RIM’s finally going through some changes after months of having a tough time with its products and public image. The first thing they did was replaced the two Co-CEOs with a single boss, Thorsten Heins, former COO now CEO. RIM director Barbara Stymiest will take over as chairman of the board and in case you’re wondering who the new CEO is,...
The luxury fashion phone from Porsche Design and RIM, BlackBerry P9981 has just reached the FCC, with the associated teardown pic available below. We’re dealing here with a precious handset, with an unique design, that sells for about $2000 in places such as Dubai. This angular smartphone was launched back in December and it comes with a forged...
The Big Red has just made available two interesting handsets, the LG Spectrum and BlackBerry Curve 9370, so you get a Gingerbread 720p offering and a business QWERTY handset. The LG Spectrum is also found on AT&T with different branding (Nitro HD), but this time it comes with a plastic coating and support for 4G connectivity. The BlackBerry Curve...
Over the past weeks I’ve been hearing rumors about a potential buyout of RIM from either Microsoft (+ Nokia) or Samsung. The latter even made the stocks of the Canadian company jump 10%, that’s till Samsung took the stage and said that they never have and never will intend to buy RIM. So, I guess that Microsoft is the only one left… Previously...
The problems at RIM continue, this time with a device being canned… I’m talking about BlackBerry Milan, a slider that was recently leaked and then canceled because of hardware problems. Research in Motion has been having problems for a while now, including employees arrested when caught drunk on a plane, people getting trampled at a BlackBerry...
Research in Motion is preparing to leave the 4 digit naming pattern behind, if we’re to believe a recent leak of the BlackBerry Torch 10000 model. This device appeared in the system of handset insurer Asurion, a company that has relations with all the major carriers and inside access to all the important roadmaps. This company lists the Torch...
RIM has been having its worst year since it started in the handset biz, with tons of bad stuff happening to them. The latest was a people trampling in Indonesia, caused by a just launched BlackBerry, followed by the stolen PlayBook units in the USA worth over $1 million… Not to mention the drunk RIM employees arrested on a plane. And all of that...
After this week’s crazy stories related to RIM, now we see a leak from the same company, for the BlackBerry Milan handset. This model runs BlackBerry 10 OS, a name that they had to use after losing the trademark lawsuit for the BBX branding. Here’s the Milan slider phone: The device is surely interesting, when it comes to design and I’m...
RIM has just unveiled a new Bold and Curve model, the 9790 and 9380 respectively. These are new members of the OS 7 series and the new Bold unit continues the legacy of the Bold 9780, but brings in a 2.44 inch touchscreen + keyboard combo. This handset supports a disappointing resolution of 360 x 480 pixels, that’s so last year… Inside...
The guys of The Verge managed to score a picture of the upcoming BlackBerry London, proving that RIM is still capable to deliver a hit handset. This is finally a phone that feels original and doesn’t stick to the same antique design that the Blackberries have been adopting over the past years. Based on QNX, BBX looks interesting and it’s...
