Live : RIM ready to final unveil Blackberry 10

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ooVoo to Launch Free Video Chat and IM Solution for the BlackBerry 10 Platform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New York, NY and Waterloo, ON – ooVoo, one of the largest independent social video chat provider with 66 million registered subscribers, and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that ooVoo will bring its next-generation HD video communications service to the BlackBerry® 10 platform.
The BlackBerry 10 platform allows the ooVoo service to easily integrate with voice, video and the remarkably fast BlackBerry 10 browser, which will give BlackBerry 10 customers a multiplatform solution for video chat and instant messaging with friends, family and colleagues. With ooVoo, up to 12 contacts can connect at the same time, allowing customers to stay connected and share experiences.
“ooVoo serves more than one billion minutes of video each month to subscribers. By bringing ooVoo HD video chat to the BlackBerry 10 platform BlackBerry 10 customers will be able to video chat and share videos anytime with the millions of ooVoo's daily active users on virtually any mobile or desktop platform,” said Jay Samit President of ooVoo.

ooVoo will be integrated into the basic calling functionality in BlackBerry 10, making it easy for customers to flow directly from a voice call to an ooVoo video call. ooVoo’s cloud-based service provides remarkable video quality. BlackBerry 10 customers will be able to chat cross-platform, and take advantage of the social features that ooVoo provides, for free*.

“As a leader in communications, we understand the importance of bringing people together in an innovative way that is easy to use,” said Martyn Mallick, Vice President Global Alliances and Business Development at Research In Motion. “ooVoo will be a fantastic choice for BlackBerry 10 customers looking for a multi-user video communications service that can connect them to their contacts on virtually any computer or mobile device, and we are pleased to work with ooVoo to help bring their service to our customers.”
ooVoo’s innovative Watch Together™ feature allows customers to have group video viewing experiences within video calls. ooVoo’s customers can incorporate video calling with friends and family into their daily lives by, for example, bringing friends along on shopping trips through ooVoo to get real-time opinions on choices, or mommy group members showing the latest happenings - whether milestone or mysterious spots - for opinions in real-time.
Pricing and Availability
ooVoo is a free service, and will be offered for BlackBerry 10 smartphones on the BlackBerry® World™ storefront later this year.

* Wireless data changes may apply to customers on limited mobile data plans. Check with your carrier.

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BlackBerry 10 Launch Event Available Via Webcast on January 30th, 2013

Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) will be broadcasting the BlackBerry® 10 launch event on January 30^th, 2013, via webcast. The event will happen simultaneously in New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Dubai, Johannesburg, Jakarta and Delhi.  This day will mark the official launch of its new platform - BlackBerry 10, as well as the unveiling of the first two BlackBerry 10 smartphones.  Details on the smartphones and their availability will be announced at the event.
A live webcast will be held beginning at 10 am ET,
which can be accessed via http://www1.rim.com/newsroom.html

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Facebook 4.0 for BlackBerry with Refreshed U now available in BlackBerry Beta Zone

New Features

- Pull to refresh
- Photo re-design:
     - Enhancements in full screen photo browsing
     - Comments & Like/Unlike buttons
     - Ability to view tags
     - Slider animation (Slide between full screen photos)

Fixed Issues

- Clean up files that add the #preprocessor markers, but don't need them.
- Photos cannot be displayed using Menu option
- When saving an image with 'Set as Wallpaper' checked, two copies saved on the device
- UI issue when the user is already in the friend's list when a new friend is added
- Clicking on the Like + Comments button will open the dialog box for the next photo
- Swiping on screen with bottom eyelid buttons highlighted, brings up the same image
- Facebook Photo\like count not displayed correctly when more 3 or more digits
- Facebook Like\Unlike comments scrolling is not consistent with GCM and menu button
- Imaging scaling not applied on device rotation
- Navigation List BB menu option is not toggled correctly
- Pull to refresh text overlaps with mailbox content
- Facebook need to sync the Like and Comment bar to refresh when comments and likes are added
- Incorrect photo is being saved on the device
- Photo: Spinning green circle shown initially and then screen goes black prior to displaying image
- Facebook Exiting out of a large photo album causes the screen to go blank
- Facebook pull to refresh stops working after a few tries
- Should say loading photos not fetching
- Sometimes while swiping in a photo album in full screen view, image is not loaded
- Performance: Slider animation is not smooth when swiping in an album
- Facebook Photo comments not showing in menu bar and comment count not updating

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RIM BES 10 now available for download!

Press Release

BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 Now Available for Download 

RIM's New Multiplatform Enterprise Mobility Management Solution Makes Mobility Easy for Businesses
Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that its new Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution, BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, is now available for download. BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 re-invents RIM's EMM by bringing together device management, industry leading security, and mobile applications management for BlackBerry smartphones, BlackBerry PlayBook tablets, and new BlackBerry 10 smartphones in a consolidated solution. It also provides a single console for managing BlackBerry, Android and iOS devices.
BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 builds on more than a decade of RIM's enterprise mobility management expertise and the most widely deployed mobility solution in enterprises today. BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 offers mobile device management, mobile application management and secure mobile connectivity, and delivers a cost-efficient and reliable solution for business customers.
"BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 empowers employees to be more productive and better equipped to serve customers while it provides business and IT leaders with the confidence that corporate data is protected and manageable in the same way they have long enjoyed with BlackBerry," said Peter Devenyi, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Software, Research In Motion. "BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 makes mobility easy for businesses to help keep them moving."
 

