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 ... »
The Apple versus Samsung patent suit is getting pretty heated. Why would a BlackBerry enthusiast site be following ‘unrelated’ news? Some interesting facts may come of both competitors of Research In Motion. In fact, that’s exactly what is happening. The court has blocked Apple’s motion to dismiss ‘top-secret market research’ that Apple allegedly conducted in or... »
For those who made the switch to iPhone from BlackBerry or an iPhone user just looking to pump out emails faster, SoloMatrix has an apparent remedy. The Spike iPhone case functions as a simple case when you need your touchscreen, and when you need to type out messages a real keyboard swings out from the case’s back. Essentially, the Spike case tries to give a familiar feel of the BlackBerry ... »
Australia’s largest airline plans to remove all 1,300 BlackBerry devices from its employees and replace them with Apple iPhones. The company says dropping BlackBerry could save the airline millions of dollars a year. “We haven’t started (the transition) yet but it’s not just the crew. We’re actually moving away from BlackBerry across the board,” Qantas chief inf... »
QNX, the team behind the amazing operating system, has been making leaps and bounds in the infotainment industry. So far, we’ve gotten a glimpse at their CAR 2 infotainment system in a Porsche 911 and shown how it can be utilized in other industries, such as police cruisers. Word on the street says another mobile leader looks to be eying the auto industry too. Apple is allegedly in discussio... »
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... »
Apple Board member and J. Crew CEO, Mickey Drexler, has been filmed in a new CNBC documentary. What has caught some users to their surprise is Drexler’s use of a BlackBerry Bold 9900 instead of an Apple iPhone. You can see the Bold 9900 at around 21 seconds in the video. Drexler has been a member of Apple’s board since 1999, though appears to prefer his Blackberry device. Goes to show not ev... »
We’re hearing from multiple sources that Research In Motion plans to announce its first strategic BlackBerry partnership tomorrow. RIM employees have been notified they will be briefed internally tomorrow, but likely after a public announcement. If the rumors hold weight, who could RIM be partnering with? So far we’ve been hearing three top contenders: Apple, Google, and Facebook. Alth... »
Research In Motion is undergoing tribulations. In an effort to retain enterprise customers, they’ve released their Mobile Fusion service. The Mobile Fusion service lets iOS and Android devices to be managed on the BlackBerry Enterprise Service. The company now appears to be in the market for iOS developers of, “an experienced iOS/Objective-C developer capable of architecting, designing... »
A new report is alleging that Research In Motion ($RIMM) is now worth less than Apple’ App Store, alone. RIM is worth roughly about $6.8 Billion, after its huge loss this year to date. Currently, Apple is worth $354 billion. The Apple App Store comprises of 2% of their overall revenue. This means the App Store contributes $7.08 Billion to Apple’s market cap. These are trying times for ... »
In a study that lasted 12 months, and tracked 600,000 tech support calls, WDS has determined failure rates across the mobile space. The study discovered more Android phones suffered from hardware failures than iOS, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone 7. Android phones also cost carriers $2 billion dollars a year in replacement costs. “Openness has enabled the ecosystem to grow to a phenomenal size, at a... »
Here is a bit of uplifting news, should RIM’s current market cap status have you a little down. In the UK, BlackBerry has taken over the crown for top phone, as iPhone sales slumped in Q3. Nokia also faced a decline in the UK. Collectively, shipments declined 7 per cent to 5.3m units with a mixed performance from the major vendors, according to statistics from abacus fondlers Canalys. “... »
PocketMac, the original creators of the first BlackBerry-to-Mac sync product, is at it again and trying to make you switch to the iPhone. They’ve released a new app called BerryMover, which looks to seamlessly transfer your BlackBerry data to an iPhone. Here’s how the developer describes the app: [quote]Reclaim all the data stuck on your old BlackBerry and move it quickly and easily ov... »
Reports are coming out that the newly announced Apple iPhone 4S will have only 512MB RAM. The iPhone 4 also sports only a whopping 512MB RAM. During the new iPhone 4S unveiling, Apple also showcased a new game titled Blade Infinity 2. Eurogamer interviewed Chair Entertainment’s creative director Donald Mustard, who helped develop the Infinity Blade 2 demo shown at the press event. Mustard had this... »
[poll id=15] A study conducted by InMobi, who boasts they are the world’s largest independent mobile ad network, has announced the combined results of its monthly InMobi Mobile Insights network ad data research and a custom iPhone-focused study. InMobi concluded from their survey that 41% of current mobile users in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada plan to buy an iPhone 5. Of the overall 41% who ... »
According to a study conducted by Evans Data Corporation, developers selling apps through BlackBerry App World made significantly more money than developers using either Google’s or Apple’s stores. This is pretty surprising given how many more apps both Google’s Android Marketplace and Apple’s App Store have over BlackBerry App World. “The industry has a perception th... »
Have you been wondering how the upcoming BlackBerry Bold 9900 would do stacked up against the iPhone4? The browser is said to have a few upgrades from the webkit found is OS 6. Although, their pretty much identical, it’s the new processor and rendering capabilities that helps speed things up for the Bold 9900. It’s hard to say who wins, but best out of two looks like it could be a tie.... »
A new report is coming from Taiwanese site DigiTimes which suggests that Apple was the underlying reason for the near 1 month delay of the BlackBerry PlayBook behind the Apple iPad2. According to the report, “Sources from touch screen panel makers also pointed out that PlayBook shipments were postponed for about a month from the original schedule due to a delay in software testing as well as... »
[poll id=8] The interwebs were going crazy over the rumors of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) possibly making its way onto Android and iOS. Our only logic behind the move (if it’s true) is RIM wants to put an end to the 3rd party apps that have fiercely attempted at emulating BBM. They likely want to better connect users with BlackBerrys to their friends with Android or Apple products. Likely, wi... »
