On its second-quarter earnings call today, RIM outlined a number of steps it will take in a bid to turn around the PlayBook’s fortunes after revealing that it had shipped only 200,000 units of its QNX-powered tablet in its last fiscal quarter. Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis said that RIM will offer a number of promotions to increase sales, including incentives for […]
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Sprint cancels RIM BlackBerry PlayBook 4G
Research In Motion was dealt another blow today as Sprint confirmed that it had canceled plans to sell the BlackBerry PlayBook 4G. Sprint attributes the decision to a lack of customer interest. Paget Alves, president of Sprint’s business markets group told The Wall Street Journal, “It’s an interesting concept, it just hasn’t caught on with business customers as much as […]
Strategy Analytics: Apple continues to rule tablet market but Android catching up
The latest market research from Strategy Analytics shows that Apple maintained its top ranking in tablet sales in Q2 2011 but competition is increasing quickly as other players jump into the market. Global tablet sales jumped from 3.5 million in Q2 2010 to 15.1 million in Q2 2011, a 331 percent increase. It is no surprise that Apple remains on […]
RIM releases updated PlayBook OS v1.0.7
Research In Motion has re-released the BlackBerry Tablet OS v1.0.7 update after pulling it shortly after first making it available. The new version 1.07.2670 address issues caused by the previous update and the BlackBerry Bridge app. Aside from the fix, little else appears to have changed. The enhancements include: Enhanced support for saving attachments with the BlackBerry Bridge app BlackBerry […]
RIM pulls BlackBerry Tablet OS 1.0.7 update
Research In Motion has pulled the BlackBerry Tablet OS update it had just released. The company confirmed the news moments ago. According to the update sent via Twitter: Some users were experiencing issues with Bridge & 1.0.7. We expect to release an update with a fix later this week. As RIM indicates, it looks like PlayBook users will not have […]
RIM BlackBerry Tablet OS 1.0.7 update now available
Research In Motion has released a new BlackBerry PlayBook OTA update. BlackBerry Tablet OS version 1.0.7.2650 (along with BlackBerry Bridge v1.0.4.9) comes with new features and enhancements. These include: Enhanced support for saving attachments with the BlackBerry Bridge app BlackBerry Bridge ZIP attachment support Portrait support in Pictures app Pinch to Zoom in Video app Support for 15 additional languages […]
BlackBerry App World tops 1 billion downloads
Just ahead of today’s Research In Motion’s annual stockholder meeting, there is news for RIM to cheer about. The BlackBerry App World, now available in over 100 countries, has now topped one billion downloads and is seeing an average of 3 million downloads per day. While this is a worthy accomplishment, RIM still has ways to go if it wants […]
RIM to partner with YOU i Labs UI design firm?
GigaOM is reporting that Research In Motion might hire YOU i Labs, an Ontario-based design firm that has worked with a number of Taiwan-based mobile phone makers. Initial reports suggested that RIM would buy the company but it turns out that the “two companies are rumored to be working together.” Could this work involve bringing the QNX interface to the […]