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RIM Considering Selling BlackBerry Network & Joining Windows Phone!

June 29, 2012 0 Tassavur

As we’ve said earlier before as well that desperate time needs desperate measures, RIM is considering switching to Windows Phone 8 as per Reuters. RIM might follow the lead of Nokia and might abandon BlackBerry 10 if unnamed sources of…

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RIM Q1 2012 Results Say its Dying!

June 28, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well things could not have gone more wrong for RIM, as they announced the results for their performance in the first quarter of 2012. RIM has posted a net loss for the first time in 8 years, BB10 launch is…

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First BlackBerry 10 Devices: Full Touch screen L and QWERTY N Series

June 25, 2012 0 Tassavur

The details of the first Blackberry 10 series have started to emerge and here is an image of the same. According to this image leaked by N4BB, a full touch screen L series and QWERTY based N series will be…

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RIM Deliberating Splitting Business: The Sunday Times

June 24, 2012 0 Tassavur

The Sunday Times of Britain has reported that RIM is considering splitting its business into two, separating the handset manufacturing business from its messaging services.

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RIM Shares Now at a Record Low of Below $10

June 5, 2012 0 Tassavur

We knew that Research in Motion is struggling to stay afloat and hence we did not find this bit of news any surprising as RIM’s share fell below $10, lowest since 2003.

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RIM’s BlackBerry 7 gets DOD approval in US

May 11, 2012 0 Tassavur

Well, there’s finally some positive news coming out for the Canadian firm. RIM has stated that the Department of Defense in the US has approved the use of the company’s BlackBerry 7 smartphones which includes BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930…

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BlackBerry Curve 9320 Goes Official

May 9, 2012 0 Rahul S

While you might have already seen this newest member of BlackBerry’s Curve family in the form of leaked pictures, it was only today that RIM finally announced the existence of the BlackBerry Curve 9320 to the world. The handset, which is…

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RIM to Showcase BlackBerry 10 Prototype Phones at BlackBerry Jam in May

March 24, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

We all know that, Research In Motion is planning to release the BlackBerry 10 OS based smartphones in the last quarter of 2012, followed by PlayBook on the same platform. But from what we have heard, developers may be the…

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RIM Advises Customers Not to Jailbreak BlackBerry Products

March 22, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

In a post by Adrian Stone, Director of BlackBerry Security Incident Response Team (BBSIRT), on the official blog of RIM, stated that the company advises its customers against installing any jailbreaking tool on BlackBerry products. Further in the blogpost, is…

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PlayBook To Have BlackBerry 10 Soon

March 15, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

The PlayBook will have the BlackBerry 10 OS, after the initial launch of BB10 handsets in the last quarter of 2012. If sources are to be believed, the BlackBerry 10 OS is based on the same QNX platform as the…

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RIM Updates BlackBerry Playbook to OS 2.0

February 22, 2012 0 Rahul S

RIM has finally released the much awaited update to its beleaguered tablet, the Playbook. This update which RIM had promised to issue last year, just 60 days after the launch of the Playbook has been in the limbo ever since.…

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RIM’s Co-CEO’s Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis Step Down, Thorsten Heins Appointed New CEO

January 23, 2012 0 Tassavur

There have been numerous calls from the investors and stakeholders for the founders to step down. And Jaguar Financial Corp. has been at their throat for a long time since the Blackberry makers were unable to turn the tide and…

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BlackBerry 10 isn’t Even As Good As iOS 1.0 or Android 2.0!

