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05.01.12RIM announces BlackBerry 10 PlatformEarlier today (or yesterday) at their annual BlackBerry World 2012 conference, RIM unveil the BlackBerry 10 platform that includes initial developer toolkit for native and HTML5 software development. RIM also added that Apps developed for the platform will run on both BB smartphones and BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablets running the Blackberry 10 platform, that will be made available in coming months. Continue Reading...
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01.23.12Thorsten Heins as new President and CEO of RIMResearch in Motion (RIM), the name behind the popular BlackBerry smartphones and tablets, announced through its Board of Directors that Thorsten Heins, a former Siemens executive before joining the company in 2007, will be the new President and Chief Executive Officer. Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie both step down as co-CEOs and co-chairmen of the company due to investor pressure reports said. Continue Reading...
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01.11.12On RIM’s plan to license BlackBerry software to OEMsAn article via BGR said that RIM is planning to license it's BB software particularly the BB OS to other OEM like Samsung, HTC and others. While this may appear to be a good strategy, this is in fact will likely kill RIM than save it. Continue Reading...
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01.09.12CES 2012: RIM annouces BlackBerry Playbook OS 2.0At CES 2012 (Texas) RIM gave a sneak-peek at the BB Playbook OS 2.0 that will be a free upgrade to all Playbook owners. The new BB Playbook OS 2.0 will introduced new features and will enhance current features from the original Playbook OS. Here are some of the new features of the new BB Playbook OS 2.0. New unified inbox Multi-tasking within email Rich-text email when composing and editing on the Messages app Social Integration BlackBerry® Bridge - a feature that will allow you to use your BB smartphone as your keyboard and mouse for your BB Playbook More Apps and Video Store Enhanced web browser All BB ...
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11.04.11BlackBerry Curve 9360 now official in the PhilippinesAs if it's not yet available in the Philippines, RIM officially announce that the BlackBerry Curve 9360 will now be available in the local market. I know the BlackBerry Curve 9360 has been available in the grey market since it was announced last August but it's still different if you buy your locally released BlackBerry Curve 9360, there's the issue of warranty, product support and of course the subsidized pricing from carrier for those who want a 2 year lock-in contract. You can read the full PR and press photo after the break. Continue Reading...
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10.30.11Video: BlackBerry is not working!A couple of weeks ago, RIM experience the worst system outage in the company's history and they even offered $100 worth of premium apps for free to keep BB user happy. After all the seriousness, let take a took on a certain BB user and how he dealt with system outage. Checkout the video after the break. Continue Reading...
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10.28.11RIM intro Porsche Design P’9981 SmartphoneIf Acer has a Ferrari smartphone, RIM will be sporting a Porsche branded smartphone unlike the Acer Liquidmini Ferrari which is an existing Acer Smartphone painted red with the Ferrari logo, the Porsche Design P’9981 Smartphone is a collaboration between RIM and Porsche Design, and not just rebranding an existing Blackberry Torch, Bold or Curve phone. P’9981 Smartphone uses components/materials that are not common to smartphone like forged stainless steel frame, hand-wrapped leather back cover and sculpted QWERTY keyboard. The P’9981 will also have it's own Porsche Design UI, a bespoke Wikitude World Browser and PINs that are exclusive for P’9981 ...
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09.06.11RIM quietly rolls-out BlackBerry App World 3.0RIM has quietly rolled-out the BlackBerry App World 3.0 update to all BlackBerry devices running BB OS 4.5 or higher. The BlackBerry App World 3.0 was scheduled to be deploy on August 22, but for some unknown reason the plan did not work out. Continue Reading...
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08.25.11BlackBerry Bold 9900 spotted at Granada Mall selling for SR 2,600.00It looks like the BlackBerry Bold 9900 is now available in the Middle East or in K.S.A. to be exact. I saw a booth by Axiom (a BlackBerry authorized retailer and distributor) at Granada mall here in Riyadh displaying and demoing the BB Bold 9900. I tested the phone and it looks solid and fast. Unfortunately, I was not able to test it as much as I can, since the phone's language is in Arabic. The people at the booth said that BB Bold retail price is SR 2,600, that's almost Php30,000. Continue Reading...
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08.23.11RIM announces 3 new BlackBerry Curve (9350/9360/9370)It looks like RIM is on a roll, after announcing those 5 new BB smartphone last month, today RIM announces 3 new BB curve smartphone; BlackBerry Curve 9350/9360/9370 and from the looks of their name they are basically the same phone but each model will depend on the available network in your area; the 9370 will be dual-mode GSM / CDMA , GSM/UMTS for the 9360 and 9350 will be CDMA-only . The new Curve will have a 800MHz CPU, a tiny 2.44-inch HVGA+ (480×360 pixel) display, 5 MP EDoF camera w/ LED flash and VGA video recording. So you can ...
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