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After repeatedly ruling it out as an option, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins appears to have finally listened to reason and will consider a strategy of licensing BlackBerry 10 to manufacturers. Interested companies such as Samsung, Sony, HTC, and others could choose to release a device running on the BlackBerry 10 platform. In an interview with…
The 4G PlayBook will become a reality next week, according to RIM’s official Inside BlackBerry blog. The oft-rumored PlayBook with 4G LTE connectivity will be making its debut on August 9th, though only our Canadian readers to the north will be able to initially get their hands on RIM’s latest tablet. The LTE PlayBook will come…
Slashgear is reporting that TAT founder Hampus Jakobsson has left RIM. Jakobsson was the founder of The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), a UI design team that’s working on the interface improvements seen in BlackBerry 10. He posted a tweet that confirmed he is exiting RIM and leaving his work “to others in RIM now.” When asked…
There it is, the 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook from RIM. It’s not a mockup; it’s the real deal. Someone from Vietnam got their hands on it and posted it along with a full gallery of other photos in the Tinh te online forum. Nobody knows when or even if RIM will ever launch the 10-inch PlayBook, but…
The IDC have released their Q2 report on the mobile market, and it paints the same picture we’ve seen in quarters past. Mobile customers are adopting smartphones than feature phones en masse, with a 42% increase in smartphone sales year over year. Overall, more phones were sold in Q2 than ever before, with 406 million…
Leaked images online reveal that RIM is gearing up to unveil a 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook tablet for release on July 31st. It’ll supposedly launch on Bell with the possibility of a few other Canadian carriers, but the 4G PlayBook here in the United States is looking like a no-go at the moment. MobileSyrup got the…
It’s no secret that Research in Motion is bleeding customers in the consumer market, while business customers remain somewhat steady. Well, steady is becoming a bit more uneasy, as companies worldwide are beginning to seek out greener pastures. In the latest major company departure, Australia’s Qantas Airways is dropping BlackBerry in favor of the iPhone.…
Yesterday we talked about potential buyers for Research In Motion. What was once the most profitable company in Canada keeps struggling as it faces competition from Apple, Google and its partners, most notably Samsung. Of all the companies we mentioned yesterday, we think Microsoft may be best suited to acquire the BlackBerry maker or make…
Back at BlackBerry World, RIM announced that it was seeding money to developers in an effort to get them to develop applications for the company’s upcoming BlackBerry 10 platform. Since that time, the company’s very future has been placed in doubt. RIM has delayed the launch of BlackBerry 10 from fall 2012 to early 2013,…
RIM has seen better days – from Canada’s most profitable company to numerous layoffs and stock plunging to record lows. That poses a question – what’s the future for the once proud BlackBerry maker? Bankers would love to see it acquired by a bigger rival, collecting their fees along the way, though it’s hard to…