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RIM delays QNX-based BlackBerry smartphones until late 2012
- Research In Motion has announced that its QNX-based smartphones have been delayed until late 2012 -- well after its originally slated first quarter unveiling. The news came during an investor call last night and marks the latest in a string…
Injunction blocks RIM from using BBX name for new OS
- Research in Motion's run of bad luck continues. Fresh after hearing a senior executive in Indonesia might be charged with negligence following the sales stampede at their BlackBerry Bold 9790 launch, the Canadian firm has now been blocked from using the name BBX…
RIM's Indonesia chief could face prosecution over BlackBerry stampede
- At the end of last month, Research in Motion chose Jakarta, Indonesia for the global launch of its new Blackberry Bold 9790 smartphone. The phone is wildly popular in the country, and thus thousands queued for their chance to be among…
RIM charging off $485 million in unsold PlayBook inventory
- Research in Motion has announced that they will take a $485 million charge in the fiscal third quarter thanks to their BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The company is taking the hit now with plans to put the whole fiasco behind them…
Full update and round-up of Carrier IQ tracking software scandal
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On Wednesday, news broke about a hidden application installed on most popular smartphone handsets that logs nearly everything the user does. Accompanying the news article was a 17-minute long video of developer Trevor Eckhart demonstrating how his HTC Evo 3D was tracking his key presses and even the content of his text messages.
Hackers to release "DingleBerry" tool to jailbreak BlackBerry Playbook
- Three developers have reportedly bypassed Research In Motion's security, gaining root access to the BlackBerry Playbook. The trio -- currently known as xpvqs, neuralic and cmw (Chris Wade) -- demonstrated the feat in a few videos this week. In one…
Developer finds hidden smartphone logging app
- A security researcher by the name of Trevor Eckhart has uncovered a hidden application installed on many popular smartphones that logs nearly everything the user does. Eckhart has posted a 17-minute video on YouTube that shows how the software tracks…
Delta lets passengers track their luggage with mobile app
- Frequent air travelers are no strangers to nightmarish tales about luggage being mishandled or lost during flights. Delta Air Lines tried to ease off the latter earlier this year when it began experimenting with a new online tracking system that…
BlackBerry launch event in Indonesia turns violent
- A scheduled smartphone launch event in Indonesia has turned ugly and resulted in coordinators canceling the event early. Thousands of people showed up to get their hands on the latest BlackBerry mobile phone but when rumors began to spread that…
RIM drops BlackBerry PlayBook to $199 in time for the holidays
- Research in Motion has announced via Twitter that they will be dropping the price of the BlackBerry PlayBook to $199 for a limited time. This is a significant price cut as the tablet originally launched with a $499 price tag…
Could the Blackberry London be the first device to run BBX?
- Details have begun to emerge of what could be Research in Motion's next generation Blackberry smartphone running the BBX operating system. According to an exclusive by The Verge, the reportedly named Blackberry London will be the first device to launch…
RIM faces lawsuits in U.S. and Canada over service outage
- Users of RIM's BlackBerry devices are suing the company for its days-long service outage that spread across much of the world earlier in the month. The catastrophic system-wide failure left millions of BlackBerry users in five different continents without email,…
RIM delays PlayBook OS 2.0 until February 2012
- It's bad enough that RIM's PlayBook was released on the market without key BlackBerry features like BBM or email, but now the company is saying that the software upgrade that's supposed to enable this functionality has been delayed until February. …
RIM: BBX platform combines the best of BlackBerry and QNX
- BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has officially announced the next-generation operating system that will power all of the company's devices going forward. Up until now BlackBerry OS served as the foundation for their smartphones while a QNX-based variant powered their…
TechSpot's Smartphone Buying Guide: Q4 2011 Update
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Smartphone manufacturers are bringing out the big guns as we move into the final months of the year. While much of the attention will undoubtedly center on Apple's new iPhone 4S, Android fans are spoilt for choice this holiday season. Anticipation is growing with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) expected to arrive any time now.
Without further ado, check out our selection of the hottest devices currently out there. Each phone is listed alongside its feature highlights, specs and prices, broken down in three categories depending on its time of release.
We've also added metascores from our Product Finder engine besides each phone to further aid you in making well-informed decisions on your next purchase.
BlackBerry users get $100 worth of apps following outage
- BlackBerry users across the world were hit with a massive outage last week that left them unable to send emails, browse the web or use BlackBerry Messenger for up to three days. Now that service has been restored, Research in…
Amazon selling all Verizon phones for a penny to new subscribers
- Amazon Wireless is offering all Verizon Wireless phones (minus the iPhone) for one penny to new subscribers who sign up for a standard two year service agreement. The promotion runs through October 17 while supplies last and includes free two-day shipping.
RIM founder issues BlackBerry outage video apology, services restored
- Research in Motion’s founder and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis has posted a video apology to BlackBerry users regarding the recent service outage that spanned several countries and continents earlier this week. The service disruption left tens of millions of RIM faithful…
Massive BlackBerry outage in Europe, Middle East and Africa
- BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and phone networks in several countries were forced to apologize to tens of millions of users yesterday, after a server failure caused devices' Internet, email and Blackberry Messenger services to stop working. The server failed…
56 percent of smartphones sold in the last three months run Android
- More than half of all new smartphone owners in the United States are selecting Android-based handsets. 56 percent of those who picked up a new handset in the past three months went with Google’s offering, according to a new study…
RIM greenlights second wave of BlackBerry PlayBook price cuts
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Research in Motion has given retail partners the green light to slash BlackBerry PlayBook prices yet again. Staples and Office Depot have already jumped at the opportunity with others likely to follow soon, as first reported by...
RIM has 800,000 PlayBooks in excess inventory
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Research in Motion (RIM) has nearly 800,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets sitting idle in inventory. RIM had $1.372 billion in inventory at the end of last quarter, up from $618 million at the end of February, according to...
RIM reports steep drop in quarterly profit, shares sink 20%
- Research In Motion is taking a beating in the stock market after reporting another disappointing quarter. The Canadian firm saw profit before tax fall by half from $904 million, on revenue of $4.9 billion the previous quarter, to $414 million…
BlackBerry PlayBook gets $150 price cut
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Best Buy has slashed the price on RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook by $150, bringing the 64GB tablet down to $550. The 16GB model dropped to $449, $50 off the original asking price. Could it be that the PlayBook is next in line for liquidation?
Samsung to release free, multi-platform messaging app
- Samsung is planning to introduce a free text messaging application called ChatON at IFA later this week. In addition to supporting Samsung’s Bada OS, the cross-platform app will run on Android, BlackBerry and iOS devices as well. ChatON will provide basic…
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