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September is coming and so is the BlackBerry Passport; expected to debut next month. We’ve seen the oddly shaped handset in pictures but now a video provides a hands-on overview, sharing some additional details of the Passport.
Contrarians say BlackBerry, for all its struggles, would have been a much better acquisition to help Microsoft penetrate the enterprise mobility market.
In 2007, when the iPhone launched, some of us believed that it was going to change the phone business forever. Nokia (s…
BlackBerry may have found a buyer in a consortium led by Fairfax Financial, which has a letter of intent signed by BlackBerry to sell the company at $9 per share, or roughly $4.7 billion.
CNBC reported the halt of BlackBerry share trading late on Friday afternoon, saying that news was pending. Moments later the company detailed forecasts for sales and revenues and will be cutting 4,500 jobs while taking nearly a billion dollar inventory charge.
Vodafone has fessed up to responsibility for the outage, which affected an unspecified number of BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa on Friday.
RIM posted better than expected results but it’s still facing an uphill battle as it looks ahead to the launch of BlackBerry 10. RIM’s got cash but its subscriber base slipped in the most recent quarter.
Research in Motion hasn’t had good news to report in an awfully long time, and that streak continued during its most recent quarter. RIM missed analyst targets for revenue, earnings per share, and BlackBerry shipments as it scrambles to stay relevant.
What’s the real reason behind the delay of the BlackBerry 10 handsets, which has Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) in a lot of trouble heading…
Comscore’s latest mobile numbers are out, and they continue to paint a familiar picture: Android and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) are gaining at the e…
This morning RIM’s co-CEO Mike Lazaridis took to the Internet two more times, once via YouTube and once, with co-CEO Jim Balsillie, in a web…
Smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) is facing a user revolt after tens of millions of users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa suff…
Tens of millions of BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa have been unable to receive or send emails and messages through t…
Executives from Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) have warned a committee of MPs that switching off soc…
The government has climbed down on plans to ban suspected rioters from using social networking websites in times of civil unrest.
Research in Motion’s curious “let’s make our declining brand $100 more expensive than our more-popular competitors” strategy for the launch…
Fascinating metrics in Ofcom’s wide-ranging Communications Market Report 2011 counters the commonly-held, share-based belief that Apple (NSD…
Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) has taken the wraps off of three new BlackBerry 7 devices in addition to the two it unveiled earlier this ye…
This is starting to look less like RIM’s “peanut butter” memo moment and more like a train wreck. The day after an open letter from an unnam…
As hinted by Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) co-CEO Jim Balsillie last week, RIM unveiled its newest smartphone operating system Monday to k…
Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) did its best Thursday afternoon to convince skeptical financial analysts that its disappointing outlook for…
Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) lowered its profit expectations for the upcoming quarter by about 10 percent Thursday afternoon, citing weak…
A recent survey from TRUSTe, the Web privacy consulting company, shows that while there’s no denying that modern mobile users are addicted t…
Stalled negotiations over how best to implement the promising NFC (near-field communications) wireless payment technology in Research in Mot…
Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) may be contemplating offering a version of one of its most popular applications–BlackBerry Messenger–for a…
Major League Baseball Advanced Media plans to pick a vendor next week to build a mobile ad platform and have it in place within a month afte…
When Verizon announced earlier this month that it would finally start to carry the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone on its network, starting in Feb…
Should employees be allowed to bring so-called “rogue devices” into the corporate world or should IT deploy the handsets and tablets? As the mobile-app phenomenon accelerates at a ludicrous speed, here are points IT departments should consider when making that decision. (GigaOM Pro subscription required).
A sign that BlackBerry maker RIM is looking for a step change in its device strategy: today it announced that it purchased Swedish-based use…
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) still has a pretty firm grip on the mobile zeitgeist, but we’re seeing signs that it may be getting a little weaker, cour…
Here’s some interesting stats that once again show mobile still to be very much an open game, there for the taking: turns out that in the mo…
Smartphones with big touch screens are popular, but RIM has gone old-school with the BlackBerry Style. The Style is a modern adaptation of the flip phone, and given RIM’s attention to detail and the new BlackBerry 6 operating system the handset works the form surprisingly well.
It’s been a long time since News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). dared create original programming expressly for mobile viewing in the U.S., but it’s back…
When Tony Pearce sold Player X to mobile content developer Zed for some £10 million ($16 million) at the height of a mini-bubble in May 200…
AT&T (NYSE: T) customers that have data plans for iPhones, Blackberries and other smartphones and wireless devices got a surprise text messa…
Urban Airship, a Portland-based startup that provides services, like notifications and in-app purchases to third party application makers, h…
The BlackBerry Partners Fund is reorganizing its management structure to help it focus exclusively on mobile ventures. The $150 million fund will now have a consolidated investment team based in Toronto and will open an office in Silicon Valley by early 2011.
