and Wireless | Wireless Networks

RIM Will Finally Fix the PlayBook’s E-mail

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You would think that Research In Motion’s tablet, the PlayBook, would accommodate email as nicely as the BlackBerrys handle it. Not so, and BlackBerry had to go back to the drawing board to fix the problem. Next month it will issue an update that corrects the situation. READ MORE »

About 645 days ago E-Commerce | Internet and Online Business | Video

Walmart, Amazon Cut out Apple While Delivering iPad Versions of Vudu, Kindle Cloud Reader

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Walmart and Amazon have figured out how to bypass Apple’s mandatory 30 percent cut for apps distributed through the iTunes store, reports The San Francisco Chronicle. Walmart has launched an iPad version of its Vudu online video streaming service using a desktop shortcut that lets customers click an “Add to Home Screen” button on Vudu.com to install an app-style icon on the iPad desktop. Likewise, Amazon unveiled the Kindle Cloud Reader which lets customers read Kindle e-books on the iPad even without an Internet connection. Both services use the HTML5 Web browser protocol and follow on the heels of The Financial Times of London which in June launched a Web-based version for smart phones and tablets to avoid Apple’s fee. “The flexibility of HTML5 allows us to build one application that automatically adapts to the platform you’re using – from Chrome to iOS,” said Dorothy Nicholls, director of Amazon’s Kindle division, in a statement. Amazon made its Kindle Cloud Reader compatible with Safari on the iPad as well as Google’s Chrome browser, and plans to add Internet Explorer, Firefox and the BlackBerry PlayBook browsers in coming months. Read more at The San Francisco Chronicle.

About 671 days ago Hardware | Smartphones and PDAs | Tablets and eReaders

RIM to Launch New Smartphones as Internal Problems Mount

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These days, news from the BlackBerry front is not sounding so great. Despite getting set to launch seven new smartphones on their new operating system, Research in Motion (RIM) is facing some pretty big problems. READ MORE »

About 673 days ago Smartphones and PDAs | Telecom and Wireless

RIM Works to Stay Close to Carriers

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Though Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, has struggled to distinguish itself recently against competing products like the iPhone and Android, the company is still in the good graces of major wireless carriers. RIM is favored among carriers who are looking for a dark horse in the smart phone market, a third candidate to keep the race between front runners Google and Apple competitive. READ MORE »

About 678 days ago Hardware | Managing Technology | Smartphones and PDAs

Smartphone Job Market Not So Hot for BlackBerry Developers

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The job market for smartphone developers is booming. No news there. And while the device market is expected to grow “by nearly 50 percent” this year, with enormous opportunities for Android, iPad, and iPhone developers, the same can’t be said for BlackBerry developer jobs. READ MORE »