Research In Motion has already confirmed that its PlayBook tablet will be upgraded to BlackBerry 10. It today reconfirmed this via Twitter and added a general timeline: Cascades support for PlayBook will come w/ the PlayBook OS upgrade to BB10, shortly after launch of 1st BB10 smartphone RIM has only so far indicated that the first BlackBerry 10 device will […]
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RIM announces BlackBerry Curve 9320
Research In Motion today announced the BlackBerry Curve 9320. As expected, it sports a dedicated BBM key to quickly access RIM’s social network. “The new BlackBerry Curve 9320 is designed to make it incredibly easy for users to stay socially-connected,” said Carlo Chiarello, EVP, Smartphone Business at Research In Motion. “The new BlackBerry Curve 9320 will be especially popular with […]
RIM hires new Chief Operating and Chief Marketing Officers
Research In Motion today announced the appointment of Kristian Tear as Chief Operating Officer and Frank Boulben as Chief Marketing Officer. “Kristian and Frank bring extensive knowledge of the rapidly changing wireless global market and will help RIM as we sharpen our focus on delivering long-term value to our stakeholders,” said Thorsten Heins, RIM’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Most […]
Upcoming BlackBerry 10 device list found on BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha?
The BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device appears to have revealed a few details about Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 10 device plans. Buried in the code of the device running a modified version of BlackBerry PlayBook OS is a list of devices. Some device names are familiar while others are new. The familiar ones all belong to rumoured BlackBerry 10 devices […]
RIM taking BlackBerry 10 Jam on a road trip
RIM today announced that it is taking its BlackBerry 10 Jam event on the road this spring and summer. Like the event held alongside BlackBerry World this week, these will be developer events that will allow application developers to find out more about BlackBerry 10 development: Get a snapshot of the new things you can do with the BlackBerry 10 […]
Humour: The difference between Android owners and BlackBerry owners
Let’s star the day with a bit of a laugh: What’s the difference between Android owners and BlackBerry owners? BlackBerry owners have credit cards. 🙂 Source: CrackBerry
RIM looked at going private last year
Research In Motion looked at going private last year according to a Bloomberg report. Citing “a person familiar with the discussions,” the company held discussions with held private-equity firm Silver Lake. The talks never went further as they fell apart after both parties could not come to an agreement on the value of the company. These discussions took place before […]
BlackBerry 7 devices not upgradeable to BlackBerry 10
At BlackBerry World 2012, Research In Motion CEO Thorsten today reconfirmed that BlackBerry 7 smartphones will not be upgradeable to BlackBerry 10. Instead, the two operating systems are likely to co-exist. Heins explained that BlackBerry 7 would continue to power entry-level devices while higher-end devices would run BlackBerry 10. RIM continues to introduce new BlackBerry devices (such as the BlackBerry […]