The wait is now over for anyone who has been patiently sitting around expecting news of the new BlackBerry 10 phone. The first couple of handsets have now been shown and are the 10 and the Q10. The Z10 is the model with the bigger screen of the two, boasting as it does a 4.2 inch touchscreen. The Q10, on the other hand, has a 3.1 inch screen and a physical keyboard. The UK market has been targeted as the first to get the phones and a lot is riding on it for the firm producing them. You may remember that the new BlackBerry operation system...
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Research in Motion (RIM), the makers of BlackBerry smartphones, has finally got to see the fruits of its hard work as its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet outscores the Apple iPad in Best Buy Canada and its sister chain Future Shop. The BlackBerry PlayBook, which has been regarded to as a tablet joke by many, has managed to outsell the market leader last week, although the exact figures have not been released to the public yet. It is still unclear what factor or factors that have triggered this jump in sales, but the late February release of...
Canada-based smartphone maker Research in Motion (RIM) has come in last place in a listing of the world’s greenest electronic companies. This is the first time that the firm, who is well-known for making the BlackBerry smartphone, has been featured in the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics, which was published on Wednesday. The list ranks the top 15 electronic companies by the impact of their products and their environmental policies. According to Greenpeace, the company does not have a target to increase its use of renewable...
Canadian smartphone maker Research in Motion (RIM) has finally launched the BlackBerry Messenger Music app in the United States, Canada and Australia. The company made the official announcement in a blog post, saying that the service’s launch in other countries will follow shortly. RIM has unveiled the on-the-go music service last August to directly compete with other services such as We7 and Spotify. The service runs via the BlackBerry Messenger service and will charge users a $4.99 monthly subscription fee. The system works by...
The BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900, which was just released recently, has generated some much-needed buzz for its maker Research in Motion. From the smartphone’s improved user interface to the new BlackBerry 7 mobile operating system, keyboard, the 640 x 480 touchscreen and the 1.2 GHz processor that runs it, the Bold Touch 990 is still a very solid option for smartphone users. Now, it appears that a new BlackBerry smartphone has popped up and is making waves online. The new device sports a futuristic-looking QWERTY keyboard and a strange...
Research in Motion (RIM) has announced that they will be launching the BBM Music, a new BlackBerry Messenger service aimed at boosting its share in the consumer smartphone market and capitalizing on the success of its BlackBerry Messenger service. RIM recently launched the public beta of the BBM Music in Canada, United Kingdom and the United States, a prelude to the official public launch in 14 countries before the year ends. The service is basically a music rental service designed with a heavy social component. According to RIM, up to...
Police officers who are investigating the the riots in London will be able to track down and arrest those who are responsible based on their BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) conversations with those who took part. BlackBerry owners who used the social network to send messages and plan the unrest, could find their personal data, including their names and those they contacted, handed over to authorities as part of the investigation. Research in Motion, makers of the BlackBerry device and software, said they will cooperate with the authorities...
Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Playbook tablet PC has overtaken Apple’s iPad as the most sought after tablet in the market, according to a study conducted by money saving site ILoveCashback.com According to the site’s statistics for the month of July, the BlackBerry Playbook is attracting 22 percent more searches than other leading tablets, including the Samsung Galaxy Tab and market leader Apple iPad 2. ILoveCashback.com said that the term ‘tablet’ is becoming the number one tech search word, followed by...
Nearly a fifth, or 19 percent, of people from the United Kingdom say that they could not live without their iPhones, according to a study on consumers’ must-have devices and misfire purchases by online shopping website VoucherCodes.co.uk. The survey, which has 3,000 respondents, was headed by research firm OnePoll on February this year. The survey found that while many Brits say that their Apple smartphone is their must-have device, its number one competitor in the country, Research in Motion’s BlackBerry, has made less impact...
The professional grade tablet, the Blackberry Playbook has officially gone on sale across the UK after an initial 24 hour exclusive deal ended at the Carphone Warehouse. The mobile phone retailer announced the deal last week and began selling the tablet in five of their stores yesterday. Today the Playbook went on sale in a range of stores including Best Buy, Currys/Pc World, Phones4u and the Carphone Warehouse. The range includes an entry level 16GB model which costs £399, and a 32GB and 64GB which match the iPad 2 at £479 and £559...
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