Research In Motion

New QNX BlackBerry smartphone features revealed?

New rumours have detailed some alleged new features that will turn up on QNX-powered BlackBerry smartphones next year. N4BB has learned that RIM has separated the network software stack from the rest of the QNX operating system. The move will make it easier for RIM to swap out network stacks for different carriers with little effect on the rest of […]

SaskTel launches BlackBerry Torch 9860 and Curve 9360

SaskTel is the latest carrier to announce that the BlackBerry Torch 9860 and BlackBerry Curve 9360 are now available on its network. SaskTel is offering the BlackBerry Torch 9860 for CA$99.99 with a three-year contract, CA$449.99 with a two-year contract, CA$499.99 with a one-year contract, and CA$549.99 with no contract. The BlackBerry Curve 9360 is available for CA$49.99 with a […]

RIM BlackBerry Bold 9900 coming to Mobilicity “within weeks”

While the older, more established Canadian carriers were quick to announce their plans for the new BlackBerry smartphones, newer carriers like Mobilicity, Public Mobile, and WIND Mobile, have all been quiet. Mobilicity is now the first out of the gate with confirmation via Twitter by its CEO that it would soon offer the BlackBerry Bold 9900: Bold 9900 is coming […]

Virgin Mobile Canada launches gnome-sized BlackBerry Curve 9360

You can now add Virgin Mobile Canada to the list of Canadian carriers that have launched the BlacBerry Curve 9360. Unlike other carriers, Virgin has provided a key bit of information: A size comparison to your average desk gnome. Virgin Mobile Canada is offering the BlackBerry Curve 9360 for CA$49.99 with a three-year contract (or with a CA$300 SuperTab) or […]

Bell launches BlackBerry Torch 9860 and Curve 9360

Having launched the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Torch 9810 earlier this month, Bell today launched two more RIM BlackBerry smartphones. The BlackBerry Torch 9860 (or BlackBerry Torch 9860 4G as Bell calls it) and BlackBerry Curve 9360 are now also available on its website. Bell is offering the BlackBerry Torch 9860 for CA$129.95 with a three-year contract, CA$549.95 with a […]

RIM announces BBM Music service

Research In Motion today announced a BlackBerry Messenger music sharing service. Called BBM Music, it will allow “users to build an evolving, community-based music library that is shared amongst their BBM Music friends.” Millions of songs will be available from the catalogs of Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and EMI. “More than 45 million customers already […]

QNX BlackBerry smartphones to be “Android-compatible?”

A Bloomberg report indicates that RIM’s upcoming QNX-powered BlackBerry smartphones will be able to run Google Android applications. This report is the first indication that RIM will extend the same functionality it has already promised for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. Google’s Android Market is about six times larger than that of RIM’s App World. RIM is hoping that having access […]