Feb 05

Thorsten Heins Fires Shot at Apple and Microsoft as BlackBerry Aims to Compete With Cupertino and Redmond on All Fronts

Z10 and Q10 Edited

“This isn’t just about smartphones and tablets.  The architecture we have built is [a] true mobile computing architecture.  It’s not a downgraded PC operating system.” – BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, speaking to Reuters In an interview in Toronto today, BlackBerry’s … Continue reading

Jan 28

Apple’s iPhone is losing market share as Android gets 70% of the smartphone market

According to a latest report by StrategyAnalytics, Apple iOS has seen a decrease in the mobile market share during Q4 2012.  The Global smartphone shipments actually grew during Q4 2012 by 38 percent with 217 million units shipped worldwide. Apple … Continue reading

Aug 28

Apple v Samsung: 3 Reasons Lawsuits Benefit RIM

Thorsten-Heins

Friday’s $1.05 billion ruling by a San Jose court sent Samsung’s shares down 7.5%, wiping $12 billion off the Korean company’s market capitalization.  However, the ruling, as well as subsequent appeals and lawsuits between the two tech giants, have large … Continue reading

May 01

RIM Wows Developers With BlackBerry 10 Demo

BlackBerry 10 UI

RIM demoed several features of the BlackBerry 10 OS to thunderous applause today, during the BlackBerry World keynote in Orlando, Florida.  RIM showed features not available on other smartphone platforms.  In addition, these features resonated with RIM’s traditional value proposition … Continue reading

Apr 18

RIM Announces New BlackBerry Curve 9220 For India

curve 9220

This morning, RIM announced a new BlackBerry Curve designed specifically for the India market.  Priced at US$214, it is a low-end smartphone, with its main features being BBM, Facebook for BlackBerry and Twitter for BlackBerry apps.  It also features a … Continue reading

Feb 01

Rumour: RIM to Launch Porsche BlackBerry 10 Superphone?

BlackBerry London

Since the first image of the upcoming BlackBerry London emerged in November, BlackBerry users have noticed it looks quite similar to the Porsche Design BlackBerry P’9981.  Yesterday, another image of the London was leaked.  In this one, the superphone looks … Continue reading

Jan 17

RIM looking for an outright sale to Samsung for $12 Billion? (Update: Samsung responds)

Samsung RIM Deal

RIM has faced its fair share of problems increasing its market share in the mobile market.  Few reports came out earlier saying that RIM might be ready to licence its new and upcoming BlackBerry 10 OS to vendors such as … Continue reading

Jan 01

Exclusive: RIM to Launch 4 Curve Smartphones in 2012

BlackBerry Curve 9350/9360 and 9380

After RIM’s December 15th earnings call, tech bloggers and analysts focused on the delay of the QNX-based BB 10 smartphones to the latter part of 2012.  Some even panicked about the fact that it appeared RIM would not launch a … Continue reading