BlackBerry Torch 9810 Features and Specifications

The BlackBerry 9810 Torch 2 has now been officially announced and we now have a a full specs list of the device. If this is a device you are considering to purchase, you might want to take a look at the full list of specs. Here is a sneak peak on the Blackberry:

BlackBerry Torch 9810 Features and Specifications:

• Size (LxWxD):
  Closed: 111mm x 62mm x 14.6mm
  Open: 147.6mm x 62mm x 14.6mm
• Display:
  3.2″ high-resoultion touch display
• Software:
  BlackBerry7 OS
• Battery Life:
  GSM talk time: Up to 6.5 hours
  GSM standby time: up to 12.8 days
  UMTS talk time: up to 5.9 hours
  UMTS standby time: up to 12.3 days
  Audio playback time: up to 54 hours
  Video playback time: up to 7 hours

iSpeech Translator for BlackBerry AND the BlackBerry PlayBook

 

From the people who brought you DriveSafe.ly, the application that speaks your text messages, comes iSpeech Translator. Yes, friends, the iSpeech Translator is available for the PlayBook and any BlackBerry smartphone that runs OS 1.0 and higher, in any country, on any carrier. Unless your BlackBerry is half a decade old, you too can run iSpeech Translator. Even better, iSpeech offers a free, fully-functional version of the app.

Okay, enough of the infomercial. iSpeech Translator is an easy to use application that’s designed to make it easy get good translations on the go. In my own experience, the app is rather accurate in its translations, free from the simple errors you often see in machine-translated language. Even native speakers (who speak English as a second language) agree; iSpeech Translator is remarkably accurate.

More Live Photos Of The BlackBerry Touch 9860!

It’s been a little while since we’ve seen some live photos of the rumored BlackBerry Touch 9860 smartphone, also known as the Monaco and Monza. A few weeks ago we saw two brief videos that showed a nice bit of the device. As a reminder, this device will supposedly have a 1.2GHz processor, OpenGL ES 2.0, 5-megapixel camera with 720p video recording, will run BlackBerry 7 (formerly BlackBerry 6.1) and more. This photo must be recent since the Touch 9860 in it is already running OS 7.0. Is anyone exciting for this device or are you more excited for the Bold 9900 like I am? Apparently the poster of these pics took them with the new Bold Touch.

Check out some bigger photos below!

Welcome a New R and B musician Wyne Solo to the NHCBBA DJS/Artists Alliance

Star music management is proud to present WYEN SOLO with her new Song Named ( SMILE )….

Who is a 22 yr old female singer/songwritter who is at present recording an album with groove odyssey records in london england.

Wyen’s debut single smile was licenced to universal records and was put out on the rnb love songs collection 2011 that was released at the beginning of the year.

International house legends Bobby & Steve along side executive producer Michael Hughs also done a house mix to the track that has taken the house seen by storm,  the track is being played by lots of radio dj’s pirate and mainstream and on a lot of internet radio stations also, Wyen has also done lots of radio interviews,  shows,  meet and greets and guest appearances.

Provided By: Star Music Management also (The Lab Recordings)

BlackBerry Java SDK v7.0 to be made available soon

Now that the BlackBerry Bold 9900 series has been announced, along with BlackBerry 7 a whole subset of features are going to be rolled out. While the environment itself is not much of a stray from the current BlackBerry smartphone SDK it does offer a whole new set of API to make use of as well as, a whole new subset of features in which developers can leverage to make their applications better. Looking at the new features developers will have have access to:

• OpenGL ES 2.0, taking advantage of the new graphics chip, allows you to create games rich in compelling graphics.
• Window Manager API, also taking advantage of the new graphics chip and increased device horsepower, allows you to overlay OpenGL or any other UI component on top of anything you want, including camera and video.
• Compass APIs, taking advantage of the new magnetometer sensor, allows you to determine the device’s orientation and direction. When combined with Window Manager API, enables the creation of augmented reality applications.
• Near Field Communication (NFC) APIs, taking advantage of the new NFC radio, allows you to read and emulate virtual tags and create rich solutions for payment and m-commerce.
• Video capture APIs updated with support for HD video recording, taking advantage of the improved camera, allows your application to provide the user with the same high end media experience they get from the core apps.

Quite a wide array there but — that’s not all that is coming with the new SDK, make sure you jump on past the break for more items that are geared toward deeper integration with in apps.

• Send Menu API, allowing apps to share content with contacts the same way that core apps do, by adding a “Send…” menu to their apps.
• Unified Search API has been updated, making integration with this device feature easier than ever before and allowing more control of indexed keywords.
• BlackBerry® Maps API has also been updated, simplifying how data is overlaid on top of BlackBerry Maps. Couple that with support for geofencing and the ability to overlay complex shapes and polygons, and you’ve got the richest integration with BlackBerry Maps to date.
• Options API has evolved to match the new look and feel of the BlackBerry 6 options screens, allowing third party apps to add their own entries into the options screen including an icon and descriptive text.
• Multimedia API has added support for buffer control for playback and bitrate definition for video recording.
• Barcode API has been updated to support ZXing 1.6 and allow for the definition of custom decorders.

Although it’s still in beta form currently, Research In Motion has plans to roll the BlackBerry Java SDK v7.0 out to developers this month. Something you’ll want to be sure to grab of you’re looking to ensure your apps will work on the forthcoming BlackBerry Bold 9900 series devices.

via:cb

Making it happen with BlackBerry – A new video from RIM starring recording artist Maluca!

