Tag Archives : Research In Motion

One of the biggest names in mobile communications, Research in Motion (RIM) that is also the creator of BlackBerry handsets has now announced an all new service that is slated for a launch on BlackBerry devices. The all new BBM Music, is RIM’s cloud based music service that will enable the BlackBerry users to  discover and share music through a [...]

  Since the iPad came and showed the world that tablets are indeed cool, some others have ventured in this area trying to get a piece of cake today, Apple practically eats alone. The first wave of competitors iPad, however, is not very promising. Of muscular, but “raw” tablets with Honeycomb 3.0 Android, the more premature playbook, [...]

The world of tablets is growing at a pace that has proven to be unfathomable for many and astronomical by industry standards as more and more companies join the highly lucrative tablet fiesta. Apart from the technology behind these amazing mobile computing devices, the form factor has played a rather crucial role in the popularity of tablets. Just [...]

As far as smartphones are concerned, though Google Android is considered to be an infant in the mobile operating system world, yet this highly remarkable mobile OS has captured the imagination of scores of smartphone users, so much so that the Google Android has now for the first quarter of 2011 has now been given the title of the ‘top smartphone [...]

  RIM (Research in Motion) announced on Thursday that its users can choose between to run Android and Java applications in the Playbook tablet on their devices. With this, the company seeks to correct one of the biggest criticisms of the tablet: the lack of apps. The playbook will be released next April 19 with two players Applications options [...]

In the tablety tablet world of 2011, the saying, “the more the better” seems to be the most suitable quote for one of the most competitive and lucrative technology verticals of all, the tablet market. With the unveiling of the all new Apple iPad 2, that would be launched in just a few days is by far going to take the tablet market to new heights. [...]

A study released by IDC points to the increasing sales of tablets in 2011. According to the study, the predictions are that this year are sold 44.6 million units worldwide, representing a growth of over 160% compared to 2010, when they were sold about 17 million tablets worldwide. Also according to the survey, iPad, Apple, can be considered a major [...]

One of the principal innovation and development firms, Texas Instruments, has now finally taken the cloak off the much anticipated OMAP 4430 processor, as the company displayed the all new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet device that is powered by this processor. The unveiling of the OMAP 4430 was done at the Consumer Electronics Show 2011 (CES 2011) in [...]

RIM, a company known for making the BlackBerry, announced today financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2011, which ended in November 2010. The numbers surprised the market. The number of units sold increased 40% compared to the same period last year, ie 14.2 million handsets. Revenue grew in the same proportion, hitting $ 5.5 billion. RIM [...]

Research In Motion (RIM), maker of BlackBerry smartphones, said it will start selling tablets in North America, from the first half, for less than $ 500. According to the Co-CEO Jim Balsillie, the product will have a very competitive price and will expand globally in the second half of 2011. RIM, HP, Samsung and Motorola are continuously seeking to [...]