Leaks: New Blackberry Device Leaks, Possibly a Strom3?

A new Blackberry device has leaked!

Blackberry is the only manufacturer that allows this type of leak, most of the companies succeed in keeping the secret (at least partially) until the announcement date. With Blackberry is different, videos, complete specs and pics are leaked months before Blackberry announces the device. Anyway, like with the Storm2 which was leaked long before RIM made it official, the Blackberry (doesn’t have a name so lets call it Blackberry X) has leaked. The pictures pretty much reveal it in its entirety. However, that is all we know about this BB. It is not clear if it will be a Blackberry Storm3 or a Bold, it looks like it will be both. Seems like the screen will have touchscreen capabilities, that together with the D-Pad and the full keyboard could provide a Storm-Bold experience. Nothing is known about the device as far as specifications are concerned, we will let you know more about this possible Blackberry Storm3 when more info becomes available.

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Original Blackberry Storm To Be Discontinued? About Time!

Looks like the Original Blackberry Storm will be discontinued. If the rumors are correct, and they usually are in the Blackberry world, the Original Storm won’t be offered any more by the North American Carrier Verizon. The rumors started last week when Mobile and Wireless reported that investors and analysts were speculating that the Storm 9530 might be dropped from Verizon’s line-up. We think that it is very likely that Verizon will be discontinuing the Storm 9530 in the next few weeks, even more, we think that the Storm 9530 should have been discontinued as soon as the Storm2 came out. What was the point in keep selling a device that was so badly received by customers? The Storm should have left the stage when the Storm2 came out, then the Storm2 should have taken the stage silently avoiding any more problems with frustrated customers.

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Shazam ID For Storm2 Lets You Know The Name Of That Song! Free Storm2 Apps

This is one of those apps that amazes everyone, it is almost like magic.

Never happened to you that you keep hearing a song in the radio, the you wait for the station to name the song but they don’t? Or you are just listening to a song you are enjoying and would like to know the name? Well, that horrible feeling of not knowing the name of that cool song can be prevented with Shazam ID! Shazam is a really cool app, it will tell you exactly everything about the song you are currently listening to, and it will even show you a YouTube video of the song! But that is not all, you can tweet your discovery, or you could buy the song over the air with 7Digital.

You might say that this app is one of those ”theoretical” apps that don’t really work in the real life. Well, Shazam is not like that. Shazam was able to recognize even the most unknown songs you could imagine, it has a really high rate of accuracy. Shazam is not free, well, not really. You can use it for 5 songs a month without paying, if you will tag more than 5 songs a month then you will have to buy the app. You can download Shazam here: Get Shazam

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”Blackberry Super App” Will Bring Super Homescreen to the Storm?

I always thought that the homescreen from the Blackberry Storm could be more useful, it could have something more than the app shortcuts. And when looking at other platforms, Blackberry does need to do something, other manufacturers offer cool desktop screens with several screens and widgets.

Looks like RIM is working towards this, they are thinking about a better homescreen for different devices. A new image showing a Blackberry Storm with a whole new homescreen has been floating around the internet after it was used at the ”Super App” Blackberry-official webinar where developers were given a conference on how to make their Blackberry App, a Blackberry Super App. The pic shows a different homescreen where the user can access SMS, Calendar, Events and different social networks all from the homescreen. The image might have been used as an example for developers on how create better apps, but it also means that in fact RIM is looking forward to a new homescreen. Anyway, in whatever way a new homescreen might come, either in an app or an update, the Storm will surely thank for it.

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Have You Thought Of Making Your Own BB Themes? You Can With Theme Studio!

Some people just can’t find a theme that suits their personality. Other times, you would like to have a specific theme that no one has come up with, or you just have a great idea to improve one specific aspect of the UI. Whichever the reason is, the truth is, some of you would like to do your own themes. Well you can! I know a few people that started creating themes because they had a great idea that no one had thought about. You don’t need to be an expert, you don’t even have to know how it works, just patience is necessary, really. The magic about the internet and computer related stuff is that if you have patience, you can pretty much learn whatever you want: hey, I didn’t have the most remote idea how to set up a website, and here you are, hopefully I did a good job creating the Storm blog.

