It’s hard for any of us to imagine our beloved BlackBerry smartphone being left in a taxi or getting stolen, but the truth is stuff happens – we misplace things, we accidentally leave behind a bag, or worse. If you’re on a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, the data on your BlackBerry smartphone is backed up by your IT administrator, but what about the rest of us? We want all of you to know that the important (and sometimes sentimental) data such as contacts, calendars, tasks, memos, text messages and browser bookmarks from your missing device can be recovered easily as long as you have BlackBerry Protect set up completely and correctly.

RIM has just launched new microsites to better help the BB community and has given BlackBerry Jam Zone a facelift to make it easy to navigate to the tools you want!

They wanted to re-build the main page to bring you the answers you’re looking for:

• How do I make money?
• What are the development platform options and which one is right for me?
• How do I participate in the community and collaborate with others?

• Learn more and discuss this with us in the forums

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RIM looks to give Koreans a bit of help as they release an official installing BlackBerry OS video... with smooth jazz background music! Haha, I'm actually a fan of smooth jazz (please don't flame me for that). If you are a BlackBerry fan from Korea, let us know in the comments!

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Now that PlayBook OS 2.0 is in full effect and a large percentage of users have upgraded, RIM has released a great video outlining many of the new operating system's great features. The video takes you through many of the everyday uses you may end up performing with your tablet. Plus, it's comes with some great background music! Enjoy the video, and let us know what your favorite feature is about OS 2.0 in the comments!

Our friend Ronen, from BerryReview, reports some upcoming highlights in a couple presentation slides from MWC 2012, which outline a roadmap from OS 7 to the upcoming BlackBerry OS 10. What I find most notable about the roadmap, is the Scoreloop integration. This shows that social gaming is coming to BlackBerry full force. Which means that the upcoming BB 10 device is going to be a awesome mobile gaming platform, something that will lure in the younger non-business users.

We just saw RIM officially release the Native SDK 2.0 for the PlayBook today, and now Scoreloop SDK 1.0 is now available! Scoreloop is the leading cross-platform social gaming ecosystem with over 120 million users, offering developers a fully-flexible set of tools to power their games with social gaming features including Leaderboards, Achievements, Player Challenges and Player Profiles. The SDK is fully customizable, allowing developers to choose as few or as many features as they want and build them seamlessly into the look and feel of the game.

• See the new Scoreloop features and discuss in the forums

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Create an astonishing presentation on the fly, even just a few minutes before a meeting starts. This concept demo shows what possibilities open up when combining the efficient text input of a BlackBerry smartphone with the powerful graphics and high resolution output of a BlackBerry PlayBook. Effortless aesthetics on the go.

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The BlackBerry Native SDK 2.0 for the BlackBerry PlayBook is out of beta and available for developers around the world. Updates to the Native SDK make developing C/C++ applications for the BlackBerry PlayBook simpler, with enhanced troubleshooting and a more intuitive IDE for developers.

This version includes new APIs as well as new wizards. The Device Information API allows developers to use data on battery, phone, storage and more to alert users on resources. The LED service API will allow notifications in applications. Developers can take advantage of the BlackBerry PlayBook’s stereo sound with the Soundplayer API.

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Derek Kuhn, VP Sales & Marketing, QNX, gives us a tour of how BlackBerry technology seamlessly integrates with Porsche's automotive technology. Everything from integrated nagivation to voice over LTE and stereo conference calling. Check out the video above for more!

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Visitors coming to say hello to BlackBerry at the Mobile World Congress stand will have the chance to engage with BlackBerry like never before...via NFC! If you don't have an NFC enabled device, you can still share content through RFID by heading to the BlackBerry registration desks. Check out this video showing you how BlackBerry is bringing social sharing to MWC this year. For more information on BlackBerry at Mobile World Congress 2012, follow live updates here: http://www.blackberry.com/mwc12

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Alex Bowker - Ecosystem Business Development Manager, RIM, showcases some of the new features of the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 at Mobile World Congress 2012.

With the release of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, you may be wondering what simple ways are there to help you personalize your new fresh OS? Below are 5 tips to help you get started and become more familiar with your PlayBook. Be sure to leave a comment if you have a tip of your own that you'd like to share with the community!