Category: RIM
Anonymous source claims BlackBerry 10 is a failure, RIM fires back….
You know I’m getting really sick of writing negative news surrounding RIM. BGR published a post earlier today that one of their sources at RIM says BlackBerry 10 is already a fail, and won’t be able to compete with compete with iOS and/or Android, at all. The post also goes on to say that RIM’s [...]
RIM announces BlackBerry 10 Smartphones Won’t Arrive Until Mid-2012
During RIM’s earnings call yesterday, a big bomb was dropped when the two CEO’s announced that the first BlackBerry 10 (formally BBX) smartphone won’t launch until mid-2012. While we had always hoped for an early launch in the beginning of next year, RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said they are waiting for a certain chipset for their [...]
Research In Motion Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results
Research In Motion Limited (RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today reported third quarter results for the three months ended November 26, 2011 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where otherwise indicated). Highlights: Revenue of $5.2 billion, up 24% from last quarter BlackBerry smartphone shipments of 14.1 million, up [...]
RIM announces BlackBerry 10 will replace the BBX name
Oh RIM you need to smarten up. RIM has just announced via Twitter that the original BBX name, which was given for the next-generation platform, has been renamed to BlackBerry 10. Why you ask? Why 10? Well we aren’t sure. RIM had issues the BBX trademark from day one, and for some reason didn’t secure [...]
RIM Releases BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing 2.0
Free application, popular with business users, dials conference call numbers and passwords automatically Research In Motion (RIM) today makes it even easier for customers to manage conference calls on their BlackBerry® smartphone with the release of BlackBerry® Mobile Conferencing version 2.0. This innovative and popular free app includes a number of enhancements, such as the [...]
RIM Announces Third Quarter Provision Related To PlayBook Inventory and Confirms Commitment to Tablet Market; Provides Update to Q3 and Fiscal 2012 Guidance
Research In Motion Announces Third Quarter Provision Related To PlayBook Inventory and Confirms Commitment to Tablet Market; Provides Update to Q3 and Fiscal 2012 Guidance Research In Motion Limited (RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today announced that it would record a pre-tax provision in the third quarter of fiscal 2012 of [...]
Christmas Cheer From BlackBerry: Wallpaper, Avatar Builder Editions and Ugly Sweaters!
Yesterday BlackBerry sent an email out with the announcement of the holiday wallpapers, along with the fact the Avatar Builder Girls and Guys Editions were updated to v1.5 which is now compatible with OS 7 and even has an Ugly Sweater Extension Pack available for the Avatar Editions. Here’s the scoop…
RIM Announces BlackBerry Mobile Fusion – The Next Generation Enterprise Mobility Solution for BlackBerry, Android and iOS Smartphones and Tablets
RIM Announces BlackBerry Mobile Fusion-The Next Generation Enterprise Mobility Solution for BlackBerry, Android and iOS Smartphones and Tablets Simplifies Management of Smartphones and Tablets for Business and Government Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion – the Company’s next-generation enterprise mobility solution and RIM’s entry into [...]
RIM introduces the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and Curve 9380
Early this morning a press release came out from RIM introducing two new BlackBerry 7 smartphones, the Bold 9790 and Curve 9380. The new Bold 9790 brings the familiar design of the popular Bold 9700 and 9780 smartphones, and updates it with a high-resolution touchscreen, 1GHz processor, and 8GB on on-board memory. While the new Curve 9380 [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Curve 9360 Receive MasterCard PayPass Certification
BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Curve 9360 Are World’s First SIM-Based Smartphones to Receive MasterCard PayPass Handset Certification – Carriers globally will now have access to the first NFC smartphones certified as MasterCard PayPass(TM) approved devices – France Telecom – Orange amongst first to benefit from MasterCard certification awarded to RIM Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) [...]
BBX OS Officially Announced – One Powerful OS for Smartphones, Tablets, and Embedded Devices
The BlackBerry Developers Conference (DevCon) kicked off this morning with RIM’s official announcement of BBX, the next-generation operating system from Research In Motion. BBX combines the best of BlackBerry and QNX and will bring this OS to BlackBerry smartphones, tablets, and embedded devices. Along side with the BBX announcement, RIM announced that the PlayBook OS [...]
RIM’s CIO Issues Statement Regarding BlackBerry Outage
It has been a pretty bad couple of days at RIM. As most of you are aware, RIM has been experiencing a major outage across most countries. The outage is affecting email, BBM, and most data-related services to BlackBerry customers. Although the issue is being worked non-stop, RIM has a huge backlog of emails that need to [...]
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