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It’s not quite 1 million, but RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet did reasonably well in the first quarter by selling 500,000 units, alongside 13.2 million BlackBerry smartphones. Besides that, RIM’s first quarter for fiscal 2011 was just about as bad as investors were expecting. Revenue was down 12% from last quarter to $4.9 billion. On top…
Millennial Media, a market research company, just released its Mobile Mix report for the month of May to give us an idea of how the market is being split between all the major platforms. Wednesday, they released this chart showing us how Android and iOS are currently doing against Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry OS and…
Last night, RIM launched a distinctly different kind of app from their usual business/productivity fare. Avatar Builder lets you make a custom likeness of yourself to use in stuff like BlackBerry Messenger, or anywhere else you want some obnoxiously-exaggerated caricature of yourself online. Separate apps are available for male or female avatars, each with a…
We’ve seen pictures and video of RIM’s next OS 7 device, the BlackBerry 9860/50, for some time now, and as the rumoured June/July launch window closes, we’re seeing developer tools leak out. The OS 7 device simulator for the 9850 has leaked out, and though it’s more or less just a playground to see if…
RIM’s been fending off pressure from shareholders to get their ass in gear with new products, but it looks like the BlackBerry-maker will have another kind of legal battle to deal with. Audio giant Dolby has launched into patent litigation that seeks monetary compensation from Research In Motion, and a halt on BlackBerry sales in…
Those of you waiting for RIM’s next-generation touchscreen slate BlackBerry (better known by its code names, Monaco and Monza) have another glimmer of hope to cling to. Recently TrueSupplier started listing individual components of the device, which generally indicates a phone has gone into mass production. We’ve seen the device live on video, in plenty…
Research In Motion’s stock has been taking a tumble the last couple of weeks, and is culminating in some bold demands from one firm, Northwest and Ethical Investments. The proposed shareholder vote would separate the CEO and chairman of the board roles, which would presumably lead to either co-CEO claiming either position, or at very…
Carlo Chiarello, RIM’s business unit VP of GSM/UMTS, recently spoke about their progress for putting the PlayBook’s QNX-based operating system into smartphones. This is something RIM has admitted as an eventuality, but anything more specific beyond that has been hard to come by. Apparently here are already prototypes running the OS, which Chiarello says “look…
RIM announced this morning that the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet would be landing in another 16 markets internationally within the next 30 days. They include the UK, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Australia, Venezuela, Spain, Germany, UAE, Singapore, Mexico, France, Italy, India, Indonesia, and Colombia. The BlackBerry PlayBook has been out for a little while now,…
RIM’s desktop software for BlackBerry has long been a good way to organize side-loaded content like music, video, and pictures, as well as back up important contacts and messages, but recently the software has been updated to organize all sorts of files on the BlackBerry’s microSD card (or local storage, in the PlayBook’s case). We…