Research In Motion today announced that it had acquired Scoreloop, a company that offers an SDK that lets developers add social and collaborative features to their games. According to their CEO, Dr. Marc Gumpinger, As part of RIM, we’ll be in the unique position to integrate deeply into BlackBerry platforms to take mobile gaming to the next level. We’ll continue […]
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RIM releases BlackBerry Tablet OS v1.0.5 update
Research In Motion today announced that a new BlackBerry Tablet OS update is now available. Among the new features BlackBerry Tablet OS v1.0.5 offers are: Facebook for BlackBerry PlayBook: Now preloaded and includes video uploading, message deletion, Facebook search enhancements and more In-App Payments support for PlayBook apps Improved PlayBook charging functionality including charging while powered down and incorrect charger […]
Android and iOS continue US growth at expense of others
The latest US mobile subscriber market share report from comScore shows that Google Android and Apple iOS continued to grow in the three month average period ending April 2011. That growth came at the expense of RIM, Microsoft, Palm which all saw their market share drop over the same period. Here are the latest results: Jan-11 Apr-11 Point change […]
BlackBerry Bold 9900 delayed to September?
Citing “multiple sources,” BGR.com is reporting that RIM has delayed the global launch of the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 until September from its original summer target. No reasons were given for the delay. BGR.com is also reporting that RIM will release one more major BlackBerry OS version, possibly called BlackBerry OS 7.5, before it launches its QNX-based OS on its […]
Android and iOS continue to gain market share in Q1 2011
Gartner earlier this week released its Q1 2011 “Market Share Analysis: Mobile Devices, Worldwide” report. Smartphones continued to outpace the overall mobile communication market which saw shipments of nearly 428 million devices. “Smartphones accounted for 23.6 percent of overall sales in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 85 percent year-on-year,” said Roberta Cozza, principal research analyst at Gartner. […]
Poor BlackBerry PlayBook sales denied by RIM
While Best Buy has indicated that RIM BlackBerry PlayBook tablet sales have exceeded expectations, another is reportedly painting a very different picture. According to BGR.com, a “trusted source from a major big box retailer” reports sales have fallen significantly short of expectations and up to 90% short of internal sales targets. The source adds that returns are also much higher, […]
RIM BlackBerry PlayBook sales top 250,000 units?
While RIM has yet to provide any official sales figures for the just-launched BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, RBC analyst Mike Abramsky (who estimated first day sales at about 50,000 units) now estimates that the company has sold about 250,000 units. Sales are described as “steady” and could top 500,000 tablets in its debut quarter. Abramsky also found that PlayBook returns are […]
RIM recalls about 1,000 PlayBooks
RIM today confirmed that it is recalling about 1,000 BlackBerry PlayBooks due to a software issue. RIM determined that approximately one thousand BlackBerry PlayBook tablets (16 GB) were shipped with an OS build that may result in the devices being unable to properly load software upon initial set-up. The majority of the affected devices are still in the distribution channel […]