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BlackBerry App World is now BlackBerry World

RIM has re branded BlackBerry App World to BlackBerry World .
With BlackBerry World, there are various ways to browse, download, buy, and manage apps using a BlackBerry smartphone, BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, or desktop or laptop computer,— inspiration is at your fingertips. And if you find something you love and want to tell the world, you can easily share it with your friends over BBM, Facebook and Twitter. Also, you can simply tap smartphones together and invite your friends to download it — just like that.
Note:It may take up to 24 hours for the changes to appear!

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Quick tips for getting around Blackberry 10 Video

No home button on BlackBerry 10 devices. Will you miss having the home button?

RIM is expected to unveil both the touch-screen and keyboard phones at an event later this month, but the touch-screen phone is expected to launch first.

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Visa approves RIM for mobile payment solution

WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - January 16, 2013) - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM)(TSX: RIM) today announced that its Secure Element Manager (SEM) solution for NFC (Near Field Communication) mobile payments has been approved by Visa. RIM's SEM is the backend solution for carriers that can securely manage credentials on SIM (subscriber identity module) cards installed in all types of NFC-capable mobile devices.

Research In Motion describes its Secure Element Manager technology, or SEM, as a way for networks to manage all types of mobile devices equipped for close-range wireless payments, also known as near field communications or NFC.
The EnStream joint venture owned by BCE's Bell (TSX:BCE), Rogers (TSX:RCI.B) and Telus (TSX:T) has already begun to deploy mobile payments in Canada using the RIM SEM technology.
"The approval from Visa of RIM's SEM solution is an important step in that it will enable carriers to support Visa issuing banks and financial institutions," said Frank Maduri, a RIM senior director responsible for mobile payment services.

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Developers Submit 15,000 BlackBerry 10 Apps within 37.5 hours

RIM received 15,000 BlackBerry 10 Apps in 37.5 hours, with BlackBerry 10 launch less than three weeks away. " Alec Saunders, RIM's vice president of developer relations Tweeted Jan. 13, "Well there you have it. 37.5 hours in, we hit 15,000 apps for this portathon. Feel like I've run a marathon. Thanks to all the devs!"

One more chance to get rewarded
The Last Chance Port-A-Thon will start at noon ET on January 18, 2013 and run for 36 hours straight. As with past Port-A-Thons, this will be a virtual event, which means you can log in from wherever you want to and our experts will be available to help you port your apps. The more apps you port, the greater your rewards*:

• Port one or more approved apps and you’ll receive $100 per eligible app, to a maximum of 20 paid applications per Vendor
• Additionally, submit five (5) or more apps and be entered into a random draw for one (1) of two hundred and fifty (250) Limited Edition BlackBerry 10 devices. You’ll receive one (1) entry for the first five (5) approved apps and an additional entry for each approved app after that.

 CLICK HERE TO REGISTER 

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Pre-order BlackBerry 10 from Future Shop & Best Buy Canada

Pre-order the newest BlackBerry device in-store now.

Pre-order your today at any Best Buy or Best Mobile mall store

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BlackBerry Z10 Retail pictures in Black and White leaked

Check out these images of BlackBerry Z10 in Black and White. These are leaked images and i cannot confirmed their authenticity but will see some polish before January 30th.

Source :Berry Net

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Preview of WordPress for BlackBerry 10

We will  see WordPress on BlackBerry 10 at launch at the end of the month. Check out this video from CrackBerry !

Source : Crackberry

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QNX Announces Release of QNX CAR Platform 2.0

Platform already being adopted by automotive community for next-generation infotainment systems

LAS VEGAS, 2013 International CES (North Hall, Booth 1837), January 8 — QNX Software Systems Limited, a global leader in software platforms for in-car electronics, today announced that a release of the QNX CAR™ application platform 2.0 and of its associated tooling environment, the QNX CAR™ development platform 2.0, is now available to the automotive community.

The QNX CAR application platform 2.0 supports an exceptionally rich set of pre-integrated technologies, both from QNX Software Systems and from dozens of ecosystem partners. This pre-integrated platform, built on an OS proven in tens of millions of vehicles, enables automotive customers to hit the ground running and significantly reduce the time required to build connected, cutting-edge infotainment systems.

“The era of multi-year design cycles in car infotainment is over; our customers now want to develop at the speed of mobility. Case in point: we helped one customer slash their development effort down to 14 months — a massive improvement over the industry standard of 3 years,” said Andy Gryc, automotive product marketing manager, QNX Software Systems. “At the same time, our platform helps infotainment systems stay relevant long after they’ve been deployed, through an HTML5 framework that simplifies smartphone integration and that enables manufacturers to keep vehicles fresh with new apps and content.”

