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BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins talked to AllThingsD and other reporters about the company’s progress with its BlackBerry 10 software. In an earlier statement, the CEO talked about licensing BlackBerry, but today he told the group that the company’s BlackBerry 10 software is essentially complete. Heins hinted that the company wanted to roll out the update…
A few weeks ago, we learned that RIM was openly considering licensing its upcoming BlackBerry 10 software to hardware manufacturers keen on releasing a BlackBerry device. No decision was made at that time, and such a move would be a marked departure from RIM’s historic business model, which saw the company acting as both the hardware and…
If anyone still doubts that tablets are the future, a story out of N4BB may just convince you. Sure, police departments are known for embracing technology that assist officers in solving crimes and teaching ne’er do wells that drugs are bad (mmkay?), but a program made by Intergraph for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet could see a…
You know that one shining moment you might have after a shitty day that can help give you a positive outlook? RIM is experiencing that moment right now. The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet got horrible reviews, generated little sales, and was never able to attract developers to build apps for the platform. That is until one…
If you build it, they will come. That’s what ailing Research in Motion is banking on, anyway, as it considers licensing its BlackBerry 10 operating system to other manufacturers interested in putting out a BlackBerry smartphone. BlackBerry’s market share has dropped to around 6.5%, and the only reason it hasn’t fallen further is its former…
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…
Things just continue to get worse for Research in Motion, as another popular app-maker has decided to no longer support BlackBerry OS. The New York Times, you’ve heard of them, right? Well, the wildly popular news publication has decided to not only pull the plug on all future support of its mobile application for BlackBerry,…