Blackberry Tablet on sale, price is just $ 2 Million

Blackberry Tablet on sale, price is just $ 2 Million

Intense competition among manufacturers of tablet computers, forcing the Research In Motion (RIM) also lowered the price of their tablet computers, namely the Blackberry Playbook.

This is a price reduction to so many time because they are now until the tablet below the recommended retail price. Market because the price is less interested Playbook is deemed too expensive.

In the United States market, the Playbook is now priced at only U.S. $ 199.99 (approximately USD 2 million) for the 16 GB version, 299 U.S. dollars for the 32 GB, and 399 U.S. dollars for the 64 GB version. In fact, RIM suggested price for retail sales are still upwards of $ 300.

Sales discount is chosen because Playbook will keep falling sales since its launch, aka far below the target. During the first quarter (January to March) this year, RIM's sales at 500,000 units Playbook.

But entering the second quarter (April-June), its sales plunged by more than half to only 200,000 units. In fact, a Canadian vendor is set target of 700,000 units of sales in the second quarter of 2011.

Late last October RIM actually has begun to sell Playbook Playbook program Buy 2, Get 1 Free Playbook. This program is valid from October 28 until December 31, 2011 and applies to consumers or corporate businessmen who want to equip their employees with facilities Playbook.

RIM also provides a bonus of additional accessories such as leather Case, BlackBerry charging Pod and Hi-Speed ​​HDMI cable. Compared to similar products from competitors, the price is too high Playbook. Artificial Fire Amazon Kindle priced only 199 U.S. dollars, as well as the just released tablet Nook in the price of 249 U.S. dollars. Playbook also struggled against the domination iPad from Apple.

Co-CEO of RIM Jim Balsillie had been an early estimate of sales and business RIM's Playbook as a whole will slacken in the second quarter of 2011, following a decline that occurred in the first quarter of 2011. "We saw a reduction in the first quarter of 2011 will continue in the second quarter of 2011. Delay the introduction of new products until August this could lead to the decline," said Jim.

Last June, RIM's revenue fell 9 percent to 4.2 billion dollars compared to same period last year amounted to 4.6 billion U.S. dollars. Net profit also dropped to 329 million U.S. dollars from last year's 797 million U.S. dollars.

BlackBerry Bold Review 9850/9860: The Full touchscreen Torch

BlackBerry Bold Review 9850/9860: The Full touchscreen Torch

When I first heard that RIM made ​​another attempt at a full touchscreen device I was really excited, but then remembered that Blackberry fans could be the start of the storm is felt, then the second storm These devices definitely left a sour taste in the mouth when it comes to RIM, a full-touchscreen device. However, I believe the success of the Torch 9800 played a major role in the development of the Torch 9850/9860. RIM saw that there was a market for touchscreen BlackBerrys and decided to go ahead with the full touchscreen Torch. I would say that the most impressive features of this device Liquid Graphics and the powerful 1.2 GHz processor. Read on to get the full scoop on RIM's first successful full-touchscreen device.

Size, Weight and Feel
The Blackberry 9850/9860 Torch has a really sleek design and elegant appearance. When you first pick it up immediately feels great in your hands, especially because it horizontally as it re-curved ends for a whole new feel for games and tap the Full Screen Keyboard has held. It is a very respectable screen size of 3.7 "and solid construction make the phone feel like it was done well and not with cheap plastics. The battery compartment is made of metal and gives it a nice solid feel, however, it is a little on the weight weighs. With a weight of 4.76 ounces 1 ounce, or about 20% less than in the 9810th Torch

I have put this device in the hands of several people (including my wife, who has a style 9670) and asked what she thought of the size, weight and feel. I received very positive feedback from them, and they all seemed very happy weight. She commented on the fact that it felt like a really solid phone. Even my wife said that she does not like touch screen devices, but they really enjoyed the styling and placement of buttons, especially the full stop button on the top of the unit.

Compass
It makes me really happy to see that RIM has gone for useful technology in their phones and listen to what people want. The torch comes fully loaded 9850/9860 with a digital compass, which is the use of applications such as augmented reality application allows Wikitude.

As great as this feature is, I do not really think it'll answer that, as I always found myself quite frustrated perfected to calibrate the compass several times while trying to use it. I found myself tilting and rotating the phone while walking on the street. I was always very strange looks from people wondering what the hell was I doing on my phone.

MixMentor HD for BlackBerry Playbook features recipes and drinking games

MixMentor HD for BlackBerry Playbook features recipes and drinking games

Tablets have a lot of applications and such use shall be kept in the kitchen for recipes and distraction during cooking. If you have a text book and a cocktail lover, you should definitely check out MixMentor HD. The app is a fully equipped Mixology application that provides a large selection (over 500) of the cocktail and food recipes and a large collection of drinking games and terminology.

MixMentor HD is one in a series of MixMentor applications, both for the Playbook and the smartphone. The applications are all drinks and food recipes. Depending on whether the app is free or paid, the amount of recipes that you can access.

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9790 not later than 25 November will be launched

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9790 not later than 25 November will be launched

Research in Motion (RIM) has recently announced BlackBerry Bold 9790 and Curve 9380 running OS7 on the latest BlackBerry. According to reports, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 is on shelves in the 25th November hit. The unit is scheduled to arrive in Indonesia and then come in different countries.

