Tag: BlackBerry
CES 2012: BlackBerry Tag Unleashes NGC Technology in Your Smartphone
February 21st, 2012, 19 Comments
Annu Dawar, Sr. Product Manager for BlackBerry 7, provides background on Near Field Communication (NFC) and BlackBerry technology, as well as walks through the features of BlackBerry Tag and all of the apps that are able to integrate with this new functionality provided in OS 7.1 for BlackBerry smartphones. Video Rating: 4 / 5
BlackBerry woes caused by `core switch failure’ (AP)
October 12th, 2011, No Comments
FILE – This file photo taken September 8, 2011, shows a BlackBerry smartphone using the “Messenger” service in Berlin. LONDON – E-mail and messaging glitches that hit BlackBerry users in the world for a second day was caused by heart failure switch, the smartphone manufacturer said Tuesday. Research in Motion Ltd. said the disturbances – [...]
RIM unveils new cloud-based music service (Reuters)
August 25th, 2011, No Comments
(Reuters) – Canadian Research In Motion Ltd. will unveil a new cloud-based social music sharing service called Music BBM, companies are beginning to focus on entertainment delivered over the Internet that integrates social networking features. Research in Motion, the maker of BlackBerry phones, has said that the music selected by Universal Music Group, Sony Music [...]
Apple to GetJar: Stop Using the Phrase “App Store” (Mashable)
July 11th, 2011, No Comments
Amazon is not the only company visited by Apple's lawyers over the use of the term "App Store". The company also follows the third-party GetJar app market. GetJar, Which bills itself as "the world's largest free App Store" and distribute applications for Android beat BlackBerry, Java, Symbian and Mobile Web ban letter from Apple's lawyers [...]
RIM Responds To Anonymous Employee Complaints (NewsFactor)
July 2nd, 2011, No Comments
Several Research In Motion employees are writing anonymous letters to management calling for change — and the company is responding. The online letters point out the BlackBerry maker's missteps in recent years while Apple and Android gained major momentum. "I have lost confidence. While I hide it at work, my passion has been sapped. I [...]
BlackBerry maker upbeat on Asian growth markets (AFP)
June 24th, 2011, No Comments
BlackBerry maker upbeat on Asian growth markets SINGAPORE (AFP) – BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) is banking on Indonesia and other populous markets for growth in Asia, while it faces intensifying competition worldwide from rivals like the iPhone. The Canadian firm had one of the most prominent stands at the CommunicAsia telecom fair that [...]
RIM to roll out PlayBook outside of North America (Reuters)
June 10th, 2011, No Comments
A woman holds a RIM textbook in Toronto TORONTO (Dow Jones) – BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. said Friday it will roll out its BlackBerry textbook tablet device in 16 countries outside of North America from next month. The long-awaited competitor Apple Inc. iPad device has been started on an alarming number of posts [...]
Sprint to debut two Motorola smartphones (Reuters)
June 10th, 2011, No Comments
Motorola's new igh-speed wireless phone the Photon 4G is seen in this undated handout photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sprint Nextel, the No. 3 U.S. mobile service provider, plans to launch two Motorola Mobility smartphones this summer, opening up a new market for Motorola, which has been absent from Sprint's high-end phone line up until [...]
What Would it Take to Get You to Switch to an iPhone? (ContributorNetwork)
April 25th, 2011, No Comments
That's what Business Insider asked, in its "The Truth About Smartphones" survey. It also asked what'd get you to switch to another kind of phone, although it lumped Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7 together. So, how closely did the poll match how you think? The iPhone is still the benchmark … Over half of [...]
Is the Single-Function Device Doomed? (PC World)
April 25th, 2011, No Comments
I get the value proposition–how useful and space-efficient it is to own a single device that can function as a phone, a messaging appliance, a browser, a camera, a videocam, an e-reader, an MP3 player, a GPS unit, a tape recorder, a stopwatch, and so on. Today's smartphone is the last word in convergence devices, [...]
