Last night I discovered something that quite a few people knew about, but I hadn’t heard of and that I think is totally awesome: you can use the Playbook browser to look through the filesystem of your Playbook by entering the URL “File:” I got bored of that a bit …

Alright, you guys know the drill. Here’s 706v6 for OS6 devices, only tested on my own personal 9650. It’s made up of files mainly from 6.0.0.723 and 7.1.0.342. It’s been hosted in two locations: http://hybrids.tk/ http://scrapps.org/blackberry/latesthybrid/ OSBB 706v6 is NOT a full hybrid; it will need to be installed over …

When the playbook first launched, many of us were relieved to see a great tool called LocalBar hit the internet. LocalBar allowed us to sideload apps to our PlayBook without the use of a USB cable between the PlayBook and our computer. However when OS2 became available, LocalBar was blocked …

Normally I don’t repost stories from other NetBlogs; I’m of the opinion that doing so doesn’t really add to the total collective of knowledge of the online community. However, every once in a while I’ll run into an article that’s beyond excellent. This article from Seeking Alpha was one of …

Hey Everyone, your favorite weather app from your bb smartphone is now on your playbook. Animated background, downloadable icon sets and more. Here is a quick review once I got it on my playbook. I am so happy to see this app. Check it out in App World.

Hard at work, getting you the latest in hybrids, OSBB is at it again with another PRIME! This hybrid is built for the 9810, and has not been tested on other BlackBerrys (which doesn’t mean it won’t work on other BlackBerrys ). Beta Prime consists of near full java .342, …

  As many of you know there was a new leak yesterday for the Bold 9900 and the 9360. With new leaks, come new hybrids. We have been lucky enough at OSBB to have a dedicated group of “risk” takers. These are the hybrid builders who are willing to “nuke” …

If you’ve been checking OpenSourceBB for a while you’ll probably have noticed a couple previous reviews of the Mini_Banner_Live Theme series for OS7 by other bloggers on the OSBB Team. I personally didn’t read any of them for two reasons; first, and the main reason, I’m still running my trusty …