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In a flight from Toronto to Beijing, China, RIM’s George Campbell and Paul Alexander Wilson got so drunk and unruly, that they had to be physically restrained and the flight had to land in Vancouver. Each one was fined over $35,000, and won’t be able to fly Air Canada for a year while they’re on…
We’ve seen various BlackBerry PlayBook promotions since the fall, and now we get to see the financial impact of RIM knocking $300 off a device that normally retails for $500. RIM today said “it would record a pre-tax provision in the third quarter of fiscal 2012 of approximately $485 million, $360 million after tax, related…
Just slightly ahead of TELUS and Bell, the BlackBerry Bold 9790 has made its North American debut on Rogers. TELUS is officially launching it tomorrow, but for those who just can’t wait (for some reason), the 9790 will cost $99.99 on a three-year contract, or $449.99 with no strings attached. The BlackBerry 9790 is basically…
In the “take this with a grain of salt” department, we’re hearing rumblings that the first Research In Motion smartphone running BBX could be called the BlackBerry Surfboard. Cowabunga. The news comes from a trademark that RIM filed for with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office but that doesn’t mean much, as TechCrunch points out that…
It looks like RIM is getting a head start on those ESRB ratings coming to apps. BlackBerry App World will soon have a system in place so devs can mark their creations as appropriate for general, teen, mature, or adult audiences. By default, apps will get a G rating, while a variety that fit a…
Following up on their launch of the BlackBerry Curve 9380, Telus is prepping to launch an entry-level version of the BlackBerry Bold 9900. The BlackBerry 9790 made a stampede-worthy debut in Jakarta, but as far as Canada goes, TELUS isn’t alone. We’ve seen live Bold 9790 units drifting into Rogers stores, and Bell is likely to…
RIM had a short webcast today to talk about their new BlackBerry Mobile Fusion enterprise product, which will support Android and iOS devices, on top of their own next-gen BBX products. One nice little tidbit to emerge from the webcast that we didn’t hear anything about in this morning’s press release was support for a…
An exploit found in the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet a few months ago has begun to bear fruit for a trio of scrappy developers. The rooting application, which will be made publicly available within the next week, will be called Dingleberry, and lets you do a few cool things. Hulu, which had previously been blocked when…
Awhile back, RIM announced that they would be supporting Android and iOS devices in their enterprise management suite, and today they’re getting a little more specific with the details. The new management suite is called BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, and will support tablets and smartphones, including those running RIM’s new BBX platform based on the PlayBook operating…
Ford has this pretty cool system called AppLink that lets smartphones take advantage of the car’s built-in voice recognition. The selection of compatible apps has been limited, but now they can count one more well-established name to add to their roster: Slacker Radio. Once paired over Bluetooth, you can tell Ford Sync to play stations…