While RIM is working hard to execute a major transition to a new QNX-based platform for its mobile devices, rumours of potential BlackBerry 10 licensing deals with other manufacturers have sprung up. When asked about a deal with RIM, director of product management for EMEA at HTC, Graham Wheeler, stated: “I don’t have any knowledge but that is not to say we are not looking at it. But from ... »
Indian carrier Airtel has just lauched its own official app for Blackberry users. With the ability to check your bill statement, recharge amounts, make payments, and submit complaints all on their BlackBerry, subscribers should be able to manage their mobile and fixed telephone lines directly from their smartphones. With the rapid rise of smartphone usage in India, mobile apps are becoming more ... »
Analyst Peter Misek from Jefferies & Co. is at it again with his claims of Research In Motion. “We see significant potential for it, and it certainly is a vast improvement over BB7,” said Misek in a report. “However, we believe it is highly unlikely that it will be an improvement over iOS 6 and about equal to Android 4.1. Therefore we see little chance RIM can take share away from Apple with ... »
Research In Motion’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, has unveiled some interesting tid bits during his interview with The Telegraph. Along with discussing how RIM has investigated whether or not to license BlackBerry 10, Heins discussed how the company’seriously’ considered using Android. “We took the conscious decision not to go Android,” Heins said. “If you look at other suppliers’ abilit... »
Android device from RIM? Windows Phone maybe? There’s a lot of rumors running around the future of BlackBerry maker after the earnings call Q1 fiscal 2013 results and the delay of the BlackBerry 10 device were announced yesterday. If there’s one thing we know, a lot of people are putting interest in the company. Google’s Director of Android User Experience said he would very much... »
While Research In Motion already claimed they were the most profitable platform for developers, mobile analytics firm Vision Mobile has confirmed the stats. The average monthly revenue from a BlackBerry app is $3,853, compared to $3,693 for iOS and $2,735 for Android. Vision Mobile estimates that more than half of all BlackBerry developers make less than $500 a month on their individual apps, comp... »
Research firm IDC has issued a new projection for mobile marketshare by 2016. The primary reason the IDC believes Windows Phone will garner 19.2% of the overall marketshare is due to the penetration of Nokia’s Lumia 900. The IDC believes BlackBerry will remain relatively stagnant and drop from 6% to only 5.9% by 2016. “Underpinning the smartphone market is the constantly shifting OS la... »
You may have been following the current Google vs Oracle court saga. Nonetheless, some very interesting information has been coming from the court room, like how Oracle wanted to buy RIM. Google was forced to reveal renders of its original Google phone prototype from 2006. Evidently, the mock-up Google phone looks strikingly similar to a BlackBerry, which was the leading device of that year. It ma... »
Oracle, as leader in Java development tools, is currently suing Google for $1 Billion. Oracle alleges that Google improperly used some of its Java development tools in the Android operating system. During the trial in federal court, Oracle founder Larry Ellison revealed that they considered buying Research In Motion or Palm. “I had the idea we could enter the smartphone business and compete,... »
The past few years in the smartphone world have been anything but boring. With popularity and hype exploding for most mobile platforms, it has become the flagship industry for anything having to do with technology. From simple platforms, complex “ecosystems” have spawned, where devices are now highly dependent on proprietary services and other proprietary devices, making them more valuable toget... »
Trend Micro conducted a survey which compares the top mobile operating systems to meet the demands of use in the enterprise market. BlackBerry OS 7.0 scored higher than Apple iOS5, Windows Phone 7.5 and Google’s Android 2.3. Each of the platforms were scored on a combination of factors including built-in security, application security, authentication, device wipe, device firewall and virtual... »
A rumor had been circulating that Research In Motion would be removing the side-loading capabilities in an upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook update. RIM’s VP of Developer Relations, Alec Saunders, confirmed over Twitter that this is the company’s decision for PlayBook OS 2.1. Alec later went on to comment as to the reason for ending side-loading as, “piracy is a huge problem for Andro... »
Remember all that hoopla about certain government agencies switching to the iPhone and even Android? Well, the amount of those devices amounted to barely 5%. You can consider it a media smear campaign, essentially. Nonetheless, according to the Washington Post, the U.S. Government has no plans to ditch BlackBerry devices. Why’s that? Due to RIM’s continued focus on security. An iOS or ... »
Just now we told about RIM launching their Mobile Fusion service to manage BlackBerry, Android and iOS devices. To make it all easier on everyone, they have also launched the official Mobile Fusion iOS and Android clients. When you activate the app, administrators can send configurations such as VPN and WIFI, policies and provide access to apps for you to download and install. Both clients are ava... »
Research In Motion has announced the availability of BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, which enables IT departments to manage and support BlackBerry, iOS and Android devices. BlackBerry Mobile Fusion allows end users the freedom to choose their device and IT managers to sleep at night, knowing they can securely manage mobile devices from multiple platforms on their network. BlackBerry Mobile Fusion is a s... »
The other week we saw the popular Android Dolphin Browser make its way onto the BlackBerry PlayBook. It was quickly pulled for some unknown reason. Some speculated it was incorrectly added to App World. Nonetheless, we were notified that the Dolphin Browser has arrived, again, for BlackBerry PlayBook! Dolphin Browser v7.2 is now available for free on BlackBerry App World. This is the first Webzine... »
Way back in mid-2011, we were told that the BlackBerry PlayBook was to support Android apps. With the 2.0 release, this promise has finally been kept (despite taking quite a while to arrive). The problem was that nobody really knew what this meant. Many thought that the PlayBook was going to support Android apps as they appeared on Android. After all, prior to the official release of OS 2.0, you c... »
We’ve been getting a lot of readers asking where they can find the Android app player in the new PlayBook OS 2.0. They’re also interested in knowing where the Android apps and games can be found. The Android app player is a great little feature that is built right into the OS without it running as an app where you have to manually open it. Once you’ve download an Android ported a... »
Did you know that you have access to other PlayBook apps (mostly Android apps) other than the ones in App World? Well, in order to get them onto your PlayBook, you will have to “side-load” them using your computer. You’ll be able to play Super Nintendo, play some Android apps, and even run the Android Honeycomb UI on your PlayBook! If you want to unlock all the possibilities of your PlayBook, I... »
Want to have your Android app ready for the launch of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0? There is a deadline to ensure it will be listed at launch. RIM is requiring all developers to submit their Android ported apps by February 6th. Here are the details: In order to ensure that your packaged and signed Android app is available in the BlackBerry App World™ storefront for the release of BlackBerry PlayBook... »
