BlackBerry Industry News

ExclusiveHow far do you go to extend your phone's battery life?

Android Battery life has been an issue with nearly every phone I have owned since jumping the BlackBerry ship. Larger touchscreen displays, faster, more power-consuming processors and GPUs and faster wireless connectivity have turned smartphones into...

BlackBerry Curve 9320 official with BlackBerry 7.1 and dedicated BBM key

Blackberry Os Just a little under two weeks after we got a peek at official renders of the BlackBerry Curve 9320, RIM has made the new Curve family member officially official. Specs for the 9320 are similar to what leaked way back in January, meaning you're...

RIM hires Kristian Tear as new COO and Frank Boulben as new CMO

News RIM's seen a fair share of big changes as of late, including the switch to Thorsten Heins as CEO and the transition to BlackBerry 10, and today the movement at the company is continuing. RIM has announced that it's hired Kristian Tear as its new...

ExclusiveSamsung unveils Galaxy S III; RIM shows off BlackBerry 10; DROID Incredible 4G LTE official

Android In this week's episode of the Dog Pound, Sydney discusses the Samsung Galaxy S III and its features. We've been waiting for this phone for months and now it's finally official. For the most part, it lived up to all of our expectations but it seems...

Leaked BlackBerry 10 documents show home screen, lock screen and more

Blackberry Os BlackBerry World may have already come and gone, but that doesn't mean that the flow of BlackBerry 10 news has stopped. A CrackBerry forums user by the name of biggulpseh has posted a number of images purportedly from an internal RIM presentation on...

ExclusiveMore manufacturers should use Scalado's camera technology

Android The future of BlackBerry in the mobile space has come into question a lot lately. Research In Motion (RIM) has certainly seen better days, and the adequacy of their newly appointed CEO, Thorsten Heins (who replaced former co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and...

ExclusiveBlackBerry World 2012 Recap: Day 2

Blackberry Os The show is winding down in Orlando and the general tone here is good. It seems that there were some who were cynical about BlackBerry 10 but everyone I've talked to here is optimistic about it.

RIM CEO talks BlackBerry 10 at Q&A session, confirms 4G PlayBook is coming

Blackberry Os Today is the second day of RIM's BlackBerry World event in Orlando, and this morning RIM CEO Thorsten Heins hosted a Q&A session during which he talked about BlackBerry 10 and a new version of the PlayBook. First up, Heins discussed RIM's work on...

Nokia sues HTC, RIM and Viewsonic in U.S. and Germany over alleged patent infringement

News Nokia today announced that it's filed lawsuits against HTC, RIM and Viewsonic in both the U.S. and Germany, alleging that products from the three companies infringe on several Nokia patents. There are 45 patents involved in the various suits that...

ExclusiveQNX-Enabled Porsche Carrera Demo

Blackberry Os During the opening keynote at BlackBerry World, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins emphasized that BlackBerry 10 is not just for smartphones or tablets. It's a mobility and computing OS, meant for bigger devices as well as handheld ones. Well, it doesn't get...

ExclusiveBlackBerry Curve 9220 Hands-On

Blackberry Os BlackBerry World 2012 continues! In this video, Sydney goes hands-on with the BlackBerry Curve 9220. It's a low-end phone with an 806 MHz processor, a 2.4-inch display (no touchscreen), BlackBerry OS 7.1, and a 2-megapixel fixed focus camera.

ExclusiveBlackBerry World 2012 Recap: Day 1

Blackberry Os BlackBerry World is underway and it started with a keynote from RIM CEO Thorsten Heins. This is really one of the main events and the big expectations were surrounding BlackBerry 10. We knew that we weren't going to see any new hardware, but the...

RIM confirms plans for BlackBerry 10 devices with physical keyboards

Blackberry Os The physical keyboard is one of the features that BlackBerry devices are known for. However, during today's BlackBerry World keynote, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins made no mention of hardware keyboards during his discussion of BlackBerry 10, opting instead...

GalleryHands-on with the BlackBerry 10 developer unit

Blackberry Os Well, we had heard reports that there would be no new devices announced at this year's BlackBerry World and those rumors have held true (so far). We were, however, given a quick look at BlackBerry 10 and some of its new features during the opening...

ExclusiveWhat do you think of BlackBerry 10?

Blackberry Os The wait is finally over. Kind of. There are still a few key elements missing, but as it stands right this moment, BlackBerry creator Research In Motion has officially shown off what we should all expect from BlackBerry 10 when it launches later...