A round of leaks today has potentially pinpointed the second week of April as the launch window for RIM's slick seven-inch PlayBook. An email purportedly sent out by Sears up in Canada confirms earlier echoes, informing buyers that the device will up for grabs on April 10, with preorders possibly beginning as soon as tomorrow. On top of that, an image from Staples' backend sent to Crackberry pegs a 33-day count down to start on the 15th, which lines up nicely with another leaked shot denoting an "ad date" of April 17. We've also received an unconfirmed tip from a Sprint rep saying that the PlayBook would be landing on the 15th, along with an a smattering of cases and a... stylus? Finally, we've been sent shots of some PlayBook signage apparently on display in a Future Shop in Canada highlighting the device's multitasking capabilities, reminding us "it's whats on the inside that counts." Oddly, the same signage mistakenly attaches the Xoom moniker, though we'd imagine that's just a blunder on the retailer's part. Of course, all of this is still completely unconfirmed by RIM itself, so until we hear otherwise, anything could happen. Signage shot after the break, and other photo goodness available at the source links.

Continue reading BlackBerry PlayBook launch-date palooza: tablet to finally drop in mid-April?

BlackBerry PlayBook launch-date palooza: tablet to finally drop in mid-April? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  CrackBerry, CrackBerry Forums, Willw.net  | Email this | Comments

EARTHLINK DST SYSTEMS DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES DIODES INORATED DIEBOLD

Survey shows the many advantages of virtual offices (beyond the ability to work sans pants) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink   |  Daily Tech  | Email this | Comments

PALM OSI SYSTEMS ORACLE OPENWAVE SYSTEMS

Today?s LogicBUY deal offers savings on the Lenovo IdeaPad Y560p laptop. You can use a $250 limited coupon or 20% web-use stackable coupon on these 15.6? laptops with 2nd gen Intel Core i7 2011 CPU, 1GB AMD Radeon HD 6570M discrete graphics, 500GB hard drive, and up to 8GB of memory. Cheapest Y560p deal: $1449 [...]

GOOGLE GOOGLE FORMFACTOR FISERV FIRST SOLAR

iPads are wonderful devices. You can work or play on an iPad, at least until your hands get tired of holding it. There are a lot of stands available for iPads, all with their own pluses and minuses. (The biggest minus for some of those stands is the exorbitant price!) Many of you reading this [...]

FAIR ISAAC FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS F5 NETWORKS EPICOR SOFTWARE

Sony will be bringing their PlayStation Suite to Tegra-based Android devices in the future, and will even be certifying hardware manufacturers for support and to deliver a "PlayStation quality experience." Now you won't need a Sony Ericsson phone to enjoy PlayStation games. [AndroidAndMe via Engadget via BGR] More »

EARTHLINK DST SYSTEMS DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES DIODES INORATED DIEBOLD

The latest nightly build of Chromium 11 now has a new two-dimensional logo.

There's absolutely no information about why the change took place -- which is a little bit odd for an open source project -- but we assume it's to further differentiate Chromium from its closed-source and commercial cousin Chrome. The Chromium Code Review page for the patch simply shows Googler Elliot Glaysher approving the change -- and that's it.

An alternative analysis, which is much more exciting, is that the Chrome logo might soon undergo a similar steamrolleresque transformation. We can't imagine why Google would want to re-brand Chrome, however, unless it really is sick of having an 'off balance' logo (it's tilted backwards!)

Chromium, Chrome's open-source brother, has a new logo originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

SYNOPSYS SYNNEX SYMANTEC SYKES ENTERPRISES INORATED

Guinness World Records has just announced that Microsoft's Kinect is the fastest-selling electronics device ever. In its first 60 days on the market, more than 8 million of the Xbox 360 accessory units were sold, and to date that number has eclipsed 10 million. With this many Kinects installed around the world, it's now pretty clear it's a viable platform for developers to look into.

NETWORK APPLIANCE NETGEAR NCR NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS

iOS 4.3 is now available. To install it, connect your iPhone or iPad to your PC, open iTunes, and click "Check for updates." This new release brings a bunch of new features, including connection sharing with Personal Hotspot, AirPlay media streaming, and faster JavaScript performance in the mobile Safari browser.

While it's installing, be sure to check our extensive guide to all of iOS 4.3's new features.

iOS 4.3 now available to download originally appeared on Download Squad on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

EMC ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS ELECTRONIC ARTS

We kinda feel sorry for all those poor saps waiting in line for an iPad 2, when all you have to be to get in early is cute, green and Android! Thanks, J!

Lloyd sneaks into the iPad 2 launch -- before it's even available for purchase posted originally by Android Central

Sponsored by Android Cases and Accessories

ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS SAIC SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES SES SHAW COMMUNICATIONS

After having its recent iOS app pulled from the App Store by Apple, Readability has turned its attention to Open Web technologies and released an HTML5-powered Web app.

The new Readability app is accessed by simply visiting www.readability.com on a mobile device, and it looks very similar to the native iOS app. This of course means that Readability is finally available for Android, too! It should work on the iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, and even the Nook. Readability, no doubt with a jaunty smile, says that it took its dev team just two weeks to write the new app.

The new Readability Web app has offline support (presumably through HTML5's localStorage), and you can easily share what you're reading via Facebook, Twitter or email. Because it's a Web app, every article that you read has a unique URL that you can easily share -- cool.

If you're a desktop user, there's a Readability browser add-on that does much the same thing.

Incidentally, iOS users, there may be some hope of a native app returning: Readability says it re-submitted its app to Apple a couple of weeks ago, and is still waiting for approval or rejection.

Readability launches HTML5 Web app, eschews Apple App Store originally appeared on Download Squad on Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments

ADOBE SYSTEMS ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEMS ALLTEL