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comScore published its latest findings for mobile subscriber market share in the U.S. and discovered that once again, Samsung is the number one mobile phone manufacturer by the numbers. At the end of August, the company claimed a 25.3 percent of the entire mobile market, or approximately one-fourth. This is up 0.5 percent from May.…
You might remember that there was talk awhile back about RIM’s well-known instant-messaging client, BBM, would be making its way to Android and eventually iOS. The first signs of such an app have just surfaced, showing the standard BlackBerry Messenger profile page, but not much else. The app icon doesn’t look great right now, but…
After a slight delay, the Sprint BlackBerry Curve 9360 launch has been nailed down to October 2. The pricetag sits at $79.99 on a two-year contract, matching the price T-Mobile launched with earlier this week. Business customers, however, will be able to snag one for $49.99 with a fresh business account activation. The BlackBerry Curve…
Update: Here’s a statement from RIM! “RIM doesn’t typically comment on rumors, but any suggestion that the BlackBerry PlayBook is being discontinued is pure fiction. RIM remains highly committed to the tablet market.” John Vinh, an analyst at Collins Stewart, claims that Quanta isn’t just ramping down BlackBerry PlayBook production – they’re halting it altogether,…
Ahhh, finally. One of Canada’s awesome discount carriers, Mobilicity, has finally got around to launching one of the new OS 7 BlackBerry devices. The Bold 9900 is available today for $549.99 without contract. To sweeten the deal, Mobilicity is offering three months of free BlackBerry data if you sign up for a $35 plan. Not…
RIM is gearing up to show off the Android app player for their PlayBook tablet next month at BlackBerry DevCon, but that hardly means they’re adopting Android wholesale. In fact, at a Romanian developer event, RIM engineers explained just some of the Android features we won’t be seeing in QNX 2.0 for the PlayBook: live…
Carl Icahn is a company’s worst nightmare. He buys up enough shares of your company to get himself a seat on the board, he then convinces the board that they need to just give up and break the company apart, and then when all is said and done he walks away with more money than…
Isis, a joint venture between AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, announced today that most of the leading mobile device manufacturers have worked with them to get near-field communication (NFC) technology onto upcoming handsets. Specifically, HTC, LG, Motorola Mobility, RIM, Samsung, and Sony Ericcson are all on board. DeviceFidelity also joining the cause by promising new products…
While iPhone owners will be clinging to their brand until the bitter end, it looks like Android will be there to capture just about everyone else in the mobile world. A recent survey by Nielsen showed that of those that had purchased a smartphone in the last three months, 56% of Americans picked up an…
Update: RIM has issued a statement, clarifying that the price hasn’t dropped, and that these are just promotional rebates. “The official retail price of BlackBerry PlayBook has not changed. However, as mentioned on the Q2 earnings call on Sept. 15th, we have a number promotional plans in place for the fall with our retail partners…