Confirming earlier rumours, Research In Motion today announced that it will standardize on two screen resolutions for BlackBerry 10 devices. Full touch devices will come with a display offering a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels (16:9) while keyboard devices will sport a 720 x 720 pixel (1:1) display. The fact that we are standardizing on two main screen resolutions […]
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RIM begins shopping BlackBerry 10 to carriers
Carriers are set to begin receiving nearly complete versions of Research In Motion’s upcoming BlackBerry 10 devices as early as next week. RIM will embark on a five-week roadshow to showcase beta versions of two smartphones to carriers across the world. RIM CEO Thorsten Heins reaffirmed an early 2013 rollout date for BlackBerry 10. He explained that the hardware design […]
BlackBerry 10 OS nearly ready for licensing beyond smartphones
Research In Motion’s plans to license its upcoming BlackBerry 10 span more than just smartphones, according to CEO Thorsten Heins. Earlier this month, he reconfirmed again that RIM was looking to offer its operating sytem to other handset manufacturers. It turns out that the company’s ambitions don’t end there. In interviews today with Bloomberg and CNET, Heins revealed that BlackBerry […]
Rumour: IBM looking to buy RIM’s enterprise-services division
Among the strategic options being considered by Research In Motion is the option to sell off portions of its business. Citing “two people familiar with the situation,” Bloomberg is reporting that it may have found a suitor for one of its divisions. IBM has apparently informally approached RIM to buy its enterprise-services unit which includes RIM’s BIS and BES infrastructure. […]
RIM to license BlackBerry 10 to offer wider device selection?
Research In Motion has in the past hinted that it could license its BlackBerry 10 operating system to other manufacturers. In an interview with the U.K.’s The Telegraph, CEO Thorsten Heins provided one compelling argument for such a move. It would allow RIM’s new operating system to be offered on a wider range of devices than what RIM could offer […]
BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour headed to Vancouver and Kitchener-Waterloo
Research In Motion has added two additional Canadian stops to its BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour along with an additional one in Europe: Based on your feedback, we’ve been able to add three additional stops for the BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour. First, we’ll betaking the tour to the home town of Research In Motion – Waterloo, Ontario – on […]
Rumour: BlackBerry 10 devices to use 720 pixel width as base resolution
Research In Motion appears to have decided to make a 720 by xxxx pixel resolution the standard for its upcoming BlackBerry 10 devices. A leaked document obtained by N4BB indicates that RIM has decided that “moving forward our device portfolio will be based around 720 px screen widths. Click for a larger version The slide indicates that the N-Series will […]
RIM to announce BlackBerry 10 touch and QWERTY keyboard models simultaneously
In an interview with CrackBerry, Research In Motion CEO revealed that the company will announce both the all-touch BlackBerry device as well as one with a physical QWERTY keyboard (the first L-Series and N-Series devices?) at the same time: “We will announce them together and not in sequence. We’ll just come out and say full touch available at (this date) […]