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RIM’s Q2 shake-up: Reawakening dragon or death rattle?

, Sep 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM’s painful love song to developers had left us prepared for the worst, so a rise in users and a glimmer of financial hope in Q2 2013 numbers came as no minor surprise. Admittedly, shrinking your losses to $235m versus $518m is most generously described as “slightly less terrible” than the quarter before, but the market seized on a little Canadian good news and RIM’s stock price jumped as much as 25-percent in US trading. RIM’s challenge, though, remains clear if you take anything more than a glancing view at the latest figures.

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BlackBerry 10 demo video gives first glimpse of QWERTY hero device

, Sep 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you’re looking to get a rather early look at the next generation of RIM devices in the BlackBerry 10 universe, you’re in luck – a video has surfaced – leaked, rather – with a great first peek at the system. You’ll be able to see the BlackBerry L Series and the BlackBerry N Series in all their glory. The L Series is something you may have glimpsed before, it having a full touchscreen interface, while the N Series has what you might recognize as a more classic BlackBerry look, complete with a lovely full physical QWERTY keyboard – minus the massive trackball, of course.

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RIM Fiscal Q2 2013 brings on slightly less terrible results than last quarter

, Sep 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Compared to the earnings report in the quarter directly before this one, RIM is looking pretty good considering they've had a nat GAAP loss of $235 million USD on revenues of $2.9 billion. The quarter before this one we saw RIM with a net loss of $518 million on $2.8 billion in revenue - this is also the first time in the last three quarters that they've pushed their quarterly revenue upward instead of downward. This report comes after a particularly positive BlackBerry Jam session earlier this week which saw a boost in stock prices for the Canadian company. Read The Full Story

RIM shares rise after yesterday’s BlackBerry Jam

, Sep 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

Yesterday, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins took the stage in San Jose to talk about some of the upcoming features in BlackBerry 10. Though RIM is taking its sweet time bringing BlackBerry 10 to market, Heins did have some good news to report, telling the audience that BlackBerry users have grown to 80 million, up from 78 million from previous quarter. In addition to delivering that glimmer of hope for the struggling company, Heins also showed off a handful of new features that will be present in BlackBerry 10, and that address seems to be sitting well with investors today. Read The Full Story

RIM gives it the old junior college try, aims for third place

, Sep 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM is taking a beating on the modern smartphone market and continues to be unable to muster a device to offer any significant competition to Android or the iPhone. The company has fallen from grace massively from the days when it was the most popular smartphone on the market. RIM CEO Thorsten Heins said this week that in the company's decision to bet it all on the BlackBerry 10 OS would allow the company to grow its user base in the US and North America. Read The Full Story

RIM launches BlackBerry 10 development tools beta update

, Sep 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

Today was a big day for RIM. The struggling company took the stage today to talk about all things BlackBerry 10, announcing a number of new features and telling us that carrier testing for the incoming OS will begin next month. For the BlackBerry faithful, today was a exciting day, but RIM didn't stop at showcasing the new features of BlackBerry 10, launching a new update to its BlackBerry 10 development tools beta today as well. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 25, 2012

, Sep 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

We've had a rather interesting Tuesday here at SlashGear, thanks in no small part to RIM. The company held its BlackBerry Jam today, introducing us to new BlackBerry 10 features like Peek and Flow. We also learned that BlackBerry 10 will come with support for your favorite social networks, even offering a native Facebook app. Carrier testing on the new mobile OS will begin next month, and RIM CEO Thorsten Heins said that BlackBerry has a good shot at becoming number three behind Android and iOS. Read The Full Story

RIM CEO says BlackBerry has a shot at being number three

, Sep 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

A lot of fun stuff happened at RIM's BlackBerry Jam event. They've been showing off their latest BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system and even debuting weird videos. After the event, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins spoke to the press to answer some questions, and he was confident that BlackBerry could be -- not number one or number two -- but number three in the mobile OS market. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry 10 to have native Facebook, Twitter, and more at launch

, Sep 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

Today at the BlackBerry Jam event RIM has been announcing things left and right. And for all those social network fans out there we have good news. RIM announced that all four major social networks will be on board at launch, and Facebook will even have their own native app for BB10. It didn't look much different than Android or iOS, but at least it's native. Read The Full Story

RIM: BlackBerry 10 carrier testing begins next month

, Sep 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

We've been waiting for RIM to make a complete comeback, and today at BlackBerry Jam they've been showing off what's been brewing in RIM's world. BlackBerry 10 has leaked a plenty but today right on stage they showed off all sorts of exciting new things. BlackBerry Hub, their new Peek notification system (which rocks) and now they've announced carrier testing is on track for October. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry 10 Peek finesses notifications

, Sep 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

Today RIM and BlackBerry is showing off their new and improved mobile operating system in BlackBerry 10 -- better known as BB10. Today at BlackBerry Jam (yes that's the name) they've been sharing all sorts of details about a better and faster system, seamless user experiences and more. One feature that was surely worth mentioning was "peek" where you simply slide up from the bottom bezel to get a peek at your entire BlackBerry Hub. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry growth stagnant warn experts (and BlackBerry 10 might not fix it)

, Sep 24th 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM is facing its first ever quarter with zero subscriber growth, industry experts predict, as it feels the pain of the delays around BlackBerry 10 and the increasing appeal of iOS and Android. Having managed to eke out more users despite aging software until now, RIM's customer base is expected to plateau, The Globe and Mail reports, with enterprise customers defecting from BlackBerry devices. However, some aren't even confident that BlackBerry 10 is sufficient to stem the user defections. Read The Full Story
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