05/04/2012 - Blackberry Maker Says It Plans to Release New Model First Before Disclosing Financial Figures

RIM, the maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone today said it was postponing its earlier scheduled disclosure of the latest company financial figures, preferring to go ahead first with the release of its awaited new BlackBerry 10 models.

11/01/2012 - RIM Cuts Off Prices, Likely to Name Barbara Stymiest as Chairman

We have been talking lately about the problems faced by the Canadian company Research in Motion and here’s that the first days of 2012 are also bringing the first strategy changes: changes in management board as well as in marketing section.

23/12/2011 - RIM Takeover: Microsoft, Nokia and Amazon Are Interested

Bosses of http://smartphone.biz-news.com/news/tags/en_US/Microsoft and http://smartphone.biz-news.com/news/tags/en_US/Nokia have carried out several discussions in the recent months with the Canadians from http://smartphone.biz-news.com/news/tags/en_US/RIM (Research in Motion), the manufacturer of BlackBerry phones, in an attempt to build extensive partnerships regarding the future of RIM, company whose shares have reached the minimum value of the last eight years.

15/11/2011 - RIM Launches Blackberry Bold 9790 and Blackberry Curve 9380

Canadian smartphone manufacturer Research In Motion has announced today in Jakarta two new models from the series running the new operating system Blackberry 7. The new smartphones, BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380, will be offering a unique design and an impressive suite of features.

19/08/2011 - Google to Launch Nexus Prime in October

  Nexus Prime, the fourth smartphone from Google after HTC Dream, Nexus One and Nexus S, will be launched on market next month, with the Android 4.0 operating system (codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich).

10/08/2011 - Blackberry Wants to Help the British Police

BlackBerry maker RIM offered to help the police in Great Britain to identify the protesters in the main cities of the Kingdom, after several days of violence that produced, on Tuesday, the first victim.

03/08/2011 - RIM Unveils New Blackberrys: Torch 9810, Torch 9860 and Bold 9900

Canadian manufacturer Research in Motion has introduced on Wednesday three new Blackberry models: Torch 9810, Torch 9860 and Bold 9900. The new phones, along with an upgrade of Bold unveiled just few days ago, are part of what the Canadian company calls "the biggest global launch of the company”.

26/07/2011 - RIM Fires 2000 Employees and Announces Two New Smartphones

Research in Motion, the company producing Blackberry devices, has announced yesterday that is to fire 2000 employees. The measure taken by RIM represents another proof of the delicate situation of the Canadian company. RIM has also announced yesterday on Twitter that today will post new about the two Blackberry smartphones running on the OS 7.

20/05/2011 - Nokia, At the Lowest Rate in 14 Years, on a Growing Market

Nokia mobile phone market share dropped from 30.6% to 25.1%, reaching its lowest level since 1997, selling in the first quarter of 2011 107.6 million units, according to a study made by the research firm Gartner.

16/05/2011 - RIM Recalls 1,000 Playbooks for Repairs

Research In Motion (RIM), the manufacturer of the popular Blackberry phones, has recalled from the market 1,000 copies of the new-released tablet, PlaybBook, because of problems with the operating system that could pose difficulties in the initial installation of the gadget, writes Reuters, citing overseas media.

08/04/2011 - Android To Become the Most Popular OS by the End of 2011

Worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units in 2011, a 57.7 percent increase from 2010, according to Gartner. By the end of 2011, Android will move to become the most popular operating system worldwide and will build on its strength to account for 49 percent of the smartphone market by 2012.

07/01/2011 - Google Android Reaches #2 Spot among Smartphone Platforms

comScore has released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending November 2010. After several months of strong growth, Google Android captured the #2 ranking among smartphone platforms with 26.0 percent of U.S. smartphone subscribers.

