Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins is promising to restore the BlackBerry phone’s stature as a trailblazing device even as many investors fret about its potential demise. Heins took the stage Tuesday at a conference for mobile applications developers to rally support for the upcoming release of BlackBerry 10, a new operating system that Research In Motion Ltd. is touting as its salvation after years of blundering wiped out some $80 billion in shareholder wealth.

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With RIM ready to push focus on BB10 devices coming next year, more news and leaks of Blackberry Playbook 10 inch could indicate only a possible launch soon. Specs include a  7,250 mAh battery, 10-inch frame, the tablet also includes a SIM holder and cellular radio, possible  4G or 3G (HSPA+) radio waves.

No actual information on hardware on the inside or outside. But there appear to be bigger cameras and a beefier processor. 

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Everything may seem horribly wrong at Rim but all is not lost , when the company shows up with good numbers in at least one sector. The Blackberry App World just registered 3 billion app downloads it’s seen since the launch. According to RIM, that number amounts to 2.5 million downloads a day. At present, there are 90,000 apps available through the mobile app market.

[Inside BlackBerry]

The Waterloo Record  reports that RIM is all set to lay off unto or more than 6000 of its staff in an effort to save US $ 1 Billion in expenses, as a part of their cost cutting drive.  It’s believed that between 2,000 and 6,000 employees could be let go as the troubled company attempts to save $1 billion by the end of the fiscal year.

According to reports the manufacturing team has been hit the hardest with hundreds of people already been laid of in the past 24 hours. 

[The Waterloo Record]

A developer working on the Playbook has been able to  run iOS apps on the BlackBerry PlayBook. The developer likens his project to WINE, which doesn’t do hardware emulation, but rather relies on a custom set of APIs to make the apps boot and run on the Playbook. The dependency of the said port is only possible properly if the app does not rely on Apple’s UIWebView or CoreData frameworks. businesscat2000 the developer, has yet to make the software publicly available, although he’s expressed a bit of interest. It remains to be seen whether this project will ever see the light of day.

check out the demo videos posted by him below.

RIM announced a partnership with Gameloft that will see the developer offer a number of mobile titles by the time the new platform launches later this year. Shark Dash, Ice Age Village, Oregon Trail and, of course, N.O.V.A 3: Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance will be all available among others, and their prices will range from free – US $ 6.99.

We are thrilled to be able to bring some of our most popular titles to the BlackBerry 10 platform,BlackBerry 10 customers can look forward to enjoying a slew of high-quality games of all genres , including the tremendously successful Shark Dash and Ice Age Village, with an improved gaming experience all [...]

Dolphin Browser is one of the most popular mobile browsers on iOS and on Android, and now its available with dev permissions on the Blackberry App World. Now you can finally replace the controversial Blackberry browser.

Currently only supported on the Playbook, and an older version of 7.2 vs the 7.5 available on Android, You can hit the App world on your tab to download it today.

[BlackBerry App World]

So the Blackberry Playbook has finally started getting 2.0 update for its OS. Check for updates via Settings on your tablet and you should see it. The update includes improvements like native email, calendar and contacts, integration with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn,  new Bridge functions, and access to the Android apps in BB App World. 

We will soon have a hands on video, stay tuned.

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