Sometimes the best news comes out while everyone is sleeping, and this is a prime example of the validity of that statement. RIM has just announced that their beloved PlayBook is getting the update we have all been waiting for with the OTA release of V1.0.5. One of the most notable mentions with the [...]

When RIM launched their proprietary BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) instant messaging application, it was nothing more than a convenient, secure way for business men around the office to keep in touch with each other using their monthly allotted data plan to chat without the annoyance of filling their already saturated email inbox’s with short sentences as well as [...]

Oye vey. Despite announcing a ”summer release globally” at BlackBerry World last month, it turns out RIM is falling behind on getting the forthcoming dream phone out; so much so that reports are saying it won’t launch until at least September. Sad news for BlackBerry die-hards like myself; because no matter what launches in the [...]

We all know that BlackBerry 7 is coming soon, but if you are a developer, this post is especially for you. RIM has officially released the Java SDK for BlackBerry 7 chalk full of all the acronyms you need to get going including: NFC and AR integration. If you are a BlackBerry developer, head on [...]

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 [...]