First Free BlackBerry App Now Available

Release Date 19 Oct, 2011 in PC Magazine

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	BlackBerry maker knocks on engineering colleges' doors for apps Hindu Business Line - 19 Oct, 2011 BlackBerry, which is considered to be the phone of the businessmen and professionals, seems to have set its eyes on the youth. While launching models to attract them, the Canadian company Research In Motion has begun an initiative to keep the youth ...
RIM unveils new platform to challenge Apple, Google Vancouver Sun - Hugo Miller - 19 Oct, 2011 Mike Lazaridis, president and co-chief executive officer of Research In Motion Ltd., speaks at the BlackBerry DevCon conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. ...
	RIM unleashes first free app to compensate for outage Globe and Mail - 19 Oct, 2011 Research In Motion RIM-T has released the first of a number of free BlackBerry apps intended to compensate its users for a widespread service outage last week. The iSpeech DriveSafe.ly Pro was available for download on the BlackBerry app store as of ...
RIM: Street's Lackluster Response To DevCon Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - 19 Oct, 2011 Shares of Research in Motion (RIMM) are down 51 cents, or 2%, at $22.70 as the company goes into day two of its “DevCon” developer event in San Franciso. Yesterday RIM showed some impressive demos of the technology in its “QNX” operating ...
	RIM offers free App downloads to Indian subscribers The Hindu - 19 Oct, 2011 Research in Motion (RIM), makers of BlackBerry, has extended its offer for free download of a selection of premium applications worth $100 to subscribers in India. The offer, an expression of appreciation for patience of the subscribers during recent ...
BBX Is Just a Pipe Dream PCWorld - Tony Bradley - 19 Oct, 2011 RIM announced BBX to the world at a developers conference this week. BBX will be the new flagship OS for RIM, merging the BlackBerry 7 smartphone OS with the QNX OS that powers the PlayBook tablets to create a unified hybrid ...
First Free BlackBerry App Now Available PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 19 Oct, 2011 In the wake of a three-day outage, Research in Motion promised its BlackBerry customers access to premium apps free of charge, and the company today released the first of those apps: iSpeech DriveSafe.ly Pro. ...
RIM lifts skirt, flashes 'new' OS at devs Register - Bill Ray - 19 Oct, 2011 The PlayBook will get push email and BBM support just as soon as the BlackBerrys get QNX, which has been rebranded BBX to make it seem shiny and new. BBX, announced yesterday at BlackBerry DevCon, ...
RIM's new OS shows promise, lacks appstore support ZDNet Asia - 19 Oct, 2011 By Ellyne Phneah , ZDNet Asia on October 19, 2011 (4 hours ago) New BBX platform improves apps development and user experience, but BlackBerry maker challenged by need to increase user base and lack of market for apps, analyst notes. ...
Analysis: 'Trust us' refrain tests RIM faithful Financial Post - 19 Oct, 2011 Research In Motion Ltd. says it believes it has found the road map that will lead to the revival of Canada's top technology company, however it appears the BlackBerry maker's salvation remains just over the horizon, and just out of reach �" again. ...
	BBX operating system for BlackBerry arrives ZDNet UK - Simon Bisson - 19 Oct, 2011 BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has unveiled its next-generation mobile operating system, BBX, which will provide a single platform for application development on a range of devices. ...
	RIM's strategy: It all depends on execution Globe and Mail - 19 Oct, 2011 Chris Umiastowski spent over a decade working as a technology analyst on Bay Street. He now works as an independent analyst and strategy consultant and is blogging from the BlackBerry Developer Conference for the Globe and Mail. ...
BlackBerry Curve free with PlayBook: RIM offer Times of India - 19 Oct, 2011 PTI \| Oct 19, 2011, 03.44PM IST NEW DELHI: Smart device maker Research-In- Motion said it will give a free BlackBerry Curve on the purchase of its tablet PlayBook during the festive season. "This festive season on purchase of BlackBerry PlayBook on MRP ...
	BlackBerry Curve 8520 free with every PlayBook Moneycontrol.com - 19 Oct, 2011 It seems BlackBerry is going all out to get the PlayBook off from those dusty shelves. According to a report by The Economic Times, BlackBerry is offering their Curve 8520 smartphones for free on purchase of the PlayBook tablet. ...
BlackBerry's best of both worlds Independent Online - 19 Oct, 2011 It's been billed as the next generation mobile platform that takes the best of the BlackBerry platform and the best of the QNX platform to connect people, devices, content and services. In addition, RIM announced a series of developer tool updates, ...
