10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook appears in Vietnam

We've known for some time that RIM had plans for a larger PlayBook, it appeared in a leaked roadmap slide a month ago slated for Q3 2013. The 10-inch PlayBook project (apparently codenamed Blackforest 128) was thought to have been shelved since RIM had more pressing business to attend to, namely getting BlackBerry 10 and its supporting devices off the ground and into user's and developer's hands. You know, to get the company back in decent shape and competing again in the mobile market.

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Video: RIM's BlackBerry Dev Alpha device demoed

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Although they are is still six to seven  months away from being launched, Research In Motion's BlackBerry 10 devices are expected to look and feel a lot like the above  Dev Alpha Device. Currently running a modified version of the PlayBook OS, the Dev Alpha device was seeded to developers to keep them interested and give them a platform to develop on. Featuring a 4.2 inch screen, a quad band HSPA + radio (no LTE), front and rear facing cameras as well as a generous 16GB of storage, a microSIM and a sealed-in battery. This is pretty exciting hardware for 2012 but will it evolve into something competetive for 2013? That really is the question.

Video: Gadjo C Sevilla for Canadianreviewer.com

BlackBerry Video Store now available for PlayBooks

BlackBerry PlayBook users can now download the BlackBerry Video Store on the App World. The BlackBerry Video Store offers a catalog of thousands of movies and TV shows with new releases available for purchase or rent. With the Video Store, customers have the option of streaming a trailer before making a purchase decision, and can also begin watching media as soon as they start to download a file. They won’t have to wait for the entire file to transfer before they can begin enjoying great entertainment on the tablet’s high resolution display or on an HDTV using the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet’s HDMI output. Older titles will cost around $9.95,  new ones are $19.95 to purchase. 

Canadians can download the Video Store app on BlackBerry App World starting today. 

Pacemaker DJ app for PlayBook now available

Pacemaker Device, the world's first mobile DJ system, was launched with a bang in the spring of
2008. It showed that anyone could be the DJ, anytime, anywhere. Now the technology has been
ported into the Pacemaker  app for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, making Pacemaker into a touch based
experience, more accessible than ever before

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