RIM releases 3 new smartphones, debuts BlackBerry OS 7

 RIM just announced its long awaited new lineup of BlackBerry 7 OS smartphones. With more than 225 carriers around the world completing certification programs for the new devices, this will be RIM’s largest global launch ever. The new line consists of the following:

• BlackBerry Bold 9900 Series:
• BlackBerry Torch 9810:
• BlackBerry Torch 9850 and 9860: 

Through the new BlackBerry 7 operating system, users will enjoy a much smoother and faster BlackBerry experience: 

• Faster browsing
• Proprietary Liquid Graphics technology for seamless touch screen navigation
• Voice activated universal search
• New augmented reality experiences that can be seamlessly integrated with BBM 6
• A comprehensive list of pre-installed apps, including: BBM 6, BlackBerry® App World, BlackBerry Balance, BlackBerry Protect, and more.

Review: Kobo Touch Navy Book Style Cover

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The Kobo Reader Touch Edition has quickly become our favourite eReader device. It has a great library of available books, newspapers and magazines plus the perfect handheld and touch-based for factor that's ideal to take anywhere. We were soon looking for a case that would complement the device and found the Book Style Cover.

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Adobe releases Edge beta, a new HTML5-based animation tool

Adobe recently released the beta of Adobe Edge, a new web motion and interaction design tool that allows designers to bring animated content to websites, using web standards like HTML5 (Hypertext Markup Language for describing Web pages), JavaScript (the programming language used for Web apps), and CSS3 (Cascading Style Sheets for formatting and animation effects).

While Flash is a huge part of Adobe's business, we learned during interviews with Mark Anders (above) this year that HTML5 animation and motion graphics is also something that Adobe is working on supporting. What's the big deal with HTML5, it is an emerging standard that should work on all platforms without any plugins so it can be even more ubiquitous than Flash in the long run. Developers who are interested can download the beta here.

Samsung blocked from selling Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia

Australians wanting to buy Samsung's new Galaxy Tab 10.1" inch will have to wait or buy the Android tablet elsewhere. This is a result of a court injunction won by Apple against Samsung. This means Samsung can't sell the tablet “until [Samsung] wins court approval or the lawsuit is resolved,” according to a report by Bloomberg. 

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