Posts by tag: RIM

Posted by Gary Johnson on 26 October

Record BlackBerry’s traded following iPhone 4S launch

We reported previously that more business users were set to ditch their BlackBerry handsets in favor of the iPhone. Now there are reports of record BlackBerry’s traded following the iPhone...

0 26 October, 2011 Cell Phones, Handsets more

Posted by Gary Johnson on 26 October

Disappointment as no BBM coming in PlayBook OS 2.0 update

This year has been tough for BlackBerry maker RIM, as it has seen various investors calling for a breakup of the company. It also suffered three days of a service...

0 26 October, 2011 Computers, Portable Computers and Tablets more

Posted by Gary Johnson on 19 October

Spotify for BlackBerry arrives, sort of

Owners of the BlackBerry have been having a tough time of it recently with the service being down for around three days. Users are to be rewarded though with the...

1 19 October, 2011 Apps, Blackberry Apps more

Posted by Gary Johnson on 17 October

BlackBerry users to get free apps following outage

Last week users of RIM’s BlackBerry service experienced three days where they couldn’t receive emails and messages. It was put down to some technical problems at a center located in...

0 17 October, 2011 Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones more

Posted by Chris Cook on 14 October

iPhone 4S consumers claim BlackBerrys are their second choice

The day that Apple fan boys have been eagerly awaiting is finally here as the iPhone 4S went on general sale today. Queues of customers will have been forming outside...

1 14 October, 2011 Cell Phones more

Posted by Gary Johnson on 13 October

BlackBerry outage October 2011 hackers not to blame

Millions of BlackBerry users across the world have experienced three days of disruption with their mobile service. The problem first surfaced in areas such as Europe and Africa, which quickly...

0 13 October, 2011 Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones more

Posted by Gary Johnson on 12 October

More calls for RIM breakup

We reported yesterday about the ongoing problems surrounding the BlackBerry Messenger service, which couldn’t have come at a worse time for the company. Last month an investor of the company...

1 12 October, 2011 Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones more

Posted by Gary Johnson on 11 October

BBM goes down again as users take to Twitter

RIM may be seeing some tough times recently but one feature that pulls many users to its devices is its BlackBerry Messenger service. Many teenagers get a BlackBerry for this...

1 11 October, 2011 Cell Phones, Phone Software more

Posted by Gary Johnson on 06 October

Vodafone circling around RIM?

There has been a lot of news over the last few months about the ailing fortunes of RIM and its BlackBerry range. Last month one of the company’s investors called...

0 06 October, 2011 Cell Phone Information, Cell Phones more

Posted by Gary Johnson on 03 October

BBM for Android gets closer after screenshots leak

Way back in March of this year we told you about the plans by RIM to launch its popular BlackBerry Messenger service onto other platforms. Now we can tell you...

0 03 October, 2011 Android Apps, Apps, iPad, iPhone, iPod Apps more

Posted by Peter Chubb on 27 September

Amazon tablet vs. RIM PlayBook

You may wonder why we would want to compare the Amazon tablet against the RIM PlayBook considering one comes with Android and the other runs on BlackBerry Tablet OS? Well...

0 27 September, 2011 Computers, Portable Computers and Tablets more

Posted by Gary Johnson on 27 September

More retailers cut BlackBerry PlayBook price, not a fire sale though

A few days ago we told you about some retailers in Canada that had begun offering promotions on the BlackBerry PlayBook. So far the tablet PC has not hit the...

0 27 September, 2011 Computers, Portable Computers and Tablets more