Category: RIM Press Release
RIM Announces Thorsten Heins as the New President and CEO of Research In Motion
The Press Release made it official, and Inside BlackBerry has posted the announcement. Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis step down from their Co-CEO positions as Thorsten Heins steps up to the plate. I know Thorsten must be excited and elated to be taking RIM across the threshold and into a new era.
RIM Previews BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 at CES 2012
RIM just sent out a press release to let us know they’ll be showcasing BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 at CES 2012. The new PlayBook OS will bring the much anticipated native applications for email and contacts, as well social network integration. PlayBook OS 2.0 will also bring an awesome (and much needed) function to BlackBerry [...]
RIM officially unveils BlackBerry OS 7.1 at CES 2012
RIM has kicked off CES 2012 with the announcement of BlackBerry 7.1 OS. BlackBerry 7.1 brings the same look and feel of BlackBerry 7, but bring NFC via BlackBerry Tags, Mobile Hotspot, and an FM Radio for the new Curve models. It is expected OS will begin rolling out over the next little bit from [...]
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 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 [...]
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 Unveils BlackBerry Tag-Coming Soon to BlackBerry Smartphones
RIM sent out a press release earlier this morning to introduce BlackBerry Tag, a easy way to share multimedia and contact information between NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphones with a simple tap. BlackBerry Tag will be available shortly for BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 and Curve 9350/9360/9370 owners. Key features of BlackBerry Tag: BlackBerry Tag enables effortless ‘tap to share’ exchanges [...]
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