BlackBerry being sued for allegedly infringing on flash memory patent

BlackBerry seems to be getting hit with a lot of legal actions these days.  The latest is a patent lawsuit in which BlackBerry, Apple, Motorola, Huawei and ZTE are being pulled into a patent infringement case by Handal & Associates on behalf of e.Digital.  The case is based on a patent that e.Digital holds for [...]

T-Mobile’s “UnCarrier” Event

As anticipated T-mobile held their “uncarrier” event today where they announced quite a few new things.  Now of course today marks the availability of the BlackBerry Z10 on T-Mobile, but there were a few other new stories to come from the event.  Today T-Mobile announced their new Values Plans, as well as the introduction of their LTE network.  To top it [...]

BlackBerry Ad Awareness on the Up, Apple Receding

Forbes has posted an article informing about the changes in brand awareness with in the past year. Fortunately BlackBerry has been on the rise since January. According to BrandIndex BlackBerry has increased from 6% in mid January to 21% in February, on the contrary Apple has been falling back in terms of the likelihood that consumer will purchase products [...]

Apple and Android Trade-Ins Increased after BlackBerry 10 Launch

Interesting news, ever since the BlackBerry 10 announcement there has been an increase in phone trades-ins. However what is interesting is ever since the launch of BB10, popular trade site SellCell.com, didn’t see many trades but after the BlackBerry 10 Launch sales have taken off! Surprisingly from Apple and Samsung owners! Hit the jump for the details and [...]

CNN War of Smartphones: BlackBerry 10 to Knock Down Apple? [VIDEO]

Great video talking about the ubiquity of sell phones and why BlackBerry is more then relevant n today and future markets, even against the might of Apple in recent years. As I like to mention, to know where you’re going you gotta know where you’ve been. Watch the video and enjoy the exchange

BlackBerry Riens in India over iPhone and Samsung in Mobile Market Space!

It seem like things are continuing to be booming for BlackBerry in 2013! Turns out in a hosted brand survey BlackBerry has been ranked overall & seeded 2nd next to Nokia in mobile handset segment!  ”We are really excited at having been able to make an impact on a segment that we clearly identified and worked very [...]

Kodak to sell patents to group including RIM, Apple for US$525-million

A group including Apple Inc., Google Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. agreed to buy patents from bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co. for about US$525-million, gaining digital-imaging technology to capture and share pictures. The group is led by Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corp., Kodak said in a statement today. Google, Apple and RIM are among the 12 [...]

Photo Wrap Up: BlackBerry 10 ‘L Series’ Along Side Competition

We’ve seen plenty of great hi-res shots of the L-series BlackBerry 10 phone set to launch along side N-Series QWERTY on January 30th, 2013, but the first BB10 full touch device has made its rounds posing for pictures aside its competitors. Last night we got a great image of the BlackBerry 10 L next to the iPhone 5 both powered [...]

Steve Jobs Hologram: Honey I Shrunk the iPad! – iPad Mini Parody

 Mobile LinkThe MondoMedia team does it again! This time with another hilarious video: Steve Jobs: Back of the Line (iPad Mini Parody). With all the news of a smaller iPad this hilarious video takes a shot at that!  Let us know what you think about this funny video after the break! GO #TEAMBLACKBERRY!!!!!

RIM currently investing more into R&D than other smartphone makers

There is no doubt that RIM has opened up the floodgates when it come to spending more and more on R&D.  The entire BlackBerry 10 platform is a complete departure from the usual BlackBerry operating system and there is only one way to make it work, spend money on it.  Wha is surprising is that [...]

Jimmy Kimmel Proves Apple iPhone Users Don’t Know Squat!

  Mobile LinkTalk about people not knowing smartphone technology (Ill give them the fact that the iPhone 5 was just announced yesterday).  Jimmy Kimmel nailed it yesterday with the above video!! The video show the iPhone 4S and they tell unsuspecting people that it is the new iPhone 5. Through out the video people are amazed [...]

Steve Jobs Hologram: Just Buy and Don’t Ask Why! – iPhone 5 Parody

  Mobile LinkThis was just way to funny not to post here on NerdBerry!!! Everyone that knows me knows I despise Apple products in general, they also know I carry an iShit 4 for work. Well MondoMedia has posted the above video on YouTube: Steve Jobs: Resurrection (iPhone 5 Parody). Let us know what you [...]

How To: Take Screenshots with your Mac OSX of your Blackberry Smartphone!

I take several screenshots with my Blackberry Smartphone daily! One of the features that I wish that could be done using my Mac. And with some simple instructions now it can be done. Hit the jump to find out how. To take a screenshot of the active display on a BlackBerry® smartphone, complete the following steps:

Joy Of Tech Makes A Comic About The Samsung/Apple Feud

Apple and Samsung have been fighting for what seems like forever. Which is why this comic is so funny. Apple is always accusing other companies, mainly Samsung of stealing their patents, but then Samsung turns around and says Apple took theirs. Apple has some neat features in their phones, but they didn’t create everything that [...]

PlayBook gains 19% Marketshare in Canada according to survey

According to a recent survey done by consumer reasearch group SRG in Toronto, the BlackBerry PlayBook has now gained 19% of the tablet market in Canada.  I personally find these surveys to be a little tilted and not always indicative of what is really happening on a whole, but it does give us a summary [...]

iOS 6 announcement leaves BlackBerry 10 unswayed in RIM’s intended position

Yesterday at the keynote for WWDC, Apple unveiled the new features of iOS 6.  It has been speculated that iOS 6 and the new iPhone (whether it be iPhone 5 or whatever they decide to call it) would mean the automatic failure of BlackBerry 10.  After watching the keynote and reading up on all the [...]

Kodak Receives Notice of Initial Determination in ITC Patent Infringement Action against Apple and Research In Motion

ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 21, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Eastman Kodak Company today announced that it has received notice of the Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ) initial determination in the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) action brought by Kodak against Apple Inc. and Research In Motion Limited (RIM). The ALJ concluded that the Apple iPhone 3G and [...]

RIM and Motorola modify nano-SIM proposal, hope to meet Apple halfway

The battle of the nano-SIM has been raging for some time.  The big players in this have been Apple, Motorola, and RIM. The biggest problem that has stopped this nano-SIM from being standardized is the fact that everyone one of the big players wants it to be their proprietary design.   Hit the break for more [...]

Patent Tolls are at it again… Apple and RIM Hit With Yet Another Patent Suit

It looks like the patent trolls are hard at work again to day… The lawsuit that was filled this week by a shell company located in Texas, Touchscreen Gestures alleges that Apple and RIM are infringing on a total of four patents.

Apple Passes The Blackberry To Become The Number 1 Selling Smartphone In Canada

Well this stinks, as a Canadian I was proud to have Blackberry still be at the top of Canadian’s smartphone choice. But unfortunately, that spot has been taken over by the Iphone. Blackberry/RIM shipped 2.08 million units in Canada vs 2.85 million iPhones shipped by Apple.