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It’s no surprise that Apple has a large loyal following, something other companies probably cry themselves to sleep at night over. But just how large and loyal is this following? Statistics for the iPhone are in, and they’re huge as always. It turns out Apple has an astounding 89 percent retention rate, according to a…
After plenty of early hints, T-Mobile has announced their plans for RIM’s next entry-level smartphone, the Curve 9360. The Curve 9360 will be available for pre-sale to business customers starting today, and will hit stores starting September 28. A purple version will be hitting shelves on October 12, while the pricetag sits at a reasonable…
Quanta has shaved off about a thousand of its Taiwan workforce, likely because of dwindling BlackBerry PlayBook orders. The specifics of how many RIM tablets the manufacturing partner shipped in the first half of the year is undisclosed, but Fubon Securities analyst Arthur Liao says Quanta shipped 1.5 million, while a source told DigiTimes RIM…
Roughly a year ago I wrote a piece titled “Does RIM have a future?” only to see Simon, our BlackBerry guy, replying with his own article. I was thinking lately whether it’s possible to make something out of RIM’s business (considering their declining sales and market share) and here are my thoughts on how to…
The BlackBerry Curve 9360 has been out in Canada for a couple of weeks now, but we’re still waiting for a U.S. release. T-Mobile may be getting theirs soon, though, as briefing materials have begun arriving at retail locations. The last firm-ish date we had for T-Mobile in particular was September 14, but since that’s…
During RIM’s quarterly conference call tonight, execs announced that developer QNX handsets and platform tools will be available at their annual dev conference next month. (Update: The replay just went live, which clarified things a bit… The QNX platform will be demonstrated at DevCon and prototype phones available “in the not too distant future”. Whether…
During RIM’s Q2 conference call tonight, Mike Lazaridis talked up an update to the BlackBerry PlayBook, which will include a new Video Store. It will offer around 10,000 movies and TV shows for rent or sale, often available on the same day as DVD releases. RIM moving into selling movies isn’t a huge surprise, considering they’ve already…
RIM just posted their fiscal Q2 2012 results prior to a conference call starting at 5 PM EST. Here are the highlights, according to the release. Revenue in the second quarter was $4.2 billion and service revenue surpassed $1 billion for the first time GAAP net income of $329 million or $0.63 per fully diluted…
It appears RIM’s iPad killer is not so murderous. The situation is quite the opposite, actually. The latest estimate indicates RIM sold around 490,000 BlackBerry PlayBook units during the first full quarter on the market. RIM is expected to confirm this number tomorrow along with earnings. By comparison, Apple shipped 9.25 million iPads in that…
As a quick follow-up to the BlackBerry Bold 9790 shots yesterday, we’ve got another one showing that the Curve Touch revealed back in January is still alive and well. We’re counting on it being a lower-end version of the Torch 9850 / 60, hosting a smaller 3.2-inch screen and 800 MHz processor, but keeping the…