Friday, November 7th, 2008
Apple was not making things up as many people thought. Research firm Canalys says that Apple outsold RIM in the third quarter to become the world's number two seller of smartphones.
Apple accomplished a 17.3 percent market share compared to RIM's 15.2 percent. Windows Mobile came in at 13.6 percent. Still ...
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
As many of you know I returned from the BlackBerry Developer Conference very excited about the future of BlackBerry application development and also about the BlackBerry Partners Fund. (Addition information on the fund at the bottom of the article)
Yesterday I had the great opportunity to speak with John Albirght and ...
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Many of the sessions I attended at the BlackBerry Developer Conference had someone bring up the Unite software. I was first shocked how many developers didn’t even know this piece of software existed. Most developers found out for the first time about it at the conference.
I for one have had ...
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
Business Week is reporting this morning that the Bold cost RIM $169.41 per unit to build.
What's significant about that number is that it is lower than earlier estimates and, in the long run, should help RIM's profit margins at a time when RIM stocks have been quite a roller coaster ...
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Now you see it, now you don’t. It seems T-Mobile Germany jumped the gun and did not impress RIM. Shortly after T-Mobile launched the Curve/Javelin 8900 site they were instructed to remove it.
This is not the first time we have seen hints of things to come jump up on a ...
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
RIM's CEO Mike Lazaridis admitted today that Vodafone rejected their first version of the Storm for not being quite "cutting edge" enough. The development of the Storm, which RIM CEO says was driven by Vodafone and Verizon was a pretty daunting task.
RIM was obviously under the impression that Quadband EDGE, ...
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
For sure, Research In Motion coupled with Verizon and Vodafone have taken the wireless industry by Storm.
“Click Through” technology aside, this is a 3G machine. Utilizing Verizon’s EVDO Rev A along side Quad Band GSM, a first for RIM, the 9530 Storm is truly a one of a kind. While ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
RIM has had a busy 24 hours. The latest coming out of the soon to be touch screen giant is the new BlackBerry Smartphone – UI Guidelines Version 2.0. I would guess this would be a good time to release these documents as the developers conference is just around the ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLACKBERRY TAKES THE WORLD BY STORM ON THE MOST RELIABLE NETWORKS IN EUROPE AND THE U.S.
Verizon Wireless, Vodafone and RIM Deliver the Power of a Smartphone with the World’s First Tactile Touch Display on a BlackBerry
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., NEWBURY, England, and WATERLOO, Ontario – Verizon Wireless, Vodafone Group ...
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
Reuters is reporting Nokia's CEO has his eye on Research In Motion as one of the "the mightiest companies in the world" as a competitor, along with Apple, Google and Microsoft.
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