Research in Motion has us all on the edge of our seats with their new BlackBerry 10 operating system. The company recently announced its plans to give app developers a preview of the system. Developers will be given a prototype mobile device to help them create apps for the new system. The prototype isn’t a [...]

On Wednesday, BlackBerry maker RIM announced that the update on its current PlayBook operating system is almost finished. The PlayBook OS 2.0 should be available to launch during the week of February 26. Running at 400 MB, the update will be pushed out to all PlayBook simultaneously. After receiving some negative reviews, RIM’s tablet is [...]

Research in Motion has claimed that its BlackBerry applications generate more income than Android and iOS apps. The company says it provides users with more than six million apps per day, with users downloading more paid apps than for Android. Though many developers have left RIM in the past, saying that the smartphone’s hardware was [...]

In a series of unfortunate events for Research in Motion, the latest is the news that RIM’s shares fell 11 percent Friday after the company announced its decision to delay its BlackBerry 10 release. After trading, RIM stocks ended at $13.44, which was down by $1.69. It’s the lowest the company has ever seen in [...]

Research in Motion’s new operating platform won’t be called BBX, after all. The new smartphone and tablet system will be renamed BlackBerry 10. RIM was issued a temporary restraining order from the Federal Court in Albuquerque, banning the company from using the name BBX. BBX is already a trademark of a New Mexico-based software firm, [...]

Research in Motion announced last week that it plans to bring security and management features—once only available on BlackBerry devices—to Android and iOS phones and tablets. The new software, BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, will let businesses control BlackBerry’s security features on Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android.  Among the features Mobile Fusion will offer are management and [...]

After months of sad sales, RIM’s new PlayBook is finally rising to the top. Best Buy confirmed that the new tablet was sold out during the Black Friday promotion, which reduced the PlayBook prices down to $199 and $299 for the 16GB and 32GB tablets respectively.  Best Buy said they plan to restock their PlayBook [...]

RIM is surprising everyone again by pulling back the curtain on its next-generation mobile platform, BBX. The new operating system combines the best qualities of the company’s older BlackBerry and its newer QNX platform. RIM’s Co-CEO, Mike Lazaridis, unveiled the new operating system at the BlackBerry DevCon conference on Tuesday. In addition to the announcement [...]

After a recent outage that affected customers all across the globe, RIM has decided to offer a credit worth $100 for select apps in its online store. Last week, a BlackBerry outage plagued the globe, affecting customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, and North America. The interruption of service lasted for three days, [...]

On Wednesday, the three-day disruption of BlackBerry services spread to North America, upsetting millions of users. The global outage has also affected customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India. RIM said Wednesday morning that “BlackBerry subscribers in the Americas may be experiencing intermittent service delays this morning. We are working to resolve the [...]