Tag: blackberry
RIM out of luck, Netflix has no plans to go BlackBerry or PlayBook
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for the PlayBook, it does. Netflix has very publicly told the world that it doesn’t plan...
NOAA picks up iOS, drops BlackBerry
Jim Dalrymple is reporting more bad news for RIM: NOAA is dropping BlackBerry support in favor of the iPhone 4/4S and iPad 2 running iOS...
iPhones hold resale value better than Android phones
Apple products, while usually pretty pricey, hold their value incredibly well. We’ve known this for many years as we try to sell our used Macs....
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins clarifies his statement: A LOT of change is needed
It spread across the web like a wildfire. When RIM’s new CEO, Thorsten Heins, said he didn’t “think any drastic change is needed,” people started...
Co-CEOs of Research in Motion step down
Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, is in a tail-spin. Facing continued erosion of sales from both the iPhone and Android, the stock price...
Carrier IQ tracks everything on your phone (and we do mean everything)
If you use an Android, Nokia or BlackBerry phone, you need to know about Carrier IQ.
RIM’s holiday slogan: “Ho ho holy crap, we’re desperate”
Despite whatever hot air RIM CEO Jim Basillie may be spouting, RIM offering up to $300 off the PlayBook (considerably more than a 50% price...
Apple discovers last unkicked spot on RIM’s ass, kicks it
You’d think RIM could catch a pity-break at this stage of the game but, no… Apple’s iPhone just had to muscle out the BlackBerry in...
Smartphone trade-ins at all time high since the iPhone 4S release
Since the iPhone 4S release earlier this month, people have been trading in their smartphones, both Blackberry and Android alike, at a record pace according...
RIM shutting down the PlayBook? (update: Rebuttal from RIM)
Alas, poor PlayBook: After a short time on market suffering the slings of arrows of critical and public derision, it looks like RIM may be...
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...
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...
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....