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RIM in Court for Allegedly Stealing BlackBerry Infrastructure Idea

If ever there were a time to kick a dog when it was down, this would be it. In the months before the long-awaited BBX10 handsets from the Canadian messaging powerhouse, new litigation could threaten to cost them millions in cold hard cash if the verdict doesn’t go their way. Millhouse from our friends at …

Blackberry Foursquare app gets NFC support

Here’s something we don’t get to say very often – the Blackberry version of a popular social app is trailblazing the way for new technology. Yes, the Foursquare app on Research in Motion’s dying smartphone platform has just been updated, bringing with it support for a whole portfolio of Near Field Communication (NFC) features. This …

Mobile Nations 15: BlackBerry 10, HTC One, Lumia 900, new iPad

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Blackberry OS10 to make its debut in October?

The troubled smartphone maker RIM has slated October for its make or break release of BB10, the new operating system based on the best parts of QNX that powers the Playbook and BB7 which is currently on the Bold series.  RIM’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, has stated we’ll see a BlackBerry 10 device by “later half …

Google Sync for BlackBerry swept away in spring cleaning

It’s springtime, and you know what that means for Google: out with the old and in with the new. Unfortunately, many BlackBerry fans might not like how Google’s rearranging the furniture. During its routine tradition, the company announced that Google Sync for the BlackBerry will no longer be available for download as of June 1st. …

Google Sync for BlackBerry swept away in spring cleaning

It’s springtime, and you know what that means for Google: out with the old and in with the new. Unfortunately, many BlackBerry fans might not like how Google’s rearranging the furniture. During its routine tradition, the company announced that Google Sync for the BlackBerry will no longer be available for download as of June 1st. …

Oracle decided not to buy BlackBerry or Palm, denies the world Ellison helmed webOracleBerry

Oracle, the 2 ton mutant gorilla of enterprise data software, once considered buying BlackBerry or Palm in order to take on Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android in the smartphone space. No. Seriously. Unfortunately, Oracle CEO — and former Apple board member and long-time Steve Jobs friend — Larry Ellison decided against it. I say unfortunately …

BlackBerry Messenger spotted on Android

It’s been quite a while since we heard about good old BlackBerry Messenger on Android. The last we heard was that a test app from RIM was over in development over a year ago, and though RIM has grown closer to Android through its Playbook tablet, that doesn’t mean they’re any fonder. The rumor fell …

RIM patent application ponders a desk dock for your BlackBerry

It’s that special time of the week when we examine the what-ifs and whys of the patent system. Research in Motion applied for a patent last year to construct a telephone-dock that’ll nestle your BlackBerry when you’re sat in the office. Plonk your device in the carved out slot and it’ll offer up its display …

BlackBerry Playbook to lose Android side-loading for fear of piracy

Well, so much for that. Just a couple of months after formally introducing the capability to use Android apps on their BlackBerry Plabook tablet, Research In Motion has announced plans to disable the updated OS’ capability to install Android apps outside of the BlackBerry App World. AllThingsD reports that the OS 2.1 update will disable the side-loading …

RIM confirms departures of two top BlackBerry, BBM execs

Word of a big exec shakeup at RIM leaked out just ahead of the company’s quarterly earnings late last month — something that was then quickly confirmed in said earnings report. It looks like that wasn’t the end of it though, as RIM has now also confirmed the departures of two more high-level executives. That …

BlackBerry PlayBook with ’4G’ out and about, wants to know where you put its SIM

Jim Balsillie might be on the outs, but it looks like his once boastful pet-project — a BlackBerry PlayBook with integrated cellular wireless — is finally coming to fruition. Per CrackBerry‘s forums comes the above snap of the Canadian slate donning a SIM card slot, nary a month after we first spotted the company’s HSPA+ …

BlackBerry Mobile Fusion integrates RIM, iOS and Android device management

With iOS now offering business-friendly security features, the shift away from BlackBerry is well underway, and the transition hasn’t exactly played out well for RIM. Now, the company even appears to be embracing the recently established competition, by launching BlackBerry Mobile Fusion. Beginning today, the new enterprise management tool will support not only BlackBerry devices …

BlackBerry Mobile Fusion integrates RIM, iOS and Android device management

With iOS now offering business-friendly security features, the shift away from BlackBerry is well underway, and the transition hasn’t exactly played out well for RIM. Now, the company even appears to be embracing the recently established competition, by launching BlackBerry Mobile Fusion. Beginning today, the new enterprise management tool will support not only BlackBerry devices …

RIM Blackberry Playbook boasts a million and counting

Determined to actually drive some good publicity for itself, Research in Motion has announced that more than a million Playbook tablets have made their way to end users, a little over a year after it was first introduced to the market. Of course, at this point RIM is losing money on every Playbook it sells, …

BlackBerry ‘not a toy’ ads may save the company

In an earnings call detailing an abysmal quarter for BlackBerry, Research in Motion (aka RIM) this week made a perfect case for the necessity of their “toy” ads out on the airwaves now. These advertisements are representing the BlackBerry Bold line of devices and have celebrities as well as unnamed users stating “We need tools, …

RIM: Chillax about BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha, we just squashed a PlayBook

RIM may be giving up to 2,000 developers a BlackBerry 10 device at the BlackBerry Jam event in early May, but the company is keen to point out that we shouldn’t extrapolate too much from either hardware or software about the next-gen smartphones. In fact, the OS running on the device – dubbed the BlackBerry …

RIM putting BlackBerry 10 test units in developers’ hands in May

It’s telling, perhaps, when a VP for your company uses the word “finally” while discussing plans to release test models for your upcoming mobile operating system — but it’s certainly a pretty accurate sentiment when dealing BlackBerry 10. Talking up RIM’s plans to release up to 2,000 prototypes running the OS at the BlackBerry Jam …

iPhone shipments overtake BlackBerry in Canada, RIM now runner-up in its hometown

Heads up, RIM. The bad news train is coming to your backyard and only Mr. Heins can get you off the track. It appears not even local loyalties are enough to bolster the BlackBerry brand back into its former hometown glory. According to research provided by Bloomberg and IDC, Waterloo’s Canadian prospects are dimming, as …

iPhone shipments surpass BlackBerry in Canada

RIM is losing grip on its own turf, as Apple has surpassed iPhone shipments compared to BlackBerry in Canada, according to recent IDC data. Current estimates place RIM’s 2011 sales in Canada at 2.08 million, versus the 2.85 million iPhones sold in the Great White North. Considering in 2008 BlackBerry out-sold iPhone 5-to-1, this is …

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