Category Archives: Mobile

Back in December I took a quick drive down to New York City for a BlackBerry party with a few friends. Turns out RIM liked what we had to say at the party because we made it into the video … Continue reading →

After reading Ebscer’s blog post about the majority of Pixelated’s downloads being from Canada, I was curious to know whether the same would be true for my app, Temp Notes. Using the App World download reports, I found that my … Continue reading →

I have found a new obsession: BBM Music. When I first tested out BBM Music I thought the service was a bit stupid: “You want me to pay monthly to access a limited number of songs?!” But I decided to … Continue reading →

My BlackBerry PlayBook app Temp Notes has been on BlackBerry App World since the day the PlayBook was released. After the first couple of days, downloads stayed fairly level, besides a bump when I updated the app. The rounds of discounts … Continue reading →

I first caught a sneak preview of the much anticipated update to the PlayBook at the BlackBerry Innovation Forum in Ottawa back in November. RIM’s Paul Steel showed off the new email, contacts, and calendar applications to the audience, and … Continue reading →

Below is a picture of the BlackBerry Torch 9860 in white. I have not seen this Torch in white on any of RIM’s websites, perhaps this is the first picture of it? No information on when, or even if, RIM … Continue reading →

As Sian and I finished up our last exams of our university degrees RIM held a contest called #BBMUglySweater. To enter the contest you needed to download the BBM Avatar Maker app to your BlackBerry, create an avatar of yourself … Continue reading →

Tomorrow morning at 4am I will be driving from Toronto down to New York City for RIM’s #BBMUglySweater Party at the Aspen Social Club. The party is to showcase some of their latest apps and BlackBerry 7 smartphones. I am … Continue reading →

UPDATE March 9, 2012: The Source just posted RIM’s “Keyboard With Case for BlackBerry PlayBook” for pre-order, shipping March 23rd, 2012. Check it out here: http://www.thesource.ca/estore/product.aspx?language=en-CA&catalog=Online&category=BBPlaybook-Accessories&product=8002432 I always find it interesting to see which of my blog posts get the … Continue reading →

Since Apple released iOS 5 my iPad has seemingly become more and more broken as each day passes. The latest problem is app icons randomly disappearing. While not a showstopper, it does make finding apps incredibly frustrating. Here is what … Continue reading →