More details about RIM’s upcoming BlackBerry 10 are starting to come out. Officially unveiled at BlackBerry World 2012, RIM is now giving a chance to developers to learn more about it through its BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour. At New York’s event, RIM Principle Architect Gary Klassen gave CNET a short glimpse at BlackBerry 10 running on a Dev Alpha […]
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Celestica to stop manufacturing RIM devices
Celestica today announced that it will wind down its manufacturing services for Research In Motion within the next six months. RIM was its largest customer and accounted for 19% of Celestica’s revenues for its last quarter despite dropping demand for BlackBerry devices. Celestica has been a high-performing manufacturing supplier for RIM and will work closely with RIM throughout the transition. […]
More photos of BlackBerry 10
If you attend one of the BlackBerry 10 Jam events, you may get a glimpse of BlackBerry 10 running on the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha developer device. Such luck smiled on CrackBerry at the London event and they have posted a number of pictures of the OS in action as well as first impressions. These follow up on earlier ones […]
RIM Porsche Design P’9981 from BlackBerry now available in Canada
RIM’s Porsche Design P’9981 from BlackBerry smartphone is now available in Canada. The launch was made in conjunction the opening of the first Canadian Porsche Design store today. The Porsche Design P’9981 comes with a forged stainless steel frame, hand-wrapped leather back cover, a sculpted QWERTY keyboard, and a customized version of BlackBerry OS 7 with Porsche Design icons and […]
Lazaridis and Balsillie exit costs RIM US$12 million
Documents filed today reveal that Research In Motion will pay a combined US$12 million to Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, the company’s former co-CEOs and co-chairmen, who stepped down in January. Lazaridis received US$3.9-million in compensation. Still servicng as vice-chair of the board, he also still has access to a dedicated office and a company car with driver. Balsillie, now […]
BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour registration now open for Montreal
Registration is now open for the Montreal stop of the BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour. The one day event will take place on July 11th at the same time as the International Startup Festival. It will give application developers a chance to find out more about BlackBerry 10 development: Get a snapshot of the new things you can do with […]
RIM discontinues 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook model
Research In Motion is discontinuing the 16GB version of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. The move was revealed in an email from RIM to a CrackBerry forum user. RIM was quick to point out that “we continue to remain committed to the tablet space and the 32 GB and 64 GB models of the BlackBerry PlayBook continue to offer great value […]
Mobilicity launches BlackBerry Curve 9320
Mobilicity today announced the BlackBerry Curve 9320 smartphone, billed as “its most affordable BlackBerry smartphone yet.” The BlackBerry Curve 9320 has everything you need to stay in touch with the people and things that matter most to them. With a dedicated BBM key, bringing the power of RIM’s popular mobile social network up in an instant, as well as the […]