Research In Motion’s BlackBerry World 2012 will take place from May 1st to 3rd in Orlando. Registration will open in February. Alumni of past conferences are receiving emails that provide a very general overview of what this year’s conference will cover: BlackBerry® 10 platform and roadmap BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet OS 2.0 for the enterprise BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion BlackBerry® Business Cloud […]
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RIM to showcase BlackBerry 7.1 OS and PlayBook OS 2.0 at CES 2012
While we will have to wait until February’s Mobile World Congress to catch a glimpse of BlackBerry 10, Research In Motion will showcase both BlackBerry 7.1 OS and PlayBook OS 2.0 at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show. Also shown off will be updated versions of RIM’s BBM (BlackBerry Messenger), BlackBerry Traffic and BlackBerry Travel apps. BlackBerry 7.1 includes a number […]
Latest BlackBerry PlayBook OS update closes DingleBerry exploit
Research In Motion today announced a new BlackBerry PlayBook OS update. The OS v1.0.8.6067 update is not a big one (weighing in at 5MB) but does address a few issues: Support for Flash 10.3 and updates to Adobe AIR Daylight savings time updates Security updates namely to close the DingleBerry exploit The update is available via OTA directly from your […]
Rumour: 2012 BlackBerry BBX roadmap revealed
It looks like CrackBerry has received enough information from its sources to piece together what could be Research In Motion’s 2012 roadmap for BBX-powered smartphones. A total of five devices are identified, four being smartphones and another potentially being a new PlayBook tablet. First up is the recently leaked BlackBerry London. It could launch as early as March but this […]
RIM to miss Q3 estimates due to poor PlayBook sales
Research In Motion today warned that it will miss its Q3 and full-year estimates due poor PlayBook sales. It now expects to lose US$485 million this quarter due to “several factors, including recent shifts in the competitive dynamics of the tablet market and a delay in the release of the PlayBook OS 2.0 software.” RIM sold approximately 150,000 BlackBerry PlayBook […]
RIM BlackBerry PlayBook jailbroken
Research In Motion’s string of bad luck seems neverending. Its BlackBerry PlayBook has now been jailbroken by a trio of hackers who identify themselves as xpvqs, neuralic and Chris Wade. A statement by the company today confirmed it is looking into the exploit: Research In Motion (RIM) is aware of a claim made on Twitter by security researchers working together […]
RIM to launch BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 in February 2012
Research In Motion today provided an update on BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 (with advanced integrated email, calendar and contact apps, a new video store, and additional functionality). Having slipped from its original summer 2011 launch date to October, RIM now expects to deliver it to customers in February 2012. As RIM explains, “As much as we’d love to have it […]
Quanta cuts RIM BlackBerry PlayBook production?
Research In Motion is reportedly slowing production of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet after reporting lower than anticipated sales. It had expected to ship between 400 and 600,000 units during its last fiscal quarter but only shipped 200,000. Some 1.5 million PlayBooks have been manufactured so far and cumulative shipments have only reached about 700,000 units, suggesting that RIM still has […]