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Apple snatching up RIM’s enterprise sales talent
It’s hard to argue with the fact that Apple has the consumer end of the smartphone market on lock down, but one area where App still has lots of room to grow is in the enterprise. As Apple continues to push forward in an attempt to increase iPhone marketshare and corporate adoption, the company is […]
Continue reading...RIM shows off PlayBook with faster web rendering than the iPad
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Providing a sneak peak at the forthcoming 7-inch BlackBerry Playbook, RIM takes on the iPad head on in a browser speed test and performs quite well actually. On a number of sites, content appears to load much more quickly than it does on the iPad. The video also showcases how the Playbook can handle Flash […]
Continue reading...iPhone 4 is the most reliable smartphone, just don’t drop it!
Monday, November 15, 2010
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SquareTrade is an independent US provider of warranties who recently compiled data from over 50,000 incidents of smartphone failure reports. As laid out in the chart below, the iPhone 4 has the lowest percentage of reported non-accident related malfunctions, coming in at just 2.1%. The iPhone 3GS lags slightly behind comprising 2.3% of reported malfunctions. […]
Continue reading...RIM looks to price its PlayBook tablet below the iPad
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Where Apple goes, the tech minions will follow. In the three years since the iPhone debuted, Apple’s revolutionary smartphone has become the de-facto form factor for nearly all smartphones while simultaneously influencing the functionality and software handset makers put into their products. In a similar vein, Apple’s iPad stormed out of the gate with a […]
Continue reading...Apple now fourth largest mobile handset vendor worldwide
Friday, October 29, 2010
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Check out IDC’s latest press release over here. Photo via MacRumors
Continue reading...Apple surpasses RIM in global smartphone marketshare – Report
Monday, October 25, 2010
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For the first time, Apple recently surpassed RIM in terms of global smartphone marketshare. According to Strategy Analytics, Apple shipped 15.4 million iPhones during Q3 of 2010 compared to 12.3 million shipped Blackberry devices from RIM. The overall smartphone market continues to grow at a tremendous pace, so the chart below says more about Apple’s […]
Continue reading...RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie fires back at Steve Jobs’ statements
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
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Responding to Steve Jobs’ statements at Apple’s recent earnings conference call regarding RIM’s uphill battle and the general irrelevancy of 7-inch tablets, RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie responded with a fiery message of his own. For those of us who live outside of Apple’s distortion field, we know that 7″ tablets will actually be a big […]
Continue reading...RIM may unveil “BlackPad” tablet device as early as next week
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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The Wall Street Journal reports that RIM may introduce a new tablet device as early as next week. The tablet, which some inside RIM are calling the BlackPad, is scheduled for release in the fourth quarter of this year, these people said. It will feature a seven-inch touch screen and one or two built-in cameras, they […]
Continue reading...JPMorgan Chase testing the iPhone for workplace deployment
Monday, September 13, 2010
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In yet another sign that the iPhone continues to make strong inroads into workplaces where RIM has traditionally had a stranglehold, JPMorgan Chase & Co. is currently testing the iPhone for use in its 200,000+ workforce. JPMorgan is testing for security in batches of a few hundred devices with a decision expected later this year, […]
Continue reading...RIM looking to get into mobile advertising – Report
Thursday, August 19, 2010
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The WSJ reports: In recent months, the Canadian device maker has held talks with Baltimore-based mobile ad network Millennial Media about a potential acquisition, these people said. But the talks have stalled over disagreements regarding the value of Millennial, which serves advertisements on its own network of mobile websites. It also brokers ad sales to […]
Continue reading...Disappointing BlackBerry Torch sales forces RIM to cut selling price by 50%
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
About two weeks ago, RIM unveiled the BlackBerry Torch, a touchscreen smartphone with a slide out keyboard. After the miserable failures that were the Storm 1 and 2, RIM was hoping to position the Torch as a bona fide smartphone capable of competing with the iPhone and a slew of Android devices. Early reviews of […]
Continue reading...RIM unveils BlackBerry Torch with slideout keyboard and outdated screen
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
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RIM today unwrapped its latest effort to stay abreast in the increasingly competitive smartphone market. Dubbed the BlackBerry Torch, the latest device from RIM features a multitouch screen along with a slide out QWERTY keyboard and a 4MP camera with flash and autofocus. BGR was able to get its hands on the device earlier today, […]
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
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