Tag: RIM
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TGWS: BlackBerry Z10 Launches in the UK First
From our Sister Site: >However, for some reason our beloved Canadian company decided to launch the device in the United Kingdom, 5 days earlier than the employees on the campus where it was built can get it. Thanks Thornsten for another Great White Shaft. via [The Great White Shaft: BlackBerry Z10 Launches in the UK…
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The Google Chromebook Sells Out!
Google’s latest iteration of ChromeOS hardware has very impressively sold-out almost as soon as it went on sale. The new hardware is attractive for a number of reasons: it’s thin, it’s light, it features a lot of the latest technology like Bluetooth 3.0, USB 3, and dual-antenna a/b/g/n wi-fi (and we know there’s a mobile-wireless…
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BlackBerry Maintains Major Canadian Market Share, iPhone Still No1 Device
Juice mobile claims: >“RIM’s death may be exaggerated and Android is taking a bite out of Apple.” For now. The iPhone is the #1 selling phone, but RIM maintains 50% of Canadian market share. As for the source of the research: Neil Sweeney, President and CEO of Juice, stated their reach covers >“hundreds of applications…
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Corporate Greed is the Worst Public Relations at Yellow Pages
You know those thick yellow books we all have at home, that are really useful for boosting up kids at the dining table when you run out of actual booster seats? Well, turns-out there was a time before tablets, smart phones, and the Internet when people actually marched their fingers through those books to find…
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The State Of The BlackBerry
I will make no excuses for our past criticism and scrutiny of the Waterloo based Research In Motion. Over the past year they have seen their share price drop $50, from $75+ to a mere $13 recently (two-thirds of the total value). RIM missed crucial deadlines with the PlayBook and then under delivered on…
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RIM Isn’t Going Anywhere… Literally!
“Our checks indicate that current demand is poor: BlackBerry 7 devices are now close to six months old, and our checks suggest that the initial enthusiasm post launch has tailed off,” the analyst wrote. “We model 11 million unit volumes in FYQ4, at the low end of the guidance range. Management’s aggressive marketing campaign, targeted…
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Apple iPhone: Top of Pops for Canucks
Apple surpassed RIM as the top mobile phone manufacturer in Canada said Bloomberg on Thursday. Data from IDC and Bloomberg suggests Apple shipped 2.85 million handsets in 2011, while RIM shipped 2.08 million. This is down from 2008 when RIM out shipped Apple almost five to one. We all saw this coming months ago, but…
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BlackBerry PlayBook & Keyboard: RIM’s $300 Netbook
So what RIM has done is either created a $300 Netbook with no software or a $300 Citrix client machine that only works on WiFi or when tethered to you BlackBerry via Bluetooth. Sounds like a real winner right? Via MobileSyrup.com. Source The Source
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FailBook 2.0: Is This RIM’s Make or Break?
One of the perks of working with Mobile devices is that you can do most of your job from the comfort of your bed before the sun rises, which is exactly how my day started at 5:45 after I had hit the snooze button a few times of course. As most Canadians will know, today…
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Reboot in Motion: Licensing BB 10 vs BB Messenger
There is a lot of chatter in the Technospere about Jim and Mike stepping down from their co-CEO roles at RIM and making way for the COO Thorsten Heins (the first?) to helm the good ship BlackBerry out of troubled waters and back into clear seas. It’s interesting that one of small pieces from this…