Tag: rim
Nortel sells $4.5 billion worth of patents to consortium which includes Apple
All of Nortel’s patents have been sold to a consortium consisting of Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Sony, and Research In Motion. More than 6000 wireless,...
BlackBerry ‘Superphone’ responsible for quick death of PlayBook 2
Just when we started wondering what was going on over at RIM this week, we hear news that RIM has abruptly ceased work on the...
Apple hijacks market share from Android in the U.S.
If the March quarter is anything to believe, it appears that the iPhone may be making a bit of a comeback in the U.S. smartphone...
Top Macgasmic posts of the week: June 6th Edition
As we pass by the week of June 6th we can all breathe a tiny sigh of relief as Apple has given us some answers...
Say what? iMessages to finally kill RIM says Wall St.
Yesterday RIM stock fell to a four-year low, because — and I put this in quotes because it’s ridiculous — “observers weighed-in on the impact...
Analyst cuts RIM price target because of Apple iMessage announcement
It’s a single feature, iMessage. But its announcement yesterday was significant enough to warrant Morgan Keegan financial analyst Tavis McCourt cutting his price target on...
Feds ditch Blackberry as iPhone and iPad become the norm
This era when the Federal government has had to use ridiculously laughable technology to do their jobs is slowly and steadily coming to an end....
RIM failing as less than 10% of projected Blackberry PlayBooks sell at major retailer
It’s beginning to seem as if those early PlayBook launch day numbers were a bit skewed. RBC had previously reported launch day numbers as high...
RIM’s BlackBerry Enterprise Server to support iOS devices
Today, Research in Motion announced that the company’s BlackBerry Enterprise Server software will have iOS device support in the future. The multi-platform “BlackBerry Enterprise Solution”...
RIM’s BlackBerry Messenger is NOT coming to iOS April 26th
Wishful thinking aside, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is not coming to iOS on April 26th. It’s being wildly reported online that RIM has been preparing for...
RIM bringing a hobbled version of BBM to iOS and Android
Reading news on RIM has made my head hurt a little bit lately. It’s really hard to figure out what’s new, what’s being taken from...
RIM’s iPad killer doesn’t even have a native email or calendar app
What would be on your must have feature list for an iPad killer? For most, especially those in the enterprise hoping that RIM’s PlayBook answers...
Balsillie already talking up the PlayBook like it’s the next best thing
Some would argue that a CEO talking up a product before it launches is a sure sign that vapourware is on the horizon. The best...
RIM sues Blackberry developer for patent infringement
Everyone complains about Apple’s walled garden. If Apple doesn’t like it, the app doesn’t get into the App Store. What would happen if Apple decided...
Apple poaching from RIM to bolster enterprise sales
According to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), Apple has been hiring a number of enterprise sales staff from the BlackBerry maker Research In Motion....
Apple Passes RIM in Global Shipments
Neil Mawston at Strategy Analytics: Despite component shortages, smartphones continued to surge in the third quarter of 2010. Global shipments reached a record 77 million...
Playing Catch-Up: RIM to release iPad Competitor
Digitimes is reporting that the Chinese site Apple Daily has information about RIM’s upcoming “BlackPad” that will be competing directly against the iPad. From this...
Apple has more than ten times the daily app downloads than RIM
Business Insider is reporting that even though RIM’s Blackberry phones have a larger share of the smart phone market than Apple’s iPhone, the App Store...