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Roughly a year ago I wrote a piece titled “Does RIM have a future?” only to see Simon, our BlackBerry guy, replying with his own article. I was thinking lately whether it’s possible to make something out of RIM’s business (considering their declining sales and market share) and here are my thoughts on how to…
The BlackBerry Curve 9360 has been out in Canada for a couple of weeks now, but we’re still waiting for a U.S. release. T-Mobile may be getting theirs soon, though, as briefing materials have begun arriving at retail locations. The last firm-ish date we had for T-Mobile in particular was September 14, but since that’s…
During RIM’s quarterly conference call tonight, execs announced that developer QNX handsets and platform tools will be available at their annual dev conference next month. (Update: The replay just went live, which clarified things a bit… The QNX platform will be demonstrated at DevCon and prototype phones available “in the not too distant future”. Whether…
During RIM’s Q2 conference call tonight, Mike Lazaridis talked up an update to the BlackBerry PlayBook, which will include a new Video Store. It will offer around 10,000 movies and TV shows for rent or sale, often available on the same day as DVD releases. RIM moving into selling movies isn’t a huge surprise, considering they’ve already…
RIM just posted their fiscal Q2 2012 results prior to a conference call starting at 5 PM EST. Here are the highlights, according to the release. Revenue in the second quarter was $4.2 billion and service revenue surpassed $1 billion for the first time GAAP net income of $329 million or $0.63 per fully diluted…
It appears RIM’s iPad killer is not so murderous. The situation is quite the opposite, actually. The latest estimate indicates RIM sold around 490,000 BlackBerry PlayBook units during the first full quarter on the market. RIM is expected to confirm this number tomorrow along with earnings. By comparison, Apple shipped 9.25 million iPads in that…
As a quick follow-up to the BlackBerry Bold 9790 shots yesterday, we’ve got another one showing that the Curve Touch revealed back in January is still alive and well. We’re counting on it being a lower-end version of the Torch 9850 / 60, hosting a smaller 3.2-inch screen and 800 MHz processor, but keeping the…
RIM’s announcement of their first OS 7 BlackBerry devices was dampened a bit by the lack of the rumoured mobile hotspot function, but a leaked Sprint memo suggests the feature may be unlocked in a future firmware update due in the fourth quarter. The memo was issued because Sprint screwed up on the packaging for…
Now that compass-equipped BlackBerry smartphones are gradually hitting the streets, augmented reality app developers can now start setting up shop on RIM’s handsets. Layar launched their offering on App World today, which lets you browser nearby points of interest, like restaurants, hotels, and helpful data like geo-located Wikipedia articles and tweets just by point your…
Remember that BlackBerry Bold 9790 from a few months ago? It’s made another public appearance, with 8 GB of local storage, 5 megapixel camera, 1.2 GHz processor, Wi-Fi, GPS, and NFC all confirmed. Besides being a smidgen smaller than the 9900, it’s still a bit unclear what is going to really separate these two devices;…