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After a spat over audio compression patents, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has entered into a licensing agreement with Dolby. The specifics of those licensing costs haven’t been disclosed, though I’m sure it’ll sting less than RIM’s big patent infringement loss against NTP a few years ago. RIM was apparently infringing on Dolby’s HE AAC technology with…
Last week we got a closer look at a bizarre-looking BlackBerry bearing the model number 9980. A fresh video giving us a the tour shows it’s not that different from the Bold 9900, and all of the real changes are cosmetic. On top of that, new information is suggesting the BlackBerry 9980 may be code-named…
AHHH! My eyes! Kill it! Kill it with fire! Either a Nokia designer from ten years ago traveled through time and infiltrated RIM to play a cruel joke, or this BlackBerry 9980 is still very much a work in progress. We caught a fuzzy glimpse of this BlackBerry a few weeks ago, with the initial…
While T-Mobile might be lining up to launch the new BlackBerry Curve soon, Sprint is falling a bit behind schedule. They’ve recently posted on their community forums that “due to unexpected circumstances, Sprint shifted the launch of the BlackBerry Curve 9350 smartphone beyond the planned Sept. 9 availability date. It will now go on sale in…
Evernote, the popular cloud storage app for a variety of mobile platforms, has just graced RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook. The app lets you access, edit, and create image, audio, and text notes that are all synced up to the cloud, so you can access them just about anywhere. Hopefully RIM will open up Bridge to third…
Sprint and Verizon have been getting a lot of attention from RIM with various launches over the last few weeks, but T-Mobile isn’t far behind. On top of recently launching the Bold 9900, the all-touchscreen Torch 9860 and Curve 9360 should both be headed to T-Mobile shortly, as the Torch has been spotted internally as…
No more waiting on details for the Verizon BlackBerry Torch 9850 we spotted earlier this summer. As expected, RIM’s latest all-touch smartphone will be available online starting on September 8, and will be in stores on September 15. Pricing will sit at $199.99 on a two-year contract, which is a bit pricier than what Sprint’s…
After a short beta period, RIM has launched the new version of their software portal, BlackBerry App World. Most of the new stuff is just user interface shuffling, like new app categories, and updated search bar placement. There are a few functional updates, like sharing apps to Facebook, Twitter, and BBM, and every month there will…
Nielsen just released the latest statistics on smartphone usage in the United States. Slowly but surely, smartphones continue to take over the entire mobile phone industry. As of July 2011, 40 percent of all mobile phones in use are smartphones. The other 60 percent are feature phones, but that number shrinks with every day that…
U.S. carriers have been stocking up on RIM’s various new BlackBerry models in preparation for the back-to-school season, but they’re not done yet. We’re still waiting on Verizon’s version of the new all-touch BlackBerry, but some internal documents are suggesting the Torch 9850 may be available to preorder customers September 8 – a scant week…