Blackberry PlayBook Includes New Video Calling App

Release Date 16 Mar, 2011 in ITProPortal

 
   

Microsoft, RIM expected to unveil new, free hosted Blackberry service

ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - 16 Mar, 2011
Microsoft and RIM are set to unveil a new offering, possibly as soon as March 16 â€" a Hosted Blackberry Enterprise Service for customers using Exchange 2010 Online, Microsoft's hosted Exchange e-mail service ...

Security agencies unsatisfied with RIM's interception solution

Economic Times - 16 Mar, 2011
NEW DELHI: The government today said the country's security agencies have expressed dissatisfaction over the solution provided by BlackBerry smartphone maker Research-In-Motion (RIM). "For Blackberry Messenger (BBM) services, a solution has been ...

Special report: A PlayBook for fighting Apple and Google

Reuters Canada - Alastair Sharp - 16 Mar, 2011
WATERLOO, Ontario (Reuters) - Once upon a time, BlackBerry was king. Then came the iPhone, followed by Android. And BlackBerry seemingly lost its way -- if not quite its throne. Research In Motion is holding on to profit growth and ...

Ottawa tech firm joins RIM in tablet computer war

CTV.ca - 16 Mar, 2011
An Ottawa tech firm is about to take centre stage in the tablet computer war. QNX builds the heart of the new RIM Playbook and RIM is hoping the new device will take them head-to-head with Apple's iPad. QNX builds the software and graphics for casino ...

A PlayBook for fighting Apple and Google

Montreal Gazette - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
Perhaps the biggest threat RIM faces is the impression its secure enterprise solution can be easily replicated or even dismissed as unnecessary, allowing employees to use their own device and handily saving corporations the cost of providing and ...

Timeline: RIM, creator of mobile email, faces fresh challenge

Reuters - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion is putting the finishing touches to its PlayBook tablet computer ahead of an expected March or April launch. Here is a timeline of major milestones for the Canadian company. February 1985 - Mike Lazaridis and ...

Q&A: Is RIM's PlayBook worth the wait?

Globe and Mail - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
Research In Motion will soon launch its PlayBook tablet computer, joining a market dominated by two versions of Apple's iPad and filling quickly with a slew of devices running Google's Android software. Do I need a BlackBerry to make the most of ...

RIM's PlayBook to Fight Apple, Google

Mobiledia - Allen Tsai - 16 Mar, 2011
Before there was Apple and Google, Research in Motion was the undisputed king of the smartphone. Now the BlackBerry maker is trying to find its way back on top with the PlayBook. The Waterloo, Ontario-based ...

Blackberry playbook - Coming soon to claim its monopoly in the world of tablet PC

Prfire (press release) - 16 Mar, 2011
By Adam @ 16th Mar 2011 16:08:00 The quest for constant advancement and innovation leads anyone towards the peak of success. This fact is apparently visible when it comes to the Blackberry playbook, the latest tablet PC, designed by Research In Motion ...

Blackberry PlayBook Includes New Video Calling App

ITProPortal - 16 Mar, 2011
Research in Motion will be releasing its own video calling app for its upcoming BlackBerry Playbook tablet PC device, it has been revealed. David Heit, RIM's vice president of enterprise strategy, said that a peer-to-peer video calling app, ...

Staples Canada showing April 15th for BlackBerry PlayBook “District Challenge”

MobileSyrup.com - Ian Hardy - 16 Mar, 2011
When the new BlackBerry PlayBook finally becomes available there will be several locations to grab one: Rogers, TELUS,, Videotron, Bell stores and retail outlets such as The Source (owned by ...

Dear RIM...

The Loop - Jim Dalrymple - 16 Mar, 2011
However, all is not well in the RIM camp. You need to get your co-CEOs (seriously, co-CEOs?) to stop talking to the press. Or, if you let them talk to the press, at least make them sound like they know what ...

BlackBerry PlayBook to feature video calling app

Which? - 16 Mar, 2011
Research In Motion (RIM) has revealed that its first tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook, will feature a new proprietary peer-to-peer video conferencing app. CIO reports that in an interview with David Heit, RIM's vice president of enterprise strategy, ...

BlackBerry PlayBook Release Date iPad 2 Facetime Style Chat

Phones Review - 16 Mar, 2011
The iPad 2 has now been released and it features FaceTime video chat, well the latest news reports that the BlackBerry PlayBook might feature the same style chat. This new tablet is going to be release anytime now There is a lot of speculation about ...

BlackBerry PlayBook: RIM to release FaceTime-like app

Product Reviews - Chris Maugham - 16 Mar, 2011
As if the anticipation of the Blackberry PlayBook tablet being released soon wasn't enough, RIM has to announce more exciting news. The Blackberry manufacturer is to launch an app with the tablet similar to that of FaceTime. The app is being referred ...

