BlackBerry

No New BlackBerry 7 Announcements

RIM put out a Tweet the other day that insinuated that the new BlackBerry 7 devices were going to be announced yesterday, July 26th.    The exact verbage…

You got it! New #BlackBerry devices are coming w/ our new OS, BlackBerry 7! Check back tmrw 4 deets on #BB7FanNight. ^CH

Most people, myself included, took this to mean that RIM was going to release details on new BlackBerry 7 devices that are coming.  What RIM actually meant was that they were releasing details on #BB7FanNight…  That is a load of BS and RIM knows it…

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President Barack Obama Drops His BlackBerry On The Tarmac In Memphis

by Robb Dunewood on May 17, 2011 · 4 comments

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President Barack Obama dropped his BlackBerry on the tarmac after deplaning from Air Force One on a trip to Memphis Tennessee to visit families affected by the Mississippi River flood and to deliver the commencement address at Booker T. Washington High School. [Via Daily Mail] Read more...

US BlackBerry Market Share Continues To Plummet

by Robb Dunewood on May 9, 2011 · 4 comments

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comScore released its March 2011 report on mobile subscriber market share last Friday, and, when it comes to the the smartphone category, Research in Motion’s BlackBerry continues to lose subscribers at an alarming rate dropping 4.5%, now sitting at 27.1%, in the 3 month avg. ending Mar. 2011 vs. 3 month avg. ending Dec. 2010. Read more...

Is RIM Anouncing Just One New BlackBerry At BlackBerry World?

by Robb Dunewood on April 25, 2011 · 1 comment

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BlackBerry World, Research in Motions biggest show of the year, is just one week away, running May 3rd through the 5th down in Orlando.  One of the stranger rumors about about the devices the will be announced, or, will not be announced, as the case may be, is that only the BlackBerry Bold Touch will Read more...

Research In Motion Giving 20 BlackBerry PlayBooks Away In #PlayBookHaiku Twitter Contest

by Robb Dunewood on April 13, 2011 · 0 comments

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We are a little late on this, however, Research in Motion is running a BlackBerry #PlayBookHaiku Twitter Contest where they are going to give away 20 16GB BlackBerry Playbooks. Read more...

Why Is It That People Don’t Appreciate RIM?

by Robb Dunewood on April 12, 2011 · 28 comments

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Research in Motion went on a little rant asking why is it that people don’t appreciate the BlackBerry… We go on a bit of a rant ourselves explaining it to him… Read more...

Cross Platform Mobile IM Client LiveProfile For BlackBerry Now Available

by Robb Dunewood on March 28, 2011 · 58 comments

Live Profile for BlackBerry

Live Profile for BlackBerry, a cross platform mobile IM client that gives a BBM-like experience, was released over the weekend and is receiving ridiculous numbers of downloads. Check it out after the jump… Read more...

BlackBerry Will Be Among Leading Smartphones To Benefit From Nokia’s Shift To Windows Phone

by Robb Dunewood on February 25, 2011 · 3 comments

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NBF analyst, Kris Thompson, says that Research in Motion’s BlackBerry will be one of the biggest benefactors from Nokia’s transition from Symbian over to Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7. Read more...

Research In Motion Does Still Make BlackBerry Phones… Don’t They?

by Robb Dunewood on February 15, 2011 · 5 comments

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I was just having a conversation with a colleague about all the news that has coming out of Mobile World Congress, currently underway in Barcelona, Spain. When the topic came around to the BlackBerry, my friend said that all the news seems to be about the BlackBerry PlayBook… Then, tongue firmly implanted in check, my friend said,
“Research in Motion does still make phones… Don’t they?” Read more...