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RIM executive drops double down

Chris Burns, Apr 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Another round of executives are leaving the ailing Research in Motion as the BlackBerry mobile operating system and hardware environment wanes in success and popularity. Today it's been confirmed that first Alistair Mitchell, former vice president of BBM Platform and Integrated Services has already left the company amid cuts. Then it'll be Alan Brenner, senior vice president in charge of the BlackBerry Platform, who will be leaving after a pre-set transitional period. Read The Full Story

RIM promises new BlackBerry prototype in May

Rue Liu, Mar 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM will be giving away prototype BlackBerry 10 devices to developers attending its annual BlackBerry World Conference in early May. According to Bloomberg, RIM's VP of developer relations Alec Saunders revealed in a phone interview today that as many as 2,000 units of the prototype device will be given out to developers to get a head start building applications for the next-gen QNX-based platform. Read The Full Story

RIM pushes HTML5 apps amid Canada user exodus

Chris Davies, Mar 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM has turned to courting HTML5-curious developers as a stopgap solution to slumping BlackBerry sales in Canada and elsewhere, arguing the case for universal webapps to counter coder apathy. BlackBerry marketshare in Canada - not RIM's biggest single market, but meaningful as it is the firm's home turf - has dipped below iPhone levels this week, hand in hand with decreasing levels of developer interest as BlackBerry 10's late 2012 launch looks unpalatably distant. That's prompted a charm offensive by RIM code champions, pushing HTML5 development as preferable to native code. Read The Full Story

Judges deny CrackBerry trademark attempt

Shane McGlaun, Mar 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

BlackBerry smartphone maker RIM is having an undeniably hard time on the market today. The company has seen the popularity of its smartphones with the average consumer and governmental agencies that for so long relied on the BlackBerry wane significantly. Many companies, government organizations, and consumers are replacing their BlackBerry devices with the iPhone or Android smartphones. However, RIM did get a bit of good news recently. Read The Full Story

RIM CEO blasts Android phones as “all the same”

Chris Davies, Jan 27th 2012 Discuss [43]

RIM CEO Thorsten Heins may only have been in the big chair since Monday, but the new chief exec is already coming out swinging, blasting Android devices as "all the same" and rejecting suggestions that the struggling Canadian company should be sold off. Asked about persistent recommendations that RIM should ditch its own BlackBerry 10 plans and adopt Android instead, Heins argued to Crackberry that "there is just no room for differentiation because [Android phones] are all the same." Read The Full Story

RIM CEO: We’ll consider BlackBerry 10 licensing if approached

Chris Davies, Jan 23rd 2012 Discuss [2]

RIM‘s new CEO has confirmed he is open to the possibility of licensing BlackBerry 10 to other manufacturers, though says he is loath to give up the “integrated solution” of software, hardware and more without good strategic reason. “We’re strong because we have an integrated solution: network, services, enterprise service and fantastic devices and a fantastic ecosystem” freshly elected CEO and President Thorsten Heins said this morning, during an investor call regarding his new position. ”Not many companies have [an integrated system], one is the other fruit company, and one is us.”

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RIM again tipped to be selling out to Samsung

Chris Burns, Jan 17th 2012 Discuss [9]

When the going gets tough, the tough sell out to Samsung, or at least that's what Research In Motion's investors seem to be hoping will happen now that BlackBerry is in a downward spiral the likes of which have never been seen in the mobile industry before. A source trusted by Jonathan Geller of BGR has reportedly tipped off some inner workings of the RIM team saying that amongst the many possible buyers looking into purchasing RIM outright, Samsung is the current front-runner. What on earth Samsung would do with a massive set of business users tapping away only because their bosses wont allow them to move over to Androids, it's not quite clear. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry 10 delay prompts more “half-baked QNX” speculation

Chris Davies, Jan 4th 2012 Discuss [8]

The reasons behind RIM's BlackBerry 10 device delay continue to be debated, with analysts joining the ranks of those doubting simple chipset patience is the cause of the late-2012 launch and instead suggesting significant problems with the new software. Speculation that the slower than expected debut of the next-gen smartphones was down to poorly functioning software came to a head last month, with controversial claims allegedly from an exec at RIM accusing co-CEO Mike Lazaridis of lying to investors. Read The Full Story

RIM denies claims it lied about BlackBerry 10 delay

Rue Liu, Dec 22nd 2011 Discuss [1]

Following reports that RIM had lied about the reason behind its BlackBerry 10 delay, the company has expectedly shot back with a statement calling the rumors "inaccurate and uninformed." RIM stands by its original explanation, which attributed the delay to the wait on a new dual-core 4G LTE chip that would not arrive until mid-2012. Read The Full Story

RIM lied on BlackBerry 10 delay excuse claims pessimistic insider

Chris Davies, Dec 22nd 2011 Discuss [1]

RIM coCEO Mike Lazaridis lied about the cause of the BlackBerry 10 smartphone delay, an insider at the Canadian firm has alleged, with neither hardware nor software ready for public view. "RIM is simply pushing this out as long as they can for one reason, they don’t have a working product yet" the high-level source told BGR, suggesting that Lazarisis' hint that RIM was waiting on a new 4G LTE chipset was misleading. Read The Full Story

Vultures circle BlackBerry but Samsung and HTC rebuff BB10

Chris Davies, Dec 21st 2011 Discuss [2]

RIM rejected takeover overtures from Amazon for its BlackBerry business, sources have revealed, though the Canadian company's attempts to license BlackBerry 10 to Samsung and HTC met with indifference. Neither firm could "see the value in tying up with BlackBerry" Reuters' sources say, meaning RIM will likely be on its own pushing out smartphones and tablets based on the new platform at the end of 2012. Read The Full Story

Microsoft and Nokia mull BlackBerry buy

Chris Davies, Dec 21st 2011 Discuss [3]

Microsoft and Nokia discussed a potential takeover of beleaguered BlackBerry manufacturer RIM, leaks have revealed, while RIM itself has approached Samsung, HTC and others about potentially licensing the new BlackBerry 10 OS. Talks between Microsoft and Nokia began several months ago, the WSJ reports, though while executives from the two firms apparently regularly meet with top brass at RIM, it's unclear whether the Canadian company has been involved in potential acquisition planning. Read The Full Story