Zune says what? What we have here is a potential glimpse at Research in Motion’s first BlackBerry to run the next-generation BBX operating system — but honestly, it just looks a lot like Microsoft’s Zune HD to me.
It’s called …
Research in Motion has finally launched its BBM Music app out of beta, giving its BlackBerry users a social way to listen to music on their devices, the company announced Wednesday.
RIM first showed-off its new BBM Music app back …
A class action lawsuit was filed today against Research in Motion (RIM), the makers of BlackBerry, after a massive, three-day service outage affected millions of its subscribers worldwide in October.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Quebec Superior Court by …
Streaming music service Spotify has finally launched an application to bring its service to BlackBerry owners who love having access to copious amounts of music.
Spotify has seen substantial growth in its revenue and number of paid subscribers since its …
RIM‘s next-gen mobile operating system will be called BBX, RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis revealed today at the BlackBerry developer conference.
The new OS will appear on BlackBerry smartphones and tablets. The company said in a statement that BBX “combines the …
After the worst service outage in its history last week, Research in Motion said Monday that it will try to appease its BlackBerry users by giving them free apps worth more than $100.
The BlackBerry brand has struggled to keep …
BlackBerry users can breathe a sigh of relief. Research in Motion announced today that global BlackBerry services are “operating well” following a massive outage that began Monday and disrupted web, email, and messaging capabilities for tens of millions of customers.…
Poor Research in Motion. Just two days from Apple’s iPhone 4S launch, the BlackBerry maker is in the midst of a three-day long service outage that has now spread to North America.
The outage, which is the worst since 2009 …
The first-generation Kindle e-reader was a revolutionary device, but it was far from pretty.
Now the reasoning behind that ugly design has become a bit clearer: Jeff Bezos pushed his designers to replicate elements of his beloved BlackBerry, the New …
BlackBerry smartphone maker Research in Motion’s revenue fell significantly this quarter, due to lower sales of its newest tablet computer, the BlackBerry PlayBook, and shy consumers waiting for the BlackBerry 7 phones that launched three weeks before the quarter ended.…
Not much has changed in the US mobile market over the past few months: Android is still the leader — accounting for 40 percent of the total smartphone market — and consumers’ desire for the Google OS doesn’t appear to …
Research in Motion on Thursday launched a streaming music service inside of its popular BlackBerry Messenger app.
RIM has been struggling lately to show that it’s committed to fighting against the gains of Google Android and Apple iOS with full …
BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion is working on its own digital streaming music service that would run specifically on its smartphones and tablets, according to CNET.
RIM is currently in a tough position, as its once-great smartphone market share slips away …
In a reverse move, Sprint announced Friday that it has canceled its plans to sell the BlackBerry PlayBook 4G.
“We apologize for any inconvenience but the BlackBerry 4G PlayBook tablet that was announced in January for summer availability will no …
RIM’s next-generation BlackBerry phone running the PlayBook’s QNX operating system has finally been revealed, thanks to the mobile site Boy Genius Report.
Codenamed the BlackBerry Colt, the device could make its way to consumers some time in the first quarter …
Research in Motion has taken a pounding in the stock market and is laying off 2,000 employees. But Tuesday should be a good day for the company, as it is preparing to announce a number of new devices.
The company …
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion announced this morning that it is laying off 2,000 employees as part of an earlier announced “cost optimization” program.
Additionally, the company is rearranging the roles for some of its senior management. Co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis …
For the first time ever, Apple has screeched ahead of Nokia devices to be the top manufacturer when it comes to European mobile ad requests, according to ad network InMobi‘s latest Mobile Insights report.
“The Q2 2011 results show another …
Research in Motion co-chief executive Jim Balsillie on Tuesday promised the company would release seven BlackBerry smartphones using a next-generation OS in the next several months.
This is big news for Canada’s RIM, which has struggled in the past few …
Only 18,000 new payrolls were added in the month of June. Mobile jobs, however, seem to be escaping the doom and gloom.
The mobile industry continues to skid around unemployment. There were plenty of jobs for Android, iPhone and HTML5 …