Research in Motion isn’t keeping the BlackBerry 6 love to just the Torch; today it announced the BlackBerry Bold 9780 with the new OS. The Bold has been a very popular handset for RIM, and this updated model adds features to the line.
Research In Motion’s app store gains more exposure starting today by launching an online storefront, where users will be able to use a big s…
BlackBerry phones in the United Arab Emirates will continue to operate following the news that RIM has reached an agreement with the country to avert a shut-off. The question: How exactly did RIM avoid an Oct. 11 deadline for the suspension of service?
We knew from the previous reports that Android was outselling Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), but the big surprise is that Apple and RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) ar…
Here’s a quick peak of the barcode scanning market through the lens of ScanBuy, a Motorola-backed company that has developed barcode scannin…
RIM confirmed rumors of a tablet by introducing the BlackBerry PlayBook, a powerful 7-inch device that will offer a dual-core 1GHz processor, full HTML 5 browser, Flash 10.1 with video acceleration, 1 GB of RAM, 1080p playback with HDMI output and two HD cameras, all built atop the QNX operating system.
To capture the hearts and minds of developers already enamored with iOS and Android, RIM announced a slew of updates aimed at making developing for the BlackBerry platform more attractive and profitable. The updates include an advertising network, an analytics service and integration with BlackBerry Messenger.
Verizon Wireless will soon extend its app store beyond BlackBerrys to Android phones, and says it will be running on triple the number of ph…
The critics are quick to say that Research In Motion’s BlackBerry platform won’t stand up to the test of time, but it didn’t fall down in th…
Motricity is hard at work churning out smartphone offerings that their carrier customers may potentially like to adopt. The latest announced…
Research In Motion is entering last-ditch meetings with Indian security officials in an effort to meet demands of government access to encrypted communications. But how can RIM provide what it claims to not have — access to security keys for business-run BlackBerry Enterprise Servers?
Once upon a time, we didn’t have gadgets surrounding us all the time. Do you remember that? You might, but perhaps only vaguely if research reported by the New York Times is true. Researchers have determined that we need downtime to turn experiences into memories.
Inside the walls of the San Diego-based company, Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) has started an incubator to come up with consumer services that could…
A number of high-level investors, including Tomorrow Ventures, the investment arm of Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt, and BlackBerry Partners Fund…
Research In Motion is quickly working to improve the app-shopping experience on BlackBerry devices, but in updates being sent out to consume…
Fears are mounting that the Torch, RIM’s latest BlackBerry, may not hold a candle to the iPhone. The realization has led an analyst to downg…
One of the visions of tomorrow’s connected world is that people will be able to call up the TV show they missed from the night before and wa…
RIM is releasing a new model in its popular Curve line of phones, the Curve 3G. The new Curve will work on 3G networks for faster data connections. The big news from RIM about the Curve 3G is that the phone is “BlackBerry 6 ready”.
The critics are quick to call the death of the BlackBerry, but many reviewers are saying that the BlackBerry Torch — running the latest sof…
Android is now the top-selling mobile platform in the U.S., besting both BlackBerry and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), according to The NPD Group, a ma…
Twenty-four hours after launching its latest handset, suddenly RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) is enduring high-level skepticism that its BlackBerry is sui…
The new BlackBerry OS 6 and BlackBerry Torch handset tells me that RIM is still in the game with both an updated platform and devices that can take advantage of it. But challenges still remain because in many ways RIM is just catching up to competitors.
In advance of an Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) event, anyone with a website takes the time to pontificate about the smallest of details — the camera,…
As newer and more nimble smartphone platforms have garnered attention over the past few years, Research In Motion has continued to plod along and grow. Here’s what you should expect to see in addition to a new OS at RIM’s joint press event with AT&T tomorrow.
BlackBerry continues to hold the largest U.S. smartphone market share at 35 percent, and Apple’s iPhone is in second at 28 percent. But acco…
This week, Research In Motion is expected to trot out an upgraded version of its flagship operating system. But is BlackBerry’s dated OS simply too antiquated to compete in the era of the superphone?
Research In Motion should not be forgotten. In the second-quarter, the BlackBerry-maker shipped 11.2 million devices, up 40 percent from a y…
There’s one thing this market isn’t: Dull. In the past year, smartphone shipments have soared by 43 percent, hitting a record 60 million in…
Yesterday at our paidContent Mobile event in New York, BlackBerry Partners Fund Co-Managing Partner John Albright, said the company’s newest…
Replicating the iPhone App Store is harder than it looks.
Verizon Wireless has found that out the hard way. It took roughly seven months f…
A preview of BlackBerry OS 6 shows vast improvement for Research In Motion, but it is very Apple-like in look and feel. That’s good because RIM may have “caught up” but if that’s all the company has done, will it be enough to increase market share?
