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RIM enthusiastically boasted toward the end of August that carriers love BlackBerry 10 so far, at least based on the progress RIM has made with the upcoming mobile OS. While the carriers’ opinions are presumably still positive, it looks like they’re being careful not to rely too heavily on it. Between the abundance of perfectly…
Verizon confirmed in an interview with CNET that the company plans to carry BlackBerry 10 devices when the service launches in Q1 2013. RIM has been making the rounds to carriers showing off both it’s touch-only and QWERTY hardware keyboard BlackBerry 10 devices, and Verizon apparently is interested in both models. The companies will announce more…
comScore have released their latest report on mobile operating system market share in the US for the period ending July 2012. Google’s Android grew by 1.4% in the quarter and now finds itself on 52.2% of all smartphones. Apple’s iOS also grew, gaining 2.0% and breaking the one-third barrier with a 33.4% share of the…
With the release of iOS 6, Siri will finally be coming to Canada. When iOS 5 was announced, Canadians were quite excited to see the entertainment and use that Siri would bring to their iPhones, but it was announced soon after that Siri would not experience full functionality until much later. Now with iOS 6…
Those of you looking for a cheap 7-inch tablet have a lot of options to consider, include Google’s relatively affordable Nexus 7. If you, however, want an even better price and would use additional gigabytes of built-in storage, we may have something for you. It’s the 64GB BlackBerry PlayBook which is currently selling for 129…
RIM has some bragging rights it’s taking full advantage of, which is a good idea since RIM rarely gets to brag about anything these days. Though BlackBerry 10 isn’t quite ready for consumer use yet, the company has been showing off the new OS to carriers and apparently, they really like it. A few top…
RIM is hard at work trying to get out its BlackBerry 10 devices, as it will determine whether the company in the future sinks or swims. At this point, not much is known about the Canadian manufacturers new phones, but we do know a couple of things. Reports have pinned next generation BlackBerry devices to…
If you’re looking for a cheap 7-inch tablet and don’t mind it wearing a BlackBerry logo, you may be interested to get the PlayBook at a steep discount. Staples Canada will run a one-day “Sunday Door Crasher” sale tomorrow, offering the 16GB Wi-Fi only model for just $159. Sure there’s the new version with LTE…
Sad story after sad story after sad story — that is the life of Research in Motion, otherwise known as RIM. What’s the latest sad story for the crumbling company? BlackBerry usage share in the United States has plunged down to just 1 percent. That is according to Chitika’s mobile web usage statistics. In fact,…
Though not officially slated to debut until Q1 2013, RIM’s BlackBerry 10 and corresponding launch devices may be closer to completion than previously thought. The company’s CEO Thorsten Heins has begun carrying a BlackBerry 10 prototype for daily use, and according to The Wall Street Journal, RIM is set to take two “nearly complete” prototype devices…