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BlackBerry 7 Devices Already Obsolete?

Rue Liu, Aug 3rd 2011 Discuss [4]

Research In Motion (RIM) unveiled several new BlackBerry 7 OS smartphones this morning including the BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930, the Blackberry Torch 9810, and the BlackBerry Torch 9850/9860. All of which will include new touchscreen displays on familiar form factors. These phones won't ship until later this month, but are they already obsolete? Read The Full Story

RIM Teases New BlackBerry OS 7 Device Details Coming Tomorrow

Rue Liu, Jul 25th 2011 Discuss [8]

Research In Motion (RIM) has just tweeted a message not more than an hour ago, teasing new details of their upcoming BlackBerry OS 7 devices. The company is set to launch seven of these devices before the end of this year in hopes of turning things around and providing enough buffer time before its transition to a new QNX platform. Read The Full Story

Seven BlackBerry 7 smartphones incoming as RIM struggles to compete

Shane McGlaun, Jul 13th 2011 Discuss [8]

RIM is not doing well on the smartphone market today as users leave in droves for the iPhone and Android devices. RIM's Blackberry line of smartphones was once the most popular on the market and that popularity has waned as RIM struggled to keep up with the rapidly changing smartphone market. RIM also has difficulty in the tablet market with sales of its Playbook tablet a disappointment to the company. Read The Full Story

RIM: No BlackBerry 7 OS for existing phones

Chris Davies, May 2nd 2011 Discuss [1]

RIM has confirmed that existing BlackBerry handsets will not be getting an upgrade to BlackBerry 7 OS, as unveiled this morning on the Bold 9900/9930. Confirmed at BlackBerry World 2011 this morning, the absence of legacy support means current devices will be stuck at OS 6.x. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry 7 confirmed as renamed OS 6.1 since “such a big update”

Chris Davies, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [1]

RIM has confirmed that BlackBerry 6.1 will be renamed BlackBerry 7, with co-CEO Jim Balsillie describing the OS as "such a big update" that it deserved a new version number. The nomenclature change had been tipped earlier this week, with Balsillie name-checking the new software during the RIM shipment forecast call yesterday. Read The Full Story

RIM’s BlackBerry 7 a simple OS 6.1 rebadge?

Chris Davies, Apr 28th 2011 Discuss [0]

RIM may be closer to releasing BlackBerry 7, its new mobile OS, sooner than we thought, though it's not quite the software revolution we were hoping for. According to CrackBerry's sources, RIM intends to launch BlackBerry 6 at its BlackBerry World 2011 event next week; however, rather than being the QNX-based smartphone platform rumored before, it's expected to be a more straightforward rebrand of what has, until now, been known as BlackBerry 6.1. Read The Full Story