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Cross-platform BBM reportedly scrapped

Ben Kersey, May 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

Rumors in the past have suggested that RIM may port its popular BlackBerry Messenger application to iOS and Android. The Waterloo based smartphone company has been struggling in the market thanks to the meteoric rise of both of those platforms, and the release of a cross-platform BBM could have opened some new revenue streams. The Wall Street Journal reports that any plans RIM had to port BBM have now been scrapped. Read The Full Story

Kodak patent used against Apple and RIM invalid

Ben Kersey, May 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Back in January, Kodak filed suit against Apple and RIM saying that the companies infringed on its patents. The digital imaging company filed the claim with the International Trade Commission, saying that Apple and RIM both infringe on a patent relating to the preview of images. A judge has failed to see the argument, however, saying that the patent is invalid, and that neither company violated trade laws as a result. Read The Full Story

RIM and Motorola submit revised nano-SIM design

Ben Kersey, May 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

Who knew there would be so much drama over something as simple as a new SIM card standard? Apple, Nokia, RIM, and Motorola have all clashed over the issue, with RIM and Motorola saying they would find a compromise on the new design that would please all parties. That revised design was submitted last night, and The Verge has managed to take a look at the new proposal. Read The Full Story

Apple grabs top-spot in US customer satisfaction rankings

Chris Davies, May 15th 2012 Discuss [0]

Apple has crashed into the top spot of the American Customer Satisfaction Index, grabbing first place for pleasing owners in its first month in the rankings. Scoring 83 - the highest mark seen for a phone company, the ACSI says, and "a game changer" in the market - Apple stands in marked difference from the month's other new entrant, RIM, the BlackBerry customer care of which has seen it take up the bottom spot with just 69 points. Read The Full Story

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Do You Trust RIM?

Avi Greengart, May 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM is in a heap of trouble, but you wouldn’t know it from the attendance at BlackBerry World in Orlando earlier this month, where literally thousands of people packed a giant conference room to hear CEO Thorsten Heins’ keynote address, meet with RIM account teams, and attend developer events. These weren’t just holdouts from RIM’s government or enterprise base, either; RIM allowed BlackBerry World alumnae to skip some lines, and the “SpeedPass” lines were 20x shorter than the regular ones. RIM has been growing rapidly some global markets, and many of the attendees appeared to hail from these locales, where the BlackBerry brand – and BBM in particular – are hallmarks of upwardly mobile youth.

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RIM makes BlackBerry Curve 9320 official

Ben Kersey, May 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

It might not be quite as anticipated as the Galaxy S III, but BlackBerry users need a little love too. RIM has officially announced the latest entry into the QWERTY rocking series, the BlackBerry Curve 9320. Specs won’t blow you away, but for an entry-level device it should be serviceable: a 2.4-inch 320x240 screen, 806Mhz processor, 3.2 megapixel camera, BlackBerry OS 7.1, and a 1,450mAh battery. Read The Full Story

RIM announces new COO and CMO

Ben Kersey, May 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM has today announced its new COO and CMO. The new chief operating officer will be Kristian Tear, and Frank Boulben will serve as the new chief marketing officer. Tear previously worked for Sony, where he held several positions, the most notable being the Executive Vice President of Sony Mobile. Boulben meanwhile comes from Lightsquared, where he was the Executive Vice President of Stategy, Marketing, and Sales for LightSquared. Read The Full Story

RIM partners with TomTom for HD Traffic

Ben Kersey, May 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM was at BlackBerry World last week trying to impress the world with the upcoming BlackBerry 10 OS, and its not sitting still even coming off of that event. TomTom has announced a partnership with RIM that will see the Canadian company making use of the HD maps in BlackBerry Traffic, giving users access to accurate maps and precise traffic information. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry 10 leak details screen-sharing, video apps and more

Chris Davies, May 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM cherry-picked elements of BlackBerry 10 to demonstrate last week, but further details of the upcoming smartphone and tablet OS have leaked courtesy of the CrackBerry forums. Supposedly snatched from an internal RIM document outlining some of BlackBerry 10's features to staff, the images show the platform's new lockscreen, social networking integration, video editor and more. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry maker RIM’s stock hits 8 year low

Michael Crider, May 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

On a day when all eyes in the mobile space are turned towards Samsung, Research in Motion has got to be feeling pretty low - and not just for the lack of attention. The Canadian BlackBerry manufacturer's stock slid to just $11.91 today, losing over 15% of their value in the last three days alone. To add insult to injury, this financial blow comes just two days after RIM's BlackBerry World 2012 conference, where ir introduced a new hardware and software platform. Read The Full Story

RIM confirms Scalado tech in BlackBerry 10 camera

Rue Liu, May 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

RIM has confirmed that it is licensing Scalado's imaging technology for the new BlackBerry 10 camera. When RIM unveiled BlackBerry 10 this week, it showed off an impressive new camera app boasting features very similar to those introduced previously by Scalado, including the ability to remove unwanted background objects and isolate faces in a sequence of shots to select the best ones to merge together. Read The Full Story

BlackBerrys account for 80% of NFC phones in UK

Rue Liu, May 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Despite facing a continued decline, RIM remains optimistic with its recent BlackBerry 10 debut and even points out that its handsets have an edge over others when it comes to mobile payments. According to the Canadian phone maker, BlackBerry devices account for 80 percent of NFC phones in the UK. What sort of lead RIM might have in the US, however, was not discussed. Read The Full Story