 

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Here’s another of these fun videos from RIM showing how people in different walks of life use BlackBerry in different ways. This one, titled “Making it happen with BlackBerry”, gives us a look at how recording artist Maluca uses her BlackBerry Torch in her daily life. From organizing rehearsals with her dancers through BBM to recording voice notes of song ideas and videos of dance routines, Maluca relies heavily on her Torch to keep her organized and in contact with people who matter.

RIM has made quite a few of these videos. You can check them all out at the source link below!

Source: YouTube

Exclusive: New BlackBerry Curve Malibu Touch Image and Specs!

While the BlackBerry apollo and sedona are looking to be the next update to the entry level BlackBerry Curve line in a non-touchscreen format, following those devices a touchscreen variant is on the way. Pictured above is the BlackBerry codenamed malibu, the CDMA flavor of what will likely go to market as the BlackBerry Curve Touch, which is slated to be released in late 2011/early 2012 as the first Curve to lack a keyboard. Proposed Specs include:

• Processor: Qualcomm MSM 8655 800MHz CPU
• Radio: CDMA – EvDo Rev A
• Display: 3.25″ 480×360 HVGA
• Navigation: Trackpad & Nav Keys
• Keypad: Virtual QWERTY
• Camera: 5 MP (with HD Video recording)
• Memory: 1GB Flash + 512MB RAM, Hot Swap MicroSD slot
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• GPS: Autonomous & A-GPS
• Connectivity: NFC, Micro USB, Bluetooth 2.1
• Sensors: Ambient Light Sensor, accelerometer

While the malibu is the CDMA Curve Touch, it only makes sense that a GSM version is in the works too. Looking like a sweet entry level BlackBerry!

via: cb

Eavesdropping Laws Need to Be Updated to Account for Smartphones

Another example of just how outdated these recording laws are: police departments in other states are creating their own apps that directly violate the eavesdropping laws of other states.

There is a growing trend of recording and reporting incidents by the public via smartphones/mobiles these days. The trend covers events such as the police killing a man near the BART system, a plane crashing in the Hudson, tragic moments from the Iranian elections, and countless more. Recording the world around you has become commonplace in today’s society. Just take a look at the site CrowdReel, which publishes pictures from Twitter streams around the world.

Recently, a case has brought to light outdated eavesdropping laws in Illinois and 11 other states. The case involves two individuals who recorded public officials (one of which used her BlackBerry) because they wanted a record of what was said for their own personal protection. This act landed them potential sentences of 15 years in prison (the sentence is much greater when it involves a public official versus a civilian).

In Canada, a lawful party to a call that starts and ends in Canada can record that call if they are doing so for a personal or journalistic reason and not a commercial purpose (via @privacylawyer). The reason for this is straight forward: it’s natural to want to record instances where you feel threatened, and if you’re in public, you have a reasonable expectation of being photographed/recorded. By making it illegal to record a public official unless they give consent, you’re not allowing the public to adequately protect themselves against someone who may be abusing their power.

Reason Magazine, a libertarian publication, sums up the situation nicely:

Police across the country are using decades-old wiretapping statutes that did not anticipate iPhones or Droids, combined with broadly written laws against obstructing or interfering with law enforcement, to arrest people who point microphones or video cameras at them. Even in the wake of gross injustices, state legislatures have largely neglected the issue. Meanwhile, technology is enabling the kind of widely distributed citizen documentation that until recently only spy novelists dreamed of. The result is a legal mess of outdated, loosely interpreted statutes and piecemeal court opinions that leave both cops and citizens unsure of when recording becomes a crime.

It’s about time that these states wake up to the pace of technological change. Eavesdropping laws need to be interpreted in a way that balances the original intent with today’s smartphone reality.

 

VIA: bc

Using Your Blackberry In Illinois Could Send You To Prison

This is one of those technology and legal stories that is hard to believe in this day and age. If you are in Illinois, you better be careful where you point your cameraphone or voice recorder. Chris Drew, a Chicago artist, and Tiawanda Moore, a former stripper, are facing up to 15 years in prison for eavesdropping, according to a story in the Chicago News Cooperative. Drew used an Olympus voice recorder to commit his crime and Moore used her Blackberry.

Moore is scheduled to go on trial early next month for recording Internal Affairs investigators when she filed a sexual harassment complaint. Moore claims the investigators tried to get her to drop her complaint, so she took out her Blackberry and started a recording which resulted in her arrest. Drew goes on trial in April for recording his conversation with Chicago police officers, without their permission, when he was arrested for selling art without a permit. It’s just a misdemeanor to sell art with no permit, but the voice recorder is causing much bigger problems.

Both are being charged under the rarely enforced The Illinois Eavesdropping Act, which makes it illegal to audio-record either private or public conversations without the consent of all parties. Illinois is one of 12 states with “two-party consent” eavesdropping laws on the books.

BlackBerry Dakota (Montana?) Specs Apparently leak out

Here is an interesting news piece for the day. Remember the BlackBerry Montana we’ve just been talking about, that is a bold/touchscreen hybrid? Well, apparently some specs have come out that line-up very closely with yesterday’s announcements of OS 6.1 application platform. This device used to be called the Dakota, but we’re certain it is going by ‘Montana’. Nevertheless, check out the rumored specs:

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• Tri-band UMTS
• 5 megapixel camera with HD video recording, flash, and image stabilization
• 4GB of built in storage, 768MB of RAM
• 2.8-inch VGA 640×480 capacitive screen
• WiFi b,g,n on 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies
• 3G mobile hotspot!
• MicroUSB port
• Bluetooth
• NFC
• Magnetometer
• Accelerometer
• Proximity sensor
• 10.5mm thin
• Launches with BlackBerry OS 6.1

via BGR