RIM today announced that registration for the next BlackBerry World conference is now open. BlackBerry World is RIM’s biggest event of the year where consumer and enterprise users from around the world meet to learn, network and hear about what RIM has to offer, and what’s next. From the Inside BlackBerry for Business Blog:

What to expect at this year’s event:

Right now there’s an Early Bird Rate where you can save $300 for registering by March 23rd. For more info and to register go to blackberryworld.com!

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The BlackBerry Jam and Developer microsites recently received a nice update courtesy of user-interface geniuses The Astonishing Tribe (TAT). Along with new sites for Adobe AIR and BlackBerry Java (with one for BlackBerry Theme Studio in the works), the new developer sites are fast and look great. RIM says they built these microsites to:

If you’re a developer or are interested in becoming one, check out the BlackBerry Jam and Developer site at blackberry.com/developers or read more at the Inside BlackBerry Dev Blog!

According to new research released by Toronto-based Solutions Research Group (SRG) , RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is snatching up tablet market in Canada. A survey released by SRG shows that the PlayBook now has 15 percent of the tablet market, the fruitful result of RIM’s price slashing for all tablet models. From The Globe and Mail:

This is great news for RIM especially with the release of PlayBook OS 2.0 around the corner, which I’m sure will boost the numbers some more.

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It’s been a long time since the WordPress team released an update for the WordPress for BlackBerry app. According to a new post at the WordPress for BlackBerry Dev Blog, version 1.6 is now in the works as an app “refresh” that will support OS 6 and 7. Here are other improvements they have planned for this release:

There’s no mention of when they plan to release WordPress for BlackBerry version 1.6 but check back here since we’ll post when it’s available, or go to blackberry.wordpress.org for more info.

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RIM today officially announced the released of BlackBerry Desktop Software version 7.0. According to their announcement, this version is “designed to link users’ data, media files, and applications on a BlackBerry smartphone or a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet with a user’s computer”. Here are the features for 7.0:

You can also do the following using your BlackBerry smartphone:

For more info and to download BlackBerry Desktop Software 7.0 go to blackberry.com/desktop or check out some links to useful knowledge base articles related to this update below.

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