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The week isn’t half way over and RIM already has two big announcements under its belt. Earlier this week, the Waterloo company announced the January 2013 launch event for BlackBerry 10, and today the company confirmed it is rolling out an update to its popular BlackBerry Messenger service. BlackBerry Messenger 7 will be a free…
RIM announced that it will hold its BlackBerry 10 launch event on January 30, 2013. RIM will use the event to unveil the shipping version of its new BlackBerry 10 platform and introduce its first two BB10 smartphones. Details on the phones and their on sale date will be provided during the event. The event will be…
Just when you thought BlackBerry couldn’t get any more negative press, think again. The Waterloo company is struggling to keep itself in business, and now it seems to have a problem with people being literally allergic to its phones. According to the researchers over at American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, BlackBerries are being produced with two different…
RIM announced that its upcoming BlackBerry 10 devices have received FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) 140-2 certification ahead of its 2013 launch. RIM notes that this is the first time it received the certification before its devices were commercially available. The struggling Canadian manufacturer is bolstering its reputation as a secure platform and is hoping…
Struggling BlackBerry handset maker RIM suffered another blow when the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency said it would end its contract with the Canadian company. ICE officials plan to replace 17,000 BlackBerry handsets with iPhones in a deal that is worth as much as $2.1 million. The agency used RIM’s handsets for eight years,…
Research In Motion has made it known that consumers shouldn’t expect BlackBerry 10 handsets to hit the market until the start of 2013. An analyst believes the new devices won’t see the light of day until March. As a result, this leaves the Waterloo company a lot of time to build up BB10’s ecosystem. Today RIM announced it’s accepting…
Research In Motion has been trying its hardest to stay relevant as it loses market share by the day. The Waterloo company told people months ago that it wasn’t releasing BlackBerry 10 phones until the start of 2013. Now, many of us expected that date to be somewhere in the month of January, but this might not…
According to a report in TechHive, RIM’s PlayBook tablet is disappearing from online retailers in the US. The blog notes that the PlayBook is no longer available at Wal-Mart.com, BestBuy.com, RadioShack.com, Staples.com and OfficeDepot.com. IDC analyst Bob O’Donnel believes RIM is selling through its inventory and not replenishing its supply of the tablet. The company may be…
Believe it or not, the BlackBerry PlayBook is still alive and kicking. Research In Motion hasn’t forgotten about its tablet users, as the company rolled out an update. In version 2.1, users gain the support of some much-needed features, including SMS text messages, portrait view in email, calendars and contacts. The upgrade also brings Android App Player…
The BlackBerry Aristo is an upcoming member of the BlackBerry A-series devices, and according to a leaked spec sheet, the Aristo may be the BlackBerry 10 device of your dreams. The Aristo would come with a quad-core Snapdragon Krait processor clocked at 1.5 GHz, as well as a 4.65″ display with 1,280 x 720 resolution,…