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- Research In Motion aims to take smartphone market by Storm
- ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to senior editor Sam Diaz about the upcoming launch of the much-anticipated BlackBerry Storm. Diaz also details how the phone stacks up against its formidable competitor, the iPhone, and what's at stake for Verizon and RIM.
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, BlackBerry Storm, smartphone, Research In Motion, Verizon, AT&T, Apple iPhone, Sumi Das, Sam Diaz
- Videos 2008-11-19
- Should RIM also license Exchange ActiveSync?
- I was pretty impressed by the RIM BlackBerry Bold see my first impressions post and the display and keyboard sold me on it. I still think the display and keyboard are both fantastic and it is definitely the best BlackBerry device to date. However, due to the lack of Exchange...
- Tags: Microsoft ActiveSync, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Keyboards, E-mail, Microsoft Outlook, Handhelds, Hardware, Peripherals, Online Communications, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Matthew Miller, Server
- Blog posts 2008-11-15
- AT&T and RIM: Alienate your repeat customers with "Early Upgrades" and overpriced devices
- $399.00 PLUS an "Early Upgrade" charge? WTH? As some of you are aware, I am a BlackBerry user. For the most part, this is not by choice -- I could certainly get by with another mobile device such as an iPhone 3G or...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., AT&T Corp., RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, 3G, Handhelds, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- First impressions of the RIM BlackBerry Bold
- First impressions of the RIM BlackBerry BoldGood ReviewI like the new interface, but I still think RIM phones are just business PDAs. I'm always looking to do more with the phones.I'd like to see a review of the HTC FUZE once it's out. AT&T kept the original design with...
- Tags: Handhelds, RIM BlackBerry Bold, Research In Motion Ltd., GPS, RIM BlackBerry, AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Study: BlackBerry has twice the failure rate of iPhone
- Apple's iPhone has half the failure rate of RIM's BlackBerry in the first year of use, a study carried out by a mobile-phone warranty firm has found. Apple's iPhone has half the failure rate of RIM's BlackBerry in the first year of use, a study carried out by...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile-phone, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, iPhone, BlackBerry, RIM, Apple, SquareTrade, Treo, Palm, cell phone
- News items 2008-11-10
- First impressions of the RIM BlackBerry Bold
- My AT&T SIM has been bouncing back and forth between the Nokia E71 see my review and Palm Treo Pro (see my review and with these two devices I have confirmed that QWERTY devices are my preferred form factor. Another couple of new devices recently launched with this same form...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, Handhelds, Hardware, Matthew Miller, Device, Trackball, Space Bar, Back Cover, BlackBerry Logo, Keyboards, Peripherals
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Apple moves into 2nd place in worldwide smartphone sales
- Apple moves into 2nd place in worldwide smartphone salesRE: Apple moves into 2nd place in worldwide smartphone salesHere's the thing: not very long after Apple introduced the iPod seven years ago -- that's right, seven. The millions of people who fell in love with this device were clamoring for a...
- Tags: Smart phones, Sales strategy, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Apple Inc., worldwide smartphone sale, smartphone sale, smart phone, sales
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- Curve and Flip in open position (Image Gallery: RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220)
- Curve and Flip in open position (Image Gallery: RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220)galleryWhy can't I view a slideshow of the enlarged images? The pictures look great enlarged, but I have to click on "Next Image", click on the picture to enlarge, go back to the page with the small...
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry Pearl, Image Gallery, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry
- Discussion threads 2008-11-05
- Image Gallery: RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220
- Flip form factor mobile phones are very popular in the U.S. and until now these users were unable to pick up a BlackBerry in this form factor. The RIM BB Flip brings the power and functionality of the BlackBerry to this form factor, complete with a SureType QWERTY keyboard. The...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Form Factor, Wireless LANs, Handhelds, Wireless, Hardware, Matthew Miller, product photos, rim, blackberry, flip, pearl, suretype
- Image galleries 2008-11-03
- Software and business method patents may still be valid
- In my own view you can look at what happened with RIM as a patent law Katrina, a turning point. Balance is slowly being restored but RIM, like New Orleans, will never be made whole. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Software, Research In Motion Ltd., Patent, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- RIM BlackBerry Bold
- Photo gallery:RIM BlackBerry BoldIt's been a good six months since Research in Motion first announced the RIM BlackBerry Bold (aka RIM BlackBerry 9000). Originally slated for a summer release on AT&T, the launch date kept getting pushed back...and back. Frustrated with the delays and wooed by other new smartphone releases,...
- Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Cellular phones, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry Bold, smart phone
- Product reviews 2008-10-30
- Motorola picks Android in mobile phone shakeup. Ammunition for smartphone war?
- Motorola is tapping Google's open-source Android operating system to inject new life into its struggling mobile phone division, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The company is expected to lay out its new strategy, which could involve laying off thousands and scrapping phone designs that are already...
- Tags: Google Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Phone, Mobile, Smart Phone, Cell Phone, Motorola Inc., Smart Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- News to know: Windows 7, Azure, SAP, Google book scans, RIM
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: A first look at Windows 7's pre-beta PDC release Mary-Jo Foley: Windows 7: What's coming for business users Larry Dignan: Windows 7: Will it...
- Tags: Google Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Microsoft Windows 7, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- RIM: The next month is critical with Blackberry sales mixed
- RIM: The next month is critical with Blackberry sales mixedOffer a downspec BlackberryI think the problem is two-fold.First, everything RIM offers is a premium, up-spec piece of equipment. The least expensive (according to the AT&T Wireless website) is a Pearl 8110 for $299.99. Even at 2-year contract pricing...
- Tags: Handhelds, Cellular phones, sales, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- RIM: The next month is critical with Blackberry sales mixed
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs made it quite clear what company he wants to upend: Research in Motion. The next month will tell if RIM's response will be enough to silence the recently chatty Jobs. In fact, some analysts speculate that the next month will dictate RIM's performance in 2009 (and...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Storm, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Handhelds, Sales, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- T-Mobile G1 arrives. Not quite a Google vs. Apple battle
- Let the smartphone wrestling match begin. In this corner - wearing a touch screen, offering an App store and sporting an Apple logo - is the iPhone. In the other corner - weighing in a little heavier, carrying a couple of extra buttons and backed by the...
- Tags: Google Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., T-Mobile G1, Mobile, T-Mobile, Apple Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-22
- News to know: Apple, G1 Twittering, RIM Storefront, Yahoo, VMWare
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Apple beats estimates; credits iPhone sales Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: iPhone and iPod sales to date Jason D. O'Grady: Apple reports Q4 2008 earnings (updated 3x)...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Yahoo! Inc., Social Media, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Linux, Keyboards, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-22
- Apple beats estimates; credits iPhone sales
- Apple beats estimates; credits iPhone sales13 Million iPhones so far this yearThat's 13 million even before the holiday season begins. It makes Apple now the 3rd largest mobile phone supplier.I guess this must come as a big surprise for many (Shade, Guiding Light, Sleeper) industry watchers around here.Strong performance in...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Investment, Apple Inc., sales, stock, Research In Motion Ltd., Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-10-21
- RIM announces BlackBerry StoreFront coming to devices in March 2009
- RIM announces BlackBerry StoreFront coming to devices in March 2009can't believe"I cannot believe that Microsoft has let something this basic slide by them all these years ..."and along came apple and showed the fat, tired und ugly (microsoft, nokia, samsung, rimm) how to do it.same story over and over again.next...
- Tags: BlackBerry StoreFront, Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry
- Discussion threads 2008-10-21
- RIM announces BlackBerry StoreFront coming to devices in March 2009
- Apple made the on device application store popular with the iPhone App Store and we have the Android Market available today with the T-Mobile G1. Nokia has had a Download section on their devices, but it is unrefined and offers different device-specific downloads with a very poor user interface. The...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Storefront, RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Matthew Miller, Apple Inc.
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
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