PlayBook sell-off expenditures RIM half a billion dollars

When a company features people an motivation, they give up a little bit of revenue in the wants of raising sales. That is what RIM did to the BlackBerry PlayBook lately — and man, did they ever give up. According to RIM’s Q3 financial announcement, they are composing off $485 thousand in PlayBook-related failures.

The announcement sent RIM stocks eroding to $17, the same price they fetched at the beginning gong on Friday day. The distinct fall damaged week-long results, and toss an even longer darkness on the Canada technology poster young children.

It was not all gloom and problems, luckily. RIM delivered around 14.1 thousand BlackBerry mobile phone devices in the third fraction, which is certainly outstanding. Based on what we generally go through about RIM currently, you will think they were having problems all the way around. In fact, they are still promoting mobile phone devices, still offering high-margin business services to organizations around the planet, and still dancing.

And PlayBook lovers, take heed: RIM promises that it’s not going to back down the way HP did with the TouchPad. RIM’s cherubic frontman Robert Laziridis says the PlayBook is still a gripping pill, and he’s assured that the March up-date to OS 2.0 will make it even more eye-catching to people.

That up-date is offering several important parts of features to the PlayBook. Moreover to including long-absent mail, work schedule, and acquaintances applications, Android mobile phone app service is originating. In fact, when designer Bob Go lately based his PlayBook, he acquired that the PlayBook can run the Android mobile phone Market app and even obtain and set up applications — without any need to use RIM’s repackaging techniques.

source: geek.com

RIM’s PlayBook may run Android apps

A major concern for the launch of a new hardware platform is that there will be enough applications available to stimulate demand. Research In Motion (RIM) may seek to minimize this problem in terms of its playbook tablet that lets you run applications built for another mobile operating system. Specifically, in addition to operating its own applications, RIM said it intends to allow applications to run on Android and the tablet.

Such a move would be a huge boost to the number of applications available for the playbook, because there are more than 130,000 applications available for Android OS. In comparison, only 20,000 applications available on the world of RIM BlackBerry App Bloomberg reports that RIM is the development platform for the inmate and will be available in the second half of this year. If RIM join this program, which would mean that the capacity would be available after the official launch of the book's game is scheduled for the first quarter.

ViewSonic puts Windows 7 and Android on one 10-inch tablet

Windows 7 is the best operating system from Microsoft so far, but it is true only on the desktop, the forum has been designed. The tablets, it is terrible, so the interface and the management point of view of power, but Windows 8 is not out of a couple of years at least ... but in the meantime, many business users still want a tablet, which allows them to use their existing software for the PC.

ViewSonic has an interesting solution for those customers. ViewPad 10Pro is ten-inch tablet dual-boot functionality, which provides business users the ability to download up to Windows 7 Professional, where they are while otherwise living in Android 2.2 Froyo.

Inside, we're talking about ARM, we are talking about, thanks to the Intel Atom Oak Trail. In fact, this netbook is more round and offers 1024 x 600 LED-backlit display, five megapixel camera, microSD card slot for expansion, 3G, 802.11 b / g WiFi and Bluetooth.

You can see what ViewSonic is going to be here, but honestly, this is the kind of worst of both worlds. Professional Windows 7 just is not going to work well the tablet, and the Android 2.2 Froyo not have the same tablet: Android is not really ready for the tablets before the honeycomb.

What is Frankenstein. Pricing and release yet, but if you are in Barcelona, you can stop by the booth to see Sonic 10Pro ViewPad.

Sprint will unveil dual-screen Android phone

Shortly after the iPhone Verizon began in mid-January last month Sprint sent a mysterious invitation to a press conference in New York with an appearance by the magician David Blaine. At that time, speculation that Sprint would also get the iPhone, now AT & T exclusivity has expired.

Well, Sprint will be tonight at six, and if a report in the Wall Street Journal is anything to go by, is a strange lot from another company to get the iPhone. In contrast, the WSJ sources say that Sprint will launch the Eco Kyocera smartphone, a phone designed to meet the areas and the smartphone platform with a unique dual screen design.

Apparently, the Echo will run Android and be a true multi-tasking device, applications do not only run in the background, but to allow two applications running side by side, like a desktop operating system. This design also allows items to be dragged and shared between the crystals.

Does the phone look strange to you? Kyocera and Sprint are putting much emphasis on his new hinge design allows two screens to refresh the echo that folds with a screen behind the other, making a device in a more traditional single screen. Presumably, this "magic" of the ability of Kyocera Echo is that you can blame David Blaine on appearance.

We know everything in an hour and a half, but if you are waiting for the echo of Kyocera using Sprint's WiMAX network, think again: Unfortunately, the Wall Street Journal reports that the echo is a single case 3G.