To help mobile developers and automakers work in tandem, QNX Software Systems also plans to release an HTML5 SDK for the QNX CAR application platform by mid 2013. HTML5 is the only application environment that works with all of the major mobile platforms. The SDK will provide mobile developers with specialized APIs for accessing automotive devices and hardware. It will also include an emulator that lets mobile developers quickly see how their apps would look and function in an actual car.


More info on the QNX Car

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BBM Voice now supports BlackBerry OS 4.5 and higher

BBM 7 has been updated to support devices running OS 4.5 and higher.
More detail and Download BBM7 here

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RIM’s #JanuBerry 3 Days of Giveaways (US & Canada)

RIM has fired up their #JanuBerry contest again this year, giving lucky BlackBerry fans a chance to win some great prizes to get 2013 started.
Prizes include:

Quantity	Prize	Approx Retail Value
7	BlackBerry® PlayBook™ 3G tablet 16G	$250
6	BlackBerry Music Gateway Device	$50
6	BlackBerry Headset	$70
14	BlackBerry BBM Pin	$1
6	BlackBerry BBMing Gloves	$20

How to Enter : To enter, follow @BlackBerry on Twitter (http://twitter.com/blackberry).  Periodically throughout the Contest Period, one invitation will be posted daily on the @BlackBerry Twitter Page inviting you to enter the Contest (each a “Contest Invitation”). Respond accordingly to the Contest Invitation to be eligible to enter (“Entry”).  

Click here for more details and enter the contest : JanuBerry Contest 
 

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Nokia and RIM enter into new patent license agreement

RIM payments to Nokia settle all legal actions between the companies

Espoo, Finland - Nokia has entered into a new patent license agreement with Research In Motion. The agreement will result in settlement of all existing patent litigation between the companies and withdrawal of pending actions in the US, UK and Canada related to a recent arbitration tribunal decision.

The financial structure of the agreement includes a one-time payment and on-going payments, all from RIM to Nokia.  The specific terms of the agreement are confidential.

"We are very pleased to have resolved our patent licensing issues with RIM and reached this new agreement, while maintaining Nokia's ability to protect our unique product differentiation," said Paul Melin, chief intellectual property officer at Nokia. "This agreement demonstrates Nokia's industry leading patent portfolio and enables us to focus on further licensing opportunities in the mobile communications market."

During the last two decades, Nokia has invested approximately EUR 45 billion in research and development and built the wireless industry's strongest and broadest IPR portfolio, with around 10,000 patent families.  Nokia is a world leader in the development of handheld device and mobile communications technologies, which is also demonstrated by Nokia's strong patent position. 

Source :NOKIA 

 

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QNX to provide OS for Audi's "MIB High" infotainment system

Beside the BES and BlackBerry Smartphones, RIM  is also heavily involved in automotive with the QNX.

So why does all the cool stuff happen when I'm on vacation? Last Friday, while I was driving to the cottage, Elektrobit announced that QNX Software Systems has been chosen to provide the operating system and multimedia engine for MIB High, the next-generation infotainment platform for Audi vehicles.

Let's rewind for a minute. To stay relevant, automakers must create cars that integrate with the multitude of smartphones, tablets, and mobile services that have become standard equipment for day-to-day life. In fact, many consumers won't even look at a new car unless it provides such integration. Problem is, the traditional development cycles for building in-car electronic systems lag far behind those for the mobile market — years compared to months.

That's why I find the MIB High so fascinating. On the hardware level, it consists of two main modules: the Radio&Car Control Unit (RCC) and the multimedia unit (MMX). The RCC implements features that remain stable over time, such as interfaces to the automotive CAN bus. The MMX, on the other hand, implements features subject to change, such as navigation, connectivity, and multimedia. By leveraging this modular approach, the system's developers can "carry out partial re-development to react more quickly to customer requirements and changing consumer electronics, getting them into vehicles on a shorter cycle."

It's an innovative approach. More importantly, it can help the connected car stay connected. Good, that.
Source : On Q
Check out another interesting article from Lucas Atkins BlackBerry Facts – Why RIM Won’t Die
 
 

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Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones 4.0.0.10 Upgrade Available in Beta Zone!

Twitter for BlackBerry smartphones 4.0 beta refresh build has been posted and is now available for download! Client version 4.0.0.10 includes bug fixes for the two most commonly reported issues:

• Users may see problems with notifications on Connect Tab and Direct Messages
• User may need to manually refresh the Connect tab interactions to see latest interactions.

Head on over to the Downloads tab and install the latest version today!

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BlackBerry 10 Camera: A Closer Look [VIDEO]

Watch all the action below and hear how Arun uses the BlackBerry 10 camera to capture every moment, even with two very active kids at home who just won’t sit still.

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BBM Money Launching In Indonesia “Shortly,” Will Enable Peer-To-Peer Funds Transfer Via Messenger

Blackberry is to enter the peer-to-peer money transfer market. BBM Money will soon allow owners of its handsets to send money to each other that can then be withdrawn from banks' cash machines. Indonesia will be first to get it - a country not typically associated with big tech launches, but it is a critical market for RIM.

Source BBC 

 

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