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RIM launches Mobile Fusion for BlackBerry, iOS, Android devices
- Fresh from its promise of focusing more on their traditional corporate customers, Research In Motion has announced the release of its BlackBerry Mobile Fusion software today, which will enable companies to manage iOS and Android devices through the same servers…
Vote for nano-SIM standard postponed, RIM accuses Apple of cheating
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The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has postponed a vote on specifications for the next generation nano-Sim design of mobile Sim cards after rows erupted between Apple and several companies opposing their design...
RIM announces $125m quarterly loss and management shakeup
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Troubled Canadian smartphone and tablet manufacturer Research in Motion has released its fourth quarter and year-end financial report (PDF), announcing a $125 million quarterly loss as the firm struggles with falling revenues in large part due...
Apple offers nano-SIM design free of royalties, but there's a catch
- The future of tiny SIM slots everywhere hangs in the balance as Apple, Motorola, RIM and Nokia continue deliberating over what the next nano-SIM standard will be. Not content with other offerings, Apple is now promising its own design will be…
Apple overtakes RIM in smartphone sales on their home turf
- Apple has knocked off Research in Motion as the top smartphone provider in Canada for the first time. Canadians have remained loyal to RIM through some hard times over the past few years but the troubled company based in Waterloo,…
Apple at odds with Nokia, RIM, Motorola over nano-SIM standard
- The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is scheduled to take a vote on the nano-SIM standard next week. The proposed designs -- one backed by Apple and the other by Nokia, RIM and Motorola Mobility -- will allow smartphone vendors…
Samsung, RIM sued over emoticon display patent :-(
- Described as "pictorial representations of an expression or a person's mood", emoticons are widely used amongst habitual texters. Unfortunately for Samsung, Research In Motion and possibly others, Varia Holdings claims they own a patent which would prevent companies from providing a…
RIM releases PlayBook OS 2.0 upgrade, finally adds messaging features
- PlayBook maker Research in Motion has released the long awaited BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 update for tablet users, which finally adds native support for important features like email, a better browser and support for some Android apps. The 505MB update…
RIM extends free Playbook offer for developers until March 2
- In an effort to increase the number of apps available in their app market, Blackberry App World, RIM has decided to prolong a special promotion which aims to give developers a free Playbook in exchange for porting over their Android app(s)…
BlackBerry 10 OS revealed in 14-page marketing document
- Images of RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system have surfaced months ahead of launch. The photos were pulled from a 14-page PDF file that looks to be from one of RIM’s external ad agencies, according to Crackberry.
Apple, Microsoft and RIM cleared to buy Nortel patents
- The crazy gold rush for wireless patents hit a new milestone yesterday as the US Department of Justice approved several patent purchases and acquisitions. In the same report it released to approve the Google buyout of Motorola for $12.5 billion, …
RIM's team of 'Be Bold' superheroes embarrass company
- Research In Motion's newly appointed CEO Thorsten Heins was heavily criticized from day one for saying that no drastic changes were needed to get the company back on track. Instead, he wanted to bring in "some really good marketing expertise"…
RIM CEOs step down, focus will be on two new Blackberry devices
- Analysts have been calling it for quite some time, but with signs like these how could you not. RIM's stock plummeted 77% in 2011 and the company's smartphones kept losing ground to Apple's iPhone and the army of Android devices. Meanwhile…
China, not India, may be behind government espionage
- A series of memos leaked earlier this month implicated the Indian government in possible espionage against the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC). Reuters reports that new information stemming from a U.S. investigation suggests Chinese hackers may actually be…
Rumor: Research In Motion pushing for sale to Samsung
- Update: Samsung has gone on record to say they have not considered acquiring RIM and are not interested in buying the BlackBerry maker.
PlayBook OS 2.0 coming in Feb. with email, contacts, calendar apps
- After a bumpy 2011, ailing mobile firm Research In Motion has unveiled a long-demanded software update for its BlackBerry slate. During a gathering at CES, the company displayed devices running PlayBook OS 2.0, which finally adds native email, contacts and…
RIM may replace CEOs soon, failures of 2011 recapped
- Concerned investors and board members alike may be pushing to shake-up Research in Motion's existing leadership. More specifically, the roles co-CEOs and co-chairmen, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, may be combined into a single head position independent of the company's…
RIM: BlackBerry PlayBook now priced at $299 for all models
- Following up from what can only be described as a lousy year for RIM, the Canadian firm has kicked off 2012 with a new round of BlackBerry PlayBook discounts. From now until February 4, or until inventory runs out, all models…
Blackberry 10 is destined to fail, says insider
- Despite an almost tragic string of blunders and bad news, Research In Motion may be in trouble deeper still. BGR reports that one of its "most trusted sources" inside RIM paints a very poor picture of Blackberry 10 and with…
Amazon considered RIM buyout, so did Microsoft and Nokia
- Research In Motion turned down takeover overtures from Amazon.com and other potential buyers this past summer, according to an exclusive report by Reuters, which claims the BlackBerry maker wanted to turn around the business on its own through the launch…
Weekend Open Forum: Biggest tech failures of 2011
- There are always valuable lessons to be learned from failures -- and boy has 2011 been a pedagogic year for some tech companies. Sony, for example, has no doubt learned about the importance of securing its network infrastructure, especially when…
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…
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