Another day, another pre-release BlackBerry slips through the death clutch of RIM’s Waterloo headquarters and thus proceeds to show-up online. Today’s installment is the BlackBerry 9790 - rumored to be in the family of the 9900 Bold Touch - which features: a 2.8-inch touch screen display, full QWERTY keyboard, BlackBerry 7 OS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and yes, [...]

Another day, another bad forecast from an industry analyst; today’s comes courtesy of Matthew Robison with Wunderlich Securities. Robison claims that RIM will lose the consumer appeal it has worked so hard to build over the last few years. Robison was quoted saying: “Our long-term forecast anticipates a role supplying business-oriented devices, both mid-range and high end, [...]

Less than a month has passed since the successful completion of the 2011 BlackBerry World Conference and Research In Motion (RIM) is not resting on its heels. They have just confirmed the date and location for next year’s BlackBerry World Conference on the BlackBerry World website. The event will be starting on the first Tuesday [...]

Before I get into this review, I’m going to do something I do quite often: take you on a trip down memory lane. Why? Because if you are reading this, you appreciate my writing; and I am a sentimental guy like that. I was raised in a very old fashioned, modest, middle class, Eastern European [...]

This is exactly the kind of news RIM doesn’t need right now. Approximately 1,000 Blackberry “Playbook” tablet computers have been recalled due to “defective operating software.” Recalls are done all the time but this is a delicate time for the rival of the iPad. We hope that this will not cause the dent in sales [...]

As I was browsing through App World today looking for anything new and exciting I came upon this new release from the crew over at Research In Motion. Seems they are really trying to get ahead in the customer happiness department and to further that are giving us an app to install on pretty much [...]

Ok I get it now; announce 1 device at BlackBerry World, then — as stated — start leaking them gradually (and slowly) during the weeks and months leading up to anything official. Riiiight. Anyways, what you are looking at are the keys that will line the bottom of the forthcoming BlackBerry 9860 touchscreen device; the [...]

A newbie to conferences — whether locally or travelling to them — I am not; operating this site has taken me to many different places and introduced me to many influential faces — many of whom are idols in their respected industry — enabling me to sit down, chat, get to know, and develop personal [...]

You probably remember the post I wrote the other day about the upcoming RIM (Research In Motion) Wireless Achievement Awards at BlackBerry World. Today, RIM crowned the winners of its Wireless Achievement Awards at the BlackBerry World Conference in Orlando. The awards recognized those RIM customers who are doing business in new and innovative ways using BlackBerry [...]

And, we’re back with day 3 of this action packed conference. RIM has a great lineup of keynote speakers this morning including: Jim Tobin, S.V.P of Software and Services at RIM and award-winning Canadian author Malcolm Gladwell, most notable for his book “Out Liers”. Today is one of significance because Mr. Tobin will be announcing [...]