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RIM Offers Mobile Device Management Service
ENTERPRISE, SECURITY, SOFTWARE NEWS
Companies need to balance their product lines. When one product, in this case, the Blackberry Smartphone, is falling from favor, development departments have to cook up something to replace that diminishing income stream.
On 11/30/2011 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more
Amazon Reels in Customers with Trade-in Offers
BUSINESS NEWS
Amazon has gone the way of auto dealerships. They offer trade-ins on older models. Their Trade-In Store will accept old cameras, video games, books, movies, and now, their own Amazon Kindle.
On 10/25/2011 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more

ASUS Transformer 2 to Cost $499, Launch in Weeks?
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
If you contemplated on purchasing a dual-core based Tablet, including ASUS'es innovative Transformer, you might think twice - a quinta-core powered Transformer 2 is coming soon.
On 10/4/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
Content Insider: People, Work, Play and Content Are All on the Move
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT ANALYSIS
People, work, play, content - everything is on the move, thanks to the explosion of mobile devices on the market. We take a look at markets which are yet to be explored.
On 7/4/2011 by Andy Marken... Comments (0) Read more

What Happened to Blackberry? RIM in Crisis as Sales Drop
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
The wheels ARE coming off RIM's aspirations in smartphones. In 4Q of 2009 the Canadian Blackberry maker reached its peak in market share at 21%, and the drop was gradual. Until now.
On 6/20/2011 by Tomi Ahonen... Comments (0) Read more
RIM Under Fire: Loses Money, Fires People, Poor Sales
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
RIM has released its first Quarter Fiscal 2012 results, showing a lower than expected drop in revenue. For the first quarter of fiscal 2012 was $4.9 billion, down 12 percent from $5.6 billion in the previous quarter. 
On 6/17/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

It's Coming. HP TouchPad to Arrive July 1
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
On Thursday, HP announced that its HP TouchPad tablet will become available on July 1st. The TouchPad, which was first unveiled at a media event in February, is the first webOS-powered tablet offering from HP.
On 6/9/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
AMD ARM APU is a Pipedream for Now; Collaboration on API's Only
GRAPHICS, HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
AMD and ARM recently got into the spotlight with rumors of AMD thinking to potentially adopt the ARM CPU architecture. This was fueled by the fact that a senior ARM executive will host a keynote at AMD's Fusion 11.
On 5/2/2011 by Marcus Pollice... Comments (0) Read more

Did RIM's Arrogance Screw up the BlackBerry PlayBook?
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Nobody wants to trade places with RIM co-Chief Executive Officer Jim Balsillie. Cautious and negative reviews dominate the Internet(s), while co-CEO Mihalis Lazaridis abrubtly stopped his interview at the BBC.
On 4/21/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
Blackberry PlayBook Tablet Gets Ripped Apart, BoM Cost at $205
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
RIM's first tablet came to market on Tuesday, achieving above expected sales results, beating hyped tablets such as Motorola's Xoom. As usual, experts at iFixit tore it apart what's beneath the bonnet.
On 4/20/2011 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more

Why Did BlackBerry's Marketing Chief Walk Out?
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
In an "Elvis has left the building" moment on last Friday, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) said its chief marketing officer, Keith Pardy, has decided to leave the company for "personal reasons".
On 3/8/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
Cool PlayBook App Demos Show Why RIM Snapped Up The Astonishing Tribe
SOFTWARE NEWS
A trio of promising demos show why RIM's purchase of a Swedish design shop has merits. If these examples are an indication, PlayBook tablet will dazzle us with flashy user interface Apple, you seeing this?
On 2/21/2011 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more

RIM to Release New 4G PlayBooks Versions in the Second Half of 2011
HARDWARE NEWS
MWC 2011 In addition to WiFi and 3G models, Research In Motion will also release 4G LTE and HSPA+ models in the second half of 2011.
On 2/14/2011 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more
Video: RIM Shows Off Secure BlackBerry Bridge Tethering on the PlayBook
SOFTWARE NEWS
BlackBerry Bridge lets you pair your phone and tablet together via a secure, encrypted wireless connection for easy access to your corporate network and data on the tablet without signing up for a separate cellular data plan.
On 2/1/2011 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more

What If BlackBerry PlayBook Ran Android Apps?
HARDWARE, SOFTWARE RUMORS
A rumored marriage between Android apps and RIM's PlayBook tablet could be a huge hit with consumers, but it'd make little difference in enterprise where business apps for Android platform are far and between.
On 1/26/2011 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more
Kik's Instant Messaging Ruckus Unleashes RIM's Legal Wrath
SOFTWARE, BUSINESS
Instant messaging is essentially the text version of a phone call. Like noses, everyone has a version of IM nowadays. Regardless, RIM is suing Kik for patent infringement.
On 12/3/2010 by Darleen Hartley... Comments (0) Read more

RIM snaps up the original Android interface gurus to sex up the PlayBook tablet
SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Buckle up BlackBerry fans, the BlackBerry OS and PlayBook tablets are up for a thorough face lift as Research In Motion puts a plan in motion to acquire The Astonishing Tribe, the Swedish design shop behind the original Android interface.
On 12/2/2010 by Christian Zibreg... Comments (0) Read more
HP Slate Dead On Arrival? And Other Rumors
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Apple's Steve Jobs recently said that 7" tablets were dead on arrival. Seems the HP Slate team didn't get Steve's memo. HP's enterprise-centric, MS Windows 7-based, tablet PC, is supposedly sold out.
On 11/16/2010 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

RIM Unveils BlackBerry PlayBook, on Sale in 2011
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
Research in Motion, maker of world's second most popular smartphones [after Nokia's Symbian series] unveiled their first tablet, called BlackBerry PlayBook.
On 9/27/2010 by Theo Valich... Comments (0) Read more
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