December 23, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well blackberry isn’t exactly in the best of shape would be a sheer understatement. Though, still it’s staggering for the downward hit it has taken in the stock market valuations. Add to it the ever increasing pressure from the investors…

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RIM Rejected Buyout Offer From Amazon

December 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

As per Reuters, Research In Motion apparently rejected takeover bids from the retail giant Amazon and instead preferred to continue as it is. Although it is unclear at what stage the discussions had reached before the offer was annulled by…

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Kindle Fire Growing Faster Than iPad, Though Android Share Drops: Millennial Report

December 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

Millennial Media, a mobile ad network, released its monthly Mobile Mix report for November which has thrown up some surprising results. As per the report Kindle Fire has managed a daily growth rate of 19% per day since its launch…

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Mobile Security Trends: Nothing is Foolproof from Android to iOS

December 17, 2011 0 Tassavur

The other day I was speaking to a techie who has good knowledge of things at Microsoft. Amongst iOS, Android, Mobile market, Windows 8 and other topics of discussion, we spoke about mobile security. The person in question highlighted that…

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BlackBerry 10 Delayed, Might Lay RIM to Rest

December 17, 2011 0 Tassavur

We all thought that BlackBerry is facing intense heat of competition from Apple’s iOS, and Google’s Android and almost all of us have predicted that the rise of the two will lead to the demise of RIM pretty soon. Well…

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Blackberry loses BBX Trademark Court Battle; Renames it to BlackBerry 10

December 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

RIM, had on the eve of the recent BlackBerry DevCon named its upcoming OS for next generation BlackBerry devices as BBX. Little did it know at that time that BBX was actually a trademark registered and owned by another company…

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RIM Showing That They Can Answer The Challenge

November 30, 2011 0 Guest Author

Will the BlackBerry brand even be around in five years? From a surface standpoint, the prospect might look grim. It has been a tough couple of years for RIM. The former king of the smartphone realm has fallen far, and…

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RIM & Telefonica To Bring Mobile Wallet Next Year, Trialing NFC

November 27, 2011 0 Tassavur

RIM will soon begin their foray into the NFC league starting from Iberia and have announced their partnership with Telefonica of Madrid, Spain. Blackberry and Telefonica will be testing the mobile wallet and the ID card system in Spain. The…

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BlackBerry Launches the Bold 9790, Curve 9380 and Curve 9350 in India

November 25, 2011 0 Rahul S

RIM has expanded its lineup of BlackBerry OS 7 powered handsets in India with the launch of three new handsets in the country. The handsets to be officially launched today include the BlackBerry Bold 9790, Curve 9380 and the Curve…

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RIM Trying to Push Sales of PlayBook Via Heavy Discounts This Holiday Season

November 22, 2011 0 Tassavur

The sales of the Blackberry PlayBook have been disappointing to say the least. But if anything could give you the measure of how bad things are with RIM, it’s got to be the $300 cut in the prices of the…

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Version 6.0.1 appears for BlackBerry Messenger

October 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

Ahoy, BlackBerry Messenger pirates! A new update has arrived for ye all in the form of version 6.0.1. All o’ you on a previous version, its time t’ abandon ship and get well versed with t’ new version. The new update…

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RIM Offers Free Apps to Pacify Irked Blackberry Customers

October 17, 2011 0 Tassavur

We reported last week how Blackberry users were left in the lurch as the RIM servers were down and out for almost three days. Well RIM has decided to offer some of its premium apps for free in order to…

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Blackberry Services Down Across Continents As UK Server Fails

October 10, 2011 0 Tassavur

Looks like RIM’s problems just wont cease anytime soon. After facing issues with the Governments worldwide and then taking some wrath from the shareholders. Angry customers would be the last thing on RIM’s mind, but this is exactly where looks…

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RIM Prepping iCloud Competitor? Purchases Cloud Services Company

October 7, 2011 0 Rahul S

RIM (Research in Motion), the Canadian owner of the BlackBerry smartphones have reportedly purchased NewBay, a company that deals with cloud computing services. The purchase, finer details of which have not been revealed by RIM yet is worth over $100…

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Indian Government Close To Being Able To Monitor Blackberry Users

October 4, 2011 0 Tassavur

Remember the Blackberry issue wherein the Indian Government wanted access to the Blackberry servers, email and its messaging service? Well, it seems that the Indian Government, rather Department of Telecommunications (DOT) to be more precise along with Research in Motion…

