Video: BlackBerry Bold 9900 makes an appearance in Vietnam

It will be somewhat delayed, but the BlackBerry Bold 9900 (Bold Touch) is a pretty anticipated handset that merges the best of the old (The Bold 9000's keyboard and form-factor) with the new (a 1.2Ghz processor and a spiffed up touchscreen OS). This short video gives us a bit (not much, really) more info on what the device is all about

Source: Vietnam BIS Community; via: CrackBerry Forums

Review: BlackBerry Convertible Case

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Of all the 7" inch tablets we've used, the BlackBerry PlayBook is the one we're most confident using without a case. The rugged rubber rear case, all around solid construction and grippy squarish design makes it possible to carry the PlayBook easily but after a while you do look for a functional case that's also protective.

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RIM facing layoffs, expects lower profits as it sets to realign

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Research in Motion is going to need to innovate its way out of the corner. The BlackBerry maker held an earnings call today and said it expects lower profits and is looking at reducing headcount. During the same conference call, RIM confirmed it had shipped 500,000 units of its PlayBook tablet since the device launched in April, although it was not specified how many of these were actually sold to customers.

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BlackBerry PlayBook update 1.0.5.2342 now available, fixes Flash issues

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

BlackBerry PlayBook owners should look out for a new 1.0.5.2342 software update (278MB) that specifically fixes an issue with Flash 10.3 that affects a number of devices across platforms (tsk, tsk, Flash). RIM has turned this around quite quickly and this is a good sign that they're on top of the software end of things. We just installed the 1.0.5.2342 update on our PlayBook and have not noticed any improvements or extra features but we will keep testing.