BlackBerry maker RIM introduces BBX platform for smartphones, PlayBook Economic Times - 19 Oct, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO: BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled a new operating system Tuesday in hopes of grabbing some attention away from the iPhone and Android phones. The new BBX system combines existing BlackBerry elements with RIM's previously ...
BlackBerry set to offer free apps for outage CNN International - Doug Gross - 19 Oct, 2011 (CNN) -- Starting Wednesday, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion will make available the first of a dozen apps free to customers slammed by last week's global outage. The apps,which would cost about $100 on the BlackBerry App World ...
	BlackBerry announces BBX, a new hybrid OS Moneycontrol.com - 19 Oct, 2011 While most of the tech attention is directed towards Android with Google releasing their latest OS and manufacturers launching new handsets; another manufacturer from the opposing army in the form Research in Motion has made a somewhat surprising ...
RIM introduces BBX platform for smartphones, PlayBook Times of India - 19 Oct, 2011 At a developers conference in San Francisco, the Canadian company said it would install its new BBX platform in next-generation devices but provided no timetable. BBX would replace the antiquated software that now powers the BlackBerry with a package ...
BlackBerry maker tries to soothe angry customers eTaiwan News - 19 Oct, 2011 AP The maker of the struggling BlackBerry tried to soothe tens of millions of frustrated customers Monday, offering more than $100 worth of free software to each one and giving some a month of technical support as compensation for last week's massive ...
Time for RIM to step up with better Blackberry freebies ZDNet Asia - Roger Cheng - 19 Oct, 2011 commentary A few games and productivity apps aren't going mollify anger over the outage. But early phone upgrades and giveaways might. commentary Research in Motion, is that really all ...
RIM out to rev up BlackBerry with sexy new apps Ninemsn - Susan Hely - 19 Oct, 2011 Tax Time 2011Doing your tax doesn't need to be daunting! Check out ninemsn Finance's Tax Time for tips and advice on how to make your 2011/12 tax return work for you. Research In Motion (RIM) on Tuesday set out to rev up its BlackBerry and PlayBook ...
BlackBerry announces BBX operating system for phones, tablets Los Angeles Times - 19 Oct, 2011 Research In Motion announced BBX, the next operating system for BlackBerry smartphones and tablets, at its BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011 convention. BBX will be based on QNX, the current operating system found on the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. ...
	RIM Unveils an Upgrade, but Little Else New York Times - Ian Austen - 19 Oct, 2011 Mike Lazaridis, RIM's co-chief executive, delivered an address at a meeting for software developers in San Francisco Tuesday. By IAN AUSTEN OTTAWA �" Research in Motion unveiled little more than a rebranding of what it called its “next generation ...
Developers Welcome RIM's BBX Roadmap PCWorld - Stephen Lawson - 19 Oct, 2011 Developers at the BlackBerry DevCon in San Francisco on Tuesday gave Research In Motion high marks for laying out a clear operating system strategy and standing by its PlayBook tablet. RIM plans to consolidate its PlayBook, ...
RIM unveils next generation BBX platform Montreal Gazette - Matt Hartley - 19 Oct, 2011 Research In Motion Ltd. founder and co-chief executive officer Mike Lazaridis unveiled the BlackBerry maker's new software platform, BBX, at the Waterloo, Ont. company's annual developer conference in ...
	New BlackBerry platform promising, but consumers want devices CBC.ca - Kazi Stastna, Janet Davison - 19 Oct, 2011 RIM's unveiling of its new operating system, BBX, at a software developers' conference in San Francisco Tuesday went some way toward restoring the industry's confidence in its products, observers said. But at the same time, the company didn't have ...
	Caught Between Two Conferences New York Times (blog) - Nick Bilton - 19 Oct, 2011 Two technology conferences, two blocks away from each other in San Francisco, were two worlds apart. On Tuesday, the Web 2.0 Summit and Research in Motion's developer conference explored the future of the Internet and mobile technologies ...
Businesses will wait and see on RIM's new OS, says Atimi Software's Scott Michaels Vancouver Sun (blog) - Gillian Shaw - 19 Oct, 2011 Businesses are going to take a wait and see attitude before spending money developing new apps for Research in Motion's new BBX operating system announced today at the company's software developer conference in San Francisco, says Atimi Software's ...
RIM, Blackberry, and The Outage That Dare Not Speak Its Name Wired News - Robert McMillan - 19 Oct, 2011 The last thing Research in Motion wants to talk about is this month's disastrous service outage. Well, except for the iPhone. Speaking at a BlackBerry's annual developer conference on Tuesday, RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis devoted a ...