RIM Has just anounced that its newset tablet Playbook will not support apps that use Google in-app purchasing system, while the cloud-to-device messaging system is also unusable in RIM implementation of the runtime. Android Live Wallpapers will not be supported, and nor will anything built using the Android Native Development Kit. Also Android apps that consist of more than a single activity tied to the launcher will not run either.

The confirmation comes as a blow to those hoping Android app support could prove the PlayBook salvation, at least until RIM boosted its QNX device range.

RIM announced an update to the BlackBerry PlayBook, which will include a new Video Store that will offer around 10,000 movies and TV shows for buying or renting, often available on the same day as DVD releases. RIM moving into selling movies is not a huge surprise, considering they have already struck up a partnership with 7digital to sell music on the PlayBook. The tablet handles high-res video very well, and HDMI-out makes it viable for watching on a home TV.

The BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 update will include other long-promised features, like stand-alone native e-mail and productivity apps, the Android App Player, BlackBerry Balance compatibility, some smaller improvements to Bridge and the browser and some prodctivity additions.

The number of RIM PlayBooks sold in the first full quarter of the tablet has just been revealed. The Number is 490,000 PlayBook units has been sold Only over the past three months, which less than expected as it did not Make it to the 1M.

This year alone BlackBerry will sell just over 1.5 million units of its tablet, which is quite modest compared to the 39.2 million iPads that will fly off the shelves and even the 7 million slates that Samsung will ship.

We stumbled into this video of a mysterious BlackBerry device, carrying a radically different look from what we are currently used to seeing from RIM products, and decided to share it with you. The device is rumored to be a member of the Bold Touch family, with 9980 as its moniker.

The highlight of the yet to be announced BlackBerry is its design a sharp departure from everything we have seen from RIM so far. The keyboard of the smartphone is made to look metal, while the back sees the return of the faux leather cover. Hardware wise, the handset appears to be identical to the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900.

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Today, BlackBerry App World 3.0 finally officially launched, with a fresh UI, improved channels for finding new apps, better handling of your BBID and account info, a more social App World experience and more. So lets take a quick look.
We originally caught site of BlackBerry App World 3.0 a month ago, almost to the day. Back then we looked at the revamped UI, the new channels and navigation and basically everything that it had to offer. The App World was only available via BlackBerry Beta Zone back then, but today it appears that the finished product has begun rolling out on Berry all over the world.

As well as the new UI and revamped channels, sharing your app discoveries has been made easier with integration of BBM, Facebook, Twitter, email and SMS, you can also more readily rate and review apps too. Its nothing we have not seen from the other leading mobile market stores, but its good to know that BlackBerry users will now be getting an App purchase experience, more on par with the leading competitors.