There are two excellent tutorials on how to start theming for your Blackberry. You can check part 1 and then part2. Remember you will need the Theme Studio, and probably Photoshop or GIMP if Photoshop is too expensive (it is).

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Super Apps Webinar Thursday February 25th

Last week during Mobile World Congress 2010, Mike Lazaridis, President and co-CEO of Research In Motion, introduced the concept of a “Super App”, representing a new class of mobile applications that make you wonder how you ever lived without them. I discussed this concept briefly in a BlackBerry Developer’s Blog post last week. I’m pleased to announce that tomorrow I will be hosting a developer webinar exclusively on the subject. You can find all the relevant details below. We hope to see you there!

Overview:
Learn how to make your application worthy of the title “Super App” by leveraging the unique capabilities of the BlackBerry platform.

In this webcast, we will introduce the concept of Super Apps for BlackBerry and show you how they offer a seamless, integrated and efficient experience. You’ll learn how to design Super Apps that BlackBerry smartphone users will not be able to live without.

Date: Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Time: 2:00 PM USA, CANADA (EST)

Presenter: Mike Kirkup, Director, Developer Relations

Webcast Registration Page

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MWC 2010 Follow Up: Interview with Adobe’s Serge Jespers

Last week in Barcelona, Spain, Adobe took part in the Mobile World Congress 2010 BlackBerry Developer Day keynote, demoing new tools to aid BlackBerry application development. I had a chance to sit down with Adobe Evangelist Serge Jespers, who took part in the keynote demos, for a brief chat. You can find our discussion about the partnership between Research In Motion and Adobe below. Enjoy!

Who are you and what is your role at Adobe?

I am an Adobe® Platform Evangelist and longtime Flash enthusiast. For more than 10 years I’ve been working with Flash to develop award-winning online experiences, including projects for Belgium’s largest media company in support of numerous TV shows such as Idols, Big Brother, and Miss Belgium. I became an Adobe certified freelance Flash designer/developer in 2004 and joined Adobe in 2007.

I believe you can do virtually anything with Adobe Flash®, and I’m eager to prove it. Born and raised in Belgium, I currently live near Antwerp when I’m not traveling all over Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) to spread the word about AIR, Flash, and Flex.

Tell us a little about what you previewed at the App Planet BlackBerry Developer Day keynote…

At App Planet we demoed some of the new workflows between Adobe’s creative tools and both the BlackBerry® and Adobe development environments. With the new BlackBerry plug-in for Adobe Illustrator® version X, it’s incredibly easy to create assets for different screen sizes. It also simplifies the designer’s communication with the developer as he only needs to import one file in to the BlackBerry application development environment he’s comfortable with. We’ve also demoed how you can soon build Flash based applications for BlackBerry® smartphones. With Flash Player support coming to BlackBerry smartphones later this year, this opens up a whole new world for Flash Developers and for BlackBerry users. With Adobe Device Central, developers can emulate their Flash based applications without even owning all the different BlackBerry smartphones. They can also use Adobe Device Central to test and tweak different screen resolutions and test the application as if it was running on the smartphone. A future version of Adobe Device Central will even allow you to test features like the accelerometer and multi-touch.

Tell us why this exciting for developers and designers. How will it make their lives easier?

Designers speak in pixels and developers speak in code. By providing tools like the ones we showed at App Planet, designers and developer almost speak the same language. The tools also make it easier for the designer to create graphic assets that look great on all BlackBerry smartphones and make it easier for developers to use those creative assets in the environments they feel most comfortable in. I’m also really excited to see the Flash Player coming to BlackBerry smartphones later this year. This is going to open up a whole new market for Flash Developers.

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