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BlackBerry is back
With hindsight huge issues, such as the recent BlackBerry service outage, may not have been as critical as they seemed at the time. If asked we would not, or could not, imagine life without our various devices, especially our key communicator -- the mobile phone.Imagine going back to the time that we only placed a call, or on the odd occasion sent a text message on your phone. That time was not all that long ago, when we could all ...BBM is not dying, it’s BlackBerry’s secret weapon
Much has been made about BlackBerry being backed into a corner. Its device sales are "falling" (not so, it has 20-million more users today than a year ago), there are "no apps" for the platform (yet it's the second most profitable app store), and BBM or BlackBerry Messenger is fast-becoming "irrelevant".Apple’s iMessage baked into iOS will "kill" BBM. Or, so say the headlines. Except it won’t.Today, BBM has more than 50-million active users (it had 28-million just a year ...How iOS 5’s iMessenger will kill BBM
The recent three day Blackberry fail adds impetus to the notion that Research in Motion (RIM) is dying. Sales of the BlackBerry are in worldwide decline, with RIM having a really bad last quarter. Pundits are wondering when the management will give in -- either through acquisition or throwing in the towel altogether:This isn't the first time an outage has happened, with independent telecom and technology analyst, Jeff Kagan, stating that:
"I have been an analyst for 25 years and have ...Notes from RIM’s press conference on its apocalyptic outage
It's been a wild three days -- and counting -- for millions of BlackBerry users across several continents. Facing the BlackBerry Internet Service's biggest outage in history, and compounded by a hoax BBM message that asks users to forward it to their contacts in order to maintain BBM service, RIM held an emergency press conference on Wednesday to mitigate some of the growing animosity of its weary customer base.Following sporadic service status updates on its website since Monday, RIM addressed ...RIM’s CIO Robin Bienfait apologises to BlackBerry customers
Following an emergency press conference held on Wednesday, RIM's CIO Robin Beinfait posted an apology and status update on RIM's corporate site.During the press conference, RIM was critcised for not being more forthcoming in communicating with its customers, who have taken to Twitter and Facebook to voice their frustration.RIM has seemingly taken the criticism to heart and responded with its most in-depth update yet.Service update from RIM CIOTo All BlackBerry Customers:I want to first apologize for the service interruptions and ...BlackBerry woes worsen as outage hits US & RIM homeland Canada
While Research In Motion (RIM) continues to attempt to reconnect users cut from BlackBerry’s BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS), news is filtering in that users of the smartphone in North America have also been hit with service failures.The failure of BIS, which bar a relatively short period when it was back up, has persisted for the past three days.Without BIS, which many BlackBerry users cite as the most attractive feature of the smartphones, users are unable to connect to email, ...BlackBerry’s continuing ‘partial outages’ in Europe, Africa, & Middle East
BlackBerry users in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region have found themselves cut off from online-communications for three days running, following a failure of BlackBerry's Internet Service.The first outage of the service, which allows BlackBerry users to browse the internet, send and receive emails, instant message using BlackBerry Messenger, and access a wide range of apps at a monthly fee, was on Monday and lasted over 12-hours.Tuesday’s outage struck at approximately the same time Monday’s began. This ...Rumour: BlackBerry Messenger Music may be launched next week
Quoting what it calls "people familiar with the matter", the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported that Canada's Research in Motion (RIM) is developing what may come to be known as BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) Music.According to the WSJ, the new service would allow subscribers to "access" music on their BlackBerry smartphones.The Journal's sources claim to have discussed the new service with RIM executives and were quoted as saying -- as its name suggests -- that the service is "designed to ...RIM shareholder: Android and Apple are kids’ games
The press was expecting an angry, mutinous mob at RIM’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders 2011 held at the company's headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario last week. Instead the existing board of directors were re-elected without any protest from the shareholders, and they listened peacefully as Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie outlined their plan to release 7 BlackBerry OS 7 devices before the year’s end -- the largest global launch in the history of the company.Investors' concerns were smoothed over as Lazaridis ...Video Review: Blackberry Playbook
The Playbook is many things to many people: an iPad competitor; a desperate attempt at relevancy; a RIM fanboy’s wet dream; just another tablet. Blackberry’s first foray into the tablet market comes some time after their competitors had flooded it. Can the QNX operating system make the Playbook a viable competitor to the iPads and Samsung Galaxy Tabs of this world? Can its other features make up for the paucity of apps on RIM’s app world? Roger Hislop tests this ...
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