Apples iPad has created a history in European market by doing business of 3 million in first 80 days of its release. But RIM PlayBook may give a tough competition to iPad in coming days.
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BlackBerry stock slips on India report
February 1st, 2011 |
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Shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) slipped about two percent Monday after India rejected its offer for partial access to its encrypted corporate emails. Since August last year, India has been seeking access to BlackBerry encrypted emails to counter threats to its national security. Since BlackBerry encrypted emails travel between smart phones through [...]
RIM’s BlackBerry Curve Will Go All Touch-Screen: Report
January 31st, 2011 |
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RIMs next BlackBerry Curve will be all touch-screen, according to online rumors. RIMs roadmap is a source of speculation as it gears to compete with Apple and Google. – Research In
Motions next Curve will be touch-screen only, according to specs leaked on a
BlackBerry rumor blog.
The Canadian
company, currently fighting to maintain its share of the smartphone market in
the face of fierce competition from the Apple iPhone and Google Android, is staying
firmly …
Motorola, HTC, RIM Missing from Smartphone Top 5: IDC
January 28th, 2011 |
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Nokia, Samsung, LG, ZTE and Apple earned places in IDCs 2010 list of top-five phone vendors. Notably absent were Motorola, BlackBerry-maker RIM and HTC. – Nokia, Samsung, LG Electronics, ZTE and Apple all earned the
distinction of being the top five smartphone vendors during the fourth
quarter
of 2010 and the year on whole, IDC reported Jan. 27. Notably absent
from the
list were Motorola, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion and HTC, each
of whic…
RIM’s PlayBook Attracting Developers, But Lags Behind iPad: Survey
January 26th, 2011 |
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RIM’s PlayBook is attracting increased developer interest, but lags behind both the iPad and Android tablets in a new survey by Appcelerator and IDC. – Developers are increasingly interested in Research In
Motions upcoming PlayBook platform, at least according to new survey data
posted by Appcelerator and research firm IDC. However, that same data suggests
the iPad and Android tablets continue to dominate developers attention.
Appcelerator and…
RIM BlackBerry Balance Software Will Separate Personal, Work Data: Report
January 24th, 2011 |
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RIM will soon introduce BlackBerry Balance software, a RIM executive told Reuters. The software offers a secure method of separating personal and professional data. – BlackBerry smartphones and enterprise users were for some time an undisputed duo. But just as Research In
Motion has gradually made inroads into the consumer market, popular consumer
devices such as the Apple iPhone and Google Android
-running smartphones have even more swiftly encroached on RIMs…
Motorola, RIM, Samsung Driving Tablet ‘Tipping Point’ in 2011
January 18th, 2011 |
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All the data is pointing to a killer year or few years for media tablets, with Apple, Samsung, Motorola and RIM expected to lead the market. – @font-face {
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Apple,
Motorola, Samsung and other vendors are fueling a trend that will mark 2011 as
a “tipping point” for tablet sales, consultancy Deloitte said in a Jan. 18
…
RIM Positioning PlayBook As Primarily WiFi Tablet, With Security
January 17th, 2011 |
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RIM is looking to its PlayBook as a higher-security tablet, and emphasizing its WiFi abilities in addition to BlackBerry tethering. – @font-face {
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Motion is positioning its upcoming PlayBook tablet as mostly a WiFi device,
walking a delicate line between touting the devices BlackBerry tethering a…
RIM PlayBook, Motorola Xoom May Ship 2M Units
January 17th, 2011 |
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RIM PlayBook and Motorola Xoom tablet orders to Taiwanese hardware makers point to 2 million in first-quarter shipments for the Apple iPad challengers. – Demand and expectations are indeed high for tablet computers that aren’t
branded iPad, according to reports from component makers out of Taiwan.
Digitimes reported that Quanta Computer has begun
producing 1 million Research In Motion PlayBook tablets for the first
quarter, underscoring pent-up…
RIM’s BlackBerry Dakota Will Run OS 6.1, Not PlayBook OS: Report
January 13th, 2011 |
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RIM’s BlackBerry Dakota will run BlackBerry OS 6, according to a new report, suggesting that the porting of the PlayBook tablets OS onto smartphones is still far away. – Research In Motions BlackBerry Dakota will launch with
BlackBerry OS 6.1, according to rumors. That suggests the companys plan to
port the PlayBook tablets QNX-based operating system to smartphones is still
far in the future.
RIMs 7-inch PlayBook will be the vanguard of an aggressive
strategy t…
Apple iPad Enterprise Future Looks Bright vs. PlayBook
January 12th, 2011 |
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Forrester Research has some advice for businesses mulling whether to support Apple iPad, RIM’s PlayBook, HP’s Slate, Cisco’s Cius or Android tablets such as the Motorola Xoom. – Following the tablet frenzy of the 2011 Consumer
Electronics Show, it’s fair to ponder the question of how tablets from RIM, Hewlett-Packard,
Cisco, as well as the slew of Android tablets, will fair among corporate employees.
