Research In Motion

RIM launches BlackBerry 10 platform

Thu, 2012-05-03 06:49 - By

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Research In Motion (RIM) unveiled its vision for the BlackBerry 10 platform at the BlackBerry World conference in Orlando, Florida and released the initial developer toolkit for native and HTML5 software development. The toolkit is available in beta as a free download.

Research In Motion launches 'Be Bold' campaign

Sat, 2012-02-04 14:37 - By

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Research in Motion has introduced a group of superhero characters called 'The Bold Team' as part of their new advertising campaign. The characters are Gogo Girl (the Achiever), Max Stone (the Adventurer), Justin Steele (the Advocate) and Trudy Foreal (the Authentic), all of whom appeared on the company's BlackBerry Blog last week. The campaign is all part of Blackberry's plan to 'reposition and fortify the image of the company in the minds of the users'.

RIM introduces the new BlackBerry Bold 9790 smartphone in Bahrain

Mon, 2012-01-23 07:59 - By

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Research In Motion has announced the launch of the new BlackBerry Bold 9790 smartphone in Bahrain. The powerful BlackBerry Bold 9790 features a compact design and offers users a fully loaded, high performance smartphone with the dual benefits of a high resolution touch display and a highly tactile keyboard.

BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Curve 9360 sim-based smartphones to receive MasterCard PayPass handset certification

Wed, 2011-10-26 18:56 - By

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Research In Motion today announced the BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Curve 9360 smartphones are the first SIM-based NFC smartphones to be certified by MasterCard Worldwide as PayPass-approved devices.

The certification was granted on the basis of the BlackBerry smartphones

RIM unveils BlackBerry BBX to provide a next generation platform for BlackBerry Smartphones and Tablets

Thu, 2011-10-20 08:23 - By

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At BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011, Research In Motion (RIM) unveiled BlackBerry BBX, its next generation mobile platform that takes the best of the BlackBerry platform and the best of the QNXplatform to connect people, devices, content and services.

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Research in Motion offers free premium apps to customers following service interruptions

Tue, 2011-10-18 04:16 - By

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Research In Motion (RIM), announced that a selection of premium apps worth a total value of more than US $100 will be offered free of charge to subscribers as an expression of appreciation for their patience during the recent service disruptions. The apps will be made available to customers over the coming weeks on BlackBerry App World, and will continue to be available until December 31, 2011.

Etisalat & Du to offer 3 days of free service to UAE Blackberry users to compensate for service outage

Thu, 2011-10-13 05:29 - By

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Blackberry services are now back, but UAE telecom providers etisalat and du have already promised free service for UAE users equivalent to the time the service has been disrupted. Du and Etisalat have announced that they compensate Blackberry users with 3 days of free service.

Stockholders of at least 8% of Research in Motion call for company shake-up

Wed, 2011-10-12 00:14 - By

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Investment firm Jaguar Financial and some other shareholders owning at least 8% of Research in Motion are calling to oust the company's co-CEOs, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, who both own 10% of the company, and potentially sell BlackBerry to the highest bidder. Since last October, Research in Motion’s shares have went down 50% to $24.10, and have slid 58% since the beginning of 2011.

BlackBerry service blackout leaves millions of customers across Europe, Middle East and Africa cut off for hours

Mon, 2011-10-10 21:53 - By

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Millions of BlackBerry users across Europe, the Middle East and Africa have been affected by the continuing Blackberry outage, a major service blackout that left dozens of countries without BBM, email, and web access. According to CNN, Research in Motion is looking into the issue and will bring an update to its customers soon.

RIM unveils BlackBerry Tag - Coming soon to BlackBerry Smartphones

Mon, 2011-10-10 10:43 - By

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During his keynote presentation at the GITEX conference in Dubai, Research In Motion Co-CEO Jim Balsillie today unveiled a new way for BlackBerry smartphone users to connect with one another and share multimedia content.