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RIM Debuts the Blackberry Curve 9360 in India

September 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

In the latest addition to its line up here in India, RIM has launched its newest member from the Curve family -the BlackBerry Curve 9360. The new handset runs BlackBerry OS 7 and packs in a sufficiently large 2.4 inch…

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Hands-on Blackberry 9860 Torch

September 21, 2011 0 Annkur

Blackberry is going on sale with the Torch 9860 in India today, and we had a quick hands-on a couple of days back. The 9860 is a full touch screen with no physical keyboard. The screen is 3.7″ with four…

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Shareholders Rock RIM’s Already Sinking Ship

September 7, 2011 0 Tassavur

After, the political unrest in the Gulf countries and surrounding regions. It seems that the instability has gripped the tech world as well. The Silicon valley is observing one of its most turbulent times starting from the sudden demise of…

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How Do I Choose A Phone: Journey From A Nokia 1100 To Blackberry

June 25, 2011 6 Guest Author

Editors Note: Vivek Khandelwal is a friend, well wisher and our support for covering the IIT Bombay Techfest over the past 4 years. As he moves back to Delhi working fulltime for his startup Voicetap, something has changed for him.…

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Blackberry Loses Seesmic

June 22, 2011 1 Annkur

CEO trouble isn’t all that RIM is facing at the moment, Seesmic has announced that they are discontinuing development for Blackberry to concentrate better on iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7. Of course there are alternatives for Blackberry users, but…

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[India] Blackberry Playbook Spotted Retailing @ Vijay Sales

June 20, 2011 1 Annkur

As we await the official launch of the Motorola Xoom, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1/8.9 and the Blackberry Playbook, the little tablet by RIM was spotted retailing at a Vijay Sales outlet in Mumbai. It’s common to see unannounced gadgets to…

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RIM BlackBerry PlayBook 2 to Flaunt 10-inch Display

June 1, 2011 0 c0rex

RIM has taken all the heat for using the PlayBook tablet only on papers for months and then finally showing its true potential.  With plenty of Tablet options available all around, RIM is going to create options for its followers…

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BlackBerry Bold 9900, 9930 Announced; Will Let You Touch and Type

May 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

RIM has finally decided its time they officially take covers of much rumored and leaked BlackBerry Bold successor. The latest version of the Bold is christened the 9900/9930 and for the first time, will offer BlackBerry users a touch as…

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BlackBerry Bold Touch Appears On RIM Website; Runs OS 7

April 30, 2011 3 Rahul S

I still do not know why these phone makers tinker around with their websites with unannounced products. There has been more than one instance of gadget makers accidentally revealing their upcoming, unannounced devices on their websites – but they never…

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BlackBerry Protect 1.0 Now Available for Asia-Pacific Users

April 19, 2011 0 Aaplap

BlackBerry Protect, RIM’s free add-on app for backing up your BlackBerry data online, has finally been made available to users in the Asia-Pacific region, which includes all us Indians. BlackBerry Protect offers features very necessary in this day and age…

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Facebook For BlackBerry Updated To Version 2.0

March 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

RIM has announced a new version of the Official BlackBerry App for all BlackBerry devices running OS 6.0. The new version brings in a lot of feature additions that includes support for Facebook Chat, an improved news feed and a…

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Rumor: Blackberry To Bring BBM On iPhone? Android?

March 3, 2011 0 Annkur

This sure has to be unbelievable. As our friend Nikhil puts it on twitter just correctly – Has April Fools Day come early? For those new to the term BBM, it stands for  Blackberry Messenger and its a craze! Back…

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BlackBerry Dakota/Montana Pictures Leaked

February 21, 2011 0 Rahul S

Blackberry seems to be having a hard time keeping track of its prototype devices. It was not long ago that we had first heard of the BlackBerry Dakota. Now, we have even more photos of this new BlackBerry Bold Touch…