Research In Motion today announced the availability of BlackBerry Messenger 7. It is the first version of BBM to come with BBM Voice, a feature which lets BBM users make free voice calls over Wi-Fi from within the app to their BBM contacts. BBM Voice comes with a number of features: The ability to switch from BBM text chat to […]
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Android takes 75% share of smartphone market in Q3 2012
According to the latest numbers from IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Google Android shipped on an incredible three out of every four smartphones in Q3 2012. Year-over-year shipments increased 91.5% to account for 136 million units out of the toal 181.1 million smartphones shipped in the quarter. “Android has been one of the primary growth engines of the smartphone […]
Apple leads smartphone and tablet markets in Canada
The latest Ipsos Reid’s Mobil-ology report, which looks at smartphone, tablet and eReader usage in Canada, has found Apple as the top brand for both smartphones and tablets. The manufacturer accounted for 29% of smartphones and 42% of tablets in August 2012. Holding down second place is none other than Canada’s own Research In Motion. Its smartphones still hold 27% […]
RIM BlackBerry 7 to coexist with BlackBerry 10
Research In Motion yesterday held its annual shareholder assembly. While there was not much that was new, one interesting topic that came up was what would happen to BlackBerry 7 once BlackBerry 10 came out. It appears that retirement is not in the cards just yet for the older operating system. RIM did not provide many details on this dual-strategy. […]
Video: BlackBerry 10 in action
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 […]
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 […]
Windows Phone to top iOS by 2016?
For the latest version of its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report, market research firm IDC has gazed into its crystal ball and made some interesting predictions about the worldwide mobile phone market. Overall, it expects mobile phones shipments to top 1.8 billion units this year, up slightly from the 1.7 billion shipped in 2011. By 2016, that figure will […]
Infographic: A look at Canadian mobile landscape in April 2012
Canadian mobile advertising firm JUICE Mobile has put together an infographic that summarizes some of the key trends and information about the Canadian mobile landscape in April 2012. The data comes from its own ad-serving infrastructure. There are a few surprises on the graphic. For example, RIM continues to show remarkable strength in Canada (RIM is Canadian after all) and […]