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...
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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...
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,...
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...
Research in Motion (RIM) has announced the Blackberry Messenger 6.0, a significant update that takes one of the smartphone’s most popular apps and turns it from being just an instant messaging app into a social platform for other applications. This spring, RIM showed some of the capabilities of the new BBM at the BlackBerry World, and while it may not cause so much...
Recent reports have suggested that mobile phone maker Research In Motion (RIM) is not doing well in the smartphone market and the its BlackBerry PlayBook has problems of unimpressive sales figures, however RIM seem undeterred as a new story says that the company is looking to branch out to a new market: TV entertainment. According to a report by NerdBerry, RIM is looking...
Research In Motion (RIM) executives received tough questions from its investors during its annual meeting on July 12, with RIM co-CEO Mike Lazardis insisting that the new BlackBerry devices will help the company triumph in the competitive smartphone environment. According to The Guardian, RIM said that it will release seven new BlackBerry smartphones running its new BlackBerry...
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...
Insight UK, PC World, Dixons, Carphone warehouse, Best Buy and curry’s have all started rolling out pre-orders for the Blackberry Playbook tablet PC. It will cost £399.99 when it launches on June 16th, a release date that many feel is long overdue. RIM are touting the Blackberry Playbook as the “world’s first professional-grade tablet”. Which they feel sets it...
The great thing about tablets is that they don’t come with a cumbersome keyboard, well unless you have a Zaggmate for your iPad, or an Asus Transformer or one of these new keyboards produced by RIM for their Blackberry Playbook. The new keyboard will connect to the Playbook via Bluetooth and have the same footprint as the tablet. At this stage it doesn’t come with...
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