Manage and track your medications with PillPad for the BlackBerry PlayBook

Laid across my kitchen table is what my Mother calls her own personal pharmacy. Years of being a heart patient and Type 1 diabetic have left her with quite a collection which for many years was up to me to fill the container you see above each week, call in the refills, and pick up the prescriptions from the pharmacy.

If there's one thing I've learned when managing her medications the more there are, the harder it is to keep track and remember them. Her daily regimen includes five pill bottles, two insulin bottles, one box of insulin needles, and one set of prescription eye drops and each of them have different dosages, instructions, and frequencies.

This is especially true when they need adjustment, when providing a list to a new doctor, or when it involves taking more than once a day. PillPad by Alade designs for the BlackBerry PlayBook helps keep track of medications, refill your prescriptions, and provide quick medical reference information right at your fingertips.

4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook hits Canadian carriers for $350

The ill-fated BlackBerry PlayBook recently got a new sibling in the form of the 4G LTE model that, apart from the data connectivity, also brought a faster 1.5GHz dual-core processor.

We reported back then that the tablet was supposed to go on sale in Canada sometime this month, and it has now hit retail. The 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook can now be purchased on Bell and Rogers in Canada for $350 and a three year contract. If you want to get it without a contract, TELUS will sell you one for $550. The 32GB variant is the only one on sale.

Now that is a lot of money for a tablet that seemingly no one wants and I’m not sure where RIM is going with this. Even though the tablet itself is pretty good, a price tag like that is a sure-fire way of alienating customers who are not really interested to begin with.

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BlackBerry PlayBook 64GB (Wi-Fi) in the UK costs just £129 right now

The BlackBerry PlayBook is on its way out – as far as 7” tablets are concerned, the Google Nexus 7 is getting all the attention, after it stole the spotlight from the Amazon Kindle Fire. But a good deal is a good deal – the 64GB version of the PlayBook is currently going for £129 in the UK.

For comparison, a Nexus 7 8GB costs £159, while the 16GB one is £199. Somewhat amusingly, a 16GB PlayBook is £129 or even £169 in some places.

Currently three stores offer the BlackBerry PlayBook 64GB Wi-Fi at £129 – Dixons, Currys and PC World(actually those three stores are part of the Dixons Stores Group).

Note that those stores offer the 16GB version at the same price and the 32GB at £20 more. You can view the full list of prices in different UK stores for the different versions over at the BlackBerry site.

Before you rush to buy one, you should note that this might be the worst time to buy a tablet, even one so cheap. Amazon is holding a press conference on September 6 and all rumors point to a Kindle Fire successor. Granted, the UK is still to get the original Fire, but the new one might get there quicker.

Not even a week later Apple is expected to hold an event for the iPhone 5, but many rumors also claim aniPad mini will attend the party.

And for mainland Europeans who have considered importing the PlayBook 64GB to get in on the deal, the Nexus 7 is expected to arrive in several European countries on September 3. The 16GB version will be priced €250, though it should be €237.40 in France.

Still, for the cheapest brand name 7” tablet, a BlackBerry PlayBook 64GB for £129 is hard to beat.

Fantasy Football on your BlackBerry PlayBook

Want NFL or Yahoo! Fantasy Football on your PlayBook - Here's how!

Football season is just a few short long weeks away, and fans everywhere are gearing up. One thing on my checklist is my fantasy football team -- I plan to stay on top of things this year and thankfully I can grab the Yahoo! Fantasy Football app for my BlackBerry PlayBook. To get the app installed you'll have to sideload it since it's not available directly in BlackBerry App World, but it's working like a champ for me thus far and is sure to be at my side all seaon long.

If you want to get Yahoo! or NFL Fantasy Football up and running on your BlackBerry PlayBook, just grab the .bar files here and here and keep reading for how to get it done!