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RIM promises new BlackBerry prototype in May

Rue Liu — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:43:39 +0000

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

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RIM: PlayBook BlackBerry 10 update locked in

Ben Kersey — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:00:50 +0000

The BlackBerry PlayBook recently saw an update to the OS, hitting version 2.0. It finally added the crucial native email application, as well as Android app support. But what does the future hold for RIM’s lacklustre tablet? Will the PlayBook see future updates despite the generally poor reception it has received? According to RIM, yes,

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RIM denies claims it lied about BlackBerry 10 delay

Rue Liu — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:04:59 +0000

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.

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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 reveals 4G LTE icons, 1280×768 resolution

Chris Burns — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:14:59 +0000

When you’re in the business of developing software and producing awesome bits of hardware, especially in this modern “what’s next” consumer market of ours, you often toss a loss aside in favor of producing something much better in a second generation – this appears to be what RIM is doing with the BlackBerry PlayBook’s next

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BlackBerry Milan next-gen BlackBerry 10 slider leaked

Chris Burns — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:51:32 +0000

What we’re looking at here is the first image of the BlackBerry Milan, a slide-up QWERTY keyboard revealing BBX (aka BlackBerry 10) device that shows the future of RIM-made smartphones in several clearly new features both in image and in rumor surrounding the device. The image is from CrackBerry where writer Kevin Michaluk notes he

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BBX renamed BlackBerry 10 as RIM loses trademark case

Chris Davies — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:06:53 +0000

RIM has been forced to rethink branding for its next-gen smartphone and tablet OS, changing the name to BlackBerry 10 after a trademark suit saw it blocked from using “BBX” as planned. The QNX-based platform had been announced in October, with RIM hoping to pull together the OS already in use on the little-loved BlackBerry

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RIM’s first BlackBerry BBX smartphone could be named “Surfboard”

Rue Liu — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:39:45 +0000

A new rumor has sprouted that RIM’s next-gen BBX-based BlackBerry smartphone could be named the “Surfboard.” We’ve seen leaked images of this device before with the codename “London,” featuring an unusual design that’s quite a departure from RIM’s traditional BlackBerry styling, be that for better or worse. Although the speculation and name sound doubtful, it’s

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RIM’s first BlackBerry QNX smartphone surfaces

Rue Liu — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:40:45 +0000

What’s purported to be a snapshot of RIM’s very first BlackBerry with the company’s new QNX-based OS, also now known as BBX, has emerged. The handset is codenamed “London” and is scheduled for release sometime in June of 2012. The source of the image also revealed the specs for this all-touchscreen device that’s certainly cosmetically

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Adobe yanks Flash Smart TV strategy but RIM won’t let go

Chris Davies — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:11:41 +0000

Adobe isn’t just axing Flash Player for Mobile, but refocusing its approach toward smart TV as well, pushing native apps rather than Flash compatibility. Although the company will continue to support existing licensees of its Open Screen Project, an Adobe spokesperson told GigaOM, it now believes “the right approach to deliver content on televisions is through

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RIM’s first BBX phones to mimic PlayBook display, support BES

Chris Davies — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:51:31 +0000

RIM’s BBX-based next gen smartphones will squeeze PlayBook resolution displays into pocket-scale form factors, the company has confirmed, promising 1024 x 600, 16:9 handsets. RIM VP of developer relations and ecosystem development Alec Saunders told PCMag that developers who produced apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook could also be confident that it would run on the company’s first BBX smartphones,

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BlackBerry BBX OS revealed for future phones & tablets

Chris Davies — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:14:02 +0000

It’s not all Android today; RIM is holding its DevCon 2011 conference, and the company has announced BBX, the latest iteration of QNX. Running on the next generation of BlackBerry smartphones as well as on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and in embedded systems, BBX pulls together all of RIM’s platforms into a single point, consisting

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