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RIM hit with lawsuit over use of BBM trademark

Blackberry Os Looks like that lawsuit that RIM was hit with earlier this year that forced it to rename its new operating system from BBX to BlackBerry 10 won't be the only name-related litigation that the company faces this year. Canadian broadcasting company BBM...

Rumor claims BlackBerry 10 devices delayed due to missing functionality, RIM responds

Blackberry Os Earlier this month, RIM revealed during an earnings call that its first BlackBerry 10 phones won't be arriving until later in 2012, placing the blame for the delay on the fact that the new dual-core chipsets that are planned for use in the devices...

ExclusiveHey, RIM, I would use a DroidBerry

Android When talk of an acquisition becomes a reality, it's pretty evident that things have once been much better for the Waterloo-based company, Research In Motion. The BlackBerry makers started feeling a bit of turbulence back when the original iPhone...

ExclusiveResearch In Motion should license out BlackBerry, but not just the software

Business And Money In a report that came out today, the world learned that Amazon gave some serious thought into buying Research In Motion. At the same time, we all learned that the people behind the scenes at Research In Motion decided against a sale of any kind, and...

Amazon reportedly considered buying RIM over the summer [UPDATED]

Blackberry Os Between things like having to rename BBX to BlackBerry 10, poor BlackBerry PlayBook sales and the news that BB10 handsets won't be coming until late in 2012, it seems safe to say that RIM's had a less than awesome 2011. Many folks have their own...

BlackBerry 7.1 update for Sprint Bold 9930, Torch 9850 now available

Blackberry Os Several owners of the BlackBerry Bold 9930 and Torch 9850 on Sprint have been getting an over the air bump to BlackBerry 7.1 over the past few days, an update that brings with it mobile hotspot functionality. If you've got one of those two devices...

ExclusiveThe perpetual death of Research In Motion

Blackberry Os To say that Research In Motion has had a rough year would be a huge understatement. They've lost almost all confidence and support from the majority of their shareholders and investors. Their tablet and BlackBerry 7 phones came and went without much...

BlackBerry 10 phones not due until late 2012, RIM says

Blackberry Os Bad news today for folks that have been drooling over BBX BlackBerry 10 devices like the Milan and London recently, as RIM has confirmed on its Q3 earnings call that it won't be launching the first BlackBerry 10-powered handset until "the latter...

RIM posts Q3 earnings, reports $5.2b in revenue and 14.1m BlackBerrys shipped

Blackberry Os Time to sit down and get ready to pore over some financial figures, as today RIM announced its third quarter fiscal 2012 results. At the end of the three-month period that wrapped up on November 26th, the BlackBerry manufacturer finished with...

PollWhich mobile platform has the best stock browser?

Android The constant fighting and bickering that goes on between mobile platforms – both by their creators, partner manufacturers and even die-hard fanboys – is easily one of the most over-exacerbated fights in history. Not a single aspect of the phones,...

ExclusiveIs BlackBerry 10 and the Milan enough?

Blackberry Os You have probably heard by now that BBX is no more. It boils down to a lawsuit (as most things do), and now Research In Motion has to figure out a name.

BlackBerry Milan render leaks out, combines BlackBerry 10 with slider form factor

Blackberry Os Torch what? Not long after we got wind of a list of BBX BlackBerry 10 device codenames, one of the handsets contained in said list has been spotted in render form. According to the folks at CrackBerry, the product you're looking at above is the...

RIM temporarily barred from using BBX trademark, opts to rename new OS "BlackBerry 10"

Blackberry Os Remember BBX, the name for RIM's all-new mobile operating system that was announced back at BlackBerry DevCon? Hopefully you didn't grow too attached to the BBX moniker, as RIM's official @BlackBerryDev Twitter account announced tonight that the new...

ExclusiveWill mobile application development eventually hit a ceiling?

Android Arguably the most important feature of a smartphone is the slew of available applications. They're what make us waste or save time (depending on what type of apps you're using) and what make smarpthones ... smarter. Back in my BlackBerry Curve days,...

Carrier IQ touches on insecure log files, puts the blame on manufacturers

Android Carrier IQ has come under quite a bit of criticism as of late thanks to a video posted by developer Trevor Eckhart that shows the software logging everything that the user does, including key presses and sending and receiving text messages, and...