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After chewing through some of the numbers in RIM’s quarterly conference call yesterday, one report has figured out that 92% of BlackBerry sales growth comes from outside the U.S. The U.S., U.K. and Canada combined made up 56% of RIM’s revenue, while the U.S. alone was 34%. In terms of how much of an improvement…
Rumour has it that Research In Motion is going to continue their shopping spree (see The Astonishing Tribe, QNX, Viigo, Torch Mobile, Chalk Media, and Dash Navigation) by snatching up a contact management app developer called Gist. Supposedly the deal is all but sealed, but even if it happens, it might be too small of…
RIM just posted their third quarter results (PDF here) for 2011, which hit yet another record. 14.2 million phones shipped (up 40% from last year) $5.5 billion in revenue (up 40% from last year) $911.1 net income, $1.74 earnings per share (up 58% from last year) Total number of BlackBerry subscribers at the end of…
A quick OS update this morning for the BlackBerry Style 9670 users. Sprint has just made 6.0.0.407 available for the device. Hurrah! You can grab the update via the link below: Download OS 6.0.0.407 for the BlackBerry Style 9670 > Last I can recall there was a leak for the Style 9670… So, if you’ve…
The BlackBerry PlayBook is set to be released over the next few months but will this iPad competitor be a big hit with consumers and business users? Bloomberg spoke with multiple analysts and the sales estimates are varied. Some are bullish on the prospect of the BlackBerry Playbook by predicting more than 8 million units…
Mac users will be happy to hear that the official BlackBerry Desktop Software has been update to 2.0, including the Wi-Fi music sync that has been on PC for awhile, a device switch wizard so when, for some some reason, get another BlackBerry instead of an iPhone, and the ability to sync pictures and videos…
CNBC has just launched a BlackBerry app for you financial types to monitor worldwide stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds and lots more while on the move. Real-time market data is provided in full graphs showing historical data, and come with added analysis from recent and archived CNBC video clips. There’s also news alerts tailored to…
BlackBerry Tour 9630 Owners, it’s OS update time… and the best kind of update, the official kind! Sprint has just released OS 5.0.0.1030 for the device, and it’s ready for download. You can grab your copy via the link below: Download OS 5.0.0.1030 for BlackBerry Tour 9630 from Sprint > As always, be sure to…
The Amazon MP3 store has been on Android and webOS since their respective beginnings, and now they’re adding BlackBerry to their roster. Using the new app, users will be able to search, browse, buy, and download (over Wi-Fi or 3G) any of their 14 million songs. Every track has a 30-second sample so you can…
RIM is about to launch an app called News Feeds for keeping track of your favourite websites via RSS (Really Simple Syndication, for those who are unfamiliar). The Social Feeds app built into OS 6 had a separate tab for RSS handling, but I think it makes a lot more sense as something on its…