Archive for the ‘Platforms: BlackBerry’ Category

RIM to Drop BlackBerry OS

September 29th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

It was to be expected. RIM announced that the company will depart from BlackBerry OS. BlackBerry Tablet OS, the OS for their Playbook, will be replacing it.

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RIM’s BlackPad is a PlayBook

September 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Yesterday, RIM introduced their Playbook, a 7”multimedia tablet that should compete with Apple’s iPad. The Playbook runs an entirely new OS and is expected to hit the shelves by Q2 2011.

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Verizon Adds Android Support to V Cast

September 23rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Verizon has announced that the operator will be adding Android support to its own app store. Untill now, only BlackBerry developers could make use of this service.

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RIM Trademarks SurfBook in Canada

September 21st, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

While the discussion on a possible BlackPad was about to go silence, RIM made a move to heat it all up again as the vendor trademarked the term SurfBook in Canada.

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RIM: 50 Million BlackBerry Consumers and Counting…

September 20th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

In the second quarter of 2010, RIM has sold 12.1 million BlackBerry devices (that is up 56% year-on-year). The company calculated it has 50 million registered BlackBerry users.

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BlackBerry Passes 10.000 Apps Mark

September 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

BlackBerry App World is growing up. Research In Motion’s app store has now passed the 10.000 apps mark in about 17 months time. BlackBerry App World opened up in April 2009.

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RIM Acquires Cellmania

August 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A, Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Research in Motion has announced the acquisition of Cellmania to strengthen its knowhow in running BlackBerry AppWorld. Cellmania already provides content services for several operators.

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RIM Works on Better App World and Decreasing Revenues

August 24th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

RIM has been working hard on improving its App World consumer experience. As a result, developers will now be able to start billing games at $0.99, while the minimum has been $2.99.

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Android Users Make Less Bootycalls

August 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Research from datingsite OkCupid showed us that iPhone owners have more sex partners than those that walk around with an Android phone. How about the iPod Touch!?