All the stories tagged with RIM
RIM is the acronym for Research In Motion, the Canadian company behind the BlackBerry brand. RIM was founded in the mid 90s by Mike Lazaridis and with Jim Balsillie and went IPO (Initial Public Offering) in 1998. Its claim to fame was to make mobile email really effective and enterprises quickly adopted its devices and associated software and services which were highly lucrative. With the rise of iOS and Android devices, the BlackBerry franchise bumped into trouble and its decline prompted RIM to take a radical step by overhauling its BlackBerry operating system (OS) completely with QNX. The first version of the QNX BlackBerry OS is BlackBerry 10 or BB10.
EA Games to launch with BlackBerry PlayBook
02/10/2011, Now who said because the BlackBerry PlayBook was from RIM it would be all work and no play? Because according to the latest press release from Electronic Arts (EA), the upcoming QNX tablet will be launching with a couple of [...]
BlackBerry PlayBook to be priced from $499 according to Office Depot
02/09/2011, A leaked screenshot from Office Depot seems to give some hint as to how much we’ll have to pay for the 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook and when it’ll be released. According to the picture, the device will be priced at $499, [...]
BlackBerry PlayBook coming to Verizon?
02/09/2011, We already know that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will be headed to Sprint with support for its 4G WiMAX network, but what about other carriers? Folks have discovered a page that previously allowed users to join an early-access program of [...]
BlackBerry App World updated to 2.1
02/02/2011, The latest version of BlackBerry App World has finally left the beta stage and is now available for all BlackBerry users. The main feature of this new release is the inclusion of in-app payments. BlackBerry AppWorld 2.1 will now allow [...]
BlackBerry PlayBook reportedly in production
01/28/2011, It appears that we might be getting our BlackBerry PlayBooks by March or earlier – if recent reports turn out to be accurate. According to DigiTimes, RIM has begun production of their QNX tablets and they expect have 150,000 to 200,000 [...]
RIM PlayBook sees monthly production of 200,000 units
01/28/2011, Not exactly the most optimistic news to begin the day with – the BlackBerry PlayBook will apparently see a production of around 200,000 units each month, according to part manufacturers. It seems that production has already begun over at Quanta, [...]
Roadmap leak hints at BlackBerry Curve Touch and Bold Touch
01/27/2011, Despite the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, RIM isn’t just going to sit back and do nothing. A leaked picture and a roadmap have surfaced, giving some information on upcoming touchscreen devices from the company. First off, we’re talking about a [...]
BlackBerry Internet Services now banned in Egypt
01/27/2011, In the latest move by the Egyptian government, they’ve decided to block yet another form of communication to the outside world – BlackBerry Internet Services (BIS). After blocking Twitter yesterday, Egyptian officials probably felt that it wasn’t enough and prevented [...]
RIM says no BlackBerry email access for India
01/27/2011, Research In Motion (RIM) has just informed Indian law enforcers that they will not be able to access its corporate mail service, making a pretty bold stand here. The Indian government did give RIM until the end of January to [...]
Verizon BlackBerry customers get OS 6 today
01/25/2011, BlackBerry users on Verizon are in for a real treat today. Verizon has just announced that at 8PM EST (5PM PT) today, the official update to BlackBerry OS6 for the Bold 9650 and Curve 3G will be released to their [...]
PlayBook might achieve 6 million sales figure in 2011
01/25/2011, We do know that the BlackBerry PlayBook from RIM (Research In Motion) will have a comparable (or even better) battery life than the iPad, but things are starting to look up further as well – including a 6 million sales [...]
BlackBerry PlayBook to have equal or greater battery life to the iPad
01/25/2011, While there were previously negative rumors about RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook’s battery life, the company’s senior business marketing VP has now promised that the PlayBook will offer “equal or greater” battery life when compared to Apple’s iPad, despite using a smaller [...]
BlackBerry Balance arriving in a two months
01/24/2011, BlackBerry recently announced that they will be introducing BlackBerry Balance – software that would let users use the same phone for both work and play. Targeted at users who are required to use a BlackBerry at work and don’t want [...]
