Research In Motion today announced BlackBerry® Management Center – a free online service* for small businesses to centrally manage company-or employee-owned BlackBerry® smartphones in the cloud and protect business-related content stored on the handsets. The service is designed for businesses with up to 100 BlackBerry smartphones that access email services from an Internet service provider (ISP) or web-based email services like Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo!. Continue reading »
Mobile Banking Zitmo Trojan attacks Android Handsets
Apple, Applications, BlackBerry OS, Google Android, Mobile Industry News, RIM BlackBerry
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Jul 252011
It was only time that eventually smartphones would start being seriously targeted by malicious software in the same way as home PCs.
For a while, Windows have been doing Battle with Zeus, a Russian malware which has been designed to steal peoples’ banking information, allowing funds to be transferred from their accounts, in some cases to be emptied.
A new version named Zitmo (Zeus In The MObile) has now started attacking Android based smartphones. It poses as a banking activation application that says that it must be installed in order to proceed. Once done, it intercepts SMS messages that some banks use to notify users of access codes in order to authorise transactions. Continue reading »
BBC Conduct a Study of Mobile Phone Coverage
Applications, Google Android, HTC, LG, Mobile Industry News, Motorola, Other, Samsung, Sony Ericsson
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Jul 222011
The BBC announced this week that it will start a study on the current state of the UK’s mobile network coverage.
It is asking users of Android handsets to download an application that will measure the 3G outdoor coverage via GPS. The app has been developed by network analysis firm Epitiro who have in the past done study work for Ofcom.
The app runs in the background and collects data on the type of connection it sees is available and uses GPS to estimate the handset’s location. Once it has finished the study, the BBC are hoping to post the results on a clickable map. What users can see immediately when they use the app is a graph showing 3G, 2G connections and no coverage results split by percentage. They can also see a map showing their current location, although as this is done by GPS, the accuracy of the map is dictated by the type of GPS the handset has. Continue reading »
RIM posts a refreshed update v1.0.7.2670 for PlayBook
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Jul 212011
Still no news on the addition of the resident Email client. However this update has added 2 new apps/links i.e. BBC News and iPlayer. Under settings there is now the option to put the PlayBook into Flight Mode, which will turn off all wireless commuincations on the device.
RIM have also made available the latest User Guide for Blackberry PlayBook 1.0.7.
Latest BlackBerry Playbook update 1.0.7 now available
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Jul 192011
20 July 2011: Update – RIM have pulled this update stating “Some users were experiencing issues with Bridge & 1.0.7. We expect to release an update with a fix later this week.”
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BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet. BlackBerry® Tablet OS v1.0.7 is available today and introduces a variety of new features and enhancements. Continue reading »
Jul 182011
There are two browsers on the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet, the tablet browser and the Bridge Browser which you can use over a BlackBerry® Bridge™ connection to your BlackBerry® smartphone. Continue reading »
Jun 302011
This new version brings media sync support for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Before you could copy files over to the PlayBook over USB or Wi-Fi but this new version lets you use Desktop Manager to sync your music, photos, and videos with iTunes and iPhoto over USB.
Features include the ability to backup/restore your device and sync contacts, calendar and media files. To use this you must have Mac OS X v10.5.8 and above, a BlackBerry that runs OS 4.2 or higher and iTunes v7.7.1 or later.
Here is the complete list of changes.
You can download the new version at www.blackberry.com/mac
BlackBerry PlayBook initial setup
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Jun 132011
When a BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet is first started there is an initial setup wizard to complete before the device can be fully used. To start, swipe the screen to move past the welcome page. The first step is to connect to a Wi-Fi network. Continue reading »
BlackBerry Playbook Update v1.0.5.2304 Now Available
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Jun 072011
BlackBerry have released a new update for their PlayBook OS. Look out for the update notification in the status ribbon or the settings menu under Software Updates.
New BlackBerry Tablet OS v1.0.5 features: Continue reading »
Extract information from a BlackBerry smartphone using the loader.exe or bbdm command line tool
Applications, RIM BlackBerry, Technical Advisories
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Jun 012011
Command line tools are provided for extracting information such as device event logs and screen shots from BlackBerry® smartphones.
Windows
Open a command prompt. (“Run As Administrator” maybe required on some configurations)
For computers using a 32-bit version of Windows®, type: cd C:\Program Files\Common Files\Research in Motion\Apploader\
For computers using a 64-bit version of Windows, type: cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Research In Motion\Apploader\
Run the loader.exe command as needed to extract the required information from the BlackBerry smartphone. Continue reading »
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