Posts Tagged ‘BlackBerry’

RIM Acquires TinyHippos

March 30th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Those that visited our Mobile Unconference event last September in Düsseldorf probably met the great guys from TinyHippos. Great news for them, they have been bought by Research in Motion.

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RIM Confirms Android Support on Playbook

March 24th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry | 1 Comment »

RIM has confirmed that the new BlackBerry Playbook will be able to run Android apps. RIM will deliver two ‘app players’ with the playbook that should make sure the apps run on the tablet.

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BBM Goes Open

March 16th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: J2me | No Comments »

RIM has just opened up BBM to developers that wish to include the messaging service into their BlackBerry apps. BlackBerry is however not opening up the API for usage from other platforms.

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RIM to Expand Ping Onto iPhone and Android!?

March 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

If rumors are right, BlackBerry is developing special versions of BlackBerry Messenger for both the iPhone as well as for Android. Both new versions would be paid apps though usage after purchase is free.

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MWC: Rim Announces More Hardware, Gifting and Funds

February 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Research in Motion made a whole lot of interesting announcements today. One of them is that the company has plans to release additional Playbooks for LTE and HSPA+ markets in H2 2011.

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RIM Launches In-App Payments

February 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

Though Google is still preparing the launch of in-app payments, BlackBerry seems to have taken the lead over them by launching in-app billing support on BlackBerry App World.

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RIM Announces Dualcore Support for BlackBerry

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

Research in Motion has announced that it will be releasing BlackBerry devices based on dualcore processors. Current models have single core CPU’s from Marvell.

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RIM Open for Playbook Apps

December 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: BlackBerry | No Comments »

RIM has announced that developers are now allowed to upload Playbook apps to their servers. Those that do have a chance on getting a free complimentary Playbook from the company.

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GfK: iPhone Users Most Loyal

November 30th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to a study from GfK, 60% of iPhone owners plan to stick with their device for renewal. This makes iPhone consumers the most loyal ones. Possible reasons are app-investment as well as fanboyship.