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Research In Motion Had A Very Good Q1

Robb Dunewood — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:13:12 +0000

Research in Motion held its Q1 09 quarterly earnings results call today and it is pretty safe to say that if you are in the business of selling BlackBerry devices, business is good.

Revenue was up 19% coming in at $2.24 billion over the previous quarter’s $1.88 billion. RIM sold 5.4 million BlackBerrys adding 2.3 million net new BlackBerry subscribers bringing the total number of BlackBerry users above the 16 million mark

You can read the full press release here..

RIM Doubles Q4 Results… Almost Doubles Year

Robb Dunewood — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:29:48 +0000

It seems like every time Research in Motion Reports it’s quarterly earnings that they have done significantly better than the same quarter the previous year. Well, the trend continues for RIM’s Q4 fiscal results.

To make a long story short RIM more than doubled it’s Q4 revenue coming in at $1.88 billion, up 102% from $930.4 million the same quarter last year. They almost doubled their year with fiscal year revenue of $6.01 billion. That is 98% over last years $3.04 billion.

To say that RIM is making money hand over fist selling BlackBerrys would be an undrestatement.

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RIM Ups Estimates On BlackBerry Sales For Q4

Robb Dunewood — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:47:06 +0000

Research in Motion has announced today that they are going to sell a heck of a lot more BlackBerrys this quarter then the previously thought. Initial estimates projected 1.82 million net new BlackBerry subscribers, however, RIM now expects that number to be 15-20% higher.

15-20% amounts to 273,000 to 364,000 more BlackBerry subscribers then RIM expected. That’s not to bad when they were expecting to have a bit of a down quarter.

WinScribe Dictation Software Now Available For BlackBerry

Robb Dunewood — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 14:30:40 +0000

WinScribe, a leading provider of digital dictation software, today announced, along with Research in Motion, a new component in the WinScribe Mobility Suite which supports BlackBerry devices.

WinScribe offers a sleek dictation application for BlackBerry smartphones. The application streamlines and simplifies the dictation process and speeds up work turnaround with its fully featured finger touch control, secure voice and data transmission, speech recognition integration and online/offline functionality.

WinScribe will be demonstrating their new BlackBerry compatible software at the ALM Legal Tech New York show which runs today through Feb. 7th at their booth as well as the BlackBerry booth.

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Verizon Now Offering The BlackBerry 8830 In Red

Robb Dunewood — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:10:20 +0000

We all know that Verizon was coming out with a pink BlackBerry Pearl, however, they kept plans for a red BlackBerry 8830 under pretty good wraps.

The Red BlackBerry 8830 is the same device as the silver version, both, of whice are available on Verizon’s site.

I know that a lot of you like me are thinking that a Red BlackBerry 8830 is OK but a a Verizon BlackBerry Curve in any color would be great.

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BlackBerry Professional Software Now Available To Verizon Customers

Robb Dunewood — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:49:34 +0000

It would appear Orange subscribers in Spain aren’t the only ones to get BlackBerry Professional Software. Verizon subscribing small business owners can take advantage of the “lite” version of BlackBerry Enterprise sever that can be installed in-house right on top of Exchange or Lotus Notes servers.

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Orange and RIM launch BlackBerry Professional Software in Spain

Robb Dunewood — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:37:20 +0000

Remember when we talked about BlackBerry Professional Software back in November? Well, Research in Motion and Orange have launched BPS in Spain.

BlackBerry Professional Server is a “lite” version of BlackBerry Enterprise Server geared towards small organizations with as few as one BlackBerry user and can grow up to 30 users.

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BlackBerry 8110 Hits Vodafone UK

Robb Dunewood — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:09:30 +0000

Vodafone UK and Research in Motion yesterday announced the availability of the GPS enabled BlackBerry 8110 with GPS in the UK.

It seems like these things are popping up everywhere… except here of course.

Check out the press release here or buy it on the Vodafone sight here…

Qtel and Research in Motion Bring The BlackBerry To Qatar

Robb Dunewood — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:56:46 +0000

Qtel and Research in Motion today announced that, in association with Dubai based Emitac Mobile Solution, the launch of the BlackBerry wireless solution in Qatar.

Both BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Service will be supported and Qtel customers will be able to choose from the BlackBerry Pearl 8100, the BlackBerry 8800, and the BlackBerry Curve 8300.

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