I’m no big fan of the BlackBerry line of smartphones, heck, I’m downright not a fan in every meaning of the word, but if I could get my hands on this particular Berry, I’d be a happy camper.
We reported earlier that Amazon was in failed talks with RIM for a takeover, but who would have guessed that Microsoft and Nokia were both playing around with the idea of a joint venture to eat up the Canadian giant. Of course, just like what RIM did with Amazon, Microsoft and Nokia’s joint venture was turned down or probably put on hold just in case licensing talks with Samsung and HTC hits the gutter.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, everything in the dark is coming into the light, Research In Motion and its BlackBerry line of devices is truly on the deathbed waiting to be gobbled up. According to Reuters, Amazon was in talks with RIM for takeover purposes but was turned down by the BlackBerry maker; we now wonder who else might have approached RIM with these dirty ideas.
BlackBerry fans, it seems your presious little platform is on the verge of making a comeback that could cause problems for other competing platforms. Leaked today, is the BlackBerry London smartphone; this bad boy is powered by BBX, the same OS that powers RIM’s first tablet that went on to flop. From the looks of the phone, it appears RIM is going for a full on 4.3 inch touch screen, however, we could be wrong about the size.
BBM Music is app for BlackBerry phones that lets you create a music profile of your favorite songs that all your BBM Music friends can listen to – and in return you can enjoy all of your friends’ profile selections. That means the more friends you have, the more music you can enjoy! You can listen to full tracks, create playlists, have conversations about music, and even listen to music offline.
Navita Translator is just released app for BlackBerry phone which translates and speak words, phrases from e-mails, Browser, SMS or typing in the software. It can translates more than 50 languages and is capable to speak languages like English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French, German and Russian.
Navita Translator Features:
- send your translations to: Twitter, Mail, SMS, PIN, MEMO
- supports English, Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese interfaces.
- free support
- Compatible with all devices
- Dictionary mode (temporarily disabled)
XIMAD INC has introduced its awesome Snake Freemium game for BlackBerry phones. It is by far the best interpretation of classic snake game with great graphics and enriched gameplay it will greatly improve your game experience. As in any of the snake games you have to direct your snake train through the deep underground mines using gestures avoiding obstacles and collecting artefacts to complete levels in arcade mode and to increase score in challenge mode. Different bonuses will help you in this task.
We haven’t heard much about RIM since the BlackBerry PlayBook went off the grid, but with this new phone, the company plans to make a return. The device is called the BlackBerry Torch 9850, and it is officially coming to Verizon on September 8th, 2011.
For those who download a lot of applications for their BlackBerry device running OS 7, you should be in high spirits today. RIM popped an update specifically for users with OS 7 devices. This update brings to the table the new BlackBerry App World 3.0 service that was previous in beta.
Smartphone market share talk again, hooray! Today, Comscore let be known who is leading with the highest Smartphone market in the U.S, and those who are losing ground. As you would expect, Android and iOS are top dogs, while the others are laid back trying to catch up to the leaders.