For example, while the RIM PlayBook may boast enhanced
security, the C…
RIM’s PlayBook Offers Multitasking and BlackBerry Tethering
January 10th, 2011 |
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Research In Motion used the Consumer Electronics Show to reveal a little more about the PlayBook, its 7-inch tablet aimed at both an enterprise and consumer audience. In contrast to the Apple iPad and growing legions of Android-based tablets, RIM made the decision to build its own proprietary operating system for the device. Hardware-wise, the PlayBook includes front- and rear-facing cameras for video conferencing, and a dual-core processor for running multiple apps simultaneously. Business users may be attracted to the PlayBook’s ability to tether with their BlackBerry. RIM let eWEEK fiddle with the PlayBook for a few minutes at CES, and the experience was largely a smooth one. The device seems capable of operating a handful of apps and games simultaneously with little slowdown, while loading Websites quickly (with Adobe Flash 10.1 support). RIM is currently tweaking the device’s battery life to provide what executives describe as a full day’s worth of use. The question now is whether third-party app developers—and consumers—will embrace the platform. – …
RIM’s PlayBook Offers BlackBerry Tethering, Multitasking, Sleek OS
January 10th, 2011 |
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RIM’s PlayBook offers a sleek and powerful user interface, but success will depend on factors like third-party apps. RIM offered eWEEK a brief PlayBook hands-on. – Research In Motion hopes its upcoming PlayBook tablet can carve a place for
itself in the burgeoning tablet market. It certainly faces some tough
competition in that quest, from not only the Apple iPad but also from a growing
number of Android-based devices.
But RIM’s 7-inch tablet possesses so…
Motorola, Toshiba, Samsung, RIM Made CES Into Tablet Showcase
January 8th, 2011 |
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Motorola, RIM, Toshiba, Samsung, Dell, Microsoft and a handful of carriers like Verizon helped turn CES 2011 into a show for tablets. – @font-face {
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LAS VEGAS The
2011 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show seemed to have one collective obsession:
tablets. From manufacturers unveiling the latest touch-screen…
RIM BlackBerry 4G PlayBook Coming From Sprint in Summer
January 6th, 2011 |
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RIM’s PlayBook is coming to Sprint’s 4G network this summer, the companies said during the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. This may not sit well with analysts who expected the iPad and Android challenger sooner. – Research In Motion Jan. 6 has tapped Sprint to launch its
controversial BlackBerry PlayBook tablet later this summer.
RIM’s PlayBook, the company’s answer to Apple’s iPad and Google Android-based
tablets that proved popular in 2010, will include the new Blackberry Tablet OS
based on QNX software…
RIM BlackBerry 4G PlayBook Coming From Sprint in Summer
January 6th, 2011 |
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RIM’s PlayBook is coming to Sprint’s 4G network this summer, the companies said during the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. This may not sit well with analysts who expected the iPad and Android challenger sooner. – @font-face {
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Research In
Motion on Jan. 6 tapped Sprint to launch its controversial BlackBerry PlayBook
tablet later this summer.
RIM’s PlayBook, the company’s answer to Appl…
RIM BlackBerry 4G PlayBook Coming From Sprint in Summer
January 6th, 2011 |
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RIM’s PlayBook is coming to Sprint’s 4G network this summer, the companies said during the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show. This may not sit well with analysts who expected the iPad and Android challenger sooner. – Research In Motion Jan. 6 has tapped Sprint to launch its
controversial BlackBerry PlayBook tablet later this summer.
RIM’s PlayBook, the company’s answer to Apple’s iPad and Google Android-based
tablets that proved popular in 2010, will include the new Blackberry Tablet OS
based on QNX software…
RIM Touts PlayBook Capabilities Ahead of CES
January 4th, 2011 |
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RIM is touting its PlayBook tablet’s video capabilities ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show. The PlayBook will battle the iPad and Android tablets for market share. – Research In Motion continues to position its upcoming
PlayBook as more capable than the Apple iPad of providing users with a full
Web-browsing experience. A new RIM blog post
and video hints at how the BlackBerry maker will eventually market its tablet.
The PlayBook will almost certainly be on d…
BlackBerry denies reports on PlayBook battery life
December 31st, 2010 |
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BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) Thursday denied reports that the launch of its PlayBook tablet is being delayed because of its poor battery life compared to Apple’s iPad’s 10 hours. The denial follows reports two days ago in which attributed to Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu has been quoted as saying that RIM is [...]
RIM Defends BlackBerry PlayBook Battery Life
December 30th, 2010 |
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RIM responded to reports that its PlayBook is delayed due to battery woes, saying that its on track with its schedule to optimize the BlackBerry PlayBooks battery life. – Defending its BlackBerry PlayBook, Research In
Motion released a statement Dec. 30, responding to reports that the PlayBook
still has some battery issues to work out.
The reports followed from a Dec. 28 research note from Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu. quot;One…
issue we hear the PlayBook nee…