This is a nice way to start the day. The entire RIM roadmap for 2012 has leaked and it’s a doozy. Let’s start with the simple stuff: the Curve 9220 and 9320 are ready to go for a mid-year release. The 9220 is indeed an EDGE-only device with a 2.44″ 320×240 display with a 2MP [...]
Based on the initial findings of a Corporate Governance review mandate issued last July, RIM co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie may be forced to step down as co-chairs of the Board. As we told you in mid-December, there have been calls by RIM investors for a change of governance, with five-year board member Barbara Stymiest [...]
When I reviewed the all-touch BlackBerry Curve 9380 (which I didn’t much like) I decided to take a stab at using its bigger brother the Torch 9860, a device released back in August. This much-maligned device didn’t receive nearly the same amount of press as the flagship Bold 9900, and was overshadowed by the familiar [...]
Nostalgia is a funny thing. Though last year I left my BlackBerry behind for the shinier, app-centric shores of iOS and Android, I still recall my experiences fondly. There are times I miss the great keyboard, push email and how easy it is to compose lengthy soliloquies like it’s nothing at all. I retain a [...]
The BlackBerry Curve series was the golden goose of RIM’s surge into the mainstream. With the 8310 becoming one of the top-selling smartphones of all time, it’s not uncommon to still see them floating around the streets of major cities, emerging from pockets and belt clips. With its success came the sequels, and there were [...]
We were lucky enough to be given access to the closed beta of BBM Music, the latest venture buy RIM to expand the reach of BBM6 and its third-party integration. At its core, BBM Music is a natural extension of the BBM social network. For $4.99US per month, you have access to 50 songs in [...]
If you have a BlackBerry and want to make the most of it you could attend the upcoming “BlackBerry Innovation Forum”. This one-day event will set your company back $149 (USD) per person and it’s coming to various cities across North America: New York City, Chicago, Washington, Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, San Fransisco and the only [...]
In the hopes of expanding their well-known success from the business sector, RIM has revisited the clamshell design and combined it with their latest software offering, OS6, in order to release their newest CDMA device, the Blackberry Style 9670. Unlike RIM’s initial attempt at a Blackberry flip phone (Pearl Flip), the Style has a full, [...]
Who says BlackBerry is dying? Waterloo-based Research in Motion has reported “record third quarter results” and from their press release here are the key points: – Record 14.2 BlackBerry smartphones shipped (up over 40% from the same quarter last year) – Revenue breakdown for Q3: 82% for devices, 15% for service, and 3% for software [...]
Now that the BlackBerry Torch is officially available in Canada… stock is probably limited so here are the places you can go to get one today: TELUS, Rogers, Bell and Virgin online and retail locations; SaskTel (now we’re hearing it’s delayed due to shipping), WirelessWave Wireless etc. and TBooth retail locations, Best Buy online and [...]