03/11/2010 - Apple Takes the Lead in the US Smartphone Market with a 26% Share

In Q3 2010, the worldwide smartphone market grew an impressive 95% over the same quarter a year ago to 80.9 million shipped units, according to Canalys. Nokia retained its leadership position, albeit by a diminished margin, with a 33% share of the market. Apple’s healthy performance this quarter saw it achieve a 17% share worldwide, a little ahead of RIM, which held a 15% share this quarter.

15/09/2010 - Gartner: Android to Become No. 2 Worldwide Mobile OS in 2010

The worldwide mobile operating system market will be dominated by Symbian and Android, as the two OSs will account for 59.8 percent of mobile OS sales by 2014, according to Gartner.

03/08/2010 - RIM Introduces BlackBerry Torch 9800

Today, Research In Motion launched the BlackBerry Torch 9800 – RIM's first slider smartphone. It features a capacitive touch screen, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and the new BlackBerry 6 operating system, which includes a WebKit browser.

15/07/2010 - Consumer Interest in Smartphones Catapulted to Unprecedented Levels

ChangeWave's latest smart phone survey of 4,028 consumers shows an explosive transformation occurring in consumer demand – resulting in some major new winners and losers for second half 2010. The survey took a close-up look at consumer demand for the new Apple iPhone 4 and the HTC Droid Incredible.

20/05/2010 - Gartner: Worldwide Smarpthone Sales Grew 49% in Q1 2010

Worldwide smarpthone sales to end users reached 54.3 million units in the first quarter of 2010, an increase of 48.7% from the first quarter of 2009, according to Gartner. Mobile phone sales totalled 314.7 million units, a 17% increase from the same period in 2009.

11/05/2010 - NPD: Android Shakes Up U.S. Smartphone Market

The Android OS continued to shake up the U.S. mobile phone market in the Q1 of 2010, moving past Apple to take the number-two position among smartphone operating systems, according to NPD.

26/04/2010 - RIM Introduces BlackBerry Bold 9650 and Pearl 3G

RIM today announced two new BlackBerry phones: Bold 9650 – “a global smartphone for CDMA customers” and Pearl 3G - the smallest BlackBerry smartphone yet.

12/03/2010 - comScore: Motorola and RIM Lead U.S. Smartphone Market

comScore released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month period between October 2009 and January 2010.

The report found Motorola to be the top handset manufacturer overall with 22.9 percent market share, while RIM led among smartphone platforms with 43.0 percent market share.

13/10/2009 - Apple Ranks Highest Among Both Consumer and Business Smartphone Owners

Overall satisfaction among smartphone owners has increased considerably over time as manufacturers continue to improve styling, feature sets, usability and software, according to the J.D. Power and Associates studies.

Apple ranks highest among manufacturers of smartphones used primarily for personal reasons, with a score of 811, and performs particularly well in ease of operation, operating system, features and physical design. LG (776) and RIM BlackBerry (759) follow Apple in the rankings.

09/10/2009 - Canalys Special Report “Smart phone market trends 2009/2010”

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31/08/2009 - Q2: Nokia Retains Lead but Apple and RIM Are Rising Fast

“Smart phones continue to shine as one of the brightest spots of the technology industry, with shipments growing despite the global recession,” says the recent Canalys’ report on the Q2 key smartphone market trends.

The report shows that Nokia maintains global lead, Apple’s success continues, as the iPhone takes 23% of the North American market and RIM continues to gain share, succeeding with its push into the consumer market. Touchscreens become the preferred interface, representing 40% of all shipments.

25/08/2009 - Innovation Come to BlackBerry as RIM Acquires Torch Mobile

Research in Motion announced acquisition of Torch Mobile, the Toronto based developer that has created Iris - an open-source browser for mobile devices. As Blackberry users look for innovation, RIM take a bold step in redefining their browser.

15/07/2009 - RIM Launches MyBlackberry Forum

RIM has launched a RIM-operated community forum for BlackBerry users.
MyBlackBerry is akin to a bulletin board and is intended as a place were any BlackBerry users can share tips, stories, review apps and discuss their handsets.