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 …
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How Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android Left BlackBerry in the Dust
In short: innovation, execution, and a near-maniacal focus on the user experience. 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 …
Poor RIM Renames BBX ‘BlackBerry 10’ Due to Trademark Woes
Research in Motion can’t catch a break. The maker of BlackBerry phones is giving up on the name “BBX” for its next-generation operating system due to trademark issues, and will call it “BlackBerry 10” instead.
RIM announced …
Finger-Pointing, Denials and Confusion: Who Put Keystroke-Tracking Software On Your Phone, Anyway?
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 …
Carrier IQ ‘Wiretap’ Debacle: Much Ado About Something?
Android, Nokia and BlackBerry users, your every key press is being tracked, claims Connecticut systems administrator Trevor Eckhart. Eckhart said as much recently, raising quite the ruckus, but this time he’s back with a 17 …
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RIM Launches BBM Music, and It’s Doomed Already
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.
BBM Music launches today with a free 60-day trial, and costs $5 per month thereafter. Here’s how it works:
You pick 50 songs for your music library. If you know anyone who’s …
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BlackBerry: Vision Needed
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 tablet. I got all …
The Future of BlackBerry Is ‘BBX’
Taking a cue from iOS and Android, Research in Motion has announced a single platform called BBX for its future phones and tablets.
BBX is RIM’s attempt to combine the fading BlackBerry smartphone platform with the young but struggling QNX operating system that debuted on the BlackBerry PlayBook. RIM made the announcement at its …
RIM Says Sorry for BlackBerry Outage with Free Apps
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.
The apps will become available starting on Wednesday, with additional titles added to the list over the next four …
RIM: BlackBerry Service ‘Has Been Fully Restored’
Research in Motion co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie held a phone-in press conference this morning to announce that BlackBerry services have been "fully restored" around the world.
"On Monday we had a hardware failure," began Lazaridis, who went on to explain that one of the company’s data switches failed in Europe, at which
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RIM Apologizes: ‘Not Even Close’ on BlackBerry Uptime This Week
FOLLOW-UP: RIM: BlackBerry Service ‘Has Been Fully Restored’
"Since launching BlackBerry in 1999, it’s been my goal to provide reliable, real-time communications around the world," begins RIM founder an Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis’ apology video, "We did not deliver on that goal this week."
"Not even close."
Lazaridis goes on to say that
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