Posts Tagged ‘ Blackberry ’

Announcing strong sales and earnings late last week, Canadian giant Research in Motion allayed investors’ and analysts’ fears about its future. Despite forfeiting big chunks of market share to iPhone and Android, RIM’s Blackberry sales grew 40% year-over-year during the third quarter, and its command of the business market remained, for the most part,...
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Last week’s big rumour is this morning’s big news. RIM, worldwide leader in the handheld market on the strength of its business-owning BlackBerry, pulled the wraps of its much-anticipated tablet, The Playbook. Seizing the opportunity to appear before a loyal, eager audience, Mike Lazardis, a RIM chief executive, promised developers at RIM’s annual conference...
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Research in Motion (RIM), the Canadian company that makes Blackberry devices, faces an August 31 deadline forgiving Indian government officials means for tracking and reading both Blackberry Enterprise e-mail and messages sent via Blackberry Messenger. India numbers among several Middle Eastern and Asian countries pressuring RIM to provide access to encrypted data in a...
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If you are one of the 500,000 BlackBerry users living in the UAE it may be time to start shopping for a new cellular service provider. On Sunday, the UAE stated that as of October 11 BlackBerry features such as email, web-browsing, and messaging services will be suspended. The chief of the UAE’s Telecommunications...
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The rumors are circulating that Research In Motion, the company behind BlackBerry, is gearing up to release a tablet in November. Despite the long-standing rumors, RIM could not be reached for comment. The tablet will reportedly have a 9.7 inch screen, which is roughly the same size as the iPad. The device will feature...
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Once again calling attention to the sudden surge in sales of Google Android phones in the fiercely competitive American market, a CNN commentator asked over the weekend, “Has the Apple iPhone lost its cool?”  Recognizing the subtle subtext in the undeniably snarky and unquestionably urgent question, analysts at Patterson-Forbes Partners took long, critical looks...
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For the record, Blackberry remains unrivalled at number one in American smartphone sales. The fierce and frequently ugly battle rages for the second spot in the rankings for the fast-growing US mobile market.  Market analysts NPD Group confirmed early Tuesday that Google, makers of Android-operated phones, edged-out Apple Computer during the first quarter of...
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