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Love your new Android phone? You won’t for long
Flash back to 2009: You just bought a brand new Motorola Droid, the first phone to run Android 2.0 and one of the very first Android handsets to successfully compete with the iPhone. Your friend, however, decided to buy a recently released iPhone 3GS. Now jump ahead to the present: You and your friend still own those same phones, but which one out of the two feels like a worthless piece of crap? The Motorola Droid. This is the case with many Android and BlackBerry devices — they lose their … Read more
George Tinari
Halliburton dumps BlackBerry, starts distributing iPhones to workers
One of the world’s largest oilfield companies, Halliburton, publicly acknowledged its decision to stop giving workers BlackBerrys and start equipping them with iPhones. This is a gigantic blow to Research in Motion because the BlackBerry has for a very long time been widely considered the best phone for enterprise users. Halliburton obviously disagrees and so will many other companies if RIM doesn’t step its game up in time. Spokesperson for Halliburton, Tara Mullee Agard, said to Reuters in an email, “We are making this transition in order to better support our … Read more
George Tinari
BlackBerry App World more profitable than Android
Today at BlackBerry’s DevCon Europe event, executives from Research in Motion got to the chance to spin the company’s current state. According to Alec Saunders, VP of Developer Relations, the Canadian phone maker is grabbing six million daily downloads from the BB App World, totalling 174m per month, for an overall tally of over two billion. This wasn’t the comment that grabbed the most attention, instead, it was the company’s assertion that its apps were profitable. More profitable than Android, even. Saunders claims BB’s App World generates 43 percent more daily downloads … Read more
Charles West
Watch RIM torture its BlackBerry smartphones [Videos]
While new Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins has to fix a lot of things with the company’s BlackBerry smartphones, I think it’s safe to say that durability isn’t going to be at the top of the list. Besides the old trackball nightmares, BlackBerry handsets are known to be pretty durable and that’s not an accident. On its blog, RIM is giving us a look at its durability testing, so let’s see what’s up. This isn’t the first time we’ve gotten a glimpse at what handset makers do to test … Read more
Marin Perez
BlackBerry Music Store now available in Canada
RIM’s BlackBerry Music Store now lives in Canada where users can download the free Music Store app from the BlackBerry App World and use it to discover new tracks, purchase and download them right away, and tell their inner circle about the songs they dig. You can either use the built-in search to find the tunes, or browse by what’s most popular, what’s new, what’s on sale, genres, sub-genres; or check out other tracks and albums by the same artist. Not sure you like some song? No problem, with access … Read more
Dusan Belic
Check out a picture of the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone
Big ups to our pals at CrackBerry, as they unearthed what looks to be an official image of the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone: Say hello to the London. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen the London but this image does look more complete than the prototype models which appeared late last year. Blake says the full-touch device kind of looks like a Motorola phone and I think it kind of looks like any full touchscreen smartphone that’s been released in the last two years. Still, the slide does say … Read more
Marin Perez
McAfee Mobile Security 2.0 helps ensure user privacy
McAfee today announced Mobile Security 2.0, a new version of its protection software for smartphones and tablets. The security company’s new app will work for Android, BlackBerry OS and Symbian OS. Mobile Security 2.0 has a feature called App Alert, which help protect users from malicious apps that abuse personal information. The feature specifically checks whether a downloaded app requests access to personal information including contacts, and warns the user. What users can also expect is: antivirus and anti-theft services, web and app protection, call and SMS filtering, online device management … Read more
Charles West
BlackBerry, Microsoft team up for cloud services
While Microsoft and Research In Motion are competing for the hearts and minds of smartphone users, that won’t stop the two companies from teaming up to help business users get their software on the go. RIM introduced the BlackBerry Cloud Service for its handsets and this will enable BlackBerry users to access Microsoft Office 365. On its web site, RIM describes some of the benefits for BlackBerry users: This secure service, hosted by Research In Motion (RIM), directly links Microsoft® Exchange Online with BlackBerry smartphones to offer reliable, mobile access … Read more
Marin Perez
RIM in 2012: Two PlayBooks, BlackBerry 10 phones and two Curves
Research In Motion has a new CEO but you can be pretty sure that its 2012 roadmap will remain the same unless something dramatic happens. Well, the spies over at BGR have got their hands on what the BlackBerry maker will reportedly release over the next 15 months and I’d be lying if I said it’s super exciting. First off, we should look forward to two new BlackBerry Curve devices: the Curve 9230 and the Curve 9320. The 9320 will have EDGE and the other will be an HSPA smartphone … Read more
Marin Perez
RIM’s stock hammered after naming new CEO
Well, the stock market doesn’t seem to be impressed with Research In Motion’s leadership change, as RIM’s stock ($RIMM) fell 8.59% to close at $15.56 today. This was the first business day since the news came out that former COO Thorston Heins would be replacing former co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis. Balsillie and Lazaridis also gave up their positions as co-Chairmen of the Board as we reported at the beginning of January. In their place is a single Chairman: Barbara Stymiest. RIM has named Mike Lazaridis as new Vice Charman … Read more
George Tinari
A look at RIM’s downfall – Where does RIM go from here?
Research In Motion dropped the bomb Sunday night (conveniently during a very popular football game) that co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis would be stepping down from their leadership positions at the top of the company and as chairmen of the board. Thorsten Heins will be taking over as CEO of RIM but there are still a lot of questions remaining about the timing and what can the BlackBerry maker do to reverse its downward spiral. Balsillie and Lazaridis will still have roles with the company that they’ve been at … Read more