RIM hopes to make its phones more competitive with the upcoming BlackBerry 6 version of the OS, which is a significant upgrade to the existing platform. RIM is excited about BlackBerry 6, and has put a video demonstration of its features to get BlackBerry fans talking.
Enterprise BlackBerry users have long enjoyed peace of mind from remote device management. Now consumers are gaining similar functions — Research In Motion today introduced a limited beta of BlackBerry Protect, a free service that protects personal data on a handset and finds lost BlackBerry phones.
No doubt the iPhone has been a hit with consumers, but judging from RIM
Research In Motion, the makers of the Blackberry, reported first quarter sales today that missed analyst expectations, amid evidence that th…
Although not yet rolled out, RIM is introducing a new Blackberry App World 2.0 storefront, complete with carrier billing for purchases, QR codes to find software and a BlackBerry ID to manage data across devices. It sounds great but late, given what competitors already offer.
Talk about a BlackBerry companion tablet has gained traction with a new report that such a slate device is indeed in the works. A BlackBerry with a sliding keyboard is also planned that would be a game-changer for RIM in the smartphone space.
Research In Motion, which has recently seen its market share in North America slipping to Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), is testing a new touchscreen s…
Tricia is at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this week. Follow her ongoing coverage and read up on past news here.
It’s wide…
It’s widely believed that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) will announce its latest iPhone tomorrow, but with dozens of new handsets flooding the market,…
The BlackBerry Partners Fund has expanded to China with a $100 million fund through a new joint venture with China Broadband Capital Partner…
We’ve been hearing rumors that RIM is hard at work on a BlackBerry companion tablet, fueled by reports that the company has ordered 8.9-inch displays for such a device. The question that keeps popping up every time I think of such an effort is — why?
Research In Motion is bringing the BlackBerry to enterprises through China Telecom, but why offer the Storm as part of this deal? If RIM wants to compete with the iPhone in China, it should be targeting consumers with the Storm, not enterprises that need a keyboard.
It seemed like it would be only a matter of time before a dozen or so Android-based smartphones would outsell Apple’s one and only iPhone.…
BlackBerry is putting down some investment money to try to ensure app developers can more easily tap in to mobile networks’ resources.
Its…
We recently noted a number of portable keyboards that work with the iPad, including the Freedom Pro Keyboard. This keyboard is a QWERTY keyboard that folds in two for easy transport. The keyboard will work with many smartphones, including Blackberries, Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile phones.
It has been all quiet on the BlackBerry front for a while, with RIM hard at work on the next big version of the OS. Some mighty tasty screen shots of BlackBerry 6.0 have leaked, and it seems the OS is built for touch control.
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The biggest takeaway from a report published by Millennial Media today is that smartphone users are consuming more content — and therefore…
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion’s stock is down nearly 6 percent in after-hours trading after coming short of analysts’ expectations for…
Anyone who needs to convert videos to work well on a given phone knows you have to do your homework to get it done right. Our friends at NewTeeVee have your back and have rounded up 5 easy ways to convert videos for phones.
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) has updated its mobile application for the iPhone and iPod Touch to enable customers to update their DVR settings remo…
The International Trade Commission is a busy bunch these days. It’s not only hearing cases from both Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK…
On the good deals front, while the BlackBerry Curve 8330 isn’t the latest and greatest ‘Berry phone out there, you can scoop one up from Boost for $249.99 with no long-term contract. The same device on a Verizon month-to-month plan is $429.99 as of last check.
The White House has launched an iPhone application, which is consistent with President Obama’s mission to create a more open and transparent…
Those of you who love the TripIt service for tracking your travels know that having a good app on your smartphone can…
The tight Google (s goog) integration with Android apps can now be enjoyed to a degree by BlackBerry (s rimm) owners with…
Research In Motion reported impressive results in the third quarter, including the sale of 10.1 million BlackBerry phones, allowing the Onta…
We may be seeing the early beginnings of Verizon Wireless’s partnership with Research In Motion. Clear Channel (NYSE: CCMO) Radio is announc…
— Research In Motion launches Media Sync 3.0: This is a desktop application that allows users to sync photos and music between their BlackB…
RIM’s co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis said that there’s great potential in building and designing applications for the BlackBerry p…
If you aren’t a hardcore software developer, but have a great mobile application idea? No problem.
A slew of intermediary platforms have s…
Spotify does plan to follow its iPhone and Android apps with a BlackBerry download, we have learned.
