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BlackBerry CEO predicts demise of tablets within five years

Andy Weir — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:11:55 +0100

BlackBerry's CEO thinks users will no longer want tablets within five years, claiming they "are not a good business model", adding that BlackBerry will be "the absolute leader in mobile computing." Read more...

Former BlackBerry CEO dumps entire stake in company

Max Slater-Robins — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:19:10 +0000

BlackBerry's former CEO, Jim Balsillie, has dumped all of his 26.8 million shares in the company for $362 million, causing some analysts to predict the end for BlackBerry. Read more...

iTunes + Apple accessories now make more money than major phone manufactures

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:25:33 +0000

Apple's iTunes + Accessories divisions now generate more revenue than Nokia, RIM, LG, HTC, Motorola and Sony do on their phone divisions and the revenue is expected to grow this year. Read more...

BlackBerry Z10 sales in UK triple prior launches

Brody McKee — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:28:27 +0000

Despite recent troubles, BlackBerry (formerly known as RIM) are already celebrating as the Z10 appears to have had a successful launch - their most successful launch ever in both the UK and Canada. Read more...

BlackBerry 10 launches with 70,000 apps including Skype, Whatsapp and Angry Birds

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:11:17 +0000

Blackberry 10 has just launched with 70.000 apps available in the Blackberry World store, including some big names such as Angry Birds, Whatsapp and Skype. However quantity does not ensure quality. Read more...

BlackBerry launches new BlackBerry 10 devices

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:07:19 +0000

RIM, now officially known as Blackberry, has launched two new devices running their latest Blackberry 10 OS. Though we've seen some leaks before we now how official info on these devices. Read more...

Research in Motion changes its name; it's now officially BlackBerry

John Callaham — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:37:19 +0000

Research in Motion CEO Thorten Heins has confirmed during today's BlackBerry 10 press event that the company is changing its name to BlackBerry, and will now use the stock ticker symbol BBRY Read more...

BlackBerry 10 launch to be streamed live online - will you be watching?

Andy Weir — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:21:18 +0000

RIM will finally launch its delayed BlackBerry 10 platform and devices on January 30, and the event will be streamed live on the interwebs. Will you be tuning in to see what all the fuss is about? Read more...

BlackBerry 10 TV ad to debut during Super Bowl XLVII

John Callaham — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:41:11 +0000

Research in Motion has confirmed it has made a 30 second TV commercial that will debut during Super Bowl XLVII on February 3rd, four days after the company holds its BlackBerry 10 press events. Read more...

Lenovo exec open to some kind of deal with RIM

John Callaham — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:36:05 +0000

An executive at Lenovo says that the company is "looking at all opportunities -- RIM and many others", adding that Lenovo has spoken to the BlackBerry phone maker on many different ideas. Read more...

RIM extends incentives deadline for devs porting apps to Blackberry 10

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:13:42 +0000

RIM is hard at work trying to make sure they have a strong launch for their Blackberry 10 OS at the end of this month. Now they have extended incentives for developers porting apps to their ecosystem. Read more...

RIM CEO: Company could still sell off hardware division

John Callaham — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:43:23 +0000

Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins told a German news outlet on Monday that a strategic review of the company could lead to the sale of RIM's hardware business, along with licensing its software. Read more...

Microsoft among companies acquiring over 1,000 Kodak patents

John Callaham — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:14:20 +0000

Microsoft is among one of many technology companies who have joined together to acquire a number of patents from Kodak, for a total of $527 million. which is much less than what Kodak wanted. Read more...

RIM plans to launch six BlackBerry 10 devices in 2013

John Callaham — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:34:45 +0000

Research in Motion's chief marketing officer, Frank Boulben, said that the company plans to launch six BlackBerry 10 smartphone products in 2013, with a range of price points from budget to high end. Read more...

ComScore: Microsoft's US mobile phone market share keeps dropping

John Callaham — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:46:02 +0000

A new report from ComScore claims that Microsoft's share of the US smartphone market went down in between September and November 2012, as did Blackberry, while iOS and Android's share rose. Read more...

New BlackBerry 10 QWERTY phone images leak

John Callaham — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 18:28:40 +0000

New images of the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone with a QWERTY physical keyboard have been leaked, along with word that the final name for the phone will be the BlackBerry X10. Read more...

RIM handing over $65 million for patent payment to Nokia

John Callaham — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:12:46 +0000

Research in Motion will pay Nokia $65 million in its first transfer of money as part of its recently announced patent license agreement that ended their legal fight. Read more...

Nokia and RIM get in the Christmas spirit; end patent fight

John Callaham — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:14:57 +0000

Nokia has announced that it will end its patent fight with Research in Motion that it began earlier this year in several countries, including the US, and will enter a new patent agreement with RIM. Read more...

Blackberry 10 defeats Windows Phone 8 in browser face off!

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:04:19 +0000

With Blackberry 10 handsets landing in January, RIM has to play catch-up. So, what better way to do that than to provide a rich and fast mobile browser experience to users considering the platform. Read more...

Networks already sold on Blackberry 10

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:04:19 +0000

RIM want to start the New Year strongly with the release of latest Blackberry 10 handsets. And now RIM has support and confirmed availability from the major UK networks planning to stock the devices. Read more...