PlayBook/BlackBerry

News, reviews, how-to, apps and accessories to help you use PlayBook and BlackBerry from Research in Motion (RIM) for business and productivity.

Some CEOs set visionary goals, others are better at operations -- making sure products ship on time, profit margins stay high, etc. Steve Jobs was a visionary, his successor Tim Cook, is considered more of an operations guy.

Will the prosperous advent of phablets mean the recovery of the PC? Phablets, or smartphones with screen sizes between 5-8 inches are popping up all over the place and they’re having an interesting influence on how we view mobile devices.

Conquering the app store is a mighty task that requires developers get everything right from an attractive price to a stylish user interface, not to mention some kind of competitive advantage and value. TabTimes spoke with the App Quality Alliance about some of the key things developers can do to be successful publishing to an app store such as Apple's App Store or Google Play.

The common perception with respect to app stores is that there are just a few options. If you want a place to sell your app or if you’re looking for a place to buy an app, the mythology mandates that you go with an option provided by Apple or Google. But it's time for the truth to break through.

Canonical announced a tablet version of its Ubuntu operating system today and explained the enterprise-grade features which it hopes could see Ubuntu tablets vie with Apple and Microsoft in business.

The past week has brought a whirlwind of coverage surrounding the resurrection of BlackBerry. Opinions and analysis run the gamut from "too little, too late" to sincere admiration of a once mighty mobile player attempting to return to glory.

After 15 years of making predictions, with a track record that would have made you rich if you’d bet on them, I’ve been away from the practice for a couple of years. But I’m back at the game, with my best guesses for 2013.

Why do apps crash? Let us count the ways.

Research in Motion is in trouble. Once the golden boy of smartphones in enterprise and touted as a rival to Apple for tablets, the Canadian mobile maker has been hit with poor sales, software delays, staff exits and plummeting stock. So what does RIM have to do to survive?