BlackBerry PlayBook To Feature Video Calling App

eWEEK Europe UK - 16 Mar, 2011
According to David Heit, RIM's vice president of enterprise strategy, the PlayBook will include a peer-to-peer video-calling system, which is being developed by the company itself. Functioning like the Apple's FaceTime, the feature is expected to be ...

BlackBerry PlayBook will feature video chatting

Laptop Shop News - 16 Mar, 2011
With the release of RIM's PlayBook only a month away in the US, the Canadian company are stirring up hype about their new tablet. One of the features of the new device will be a FaceTime style video chatting system, a slick application, which will be ...

New technologies reshaping the mobile enterprise

IT News Africa - 16 Mar, 2011
Consumerisation, cloud computing, tablet computing and mobile collaboration are among the major trends that will drive the market for enterprise mobility solutions over the next year. That's according to Robyn Milham, head of enterprise sales for ...

BlackBerry FaceTime app coming to PlayBook soon

Know Your Mobile - Clare Hopping - 16 Mar, 2011
A RIM employee has announced the company will be bringing a FaceTime-like app to the BlackBerry PlayBook when it launches. FaceTime is Apple's video calling application and makes use of the front and back cameras of the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad 2. ...

BlackBerry PlayBook FaceTime rival planned

T3 - Joe Minihane - 16 Mar, 2011
The BlackBerry PlayBook is set to get its own dedicated video conferencing app. That's the word from the Canadian company's David Heit, who says the new offering will be available, “…very soon.” The new effort will be seen as a direct competitor to ...

BlackBerry PlayBook to have proprietary video calling app

TechRadar UK - Kate Solomon - 16 Mar, 2011
RIM has revealed that the BlackBerry PlayBook will offer a proprietary video-calling app, very much in the style of the iPad 2's FaceTime application. David Heit, RIM's VP of enterprise strategy, let slip news of the BlackBerry-made app ...

RIM Can Still Make Tons Of Money -- Just Not In America

The Business Insider - 16 Mar, 2011
BlackBerry phones are great, except they're the last generation. The iPhone and Android are much better consumer devices and it's only a matter of time before they penetrate the enterprise. Its small PlayBook tablet seems DOA. But there's a place where ...

BlackBerry PlayBook will boast FaceTime style video chatting

Techwatch - Darren Allan - 16 Mar, 2011
With the launch of the iPad 2 still ringing in everyone's ears â€" specifically, the cries of the queued masses who were turned away when stock ran out across America â€" Rim is hoping that people haven't forgotten their tablet effort. ...

BlackBerry PlayBook Release Date â€" April 17th â€" According To Staples

G 4 Games - 16 Mar, 2011
by Catalin on March 15, 2011 There is hype and then there's this. The story of the RIM BlackBerry PlayBook has been quite the ride up until now. Despite being amongst the first devices to sport a dual-core processor almost 5 months ago ( maybe it's ...

BlackBerry PlayBook Getting Video Conferencing App Soon

IntoMobile - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
RIM's been showing off the music store and podcasts app to launch with the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet around the end of the month, but there's still another surprise in store â€" a dedicated peer-to-peer video conferencing app, according to RIM VP of ...

RIM thought the iPhone would fail: oops!

ElectricPig.co.uk - Mic Wright - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
Here's a pair of nice anecdotes from the Department of Doh! â€" RIM thought the iPhone would bomb and bomb hard. According to a fairly extensive Reuters report (see the PDF), RIM was convinced that the iPhone was “so badly flawed from day ...

When BBM Makes it to the PlayBook Will it Have Video Chat and a New UI?

BerryReview - Luis Merlos - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
Many have questioned whether the PlayBook will have a PIN or not and why does it not have BBM? The current BBM on BlackBerry devices was made for the current BlackBerry OS and not for the kernel that makes up the QNX ...

How RIM Blew It With Developers

The Business Insider - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
If Research In Motion wants its smartphone platform to remain relevant, it's going to need developers. A lot of developers. Which is why suing popular messaging startup Kik wasn't such a good idea. Kik was founded by Ted Livingston, who used to work on ...

RIM to Announce Year-End and Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results on March 24, 2011

Media Newswire (press release) - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) will be reporting results for the fourth quarter and year-end of fiscal 2011 on March 24, 2011 after the close of the market. (Media-Newswire.com) - Research In Motion Limited ( RIM ) ( Nasdaq: ...

Research In Motion Limited (USA) (RIMM) Rated at “Buy” by Hudson Securities

FavStocks - ‎Mar 15, 2011‎
By FavStocks Staff on 03/15/2011 â€" 5:18 am PDT Equities research analysts at Hudson Securities Rated shares of Research In Motion Limited (USA) (NASDAQ: RIMM) a “Buy” rating in a research note released to investors today. RESEARCH IN MOTION is a world ...

 

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