You know you have made the “big time” when your product ends up on a stamp for the Canadian Post. The Canadian Post recently released a new set of stamps that highlighted the innovations that were developed in Canada. As you can see from the picture above; RIM’s BlackBerry made the cut. Canada Post put [...]
BlackBerry Featured on New Innovations Edition Postage Stamps in Canada
August 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Press Release: Research In Motion Launches the New BlackBerry Bold 9900 Smartphone in Indonesia
August 15, 2011 By 1 Comment
Jakarta, Indonesia – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the launch of the new BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900 smartphone in Indonesia. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone is expected to be available in Indonesia in late September priced at 5,999,000IDR from authorized partners: PT. Teletama Artha Mandiri, PT. Comtech Cellular, and PT. Selular [...]
RIM and Facebook will be meeting with UK Parliament to discuss potential Social Media ban
August 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In the midst of the ongoing riots in the UK , RIM and Facebook have agreed to meet with some parliament officials to discuss the potential ban on social media. RIM will be meeting with the UK’s Home Secretary Theresa May as well as others, to get to the bottom of the role that BBM [...]
RIM touts 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook following cancellation of WiMAX model
August 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
Earlier today we posted that Sprint would not carry the 4G version of the PlayBook. RIM just announced that they will focus their efforts on the LTE version of the PlayBook. They also stated that they were already testing the LTE versions of the PlayBook and are submitting for approval/certification at this time. Source
BlackBerry Torch 9860 coming to Telus August 29th
August 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Well earlier we told you of Telus having the avaliability of the Blackberry Bold 9900 as well as the Torch 9810, but with no word on the Blackberry Torch 9860. The only information that was given was that it would launch in a few weeks. Well, according to this leaked photo it seems that the Torch 9860 is [...]
Disappointed With Low App Memory On the 9900 and 9810? RIM Explains Why You Don’t Need More
August 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Usually when RIM launches new devices, the app storage amount goes up too. This isn’t the case for the newly launched OS7 devices. 189MB does not seem like a lot of storage space for apps, but the lack of storage was explained away at BBM Apps Hackathon event in NYC: The 189 MB of free [...]
BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Torch 9810 avaliable at Telus
August 12, 2011 By 1 Comment
We have seen in the leaked document coming out of Telus, presuming that they would launch the Bold 9900 and the Torch 9810, on August 15th. But that has change as, of today Telus has officially launched the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and Torch 9810, and the Torch 9860 should be avaliable in a few weeks! Head on over to Telus [...]
BlackBerry DevCon 2011 Session Catalog Now Available
August 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
If you are a BlackBerry developer, or just the type of person that likes to know anything and everything that surrounds the BlackBerry world then you will want to check out the DevCon 2011 Catalog. DevCon 2011 will be held in San Francisco on October 18-20, and will of course be full of developer news, [...]
Rogers BlackBerry Bold 9900 Unboxing
August 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
So the day has finally arrived that the new BlackBerry Bold 9900 is available from Rogers. There were a lucky few that were able to get their hands on one a day early, but the majority of us had to wait until today. When I got to my local Rogers store I was almost [...]
Orange UK shows Bold 9900 as Coming Soon.
August 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
If you have been watching Blackberry related news as of late you know that the UK has been buzzing over the new OS7 phones for a few days now. Orange UK has entered the fray with the Bold 9900. They have now the Bold 9900 on their website showing that it is coming soon. In [...]
RIM CEO Listed As One Of DailyFinance’s Top 9 CEO ‘s Who Should Be Fired
August 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Apparently the list writer for the DailyFinance article is not a Blackberry fanboy. Research In Motion is probably on nearly everybody’s list of companies in need of a new CEO. Jim Balsillie has been co-CEO since 1992; Mike Lazaridis shares the top job with him. RIM has received as much press coverage as
Rumor: RIM Deployes “Operation Disruptive Transformation” to Stomp the Competition?
August 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
I just came across these slides on Berry Review and I must say this is not a bad strategy, matter of fact I thing RIM could kick some butt with this one. The rumor is circluating not the Mike and Jim along with their senior team are all committed to this strategy. “Operation Disruptive Transformation” [...]
Verizon Stacks The Bold 9930 Against Existing BlackBerry’s, Still No Release Date Though
August 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We have all been waiting for Verizon to announce the release date for the new BlackBerry Bold 9930, but we still don’t have any official word. Sprint has just announced that they will be launching the BlackBerry Torch 9850 is coming August 21st, and still Verizon is keeping things quite. We know that the device is coming [...]
Blackberry Certification Program Suspended, RIM Cutting Back On More Positions?
August 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
RIM has suspended the Blackberry Certification Program as is indicated in an email circulating to Blackberry Alliance Partners: Dear BlackBerry Alliance Partner: RIM has decided to suspend indefinitely its BlackBerry Certification Program. A broad range of online and instructor-led training offerings remain available to help our customers use BlackBerry products (see www.blackberry.com/training). RIM
Another Set Back For RIM? Why The Latest Devices Won’t Help Their Image
August 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With all the fuss about these BlackBerry 7 devices, you would think that RIM had figured out how to save themselves from falling even further. Not so, according to reports: In a note to investors on Wednesday, RBC Capital Markets MD Mike Abramsky said that RIM will launch seven new BlackBerry 7 devices this year, [...]
Select Roger Locations Are Already Selling Blackberry Bold 9900
August 9, 2011 By 1 Comment
Some Rogers locations apparently have them in stock and you can buy them. But only some of the stores that have the device are actually letting customers buy them. A few potential customers have been told they either don’t have them in stock, they are stock but we can’t sell until Thursday, or yes you [...]
Video: A Star In The Making With Her Blackberry PlayBook Along For The Ride
August 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
YouTube Mobile Link Elen Levon, who hails from Sydney, Australia, is an up and coming pop star. The above video shows how she uses the PlayBook as part of her daily routine. She uses it for the GPS, keeping track of carbs, as well as taking pictures and videos. Check it out! Source
Official BlackBerry Blog has Been Hacked Due to RIM Helping UK Police!?!
August 9, 2011 By 1 Comment
It appears that the Official BlackBerry Blog has been hacked by @TeaMpOisoN_! PocketBerry came across the above tweet that was posted some time last night, it appears that RIM is trying to get rid of it as the Official BlackBerry Blog is currently down. They are upset the RIM is cooperating with UK police (see [...]
Tottenham Military Police ask RIM to shut down BBM.
August 9, 2011 By 1 Comment
The military police are running into issues with all of the riots that are happening in London. David Lammy with the MP has asked RIM to shut down BBM to slow down the movements of the rioters. We shall see what happens with this. Last time that someone requested things from RIM it didnt happen. Time will tell.
Primecap Doubles Invest in RIM Stock, Giving More Confidence for Future
August 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Primecap Management Co., an investment firm has recently up its investment in Research In Motion, actually double its investments. Primecap owns 26.4 million shares of RIM stock valued at about $577 million. It seems that Primecap is very confident in RIM as well as Blackberry future in the market with the release of new BlackBerry [...]
