News and Rumors

A couple of days ago we told you about and iOS emulator that somehow made its way onto the PlayBook. Many were a bit skeptical as to whether it was actually happening, and questioned if it was even possible. Today new evidence has surfaced due to requests from the community to provide more evidence.

CrackBerry forum member businesscat2000, claimed to be the mastermind behind this project and stated the following explanation:

"The CPU isn't emulated on Playbook (though it is on Windows). It works very similarly to how WINE works to run Windows applications on Linux. The app binary is mapped into memory and imports are resolved to point to my own implementation of the various APIs needed. iOS actually uses a few open APIs already, which Playbook supports just as well (GL ES, and OpenAL). The bulk of the work has been in implementing all of the objective C classes that are required. The ARM code of the applications run as-is - the armv6/v7 support on PB/iDevices are pretty much identical, and the code is designed to run in USR mode. No SWIs, GPIO accesses or any of that kind of shenanigans."

In this video you can see the iOS app SketchBook running quite fine on the PlayBook. In another video you can see the PlayBook running a mobile site app that only runs on iOS devices. (im not sure what the clicking sound is)

S4BB Limited has just updated their well known Easy Smiley Pack application for BlackBerry Smartphones. With the new update, users can now also customize their profile with smileys and flags. In total Easy Smiley Pack contains well over 630 smileys, flags and ASCII images to spice up BBM messages.

Easy Smiley Pack is compatible with all BlackBerry Smartphone running OS 5.0 and up and can be downloaded for free at BlackBerry App World:

• Download Easy Smiley Pack via App World

This picture of Cristiano Ronaldo comes from the forums via BBOS member, oshenko. Cristiano is seen holding onto his BlackBerry in a quick photo shoot from the EURO 2012 Championship. The last time Cristiano was spotted with a BlackBerry was with his Bold 9780 during a practice. Supposedly he is holding onto a Bold 9900, but the pic is too small to make out anything for certain. Any guesses?

The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, is the 14th European Championship for national football teams organised by UEFA. You can check out more about the Championship and follow it from the UEFA website. Any predictions on who is going to win it this year?

For all of you PlayBook owner out there who like to have the comfort of knowing that your tablet is covered from damage, RIM has just released a free app you can download via App World called the <takes a deep breath> BlackBerry Extended Protection Plan Information App. Protect your BlackBerry PlayBook for 2 years with a BlackBerry Extended Protection Plan for $99.00.

Download this FREE Information App to learn more about the BlackBerry Extended Protection Plan, access frequently asked questions, and review the terms and conditions and privacy policy. There is no obligation to purchase based on this informational opportunity.

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