December 29, 2010
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…
Tags: battery, battery life, Blackberry, hardware, maximum tech, mobile, News Worthy, playbook, Research In Motion, RIM, slate, tablet
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November 17, 2010
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…
Tags: business, encryption, mobile, News Worthy, Privacy, RIM, Security
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November 5, 2010
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 …
Tags: android, dell, News Worthy, RIM, venue pro, Windows Phone 7
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November 1, 2010
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…
Tags: android, ios, Market Share, mobile, News Worthy, npd, RIM
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October 23, 2010
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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October 19, 2010
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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September 27, 2010
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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September 24, 2010
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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