After much speculation that Research in Motion may open up and give iOS and Android access to its popular BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service, RIM’s new chief Thorstein Heins had put the idea to rest by saying that BBM appearing on external platforms is not an option. BBM allows BlackBerry users to communicate freely with each [...]
Research in Motion had kicked off its BlackBerry Jam prior to the commencement of CTIA to demonstrate what its BlackBerry 10 operating system will look like and even gave developers in attendance some free BlackBerry developer hardware to play with. Now, after some brief demos of the BlackBerry 10 OS on stage at BlackBerry Jam, [...]
Despite BlackBerry 10 coming out sometime in the next few months RIM is still releasing BlackBerry OS 7 devices like the new BlackBerry Curve 9320. The BlackBerry Curve 9320 is just like every other entry-level Curve. It features the same iconic BlackBerry design with a 2.4-inch 320×240 display over a physical QWERTY keyboard. The phone [...]
It appears that at least one U.S. carrier will be playing host to BlackBerry 10 devices as T-Mobile has confirmed that it will have a BlackBerry 10 device in its lineup by the time November rolls around. T-Mobile confirmed the news and the time frame with PhoneDog’s Sydney Myers. The carrier made the comments at [...]
RIM has confirmed some unfortunate but unsurprising news in that its current lineup of BlackBerry handsets will not be getting the upgrade to BlackBerry 10, the company’s new operating system that it showed off yesterday for the first time and which will launch later on this year. The news was confirmed by SlashGear who says [...]
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins has confirmed that the company will indeed be releasing a 4G LTE enabled BlackBerry PlayBook in 2012 and that it will be arriving on shelves at some point later this year. He declined to offer a specific release date. Heins, according to Engadget, made the comments at a press event this [...]
Earlier today, RIM posted a short video showing off its upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system. The video depicts a new virtual keyboard complete with predictive text and it left some wondering whether RIM would still be releasing phones with physical QWERTY keyboards. Without going into specifics, the company confirmed that it will not be abandoning [...]
Today, RIM finally showed off an early build of its upcoming BlackBerry 10 software giving us a glimpse at the future of a company whose present is currently in shambles. The company has posted the first video of BlackBerry 10 which shows off some of the core features of the operating system running on a [...]
Last week’s “Wake Up” protest outside a Sydney Apple store wasn’t a Samsung campaign, but a RIM marketing campaign. According to The Age, RIM has confessed that it was the company behind the campaign which featured fake protesters dressed all in black chanting “wake up” outside an Apple store. The BlackBerry maker admitted the campaign is [...]
Later this week, RIM will be putting a BlackBerry 10 developer device into the hands of developers. Over the weekend, photos of that device leaked giving a clear view of the device that the company is expected to hand out tomorrow at its BlackBerry Jam event in Orlando, Florida. The photos were brought to the [...]
Just because it won’t be releasing devices with its new BlackBerry 10 operating system until October, doesn’t mean that RIM won’t be releasing other handsets in 2012. One such device has surfaced today, a new BlackBerry Curve, that will likely be announced at BlackBerry World next week. Sohoa, courtesy of Engadget, have posted some photos [...]
RIM has yet to confirm exactly when devices running its BlackBerry 10 operating system will be out but a new report says that the company will announce its first BlackBerry 10 smartphone in August and release its first BlackBerry 10 powered device in October. According to a source of B4BB, RIM will announce the device [...]
After showing up on the BlackBerry App World prematurely earlier this month, the popular game Angry Birds Space has finally arrived on RIM’s app marketplace and is now available for BlackBerry users to download. The game has arrived with a $2.99 price tag attached to it which is actually two dollars cheaper than it was [...]
Back in February, RIM rolled out the major BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 update, an update that brought a number of welcomed improvements and features. Today, the company has followed that update up with another update, OS 2.0.1, an update that brings a number of fixes for the device’s software. The update is currently available Over-the-Air [...]
With recent resignations and dwindling sales RIM is in trouble. The company still has BlackBerry 10 coming eventually, but it needs to do something to gain more users now. To do that, RIM decided to improve the boring image of BlackBerry. To challenge RIM’s boring image the company hired CollegeHumor comedians Amir Blumenfeld and Streeter Seidell [...]
On Sunday, Nokia kicked off a huge promotion for its Lumia 900, the first 4G LTE Windows Phone to launch in the United States. The spectacle included a light show and a concert by performer Nicki Minaj in Times Square, all done to promote the launch of the new phone. Well, turns out, at least [...]
Owners of the BlackBerry PlayBook got quite the surprise today when Angry Birds Space appeared in the BlackBerry App World. That surprise soon turned to dread though as the application has since disappeared from the marketplace. Still, it would appear that the game will be coming to RIM’s tablet soon. According to CrackBerry, earlier today, [...]
