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It certainly isn't the sort of press that RIM wants: more than 900 of its brand-new BlackBerry PlayBook tablets have been recalled. The good thing is that the faulty batch of tablets was shipped to one vendor: Staples. If you didn't buy your PlayBook from Staples you have nothing to worry about. The bad thing is there's been no official announcement...
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On Tuesday at BlackBerry World 2011, RIM showed off the upcoming Android functionality for its PlayBook. The functionality will require a yet to be released "player," however. In addition, the apps will be curated by RIM, so not just any Android app will run on the PlayBook. The "Android Player" simulates a Gingerbread (Android 2.3) smartphone....
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RIM's BlackBerry World 2011 kicked off this week in Orlando, and with the opening of the doors came the introduction of two new handsets. The Bold line is expanding, with the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and 9930 smartphones being officially revealed. Both of these phones have been leaked in recent weeks, but now, RIM's...
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It's not unusual for Hulu to block access on mobile devices, and it's not even expected if the device doesn't support Flash. But when RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook launched earlier in the month, a pretty nice Easter Egg was found: Hulu support! But that didn't last too long. Around a day after launching, the PlayBook suddenly stopped loading Hulu,...
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Know what today is? It's yet another busy Tuesday in the tech world, and part of that is due to Research In Motion shipping their first tablet. The QNX-based BlackBerry PlayBook has been in the works for months upon months. We've known about its existence since the end of last year, and with reviews just hitting the Web this week, it's now...
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For a while now, there's been a rumor claiming RIM's upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will be able to run Android apps. Now, RIM has given us some confirmation this is true. In a recent press release, RIM confirmed Android apps will run on the PlayBook tablet, though not in the way you might expect. You see, the...
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U.S. Senators Harry Reid (D-NV), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), and Tom Udall (D-NM) are co-signers on a letter to Apple, Google, and RIM, in which they ask the companies to remove any apps from their respective marketplaces that allow users get around DUI checkpoints. We know that your companies...
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Is RIM gearing up with a fight with carriers regarding mobile payments? That's the latest on the street, and based on the facts, we too agree that a battle is in store. The reason? Money, as always. As NFC chips become more and more popular, mobile payments are set to boom in North America. Near Field Communication is a widely used technology...
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RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook remains a big X-factor in the tablet world. Will RIM be able to knock off the iPad and the slew of Android tablets with a new OS designed on QNX? It's a system that people aren't familiar with, and we have seen in the past, it's pretty difficult to get people attached to something that they are not familiar with....
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In this latest edition of "As the Tablet World Turns," Apple's iPad 2 announcement is immediately followed up by word of an imminent launch for Research In Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. Boy Genius Report claims to have heard from "multiple sources" that RIM's first tablet will launch on April 10, 2011 in retail...
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Despite the fact that they say you can't have it both ways, late last month, a report surfaced that RIM was looking to do just that. While it decided to eschew Android and use its own newly developed QNX platform for its BlackBerry Playbook, it was mulling ways to get Android apps to run on QNX. Now, more evidence has arisen that points still...
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The world is mighty big, but it's getting smaller every day with the boom of mobile communications. Cellphone use is skyrocketing, and there are now loads of facts, figures and research to prove that. IDC, a respected company in the research and analyst industry, has found that the worldwide mobile phone market grew 17.9% in the fourth quarter...
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What kind of topsy-turvy world would it be if Research In Motion (RIM) allowed BlackBerry devices to run Android applications? The awesome kind, that's what. More than just a pipe dream, Boy Genius Report insists such a future is possible, or so "multiple trusted sources" keep chirping in their ear. We already know RIM wants to get a Java...
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RIM’s first-generation BlackBerry Storm wasn’t exactly a huge hit, but RIM nailed the second generation version of this smartphone. Now, pictures and specifications of a third-generation BlackBerry Storm have surfaced. This upcoming smartphone appears to have the highest resolution screen we’ve seen on a BlackBerry to date—800x480...
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After reports surfaced that Research In Motion's upcoming PlayBook tablet might suffer from poor battery performance, RIM was quick to downplay the issue. According to RIM, any testing done on existing units were performed on pre-beta versions of the PlayBook, all of which didn't have any power management schemes...
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Earlier this year, RIM got some good attention when it announced its upcoming PlayBook tablet computer, but despite the high hopes the company has for the device, it's looking like the PlayBook won't be available for sale until the end of the first quarter. Originally, RIM planned to launch the PlayBook tablet in the U.S. in the first calendar...
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RIM's co-CEO Mike Lazaridis recently spoke about his company's plans to use the QNX operating system in the company's smartphones. QNX is built for multi-core CPUs and will be used on the company's upcoming PlayBook tablet. "By focusing on the tablet market, we see an opportunity to free where the smartphone can go. When we have multi-core...
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Rat, a tat-tat! RIM buys TAT! Not the most glamorous of headlines, but it's true. TAT, otherwise known as The Astonishing Tribe, a UI and design company that has become quite popular recently. They were known for their work on the first Android interface that appeared on T-Mobile's G1, and now they've moved on to other projects that are making...
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Good news if you're an AT&T subscriber planning on picking up a BlackBerry Torch for the holidays. The wireless carrier has gone and cut the price of Research In Motion's Torch device by 50 percent, presumably to make room for three new phones built around Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Platform, according to reports. "It's a promotion for...
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The freight train known as Android continues to barrel down the smartphone tracks at full speed and was installed in 44 percent of all mobile phones purchased in Q3, according to the latest figures from NPD Group. That's an increase of 11 percentage points since Q2 and nearly twice as high as Apple's iOS, which increased its own share one...
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Another week, another new BlackBerry. RIM seems to be pushing out new BlackBerry handsets at a record pace these days, but with fortunes like they have, why not? For fans of the Bold series, there's a new member in town. The RIM BlackBerry Bold 9780 is the latest to surface, with T-Mobile USA claiming it first in America. This unit has a very...
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A new report from ABI Research shows what many of us have suspected for some time: the smartphone market is HOT, HOT, HOT. According to ABI's Smartphone Market Data report, smartphones made up 19% of all handsets shipped in the second quarter. Compared to the same quarter a year earlier, this represents an increase of 50%. Because many carriers...
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