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The above tantalizing image comes courtesy of Boy Genius Report, which yesterday published leaked slides from RIM’s 2012 roadmap. We tend to get something like this around this time every year, and 2012 did not disappoint. We knew coming in that the RIM lineup would be light this year, so it was tough for the roadmap to miss expectations. As you can see from the PlayBook slide, things are actually looking nice. The new model looks to have noticeable improvements over the original. After the jump, the whole roadmap, plus some more commentary.
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While it’s nice to travel lightly, sometimes we need to go heavy duty. Last week we covered silicone cases for your BlackBerry, and this week we’re going in the exact opposite direction. No matter how bulky they make your smartphone, some people just need a big tough case. They might not fit in your pocket any longer, at least comfortably, but with a heavy duty case you can be sure that your BlackBerry is protected at all times. Here are a few of our favorites.
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There are plenty of ways to transfer files to and from your BlackBerry. Desktop Manager presents the most prominent option, since it’s long been the way to do it. But that means connecting via a USB cable. Ditto using the memory card as a USB mass storage drive. Not that plugging in is a huge burden, but we’re in an age where that shouldn’t be necessary. Here’s to hoping that BlackBerry 10 smartphones support wireless transfers out of the box. But for now we need an app. Wifi File Transfer handles the task with ease.
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To many, it’s the best feature of BlackBerry typing. To get a period on your BlackBerry device, it might appear that you have to hit ALT+M. That can be a bit much, especially for longer communications. Yet most savvy BlackBerry users know that you can double click the spacebar to create a period. For many of it’s it’s wonderful. You just double click that bar and keep on typing as normal. It not only produces the period, but also capitalizes the next letter typed. Yet not everyone loves this feature. There are some people whose typing habits don’t fit with this. They end up with an uneditable mess of periods and capital letters where they do not belong. There’s some bad news for anyone who suffers from this problem.
There is no way to stop it.
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Last night a story from The Wall Street Journal shocked us all. As you likely know by now, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaradis have stepped down as co-CEOs of Research In Motion. It was previously reported that they’d step down as co-chairmen of the board for RIM, to be replaced by Barbara Stymiest. At the time it sounded as though Balsillie and Lazardis would retain their executive titles, which makes this development all the more shocking. For their part, RIM has done a good job easing the transition. They’ve put the new CEO, Thorsten Heins, who has an awesome name, front and center. After the jump, his introductory video and press conference highlights.
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It’s both a blessing and a burden. One of BBM’s greatest and most touted features is its message status. While many SMS systems let you know when your message has been delivered, they don’t notify you of whether the recipient has actually seen it. BBM takes care of that handily. Yet that’s not always the way we want it. Sometimes I read a message and really wish I hadn’t opened it. It means the sender knows I saw it, which means I have to acknowledge it, whether immediately via BBM or in the future, face-to-face. Thankfully, Epic Applications feels our pain. They’ve come up with an app that will prevent that R from showing up, even after you read a message.
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Posted by Joe on January 20, 2012 | 1 comment | Filed under : News
It has been quite a confusing time for Research In Motion. They are clearly a company in transition. Not only are they working furiously on BlackBerry 10 smartphones, but they’re going through major changes. As we’ve learned in the past few weeks, they’re looking at a new chairman of the board, and they’re reportedly looking to license the BlackBerry 10 operating system. This week brings us more rumors. One will have BlackBerry fans salivating. The other might make them retch.
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After years of trying out dozens of BlackBerry cases, I had finally come to a conclusion: comfort was more important than protection. Every case I’d tried had one big drawback: it made the BlackBerry too bulky to comfortably fit in my pocket. People warned me that I was looking for trouble, that going case-less was a surefire way to kill my BlackBerry. While it never came to that — the only BlackBerry I actually destroyed met its fate in a water-related accident — their warnings did take a toll. Finally I decided to go with the minimum possible case, a silicone skin. Let’s take a look at a few options for those.
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While BlackBerry users prefer to communicate via BBM, we’re still stuck with regular old text messaging when communicating with non-BlackBerry users. The thing with SMS is that it’s fickle. Your device automatically deletes SMS by default. You can change this by going to Messages – Options – Message Display and Actions and changing Days To Keep Messages to Forever. But that can cause storage issues, especially in older BlackBerry models. If you’d rather your device continue wiping messages but still retain a backup, the Txt2mbox app can come in quite handy.
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