Like people, companies are also capable of improving themselves, as long as they're self-aware enough to understand their own weaknesses. With that in mind--and with New Year's Day almost upon us--I'd like to politely suggest a few resolutions that would make great tech companies even better. (Judging from the behavior of some pretty big outfits in 2011, they could use the advice.)
With BlackBerry 10 smartphones delayed until late 2012, the next year is going to be pretty awkward for Research in Motion. For nearly another year, the company will have to peddle phones based on BlackBerry 7, an operating system that’s been scaring customers away in droves.
With the dramatic rise of Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android devices, it’s easy to forget that just a few years ago BlackBerry was the premier smartphone on the market and a veritable status symbol.
Thanks to growing economic unrest in China’s factory belt, dissatisfaction among workers has spread, leading to growing conflicts, unflinching demands and week-long protests that could begin to take their toll on electronics manufacturers like Apple and Motorola.
When your flagship tablet drops to less than half its initial sale price six months after launch, warning, you might want to reach for the airsickness bag.
With U.S. Senators getting involved in the issue about whether or not Americans’ cell activity is being monitored and recorded without their permission, it’s worth asking the most obvious question: How did the offending Carrier IQ software get onto the mobile devices in the first place?
BlackBerry fans may need a lot more patience waiting for Research in Motion to modernize its smartphones, as the first BBX phone is now rumored to launch in the third quarter of 2012.
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is forging ahead with its BBM Music offering, an attempt at creating a viral music service that will probably fall flat.
Research in Motion’s tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, has been overshadowed of late, which may be the reason behind the company’s latest promotion: Buy two PlayBook tablets, get one free. Yes, that’s right, tablets have now become so ubiquitous that we’re buying them in bulk.
I don’t mean to be painfully Pollyannaish, but I’m almost glad that RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis didn’t announce any new products or other major news at the keynote during its DevCon conference in San Francisco, which I attended on Tuesday morning. A year ago, at the 2010 edition of the event, he unveiled the PlayBook [...]
BlackBerry owners frustrated by last week’s service outage—the longest in RIM’s history—will have access to “a selection of premium apps worth a total value of more than US $100,” according to a company press release.
