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Battery Life Could Be PlayBook’s Achilles’ Heal

December 29, 2010
Battery Life Could Be PlayBook’s Achilles’ Heal

Ruh roh, Shaggy. If what we’re hearing from news and rumor site Fudzilla turns out to be true, Research In Motion’s upcoming PlayBook tablet could have a tough time taking on the iPad, Galaxy Tab, and every other slate. According to Fudzilla, battery l…

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Has RIM Agreed to Let India Snoop BlackBerry Email?

November 17, 2010
Has RIM Agreed to Let India Snoop BlackBerry Email?

Reports earlier in the day seemed to make it pretty clear that BlackBerry maker RIM had reached an agreement with Indian authorities regarding access to their encrypted email system. The word was that India would get access to encrypted BlackBerry user…

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Dell Ditching BlackBerrys, Handing Out WP7 and Android Phones

November 5, 2010
Dell Ditching BlackBerrys, Handing Out WP7 and Android Phones

The hits just keep on coming for RIM as Dell has apparently decided to encourage their employees to use phones the company actually makes. The Wall Street Journal reports that about 25,000 Dell employees will be moved to devices like the Windows Phone …

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NPD: Android Surging, BlackBerry Falling Fast

November 1, 2010
NPD: Android Surging, BlackBerry Falling Fast

Market analytics firm NPD has just finished culling the last quarter’s data, and the results are great news for one search company out of Mountain View. Apparently, the Android operating system is now far and away, the fastest selling mobile platform f…

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RIM Concedes No. 2 Smartphone Spot to Apple

October 23, 2010
RIM Concedes No. 2 Smartphone Spot to Apple

Apple has been breathing down RIM’s throat for quite a while now. But with the latter not doing enough to hold onto its lead, it was always just a matter of time before Apple leapt past RIM in the global smartphone market.
According to market res…

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The Fallout Continues, RIM Responds to Steve Jobs

October 19, 2010
The Fallout Continues, RIM Responds to Steve Jobs

Apple CEO Steve Jobs sure ruffled some feathers with his statements on yesterday’s earnings call. RIM is just the latest to respond to some of the assertions Steve Jobs made. RIM CEO Jim Balsillie posted a rebuttal on the RIM blog that covered a few po…

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RIM Announces BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet

September 27, 2010
RIM Announces BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet

The rumors have been swirling for months that BlackBerry maker RIM would be launching a tablet device. Today at the RIM developer event, that rumor became reality with the introduction of the BlackBerry PlayBook. This device will sport some serious spe…

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BlackBerry Torch Review

September 24, 2010
BlackBerry Torch Review

RIM dips its toe into the modern age
The Torch 9800 is simultaneously a departure from, and a clinging embrace of, the form and function that has helped make BlackBerry the most popular smartphone platform over the last five years.
The phone’s bigges…

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