Good news to all Playbook fans out there. During the recent Blackberry world conference, RIM has announced that they are adding Facebook and video chat app for their Playbook in May. This comes as a no surprise as the competition on the market with Android and Apple iPad is tight. They have predicted that these 2 apps will help to boost sales as well as keeping the loyal Playbook fans happy.

Nowadays, when we mention the words social network, it is almost instantaneous that we will think of Facebook. This new app will allow Blackberry Playbook users to keep track of news updates, handling friends’ requests as well as response to wall posts. Meanwhile, the video chat app will help Playbook to almost be at par on communication tools with the newest Apple iPad that comes with a front and rear camera.

So far, reviews regarding the video app have been positive and well received. It is said to produce clear and undisturbed video quality. However, there is one negative side to this app that is the inability to entirely switch off the video chat. This means the calls will keep coming in whether the application is running or not. You may be rudely interrupted at the most inconvenient time. There is a do not disturb setting in the app that will solve the above problem but this also means that you will have to run the app all the time.

Last few months plenty of new technologies came to the market. Some of them are really brilliant and one such addition in the market is new Blackberry torch. Those who love the business class Blackberry phones were waiting for this quite long. Finally Blackberry touch is here one some of the best features in it.

The new Blackberry OS6 along with the web kit browser torch is surely the best Blackberry model ever. Unlike other high end set this time the company is targeting the average people as their target base. The OS browser is really faster than the earlier version and along with the slider has given it a sleek and smart look too. The battery standby time is fantastic. They are claiming 17days of standby timing which is commendable.

Along with that the 5mp camera and QWERTY keyboard gives it a fantastic look and makes the handling easier too. The screen resolution is fantastic and you can access multiple social networking sites easily. Unlike other Blackberry versions this one looks trendy and appealing even to the youngsters. Blackberry torch is surely better than the other phones of blackberry and this is one smartphone you would love to buy for yourself.

Originally called the Niagara, Pictures of latest phone from Blackberry called the BlackBerry Tour 9630 were in circulation for quite some time but the features of this smart phone have been finally leaked.

This phone is only 112x62x14.2 mm and it weighs only 130 gm. This phone has an internal memory of 250 MB internal flash memory which can be expanded. Featuring a 35 key backlit QWERTY keypad this phone has a HVGA 480×360 pixel high resolution display. Toting a 3.2 mega pixel camera with flash and autofocus this Blackberry phone have really have good features. It supports Quad-band 850/900/1800/1900MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks.

The media player of this new Blackberry cell phone supports MPEG4 video format and MP3, AAC AAC+ audio format. This phone has other features like GPS, Bluetooth V2.0, USB port and 3.5 mm stereo headset capability.

Video of the Blackberry Tour 9630 in action!