The music service recently said it saw…
The Times of India reported on Saturday that VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) service provider Skype is likely headed for a standoff with…
The BlackBerry TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) app, which allows users to remotely schedule recordings of TV shows on their set-top box, is now available,…
Research In Motion failed to meet analyst expectations in the second quarter, mostly due to a $112.8 million charge related a patent settlem…
Research In Motion’s BlackBerry has launched an application aimed at U2 fans through its partnership with the popular Irish band that is cur…
In the race to build the biggest and best application store in mobile, a number of handset makers, operators are hosting a contests that wil…
Global smartphone shipments grew by 13.4 percent in Q209 compared to the same period last year as consumers refuse to let the recession get…
In the past, Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) has offered a very successful, buy one BlackBerry, get another one free promotion, which on more th…
As soon as this year, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will try to make the Android operating system more friendly to business users, according to Google…
At Verizon’s developer conference today, the largest U.S. carrier unveiled details of its new application store that will launch in the four…
If you own a BlackBerry (s rimm) and use Twitter as much as I do, you’re more than likely frustrated with the…
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion and Apple’s iPhone are on pace to make more than their fair share of the cellphone industry’s profits th…
Research In Motion will pay $267.5 million to wireless-email provider Visto to end a long-running patent dispute. In exchange, RIM (NSDQ: RI…
Research In Motion said at its annual meeting on Tuesday that Larry Conlee, the company’s chief operating officer for product development an…
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has made its Google Voice service, which gives you one number and one voicemail box for all of your phones, easier to us…
Research In Motion may be close to launching a social-network-like service, which gives BlackBerry users a venue to share opinions about the…
Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) is restructuring the way it works with some application developers, which will be important as handset makers la…
Sprint (NYSE: S) and Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) have changed their mind and in what is becoming a pretty common move will start allowing Wi…
» Dada cutting staff in U.S. a day after announcing an acquisition. It is merging Dad.net with Dada Entertainment. [Billboard]
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There’s not a ton of information so far, but BlackBerry has launched a web site that is teasing U2 fans, who own a BlackBerry, that a mobile…
» The rise of both smartphones and social networking could give mobile advertising a much needed boost. [Reuters]
» I…
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) released its latest media player today, called RealPlayer SP, which stands for “social” and “portable.” It makes i…
Glu Mobile (NSDQ: GLUU) is releasing four new titles through its partnership with Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) Publishing this year, including su…
Two reports released today looked at the smartphone buying habits of consumers, especially when it comes to the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone. T…
There’s a ton of news trickling out about the iPhone 3G S, which officially went on sale today. If you are feeling overloaded, here’s a top-…
Research In Motion reported higher earnings in its first quarter today, but the company’s stock traded lower as investors looked ahead to th…
We’ve heard from multiple sources that RIM (s RIMM) is planning to announce a full-episode television service for BlackBerry users as early…
The BlackBerry Partners Fund, which is an independent investment fund dedicated to investing in software that supports devices made by Resea…
RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) may want to widen its consumer base, but the price points in its new BlackBerry App World store shows that its still cateri…
Research In Motion launched a new website tonight, encouraging BlackBerry device owners to sign up for PayPal, so they will be ready to star…
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is not the only smartphone manufacturer having trouble in Japan — DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) has halted sales of RIM’s BlackBerr…
It’s been about five days since I ditched my iPhone (s aapl) and made the BlackBerry Curve 8900 (s rimm) my primary…
Midem was only too happy to oblige its lead sponsor BlackBerry with a keynote Q&A slot on its first-ever visit to the Cannes music biz confa…
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) may be eating into its share of the smart phone market in developed markets, but Nokia (NYSE: NOK) i…
A week after Research In Motion (RIM) rolled out its MySpace for Blackberry application, which gives Blackberry users easier access to the s…
RIM’s (s rimm) recently released Blackberry Storm is a device that tries to outdo Apple’s (s aapl) iPhone by including a beefed-up…
Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless
How low will Verizon (NYSE: VZ) go with the BlackBerry Storm? Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), which owns a stake in the carrier, is offering the devic…
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) released the second version of its Gmail service for BlackBerry phones today, adding new functionality such as the abili…
In an effort to become more consumer-friendly, and expand upon its reputation for being a strong email device, Research In Motion is now let…
Earlier this year RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) and Thomson Reuters (NASDAQ: TRIN) launched a $150 million BlackBerry Partners Fund to invest in mobile a…
If something like this was even hinted at for the iPhone, the tech pundits and analysts would be pulling their hair out…
The Research In Motion takeover guessing game has returned. With the BlackBerry-maker
RIM
We knew it wouldn’t be long before RIM had a competitive response to Apple’s popular App store, and today, there’s finally details leaking o…
RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) co-CEO Mike Lazaridis told the AP yesterday that AT&T (NYSE: T) is still testing the new high-end Blackberry Bold to make s…
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) or RIM: who
If the popularity contest is going to be fought between the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone and RIM’s (NSDQ: RIMM) BlackBerry devices, then Micros…
BlackBerry users will finally get to use Hotmail as well as Windows Live Messenger on their handsets, out of the box, by the summer, after R…
Blackberry maker Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) reported revenue of $1.67 billion in its Q3, up 100 percent from last year’s $835 million.…
