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RIM finally launches The Blackberry Playbook

We've been hearing rumors non-stop for weeks now, and it looks like the 4G BlackBerry PlayBook is finally upon us. The new PlayBook supports 4G LTE networks and is available first in Canada with other regions including the US and Europe to follow.  While there is no mention of price, the 4G LTE PlayBook will be available in with 32GB of memory from Bell, Rogers and TELUS in Canada on August 9, 2012.

Press Release

WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - August 02, 2012) - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM)(TSX: RIM) today launched the new 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet with built-in support for cellular networks. The new 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook maintains a sleek and ultra-portable form while delivering overall faster performance over the original BlackBerry PlayBook, as well as support for blazing fast 4G LTE networks. Launching in Canada first, the new 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook allows customers to work more productively and connect to the Internet, as well as access their email, on-line apps, media and content, from more places than ever.

"We're excited to bring customers the first BlackBerry PlayBook tablet with support for 4G LTE networks," said David J. Smith, Executive Vice President, Mobile Computing at Research In Motion. "The new 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook offers a broad range of premium features, including a stunning 7 inch display, front and rear facing HD video cameras, HDMI out and stereo speakers, and it also offers premium performance on high speed cellular networks, helping customers to be more productive than ever and to make the most of their time on the go."

Featuring the latest BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2 software, the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet gives customers access to high speed mobile networks around the world (LTE and HSPA+)(1) and offers an exceptional, high-fidelity, fast web experience that supports more HTML5 functionality than any other native tablet browser on the market(2). The powerful unified inbox allows users to easily manage multiple personal and work email accounts, as well as messages from Twitter®, Facebook® and LinkedIn, all in one place. The built-in Calendar and Contacts apps offer features to help customers better manage schedules and prepare for more effective meetings. Plus, the apps' unique integration with social networks can provide customers with a wealth of information about their contacts at their fingertips.

The 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is also enterprise ready. It can be easily managed with BlackBerry Mobile Fusion and includes BlackBerry® Balance technology, which allows a user to use a BlackBerry PlayBook for both work and personal purposes by keeping business information highly secure and separate from personal information.

Out of the box, the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet comes preloaded with the tools customers need to be productive as well as to have fun, whether in the office, at home or on the road. Thousands of apps for work and play are also available on the BlackBerry App World storefront, such as the recently launched BlackBerry Video Store for all PlayBook customers in Canada, bringing additional functionality and value to customers. The BlackBerry Video Store offers a catalog of thousands of movies and TV shows. Customers can begin watching media as soon as they start to download a file, so they won't have to wait for the entire file to transfer before they can begin enjoying great entertainment on the tablet's high resolution display or on an HDTV using the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet's HDMI output. Canadians can download the free Video Store app on BlackBerry App World.

The 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will come with 32GB of memory storage and will be available from Bell, Rogers and TELUS in Canada on August 9, 2012. Additional variants of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet supporting various high speed cellular networks are expected to be available in the coming months from carriers in the US, Europe, South Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

For more information about the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, please visit:http://ca.blackberry.com/playbook-tablet.html. Data plans are sold separately.(3)

(1) LTE connectivity is currently only available from a limited number of carriers in specific countries. Where LTE is not available, the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet can automatically adjust to connect on HSPA+.

(2) As measured by the independent HTML5 test site athttp://html5test.com/results/tablet.html

(3) Check with your wireless service provider for availability, terms and conditions.

Nokia lumia 900 95000NGN

 This machine has A big, quality screen, fluid and stylish OS and premium build are all sprinkled with Nokia's magic in a package that's made to impress. We've been there already - and we don't mean the review we have of the Lumia 900 for AT&T. After all, it's a Lumia 800 all over again, only the screen got bigger. And yet, we are delighted to meet this smartphone again - and we'll give it that, it looks stunning in white.

You'll also be happy to know that this time around we're putting the Lumia 900 to all our usual tests. AT&T's Lumia 900 was reviewed away from the office but this one will not simply walk in and out of our labs without getting a taste of our torture routine.

Key features

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
• Quad-band 3G with 42 Mbps HSDPA and 5.7 Mbps HSUPA support
• 4.3" 16M-color AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of 480 x 800 pixel resolution
• Scratch resistant Gorilla glass display with anti-glare polarizer
• 8 megapixel autofocus camera with dual LED flash, 720p@27fps video recording and fast f/2.2 lens
• 1MP front camera
• Windows Phone 7.5 OS (Mango), upgradeable to WP 7.8
• 1.4GHz Scorpion CPU, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 chipset, 512MB of RAM
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• Non-painted polycarbonate unibody
• GPS receiver with A-GPS support and free lifetime voice-guided navigation
• Digital compass
• 16GB of on-board storage
• Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
• Built-in accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack; FM Radio with RDS
• microUSB port
• Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and EDR
• Impressively deep and coherent SNS integration throughout the interface

Main disadvantages

• Won't get WP 8
• No USB mass storage (Zune only file management and sync)
• No native video calls
• Non-user-replaceable battery
• No memory card slot (and no 64GB version like the N9)
• microSIM card slot
• No native DivX/XviD support, videos have to be transcoded by Zune

The newly announced Windows Phone 8 has given us plenty to look forward to, but a WP8 upgrade is not on the cards for the Nokia Lumia 900. WP 7.8 is coming later this year to all compatible single-core devices and it will be the last update they are about to get. Both Nokia and Microsoft promise to continue the support though they will most likely be focusing their efforts on multiple-core WP8 smartphones.

