To compete with devices like the iPad and Transformer Prime, Research In Motion seems to believe that all its PlayBook really needs is a little LTE love. The company promised an upgraded version of its misunderstood tablet would hit sometime this year, and an FCC filing suggests its arrival is all but imminent. We saw

During a press briefing at BlackBerry World 2012 in Orlando, Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins promised that RIM will launch a 4G-capable BlackBerry PlayBook later this year. The device will support LTE networks, but Heins didn’t provide an exact launch date for the enhanced tablet. He did, however, say that enterprise customers will have

RIM has officially released software version 2.0.1 for its BlackBerry PlayBook. If you haven’t received an update notification, you can grab the new software bump via your BlackBerry PlayBook’s settings menu. If you’re wondering what the update brings, take a glance at the changelog listed below. Browser enhancements to address performance with some websites Improvements

Apple and RIM are being taken to court by a Texas company known as Touchscreen Gestures over basic smartphone touchscreen technology such as drag, tap and scroll. Both companies are being accused of using the technology in devices such as the iPhone, iPad and BlackBerry PlayBook. The patents in question were originally issued to Taiwanese

Research In Motion’s BlackBerry App World may soon become a tightly closed ecosystem similar to Apple’s iTunes App Store. A RIM exec recently said the company has plans to break the PlayBook’s ability to side load apps in a future OS update in order to quell rampant piracy concerns. It comes down to developer relations, said

The BlackBerry PlayBook was initially expected to launch with support for three 4G variants, including LTE, HSPA+ and WiMAX. but nearly a full 12 months after its debut and we still only have the Wi-Fi-only model. There are 4G PlayBooks out there, however, as these leaked images prove. The device has “fallen into the hands”

Research In Motion has confirmed, not surprisingly, that it will upgrade the BlackBerry PlayBook to its new, and still unreleased, BB10 operating system. ”At some point after the launch we’ll bring BB10 to our PlayBooks, yes,” RIM’s vice president of product management Rob Orr told TechRadar. Orr also reiterated, in a seemingly bitter way, that RIM

It’s been a long time coming, but it finally looks as though BlackBerry PlayBooks equipped with HSPA+ and LTE  are on the way. Spotted by Engadget, the devices are currently traveling through the FCC’s approval process, though no other information can be discerned from the discovery. Rumors have suggested RIM’s next tablet effort will include

There’s a huge selection of third-party keyboards out there that are designed to make working on a tablet a more bearable experience, but none of them are better suited to your BlackBerry PlayBook than the official Mini Keyboard from Research in Motion. The device, which doubles as a “convertible” case and boasts a 30-day charge,

Research In Motion hinted that its PlayBook OS 2.0 was a big step toward developing an LTE-equipped tablet, and a new leak suggests the device may be a lot closer than the company lead on. A document obtained by MobileSyrup on Friday shows what is clearly a picture of a BlackBerry PlayBook device with a

Research in Motion has finally pushed out the long-awaited BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 OS update for its debut tablet. The software, which weighs in at 505MB, introduces a ton of new features, including “built-in communications capabilities (email, contacts, calendar), productivity tools and application enhancements, plus features that enable your BlackBerry smartphone and PlayBook tablet to work

Research In Motion may be gearing up to launch the latest version of its BlackBerry PlayBook operating system in just a few short days. Engadget learned on Friday from an anonymous source that RIM will launch BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 on Tuesday, February 21st. This is a date that we’ve already heard before, but the new screen

A new Bloomberg report suggests the U.S. Air Force may purchase as many as 18,000 iPad 2s as replacement for manuals and navigation charts. The service’s Air Mobility Command reportedly has plans to issue a proposal, which would be one of the military’s largest orders of computer tablets. If correct, it would surely advance Apple’s

It appears that RIM is still struggling to sell its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, and having already slashed prices in a number of markets, the Canadian company is now giving it away for free in an attempt to lure Android developers over to the BlackBerry platform. Alec Saunders, RIM’s vice president of developer relations, announced on

  It looks as though Sprint is sending a couple of tablets and phones out to pasture by the end of the month, but one has to wonder what might be replacing them, if anything. According to an EoL (End of Life) document that SprintFeed has acquired, both the HTC EVO View 4G and the

Word on the street is that RIM is planning on releasing not one, but two new PlayBooks in 2012. According to N4BB RIM will be releasing a 7-inch and 10-inch PlayBook model this year. The 7-inch is expected to hit store shelves in April and come with 3G connectivity, while the 10-inch will launch in

Research In Motion (RIM) has updated the PlayBook tablet to BlackBerry Tablet OS 2, and we got a few minutes to go hands-on with it here in Las Vegas at CES 2012. What can we say about it?  It has a calendar … oh, and email.  You know, things that should have been there last year. Really

How about kicking off your new year with a new BlackBerry PlayBook? After all, there’s never been a better time to buy one, with RIM slashing the price of its debut tablet to make it cheaper than ever before. You can now purchase the 7-inch PlayBook — with 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB of storage —

If you didn’t wake up to that tablet you were hoping for on Christmas Day, then now seems like the perfect time to buy your own if you’re living in the U.K. British retailers have been slashing the price of tablets that have been struggling in recent months, with the HTC Flyer reduced to £199.99

Have RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook defenses been breached? That’s the claim being made by three intrepid hackers. If true, the exploit would be a monumental blow to Research In Motion’s sound security reputation. The hackers said a tool they’ve developed, aptly called DingleBerry, has allowed them to gain root access to the PlayBook. For the unfamiliar,

RIM has long said native email, contacts and calendar functionality was on the way for its BlackBerry PlayBook. Unfortunately, as was the familiar story with the Waterloo-based company throughout the year, more bad news than good has been hitting the airwaves. However, BlackBerry diehards finally have something to cheer for, as the company looks to be

It’s official, the BlackBerry PlayBook is now priced at a mere $199. We heard rumors of a PlayBook price drop last week, and today RIM made the move official with a tweet dropping the price to $199 “at select US & Canadian retailers.” Retailers specifically include: Walmart, BestBuy, Staples, Radio Shack, Office Depot, Office Max,

The various circulars for retailer’s Black Friday special deals are starting to leak out, and on that immediately caught several eyes was the price Staples will be charging for the BlackBerry PlayBook on the day. An anonymous tipster pointed us towards this listing on BFAds.net that shows the BlackBerry PlayBook will be marked down to

The massive portion of market share that RIM has previously enjoyed with its BlackBerry smartphones is quickly being taken away by the likes of the iPhone and Android-powered devices. RIM seems to have lost a little of its innovation alone the way, churning out middle-of-the-road handsets that just cannot compete with its rivals. And it

Steve Jobs never liked Flash Player for mobile devices, which is why you won’t find the software on Apple’s iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. He said that it wasn’t necessary for consuming web content, and that HTML5 would win on mobile devices instead. And it looks like Steve was right: Adobe is killing Flash Player