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Porsche Design BlackBerry P’9981 visits the FCC with support for AT&T and NFC

Rue Liu, Dec 5th 2011 Discuss [5]

RIM's Porsche Design BlackBerry P'9981 has passed through the FCC, indicating that it may finally be making its way to market. The device looks like a luxury version of RIM's BlackBerry 9900 series and has been leaked and rumored over the past several months but was not officially announced until October. Read The Full Story

RIM: No Carrier IQ on your BlackBerry

Chris Davies, Dec 2nd 2011 Discuss [3]

RIM has joined the crowd of manufacturers and carriers distancing themselves from Carrier IQ, telling SlashGear that it neither preloads the snooping software on BlackBerry phones, nor authorizes carrier partners to do so themselves. The Canadian company insists it "did not develop or commission the development of the CarrierIQ application, and has no involvement in the testing, promotion, or distribution of the app" which has been accused of monitoring calls, location and other details of how cellphone owners use their devices. Read The Full Story

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

Rue Liu, Nov 30th 2011 Discuss [3]

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. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry PlayBook Root achieved, Hulu what’s good so far

Chris Burns, Nov 29th 2011 Discuss [2]

When it comes to tablets and operating systems we'd like to see hacked open for greater access, the RIM BlackBerry PlayBook and its custom PlayBook OS aren't exactly at the top of the list of must-haves - but regardless of this, it has in fact happened. WIth a tool that's sure to capture both your heart and your giggles, one that's called DingleBerry, of all things, a team of three developers have found their way to true device freedom inside this recently deeply discounted tablet. Now with a root method out there and Best Buy sold out of the device, can we commence with the popularity? Read The Full Story

Nielsen Q3 data shows Android leading at 43%

Rue Liu, Nov 29th 2011 Discuss [0]

Market research firm Nielsen has released its Q3 report for the US smartphone market, revealing that the Android mobile platform continues to dominate and grow, now reaching 42.8 percent share, up from 39 percent last quarter. Apple's iOS platform comes in second place at 28.3 percent with more modest growth, but takes the lead among smartphone manufacturers. Read The Full Story

RIM aims to dress Android & iPhone in BlackBerry suit

Chris Davies, Nov 29th 2011 Discuss [1]

RIM will attempt to corner the enterprise smartphone and tablet management market in early 2012, the company has revealed, pushing its security ecosystem even when users have defected to iPhone and Android. BlackBerry Mobile Fusion will kick off in closed beta in January 2012, with general availability expected in March, offering enterprise users remote configuration, locking, secure wiping and connectivity management whether they're using a BlackBerry phone, PlayBook, Android smartphone or tablet, or an iPhone or iPad. Read The Full Story

Smartphones still at only 27% of global market share

Rue Liu, Nov 28th 2011 Discuss [4]

Market research firm VisionMobile has released a report, revealing that the worldwide mobile phone market is still dominated by feature phones. Despite all the craze around the latest iPhone or Android device and the spike in smartphone shipments, their global penetration has only reached 27 percent. Read The Full Story

Blackberry Bold 9790 launch event in Indonesia results in injuries

Shane McGlaun, Nov 25th 2011 Discuss [18]

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that the Blackberry smartphone is so popular in Indonesia that it sparked a near riot. RIM chose Jakarta, Indonesia as the place to launch the new Blackberry Bold 9790 smartphone. Hoards of people turned up for the launch event. One of the reasons for such a huge crowd was a special discount. Read The Full Story

Blackberry PlayBook’s long-awaited email client spotted in new screenshots

Michael Crider, Nov 22nd 2011 Discuss [11]

To the bafflement of many, the Blackberry Playbook launched without a native email, calender or contact manager, leaving long-time Blackberry users who depended upon the phones' famous email features puzzled. It's been a long time coming, but it appears that the built-in email client will finally appear soon. At the latest Blackberry Innovation forum, RIM showed off screenshots of the apps, due in an update to the Playbook's software in February of 2012. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry Bold 9790 and Curve 9380 official

Chris Davies, Nov 15th 2011 Discuss [0]

RIM has announced its two latest BlackBerry 7 smartphones, the Bold 9790 and Curve 9380, the latter being the first Curve to use an all-touch design. Set to go on sale "in the coming weeks" the two phones each have NFC support; the Bold 9790 pairs a 1GHz processor with a touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard, along with 8GB of integrated storage and a microSD card slot. Read The Full Story

RIM’s first BlackBerry QNX smartphone surfaces

Rue Liu, Nov 14th 2011 Discuss [15]

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 a huge departure from RIM's traditional BlackBerry styling. Read The Full Story

Windows Phone overtakes RIM in developer interest

Chris Davies, Nov 14th 2011 Discuss [9]

Windows Phone 7 has apparently overtaken RIM's BlackBerry OS to be the third most interesting platform for app developers, according to new research, with Microsoft's partnership with Nokia a key driving factor. Apple's iOS remains in the top spot for developer attention, Appcelerator's Q4 2011 report suggests, with 91-percent of those coders questioned reporting that they were "very interested" in creating iPhone apps; in contrast, 38-percent said the same about Windows Phone 7, with 28-percent saying they were keen to code for the Nokia Lumia 800 in particular. Read The Full Story