Posts Tagged ‘BlackBerry’

BlackBerry profits collapse

Founders Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are urged by Wall Street to step down as £3bn is wiped off RIM’s value Shares were down 18% by midday on Friday after Thursday’s announcement that income before tax had halved quarter-on-quarter to... (Continue reading)

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BlackBerry 7: Dead on Arrival?

RIM announced two new BlackBerry Torch models today, along with the first real release dates for its BlackBerry 7 phones, and nobody seems to care.That’s because BlackBerry 7 isn’t what the company needs. Everyone knows what the company needs: its... (Continue reading)

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Apple iPad caused BlackBerry tablet launch delay

TORONTO: Apple came in the way of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) in getting its PlayBook tablet released earlier, according to a trade magazine. The Canadian wireless giant, which had announced the PlayBook much before Apple’s iPad 2, will... (Continue reading)

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Android beats iPhone in US

WASHINGTON: Google’s Android surged past Apple’s iPhone last quarter and is closing in on the Blackberry as the most popular smartphone platform in the United States, market tracking firm comScore said. According to comScore, 63.2 million Americans owned smartphones at... (Continue reading)

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