According to reports, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 at EUR 380, which is about Rs prices. 27,000. The BlackBerry 9790 is a 3G-enabled GSM smartphone with a 2.45-inch TFT touch display. It has a traditional physical QERTY and optical trackpad. The device supports various applications including Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), push e-mail. In addition, feed provides for social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. It has a 5MP camera with LED flash and auto focus function. For connectivity, the device supports GPRS, Bluetooth, 3G, Wi-Fi. Check out below a video preview of the new BlackBerry Bold 9790th

Yahoo! Koprol integrated BlackBerry Messenger 6

Yahoo! Koprol integrated BlackBerry Messenger 6

Indonesia's first location-based social networking site Yahoo! Koprol on Monday announced its integration with the latest version of Blackberry Messenger 6 (BBM6), improving the users of mobile social experience.

The integration allows users of the latest features of the two Koprol and BBM6 and have a seamless experience on both platforms.

"BBM6 integration was the right strategy for Yahoo!. Well, Indonesians can be a great social experience across multiple platforms and enjoy the flexibility of connecting with their contacts on one of the largest mobile social networks," Yahoo! said Indonesia country manager Pontus Sonnerstedt Monday in a press statement received by The Jakarta Post.

Yahoo! co-founder Satya Witoelar Koprol added that Yahoo! Koprol was part of the User Experience in the search for friends in real life.

"The availability of Yahoo! Koprol BBM6 to allow a simple check-ins, and allows users to find other Koprollers profile information, to consolidate content on popular topics, and local social events and even reward users for being social," said Satya.

One of the characteristics of integration is the chat functionality in which users in real time with other users via a Koprol BBM6 API can chat by simply downloading the latest version of Koprol.

Within the Koprol Blackberry interface, users will be able to see and follow other users who chat in the vicinity and as hell with them, without a Blackberry PIN.

Blackberry Play Book 2.0: What's new, what remains the same, and what's coming?

Will RIM's Playbook 2.0 operating system finally provide users with a tablet, worthy of the Blackberry brand?

While most users have to wait until February 2012, at her first taste of research revised In Motion QNX to get OS for the Blackberry Playbook, a developer of Playbook OS was build 2.0 available for download beta zone of RIM since mid-October.

While it is too early to tell at once whether or not the changes RIM has put on the playbook, the cowed tablet in the eyes of experts and consumers to redeem, we can offer you some of what has changed, what remains the same and what needs to be implemented.

What's new?

Folders
Playbook owner be pleased to know that it is now possible to group your applications into folders by dragging and dropping together in the same way as they have on a IOS device.

Goodbye designated tabs
With text book 2.0, RIM has done away with the pre-named All-tabs, Internet, Media, and Blackberry in the first iteration of the tablet operating system games seen. Instead, users are now allowed to organize their work, as it suits them. It is possible to install all your applications and folders on a single, scrollable page or to your tablet applications on multiple tabs, the spawn or disappear as needed, to organize if unused. We found that for a lot less confusing, more customizable user experience made

Favorites
Apps that are used more often to be considered a favorite strip at the top of the OS GUI. No matter what screen scroll or how many applications you have available at a time, your favorites will always be easily accessible and ready to start.

Android applications

Android applications

The way that RIM has put Android apps run on OS 2.0 Playbook is a thing of beauty. We tested several, and all were able to preserve their flavor Google functionality, but use of that playbook respectable internal hardware and OS is multitasking performance. The end result was satisfactory.

What stays the same?

Speed
Right out of the box, QNX has always felt that respond remarkably, even if with a view to the raw processing power of Tegra 2 Android-powered hardware and Apple's iPad second After using the developer's Playbook 2.0 build for a number of weeks, we find that the tablet provides a more pleasing user experience zippy, with several local and Android applications run simultaneously in the background.

Battery Life
The Playbook battery life has never been one of his socks. Although the performance you play over a day at work, a few games on the way home often leaves the unit depleted energy reserves. From what we saw during the test, this has not changed.

Start time
Initialization and the restart of the playbook has always been a painfully slow process. This has not changed with version 2.0 of the operating system.

What remains to be seen?

Blackberry Messenger
RIM Blackberry Messenger cites compatibility problems with the new OS playbook as the main reasons for the delay the launch until 2012. To ensure that the company's customers an optimal user to get experience of the push-messaging application, has said RIM that BBM is a series of closed beta testing to be subjected to selected corporate customers to ensure that everything works as it should be. This means that, apart from have leaked information are we likely feel no sense of what the finished product as in form or function until it is released publicly.

Native email and calendar applications
It is rumored that RIM's efforts Blackberry Exchange Server has to offer some support for QNX borne fruits rather unstable. While this is not a problem for users who might their e-mail and calendars from their BlackBerry smartphone to their playbook power, this impact on individuals, the use of RIM's tablet as a standalone unit productivity. Will RIM forced to renounce the use of BES services in favor of a more QNX-friendly format, such as IMAP, POP, or Exchange ActiveSync CalDAV, the work to be done? Once again it is very likely that we know only in February.