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Angry consumers start class action suit against RIM over outage

Shane McGlaun, Oct 27th 2011 Discuss [2]

Earlier this month the network behind the popular Blackberry messaging service was out for days leaving users of Blackberry smartphones with no access to email, IM, and web surfing. RIM admitted at the time it had no idea what was causing the outage, but hacking was not the cause. After the service came back, RIM tried to soothe angry customers with free apps. Read The Full Story

White BlackBerry Bold 9900 revealed: We go hands-on

Chris Davies, Oct 24th 2011 Discuss [16]

RIM’s white BlackBerry Bold 9900 has been revealed, with carrier Vodafone UK the first to commit to offering the pale-hued QWERTY smartphone. We grabbed some hands-on playtime with the new variant, to see if a new color option could be enough to persuade us to stick it out with RIM for another contract cycle. Check out our first impressions after the cut.

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RIM speaks on user defections: Buy our new stuff

Chris Davies, Oct 21st 2011 Discuss [2]

RIM has responded to allegations that a significant number of its enterprise customers plan to defect from the BlackBerry platform in 2012, suggesting that they're probably unhappy because they're not using the latest models from its range. The Canadian company has not had a chance to review the EMA findings - which discovered 30-percent of businesses with 10,000 or more BlackBerry users intend to ditch the platform next year - it said, but "would be interested in finding out" whether those questioned were using BlackBerry 7 phones on Enterprise Server v5.0.3. Read The Full Story

Porsche Design BlackBerry to debut October 27

Rue Liu, Oct 20th 2011 Discuss [7]

A BlackBerry smartphone featuring a unique design and Porsche brand will be making its debut on October 27. The device was leaked back in September in a slew of images along with a video, revealing a highly modified 9900/9930 form factor that's more angular and sharp. It was called the BlackBerry 9980 prototype in the video but it has also been rumored as the BlackBerry Knight, R47, and the Porsche Proceeding. Read The Full Story

RIM facing mass defection over BlackBerry blunders

Chris Davies, Oct 20th 2011 Discuss [13]

RIM may believe its BlackBerry outage compensation is "a pretty comprehensive set of efforts" but it may not be enough to staunch the flow of users ditching the platform, according to new research. A full 30-percent of large scale BlackBerry users plan to jump ship in 2012, Enterprise Management Associates' figures claim, with a mere 14-percent of users themselves happy with their RIM smartphone. In comparison, 44-percent of iPhone users were content with their device. Read The Full Story

Spotify for Blackberry preview supports some models

Shane McGlaun, Oct 19th 2011 Discuss [1]

Spotify has turned out to be a very popular music service in the US now that it has finally launched. Spotify has been raking in huge numbers of users since its deal with Facebook and you can bet a bunch of those users are on Blackberry smartphones. Spotify has announced a new preview of the Spotify for Blackberry app. Read The Full Story

First BlackBerry free app mea-culpa goes up for download

Chris Davies, Oct 19th 2011 Discuss [0]

RIM has pushed out the first of its free BlackBerry apps, part of the company's apology to frustrated subscribers affected by the outage last week. In total, RIM plans to make twelve titles free to download - collectively priced at over $100 normally - including a mixture of games and utilities. The first app to go up for grabs is iSpeech DriveSafe.ly Pro, which usually retails at $19.99. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 outed with Android app converter

Chris Davies, Oct 18th 2011 Discuss [7]

RIM’s BBX may be in the pipeline, but it’s the Developer Beta of the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 that’s here today. Announced at BlackBerry DevCon 2011 this morning, the new OS 2.0 includes the BlackBerry Plug-In for Android Development Tools, which allows coders to use the existing Eclipse Android development environment to make software that will also run on the PlayBook. There’s also RIM’s Runtime for Android Apps which now has an online tool to convert your Android apps into a PlayBook-friendly package.

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BlackBerry BBX OS revealed for future phones & tablets

Chris Davies, Oct 18th 2011 Discuss [0]

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 of BBS-OS along with the BBM Social Platform and the company’s famed always-on push services..

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BlackBerry boss defends app compensation but admits carrier payout

Chris Davies, Oct 18th 2011 Discuss [2]

RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie has defended the company's compensation offer of free apps not cash for customers impacted by the BlackBerry outage last week, though has admitted RIM may still compensate carriers. "We’re very focused on these carriers and making sure they’re satisfied with the service operation" Balsillie told Bloomberg, "making sure we comply with all of our agreements with them and making sure we have their trust for the service going forward." Read The Full Story

RIM teases Blackberry 9380 Curve Touch and 9790 Bellagio

Shane McGlaun, Oct 17th 2011 Discuss [1]

RIM has started to tease a pair of new handsets that are in the works. The two new devices are the Blackberry 9380 and the 9790. The first details about the new smartphone duo surfaced Friday in a post on the Inside Blackberry Developers blog with the intent to get devs to get the apps ready for the new devices. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry outage victims offered apps not cash

Chris Davies, Oct 17th 2011

RIM has announced its compensation package for BlackBerry users affected by last week’s outage, and if you were hoping for a refund then you’re going to be disappointed. Instead, RIM is offering a bundle of twelve apps – usually collectively priced at over $100 from the BlackBerry App World – free, including titles such as SIMS 3 and Vlingo Plus, while enterprise customers will also get a month’s free Technical Support.