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Research in Motion showed off its BlackBerry 10 operating system at BlackBerry World today and there was a lot of excitement because it delivered a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device to those attending. We spent a little time with it and you can check out the pictures below, unfortunately they weren’t allowing videos. The strange…
Research In Motion is holding its big BlackBerry World conference in Orlando and it just finished the keynote speech. The biggest news is that we finally got a glimpse at its next-generation BlackBerry 10 platform and it looked pretty impressive. CEO Thorsten Heins delivered his first keynote as the leader of RIM and it wasn’t…
We’re live from the Research In Motion BlackBerry World conference and the company just showed off its next-generation operating system, BlackBerry 10. While we’re not expecting devices for a while, the company is seeding a developer device to attendees and released the teaser video below. RIM says that BlackBerry 10 is designed to make you…
Yesterday, we reported that Research in Motion was reportedly behind the Wake Up flashmob that took Apple’s Sydney, Australia store by storm last week. While many believed it was Samsung behind the campaign to promote the imminent unveiling of the Galaxy S III superphone being unveiled on Thursday in London, RIM has officially named themselves…
RIM has fully embraced the boring black slab with the BlackBerry 10 Alpha Developer’s phone. CrackBerry has gotten their hands on some leaked images of the upcoming BlackBerry 10 Alpha, the developer-only handset that RIM will be unveiling later this week at BlackBerry Jam and BlackBerry World. Once the handset is unveiled, we should get some…
Last week, a company paid for a “Wake Up” protest to be held in front of an Apple Store in Sydney Australia. Reports immediately swept the internet that Samsung was behind the campaign. A Samsung-backed Wake Up protest certainly made sense, as Samsung has been very loudly biting at Apple with its “Dude, you’re a…
Though it recently hired a law firm to work out a restructuring plan, RIM is betting on BlackBerry 10 to propel RIM back into a state of relevance in the smartphone market. We’ve seen some leaks come out pertaining to BlackBerry 10, and prototype devices are due to hit BlackBerry World in May. RIM CEO…
Facing a dire financial situation, Research in Motion (RIM) is weighing all its options. Not content with building out their restructuring plan from within, RIM has hired the services of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP to work on a plan that could include selling off assets, joint ventures, or licensing existing RIM patents and services.…
RIM is finally coming to terms with the reality that BlackBerry is losing ground to iOS and Android. To turn itself around, RIM recently cleaned out its executive leadership and is now looking to hire a financial adviser to help it weigh strategic options going forward, says a Bloomberg report. Hiring a bank to help…
Visual voicemail app YouMail announced on its blog plans to drop support for BlackBerry and thereby end development for the platform at least until it starts showing signs of life again, but let’s be honest, the chances of that happening are slim. It’s a sad day for the folks at YouMail. The BlackBerry is what…