Welcome to Wednesday evening, everyone. Today Samsung sent out formal invites to its upcoming Galaxy Note II press event in New York City, and we were told that HTC will be backing out of the US tablet market, at least for a little while. RIM is trying to lure developers into BlackBerry 10 with a new "$10K Developer Committment," in which RIM says it will give developers $10,000 if their app reaches $1,000 in sales. RIM also opened up app submissions for BlackBerry 10 developers today, and we heard that the rumored LG Nexus 4 smartphone may be making its debut on October 29.
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‘RIM’ Stories
SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: October 10, 2012
BlackBerry 10 app developers lured with $10,000 bonus
It's hard to get app developers excited for a failing platform, but RIM thinks its new program will get developers to make more apps for their upcoming mobile OS, BlackBerry 10. The company announced the "$10K Developer Commitment," and it states that RIM will give you $10,000 if your BlackBerry 10 app earns at least $1,000 in net revenue.
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BlackBerry 10 app submissions open today
In a move that essentially means RIM is ready for business, BlackBerry App World has begun accepting submissions of BlackBerry 10 optimized apps today. This event marks one of the more important steps that must be taken before BlackBerry 10 may be released in the real world, and RIM is projecting themselves as a group that's ready and willing to start this engine with a bang. The announcement includes suggestions for developers to get in early so that their app may be featured in the first wave of "preferred carousel placements" at the launch of the operating system in early 2013.
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BlackBerry 10 not likely to launch until March 2013
RIM has certainly seen their fair share of hardships the past couple of years, and the company's recent announcement of BlackBerry 10 did very little to gain back believers. However, RIM is still positive that the new OS update will push the company back into the spotlight, but we might have to wait a bit longer for that to happen. Jefferies analyst Peter Misek says that RIM may not officially launch BlackBerry 10 until March of next year.
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BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha B phone teases full system
We've had a hands-on experience with the RIM-made BlackBerry 10-toting Dev Alpha B, a smartphone made specifically to show off the next-generation mobile operating system, and it appears that the bits and pieces are really coming together at last. What we're seeing is not a system that relies on the expected BlackBerry stables of the past to keep it brand-strong, but one that retains the strengths of BlackBerry's past and moves forward with new - and nearly unique - features in strides.
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C U L8R BlackBerry 10
BlackBerry is in a precarious place right now. RIM’s surprise good news in user count and financial figures for Q2 2013 remain overshadowed by the tardy arrival of BlackBerry 10, now expected sometime early in the new year. Last week, RIM handed out the latest iteration of its developer device, BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha B, and demonstrated a few more details of the upcoming OS and how the company believes it has addressed information-overload. We caught up with RIM in London to talk clever keyboards, game-changing context, and check out the new features for ourselves.
More iPads shipped daily than BlackBerry PlayBooks each quarter
It's no secret that the iPad is the most successful tablet computer on the market by a giant margin, but a statistic in RIM's recent earnings call on the sales of their own BlackBerry PlayBook should flip your lid. Noting that they'd had sales of 130,000 units with the PlayBook throughout the last quarter, Research in Motion inadvertently showed how the tablet is doing up against its Apple competitor. In comparison, Apple's most recent earnings report showed the company to be selling approximately 188 thousand iPads a day.
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RIM releases BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 update
Today RIM has released an update to its WiFi-only BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The update brings the PlayBook OS to version 2.1, and now includes a slew of new capabilities and security features. Users can now encrypt all of their data on the PlayBook, as well as send SMS messages from their PlayBook via their BlackBerry smartphone.
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BlackBerry 10 Aristo specs leak out
It wasn't too long ago that we were introduced to the the BlackBerry 10 L-series thanks to a leak, and today, another leak is giving us our first look at the A-series. One of the phones in the BlackBerry 10 A-Series has been named "Aristo" and judging from the specs list below, which was uncovered by Rapid Berry, it looks be packing a lot of power under the hood. If the spec list for the Aristo is anything to go on, then it appears that the A-series will be RIM's high-end line of BlackBerry 10 handsets.
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: September 28, 2012
It's Friday once again folks, with most of you already enjoying the weekend. Today, the iPhone 5 launched in 22 additional regions around the world, setting Apple's plan to have it in over 100 countries by the end of the year on track. Apple CEO Tim Cook apologized for the sad state of Apple Maps today (recommending some other Maps apps in the process), and we took a closer look at his words in a new column. Even more surprising is the fact that the iOS App Store now features a download page specifically for other Maps applications.
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RIM’s Q2 shake-up: Reawakening dragon or death rattle?
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.
BlackBerry 10 demo video gives first glimpse of QWERTY hero device
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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