Tuesday, May 3, 2011

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Samsung Revels In High Galaxy S II Pre-Order Numbers

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:05 PM PDT

Although the powerful new Galaxy S II is just one among Samsung’s scores of handsets, it’s an important one, and the company is happy to report that it’s blowing up. It’s just hit 200,000 pre-orders in Korea, Samsung’s home market, and will likely pile up a couple million sales there before its day in the sun is over. And although US release information isn’t available yet, I’ve seen a good amount of chatter on mobile sites from excited users.

We could tell from our hands-on at MWC that it was indeed a contender, though of course Apple has some issues with the design.

Looks Like Old BlackBerry Handsets Wont Get BlackBerry OS 7

Posted: 02 May 2011 09:58 AM PDT

If you’re rockin’ a BlackBerry Torch, Tour, Bold 2 — or really, anything older than the just—announced Bold 9900 and Bold 9300 — we hope you’re nice and comfortable with BlackBerry OS 6. If we’re catching RIM’s drift here at BlackBerry World correctly, that’s where you’re staying.

From what we’re hearing from RIM, only the 9900, 9300, and any devices released thereafter will tote the brand new OS 7. While such things occasionally change with time (be it through a reversal on the company’s part, or clever finagling by the hacker crowds), anyone looking to heed to OS 7′s siren songs might be looking at an upgrade. You know what time it is.

Hands On With The BlackBerry Bold 9900

Posted: 02 May 2011 06:35 AM PDT


Just got a quick hands-on with the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 and I’m pleased to report it’s approximately the same size and shape as the previous Bolds with a large, usable keyboard and attractive back cover. Full gallery below.
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RIM Announces BlackBerry OS 7, Hits This Summer On The Bold Touch

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:53 AM PDT


RIM just pulled the virtual sheet back on OS 7. The user experience is familiar but RIM promises a system that’s both faster and better suited for managing a personal and professional life with a new feature called Balance. OS 7 packs voice activated searches and a retooled browser to better handle JIT JavaScript and HTML5 video. It seem RIM is most proud of Balance, which “presents a unified view of work and personal content…while keeping the content separate and secure.” Sounds a bit Nokia to me. Expect OS 7 first on the just-announce BlackBerry Bold Touch.


RIM Announces Video Chat And Facebook Apps For Playbook

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:30 AM PDT

An app that probably should have appeared on the Playbook at launch, video chat, is coming to tablet owners tomorrow morning in an OTA update. In addition to front and back camera support, the chat app allows you to make VOIP and video calls as well as connectivity based on the user’s BBID. The app features “powerful in-call functions” like – and I’m not making this up – “mute/unmute.”

The company also announced the availability of Facebook for Playbook including Facebook Chat for chatting with your Facebook friends and you can add friends.

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RIM Announces BlackBerry Bold 9900 And 9930 With BBOS 7 And NFC

Posted: 02 May 2011 05:30 AM PDT

The brand new BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 is a 1.2GHz smartphone (RIM’s “thinnest yet”) that runs Blackberry OS 7 and includes NFC connectivity and a touchscreen interface.

The phone includes NFC connectivity for smart tags as well as Augmented Reality features that use a compass and GPS to assess the phone’s position in space. It also has an 720p HD video recording camera. It also supports universal search (including voice activated search) and a much faster browser with “Just In Time” JavaScript compiling.

This phone also runs BlackBerry 7 (aka BlackBerry OS 6.1) including a new product called Balance that allows for remote wiping and full app control that prevents users from moving, for example, text from an email to a web-app. It separates, as RIM says, “personal content from corporate content.” The Bold supports BlackBerry ID, as well, a single-sign-on system to bring up all of your logins at once using a single password.

The phone will be available this summer. We have a quick hands on right here.

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