By Todd Haselton |
Earlier today we published a quote by BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins in which he declared that the tablet market will be dead in five years. It suggested that BlackBerry will not launch a new tablet in the near future. The company recently reached out to…
By Todd Haselton |
The tablet industry is booming. IDC recently found that 128 million tablets were shipped in 2012 alone as shipments jumped 78.4 percent. Yet, despite the success of the iPad and several other devices, BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins has gone on the record to proclaim that…
By Adriana Lee |
I’m going to do something I rarely do: I’m giving an in-post shout-out to a TechnoBuffalo reader. In a previous post, “The Samsung Galaxy S4, and Why We Need a Smartphone Killer,” I talked about the S4 and how it packs in a wealth of…
By Brandon Russell |
Android is up to version 4.2. Microsoft has released Windows Phone 8. And Apple’s latest iPhone is outpacing previous company records. These are among the biggest headlines going into the busy holiday period, a pivotal point in any company’s future. Somewhere in that mix, Research…
By Todd Haselton |
One minute. That’s all Research In Motion’s CEO Thorsten Heins thinks it will take for in-store wireless staff to sell you a BlackBerry 10 smartphone. That’s bullish, very bullish indeed. Heins recently spoke with The New York Times and said that he’s confident BlackBerry 10 will…
By Killian Bell |
Following a very lengthy wait, Research in Motion is finally going to launch BlackBerry 10. The Canadian company has today announced that it will hold simultaneous launch events around the world on January 30, 2013, during which “details of the smartphones and their availability” will…
By Todd Haselton |
Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins sent out a status update to the press today advising that his company’s BlackBerry 10 platform is still on schedule for a first quarter 2013 launch. Heins also said that more than 50 carriers are already testing the new…
By Todd Haselton |
Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins took the stage at a BlackBerry Jam press conference today to discuss his firm’s upcoming BlackBerry 10 operating system and the future of RIM as a whole. There was good news: we heard about new features including BlackBerry Hub…
By Todd Haselton |
Research In Motion chief executive officer Thorsten Heins apologized on Friday following a BlackBerry service outage in Africa and Europe. “I want to apologize to those BlackBerry customers in Europe and Africa who experienced an impact in their quality of service earlier this morning,” Heins…
By Todd Haselton |
Research In Motion has already said that it may license its new BlackBerry 10 operating system, due out during the first quarter of 2013, and it said Monday it’s almost ready to make that move. “QNX is already licensed across the automotive sector — we could…
By Killian Bell |
IBM is said to be interested in acquiring Research in Motion’s enterprise services unit, according to two sources familiar with the situation, who asked not to be named. The company has reportedly already made an informal approach for the division, which operates the network of…
By Brandon Russell |
What would you get if RIM’s famous hardware collided with the now defunct Palm Pre? A QWERTY slider with BlackBerry 10 guts. Do you wish this phone existed? You might be in the minority. The wait for BlackBerry 10 has been agonizing. We thought we…
By Brandon Russell |
Your wish is RIM CEO Thorsten Heins’s command. After confirming a 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook would hit the market, it looks as though the device will finally be out as early as next Tuesday, July 31. How much? $550 for the 32GB version. According to…
By Brandon Russell |
In response to a question at RIM’s annual shareholder conference on Tuesday, CEO Thorsten Heins confirmed that video chat will heavily feature in BBM when the company’s upcoming mobile OS hits early next year. Simply, Heins said, “Think about adding features on BB10 such as…
By Roy Choi |
Research In Motion(RIM) on Tuesday, announced strategic plans at its annual investors meeting. Just a couple weeks ago, RIM CEO Thorsten Heins announced 5,000 job cuts as part of a larger reorganization within the company which includes closing seven of its 10 factories. Shareholders may…
By Sean P. Aune |
In an effort to cut costs, RIM is putting one of its two company jets up for sale. Despite RIM CEO Thorsten Heins recently assuring everyone that “There’s nothing wrong with [RIM] as it exists right now,” Bloombergs is reporting that one of the two…
By Brandon Russell |
In an encore to some comments Thorsten Heins made about the BlackBerry 10 delay, the RIM CEO on Friday fielded reader questions for The Globe & Mail to clear up why, exactly, he ultimately made the decision. “The goal of BlackBerry 10 is to bring…
By Brandon Russell |
Research In Motion is allegedly facing concern from U.S. carriers over the price of fees it charges carriers for access to its BlackBerry server infrastructure, Bloomberg said Thursday. The Waterloo, Canada-based company, whose stock has dropped almost 100 percent in the last four years, currently…
By Brandon Russell |
Research In Motion is on life support. There’s no denying it, especially after the company announced its next big mobile OS, BlackBerry 10, isn’t arriving until 2013. Worse, the first fiscal quarter marked the company’s first quarterly loss in eight years. Is RIM worried about…
By Killian Bell |
Research in Motion announced yesterday that its long-awaited BlackBerry 10 operating system had been delayed until 2013 — much to the dismay of increasingly frustrated BlackBerry fans the world over. With the Canadian company counting on this operating system — and the devices that will…
By Todd Haselton |
RIM CEO Thorsten Heins is currently speaking during the firm’s fiscal first quarter earnings (the earnings were dismal) call where he confirmed that the company is still planning to deploy 4G LTE-enabled BlackBerry PlayBook devices. Heins said the LTE PlayBooks are currently in final testing…
By Brandon Russell |
The cloud hanging over Research In Motion’s head is reportedly getting bigger. According to The Globe and Mail, citing multiple sources, the Waterloo-based company is reportedly preparing to cut 2,000 jobs worldwide on or around June 1. Another source told Reuters that number could hit…
By Brandon Russell |
So BlackBerry 10 isn’t ready (yet), and while Research In Motion was eager to show off a few neat features, the OS still seems to be a long way off. Quite frankly, in order to give us — along with consumers and investors — confidence RIM…
By Todd Haselton |
During a press briefing at BlackBerry World 2012 in Orlando, Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins promised that RIM will launch a 4G-capable BlackBerry PlayBook later this year. The device will support LTE networks, but Heins didn’t provide an exact launch date for the enhanced…
