All Posts Tagged With: "RIM"

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Blackberry Flip, now available from T-Mobile

We had previously covered the announcement of the Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220, the first flip phone from Research in Motion. RIM had announced the flip in September and starting today, the Pearl 8220 is now available for purchase from T-Mobile.
In addition to the new flip design, the phone supports video recording and playback, a 2.0 [...]

October 13th, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued
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Blackberry Storm: first RIM touchphone with iphone like multi-touch

Research in Motion has announced the Storm, the first Blackberry smartphone with a touch interface. With the Storm, RIM now officialy has an iPhone competitor. The new phone will make it much more difficult for Apple to enter the enterprise market as the Storm is a worthy competitor and has the advantage of the Blackberry [...]

October 9th, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued
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Blackberry introduces first Flip phone!

Research in Motion has just announced the first Blackberry flip phone, the Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220. The 8220 smartphone will be available from wireless carriers around the world beginning this fall. In the US, the Pearl Flip will be available exclusively from T-Mobile beginning this fall.
RIM did not reveal pricing for the 8220 and said [...]

September 9th, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued

RIM reports Q1 FY09 revenues, stock tanks after hours

Blackberry maker Research In Motion ( RIM ) reported earnings for first quarter of FY09. Revenue for the quarter was $2.24 billion, up 107% from $1.08 billion in the same quarter of last year.
During the quarter, RIM shipped approximately 5.4 million devices. Approximately 2.3 million net new BlackBerry® subscriber accounts were added in the quarter.  [...]

June 25th, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued

E*Trade Mobile Pro on BlackBerry

E*Trade spokeperson Pam Erickson announced that E*Trade is introducing a free software download for BlackBerry phones. The software called E*Trade Mobile Pro, still in beta, will be available starting Thursday and  will allow users to set up portfolios, get real time quotes, trade stocks, make online transfers and get stock related news. The software download [...]

June 5th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued
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RIM unveils BlackBerry Bold

Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. rose to a new all-time high Monday, up 7% to $139+, as the smart-phone maker unveiled the Bold, which is its first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year. Striking features include

Bold and beautiful Half-VGA 480×320 pixel screen
65,000 color display
New QWERTY keyboard
Exhaustive wireless options including HSDPA/UMTS
Built-in enhanced [...]

May 12th, 2008 | supa | Comments | Continued
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Blackberry Partners Fund announced

It is rumored ( VentureBeat) that Research In Motion, the RBC and Thomson Reuters have invested in a $150 million venture investment fund, called the BlackBerry Partners Fund, to support developers of applications running primarily on RIM’s Blackberry phones. The BlackBerry Partners Fund website is alive but appears to be still under construction.
As per [...]

May 11th, 2008 | rp | Comments | Continued