In an effort to curtail piracy of apps, Research in Motion will roll out a new software update at some point in the future that would remove the ability for users to side load applications, though that capability will remain in some form for developers for the platform. Sideloading is a process that allows users [...]
RIM has long been thought to have a 4G LTE version of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet up its sleeve and today, photos of that alleged tablet have come up to the surface. Images of what appear to be a BlackBerry PlayBook with a SIM card slot have emerged on the CrackBerry forums today (courtesy of [...]
Amidst reports that it would be giving up in the consumer market, RIM has fired back in comments made to Pocket-lint saying that it will not withdraw from the consumer market. Reports about RIM exiting the consumer market surfaced after the company posted poor fourth quarter financial results and after company CEO Thorstein Heins said [...]
After slumping sales and a failure to compete effectively in the consumer space in light of stiff competition from newer mobile OSes such as Apple’s iOS and devices running Google’s Android operating system, Research in Motion had announced that it will be exiting the consumer space. In effect, RIM will be returning back to its [...]
It’s been a pretty busy day over at Research in Motion as the company not only announced paltry fourth quarter fiscal results but also saw its former CEO and Co-Founder, Jim Balsillie, resign from his post on the board of directors and leave the company. In addition, RIM’s CTO of software, David Yach, and its [...]
We had reported that there are now two prominent competing standards for a smaller SIM format being proposed to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) for approval, one from Apple and another from a joint alliance backed by Nokia, Motorola, and Research in Motion. On the surface, the new war for a format for a smaller [...]
For RIM and many BlackBerry hopefuls, the Canadian smartphone-maker’s BlackBerry 10 operating system is intended as a the platform to help RIM compete more effectively against iOS and Android in an increasingly crowded and competitive smartphone space. Based on the same QNX OS that powers the company’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, the BlackBerry 10 OS is [...]
BlackBerry 10 in consumer phones is still months away, but developers will get their hands on it much earlier. RIM has announced that it will be giving away prototype BlackBerry 10 phones to developers in May. The prototype phones will be given out to developers that attend RIM’s BlackBerry 10 Jam developer conference in Orlando [...]
In an effort to create slimmer, sleeker, and smaller products, Apple is hoping to make the SIM card as small as possible. The company had done that once already, migrating from the traditional SIM standard to the micro SIM format, which is now being employed on the company’s iPhone and iPad as well as rival [...]
In a post on its business blog, RIM has revealed, in detail, its stance on jailbreaking BlackBerry devices. Adrian Stone, who is the company’s Director of the BlackBerry Security Incident Response Team says that the company recommends against installing any jailbreaking tool and that doing so will indeed void the warranty that comes along with [...]
A leaked photo of a new, unannounced BlackBerry Curve model shows that Research in Motion will be highlighting its proprietary BlackBerry Messenger, otherwise known as BBM, network more to consumers. The BlackBerry Curve 9320 was shown in the latest leaked image with a dedicated button on the side that will specifically activate and launch the [...]
RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet recently got a crucial update to PlayBook OS 2.0, an update that finally brought features like native email and contacts, features that should have been on the device from the beginning. Well, seems OS 2.0 won’t be the last update that the device will get as RIM’s Vice President of Product [...]
Today RIM introduced the new Bluetooth Mini Keyboard Case for the Blackberry PlayBook. Arriving months after the tablet’s release and (arguably) long after anyone still cared, this accessory aims to make the PlayBook an even better business companion. Every little bit helps, right? The slim keyboard connects via Bluetooth and features 128 bit encryption for [...]
If you own a BlackBerry PlayBook and you’ve been waiting for an official physical keyboard solution to pair with your tablet that’s now running BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, your lucky day has finally arrived. Sadly, it looks like you’re going to have to use all of your change from your broken piggy bank to scoop [...]
Whether the timing of the news is coincidental or not to come just as Apple announced its third-generation flagship tablet, Research in Motion has also made an announcement for an accessory for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The accessory comes in the form of a folio-style case that could hold the PlayBook tablet on one side [...]
Not to rain on the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 parade that has been going on this week but yesterday, Netflix confirmed some pretty grim news for both BlackBerry smartphone and PlayBook owners by stating, on Twitter, that the company has no current plans to support BlackBerry devices. That is an absolutely devastating revelation for a [...]
You may have heard. RIM has finally gone ahead and released the highly anticipated BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 update that will finally bring the tablet the features it should have had when it launched all the way back in April of 2011. For those not keeping record, we are now in February 0f 2012 and [...]
BlackBerry Playbook owners can update their Playbooks to the new and improved BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0. Just as we predicted, Research In Motion has released BlackBerry OS 2.0 and it is available to download right to your PlayBook. BlackBerryPlaybook OS 2.0 brings a number of features including enhanced email and calendar functionality as well as the ability to run [...]
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