BlackBerry 10 has officially launched in every region around the world. The last major launch event was held in New York City for BlackBerry 10′s US release. We had the opportunity to catch up with BlackBerry’s CEO and President, Thorsten Heins. In our sit down with Heins you’ll gain some insight into BlackBerry 10′s launch and the effort it took to bring it to market. Addi... »
Alicia Keys’ role as the BlackBerry Global Creative Director has been interesting to say the least. Some haven’t been too keen to call her a true BlackBerry user just yet. MarketingWeek had the opportunity to go Q&A with BlackBerry CMO, Frank Boulben, on Alicia Key’s role. Check it out below: You recently appointed Alicia Keys as global creative director for BlackBerry. How i... »
During BlackBerry Jam Europe we had the opportunity to chat with Gary Klassen, the famed creator of BlackBerry Messenger, and discuss the newly released BlackBerry 10. We picked Gary’s brain on what the future might hold for BBM and even BlackBerry 10. Gary isn’t directly working on the BBM team, but he’s still the Principal Architect at BlackBerry. In other words, Gary is still ... »
Along with the hands-on demo of the Blackberry 10 OS at the Chateau Laurier, RIM also walked through the BlackBerry 10 OS. This includes new features in the new build, along with the general guiding principles of BlackBerry 10. Questions on the native file manager, Bing integration and Scoreloop also come up during the session, covering a variety of topics that concern BlackBerry 10. In hosting ... »
Yesterday, across the street from Canada’s Government Technology Exhibition and Conference (GTEC), RIM hosted a press information session at the prestigious Chateau Laurier Hotel in downtown Ottawa. Packed in a small room, Managing Direction Andrew MacLeod introduced a select few from the media to get a hands-on demo of the latest BlackBerry 10 software. While not exactly a technical interv... »
While at Canada’s Government Technology Conference (GTEC) in Ottawa, N4BB and Kyle from BlackBerryCool had a chance to sit down with RIM’s VP of Government Solutions, Paul Lucier to talk about RIM’s strategy with BlackBerry in the government. The enterprise and government side of RIM is something that is often overlooked in the mainstream media, where the fast-paced consumer product m... »
While the time-shift camera and swipe-tastic keyboard on the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha devices are exciting developments prior to the launch of BlackBerry 10, the enterprise side has been seldom discussed. While talking about work phones, secure company information, and IT management may not be as exciting, they can have a big impact in the smartphone market. Sitting down in a room at the Delta hot... »
During BlackBerry Jam Americas we had the opportunity to sit down with Research In Motion’s Gregg Ostrowski, the Senior Director of Enterprise Developer Partnerships. It was great to speak with Gregg and learn how his team is working with enterprise customers to get their apps developed and ready for BlackBerry 10. Check out our exclusive interview below: N4BB – “Gregg can you tell us ... »
At BlackBerry Jam Americas we got the chance to meet up with Gadi Mazor from Nobex. Gadi liked our preview we did of the Nobex Radio app for BlackBerry 10. What Gadi really wanted us to see was how social they’ve made music by integrating BBM into the Nobex Radio app. By using BBM users can act as a DJ while chatting with their friends. Check out the video of Nobex Radio and download it for ... »
BlackBerry Jam Americas was packed full with interviews of RIM execs and evangelists. We had the opportunity to sit down with the HTML5 guru himself, Adam Stanley. Adam tells us why HTML5 is important and how RIM will be adding this integral coding technology into BlackBerry 10. Adam even shows us how HTML5 can be used to build games. Check out the interview and let us know what you think of HTML5... »
While at BlackBerry Jam Americas, Ross and I had the opportunity to interview Tim Neil. Some of you may know Tim as the ‘Bat Berry’ guy. Tim was able to create the Bat Berry vehicle using the Adruino that RIM gave out at Jam Americas. Check out our excellent interview with Tim to see how he’s bee working with Alec Saunders to promote BlackBerry 10 to new developers. On a BlackBer... »
While at BlackBerry Jam Americas we had the opportunity to sit down with Torch Mobile browser founder, Matthew Staikos. BlackBerry users would not have the amazing native browser they do today if it weren’t for Torch Mobile. Check out our interview below to see how they’ve been diligently working to improve the browser experience in BlackBerry 10. On a BlackBerry? Click here for mobil... »
While at BlackBerry Jam Americas we had the honor of meeting with Sebastian Marineau, Research In Motion’s Vice President of BlackBerry OS. Sebastian was originally with QNX, but since their acquisition by RIM, he now oversees all of the development for the entire BlackBerry OS platform. We talk about what it took to get to BlackBerry 10, the history of QNX, the future of BlackBerry as a pla... »
[powerpress] Subscribe to N4BB Audio Show podcast RSS Feed directly or in iTunes Just yesterday Research In Motion announced the release of Service Pack 4 for BlackBerry Enterprise Server Version 5 as well as Service pack 1 for Mobile Fusion. These two service updates are paving the way for the future of BlackBerry 10′s integration on BES 10 and additional expansion of services for Mobile De... »
[powerpress] Subscribe to N4BB Audio Show podcast RSS Feed directly or in iTunes Yesterday, we had a very special guest on the N4BB Audio Show. Geoffrey MacGillivray, the Senior Product Manager of NFC for Research In Motion, was on the show to tell us about the future of Near Field Communications (NFC) on BlackBerry products. BlackBerry has already accomplished some superb goals with NFC. BlackBer... »
Some of you may not realize that Research In Motion has a rather large security response and research team. RIM historically has been almost silent on the way that it handles product security and vulnerabilities. But that’s beginning to change, in large part perhaps because the security response team at RIM is full of veterans of Microsoft’s Security Response Center, who learned the va... »
Research In Motion is obviously undergoing a major transition like never before. Many Enterprise customers have been wondering if they should stick with BlackBerry or move on to a different platform. RIM interviewed their own CIO, Robin Bienfait, about some of the questions Enterprise customers had. Robin oversees the Enterprise Business Unit, BlackBerry Operations, Customer Service, and Corporate... »
We recently had the opportunity to talk with Research In Motion’s new Chief Marketing Officer, Frank Boulben. We did something a little different by opening up the questions to our users. We picked 5 user generated questions, of which Frank happily answered. Check out Frank’s responses and his outlook into the future of BlackBerry. Yeohda asks: So far, we’ve heard phrases like “BlackBe... »
[powerpress] Subscribe to N4BB Audio Show podcast RSS Feed directly or in iTunes For this edition of the N4BB Audio Show we were honored to interview Research In Motion’s U.S. Managing Director, Richard Piasentin. In what could quite possibly be one of our best interviews, Richard discusses the crucial implementation of BlackBerry 10. He even tells us why RIM chose to first release an all-to... »
Research In Motion has been opening up to the media lately. The company recently had a media blitz throughout the media in Canada. RIM’s CEO, Thorsten Heins, agreed to take questions from BlackBerry users submitted to the Globe & Mail. Of the 200 questions submitted, Heins chose 10 to answer. Here’s the Q&A: [quote]1.) I am a dedicated BlackBerry user (and PlayBook too), but I’... »