BLACKBERRY PORSCHE 9981

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PORSCHE 9981 320,000NGN

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TORCH 9860

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BOLD 9900

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BLACKBERRY TORCH 9810

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Research In Motion ready to release the new playbook

With rumors of the BlackBerry PlayBook 4G launching on July 31st, it's looking like RIM is getting things lined up for a full on BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 rollout as well. As we know from the beta build, BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 will bring quite a few changes with it but as noted in the above document, it has some changes and inclusions that weren't present in the beta build plus, some features that will be for the BlackBerry PlayBook 4G only. Some of the highlights include:

• Software updates are no longer mandatory during setup. The customer can choose the best time to update for them.
• Setting Up WiFi connection is no longer mandatory at setup
• Software updates can be done over a cellular network (4G models only)
• Portrait Mode can now be used with the Email, Calendar, and Contacts App
• Greater flexibility and control over which folders are wirelessly synced when using Active Sync
• Full access to IMAP Email folders
• The BlackBerry PlayBook now gives you the ability to conduct a video chat over 4G Cellular Networks (Some Carrier Restrictions May Apply)
• Print To Go - Now you can send content to your BlackBerry PlayBook even if it’s not connected to the same WiFi network.
• Android Apps will now run in individual windows rather than being lumped into one Android Player Window.
• Apps which require access to the camera are now supported
• In-App Payments can now be submitted. Buying that next power-up in your game is easier than ever!
• Video Store is now available in Canada. Thousands of movies and TV shows, new & old, available on demand to rent or buy New releases available same day as DVD
• Text Messaging is now supported with BlackBerry Bridge. When Bridged you can read, send and receive text messages on your BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.
• When Bridged, and connected to WiFi, the BlackBerry PlayBook automatically sends and receives data over the WiFi network to decrease cellular data usage, and increase performance.

Looking over the information, while meant for the BlackBerry Playbook, it's pretty easy to see a few things that will make their way to BlackBerry 10 as well. Active Sync for email, Video Chat (BBM) working over LTE, possibly offering Video Store on smartphones and what of the Android App Player? Lots of things to look forward to.

Sadly, the documentation lacks any sort of release date but RIM internal builds of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 are getting up there and assuming the launch date of theBlackBerry PlayBook 4G is indeed correct, it would make a lot of sense for RIM to releaseBlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 alongside it

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latest price list

BRAND NEW 
Nokia
N9.16gb. 77k

Blackberry

 Porsche 9981 300,000NGN
Bold 6 9790 59000NGN
Bold Torch 9900 77,000 NGN
BRANDED 69000NGN
WHITE 9900 80k

BOLD 2 9700 41,000 NGN
WHITE 50000 NGN
BOLD 4 9780 52000NGN 
WHITE 9780 54,000NGN
TORCH 9800 (BLACK) 54,000 NGN 
WHITE 57,000 NGN
RED 58,000 NGN
TORCH 9810 64,000NGN
WHITE 9810 66,000
BLACKBERRY CURVE 2 28,000NGN
WHITE CURVE 2 29K
CURVE 3 9330 33,000 NGN
CURVE 4 9360 45,000NGN
CURVE 5 9380 42,000NGN
CURVE 6 30,000NGN
CURVE 7 38000
STORM 3 9860 53,000NGN

HTC Smart Phones
ONE X 105,000NGN
DESIRE HD 76000NGN
DEISRE S 65,000NGN
WILD FIRE S 40,000NGN
SENSATION 70,000NGN 
HD 7 55,000NGN
SENSATION XL 100,000NGN
Incredible S. 75k
SAMSUNG GALAXY MODELS
GALAXY SIII 90,000NGN
GALAXY NOTE 87,000NGN
GALAXY NOTE 2 99,000
S2 80,000NGN
S. 16gb. 64k
8gb. 63k
Samsung galaxy nexus 85,000NGN
Pro B7510. 35k
Inception. 75k
Tab 7.0. 92k
7.1 16gb. 79k
32gb. 90k
TAB 8.9 85,000NGN
TAB 2 10.1 94,000NGN

Sony Erricson
X8 37000NGN
X10MINI 36,000NGN
X10 MINI PRO 40,000NGN
Aino. 50kAINO 50,000NGN
Arc. 83k
Play. 81k
X10. 60k
Iphone 4
32gb. 104k
Iphone 4S
16GB. 102k
32GB. 112k
64GB. 130k
Ipad3 4G 16gb. 104k
32gb. 120K
64gb. 135K
Ipad 4(4g)16gb. 104k
32gb 129k
64gb 135k
Playbook
PLAYBOOK 16GB 47000NGN
PLAYBOOK 64GB 60,000NGN

UK USED PHONES!!!
Bold 5. 55k
Bold 2(B) 27k
(W) 29k

Bold 4 (B) 33k
(W)34k 
Torch. (B).37k
(W) 39k
(R). 39k
Torch 2. 47k 
3. 38k. 
Curve. 2. 18k
3. 22k
4 34k
5 29k
6 21K
7 28K
Iphone 4. 16gb 68k 
32gb 84k
Iphone 3GS 16gb 46k
32gb 54k
HTC HD2 46k
Torch pro 40k
WildfireS 32k
HD7. 44k
Nokia
E5 24k
C6. 25k
E7. 45k