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Why the RIM outage has proved us fickleMoneycontrol.com - Oct 22, 2011So RIM screwed up. Who doesn't? 3 days of downtime and the whole world is up in arms against the Canadian company. Reams have written on the 'anguish' caused by the outage. People are still mourning the problems they faced when their BlackBerry refused ... |
RIM's Master Plan for Wooing Developers and Consumers to BBXPC Magazine - Damon Poeter - Oct 21, 2011Let's be bluntâ€"Research in Motion has an image problem. The smartphone maker's market share is being eroded by Apple and makers of phones running Google's Android mobile operating system. RIM's PlayBook tablet has been a dud thus far. ... |
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Research In Motion needs coherent strategyFinancial Times - Paul Taylor - Oct 21, 2011No surprise that Research In Motion, the Canadian manufacturer of the BlackBerry family of smartphones and PlayBook PC tablet, continues to be in the news following service disruptions that affected up to two-thirds of its ... |
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RIM's tough love for BlackBerry developersReuters - Oct 21, 2011Oct. 21 - Alec Saunders has been at Research In Motion a little over two months and has already taken decisive steps. The new head of developer relations has definitively killed the Java coding language, something coders long expected. ... |
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New, young blood reinvigorates RIMGlobe and Mail - iain marlow - Oct 21, 2011Clad in a black sweater and Converse shoes with peace signs on them, Anders Jeppsson doesn't look like your average executive from Research In Motion Ltd. RIM-T But Mr. Jeppsson fits right in here at the smart phone giant's annual developer conference ... |
Maybe RIM Should Stop TryingPCWorld (blog) - John P. Mello Jr - Oct 21, 2011Research In Motion (RIM) has built a reputation as a secure, reliable, business-oriented mobile platform. Back when RIM was the only game in town, this was good enough--but now snazzy smartphones have ... |
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What happened to the BlackBerryWashington Post - Scott Eidler - Oct 21, 2011Remember when we were the BlackBerry Nation? When we couldn't bear to be apart from our Crackberries? A few months ago? In one short summer, the fickle nation has wheeled on its heels and cold-heartedly dumped the 'Berry, and now bats its eyelashes at ... |
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RIM is neither a buy nor a holdGlobe and Mail - lou schizas - Oct 21, 2011I am getting so many mixed signals from various “experts.” Can you give me your valued opinion whether Research In Motion Ltd. is a “buy, hold or sell?” Cheers, Bob This will be the fifth time that I review the prospects for RIM since Aug. 9, 2010. ... |
RIM's apology gifts pretty lame so farMontreal Gazette (blog) - Oct 21, 2011So there was supposed to be $100 of free apps available to Blackberry users as of Wednesday, to make up for the problems incurred on the company's worldwide network last week . The list revealed by parent company Research in Motion earlier this week ... |
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RIM looks set to fight 'analysis paralysis'Globe and Mail - Oct 21, 2011Chris 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. ... |
RIM Betting On Developers To Spark Resurrection Of RelevanceForbes - Oct 21, 2011Research in Motion, maker of the Blackberry and other mobile devices, has had a bad year. Its share price has swooned from $60 down to $23. It has lost market share to Apple and Google Android devices in the consumer market and is being questioned for ... |
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RIM: Hate Your Old BlackBerry? Buy a New OnePC Magazine - Sara Yin - Oct 21, 2011In response to a rather unflattering report that suggested most enterprise users were planning to ditch their BlackBerrys within a year, Research in Motion advised unhappy customers to upgrade to a 2011 BlackBerry. ... |
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BlackBerry bunch choosy about free appsTimes of India - Oct 21, 2011LUDHIANA: BlackBerry aficionados of the city are ready to capitalize on the free premium applications worth over US $100 made available by BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) as an appreciation of their customers' patience during the recent ... |
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RIM faces further BlackBerry problemsFinancial Times (blog) - Phill Tutt - Oct 21, 2011Research In Motion has run into a problem over its BBX operating system â€" the blending of its QNX and existing BlackBerry software, PaidContent reports. Basis International, which makes software-development tools, has sent a cease and desist letter and ... |
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RIM runs into trademark dispute over BBX name for future OSComputerworld - John Ribeiro - Oct 21, 2011IDG News Service - Less than a week after it announced plans for a new platform called BBX for its smartphones and tablet, Research In Motion is facing the threat of legal action from a software company in Albuquerque that claims that ... |
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BlackBerry alive and well - RIMNews24 - Oct 21, 2011Research In Motion has come out firing against analysts' statements that the BlackBerry maker was certain to go downhill after the recent outage. RIM has said that the BlackBerry brand is growing. (AP) This book offers a comprehensive 12 Step Plan for ... |
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Blackberry loses face after outageInquirer - Dave Neal - Oct 21, 2011A STUDY by research organisation Yougov has found that the recent downtime that affected Research in Motion (RIM) and its Blackberry services has also affected the firm's public perception and done considerable damage to its brand. ... |
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BlackBerry maker accused of infringing BBX trademarkIBNLive.com - Oct 21, 2011Toronto: BBX, the operating system that Research In Motion is counting on to revive its floundering BlackBerry franchise, has run into trouble even before the company could install the system in its smartphone line. A New Mexico firm claims the "BBX" ... |
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RIM's BBX has all the logic PlayBook should have hadRegister - Oct 21, 2011By Faultline • Get more from this author RIM is a frustrating company right now. The massive outages that affected BlackBerry email users on three continents last week may have been a miracle of bad timing, just after the iPhone launch, but they were ... |
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Digicel to reimburse BlackBerry users for service outageJamaica Observer - Oct 21, 2011DIGICEL will be reimbursing BlackBerry users on its network whose services were interrupted during last week's massive outage of the smartphone device. "Following on from Research in Motion's (RIM's) unprecedented announcement that BlackBerry customers ... |
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BlackBerry 'severely undermined' by outagesTelegraph.co.uk - Matt Warman - Oct 20, 2011Nearly half of all BlackBerry users say they will get a different device when they change handsets, according to new research. The YouGov study comes in the wake of the Canada-based BlackBerry maker struggling ... |
RIM's BBX name already takenZDNet Asia - Kevin Kwang - Oct 20, 2011A small New Mexico, US, company claims that RIM is courting customer "confusion" over its own "BBx" software. Research in Motion's (RIM) new BBX operating system isn't even out yet, ... |
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Trademark Trouble For RIM Over New "BBX" NameSlashdot - Oct 20, 2011AZA43 writes "As if its latest BlackBerry service outage--the worst in company history--and the mass exodus of BlackBerry users to iOS and Android weren't bad enough, RIM is now facing a potential trademark lawsuit over the name of its next generation ... |
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RIM's latest misstep: Its new BBX name is already takenCNET (blog) - Roger Cheng - Oct 20, 2011Research in Motion's new BBX operating system isn't even out yet, and it's already facing a bit of legal heat. A small Albuquerque, NM-based software provider, Basis International, ... |
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RIM Hit With Legal Challenge Over BBX NamePC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - Oct 20, 2011Research in Motion can't catch a break. After the lackluster release of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and a massive three-day outage, the company is now facing a trademark challenge over its recently introduced BBX platform. ... |
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BlackBerry's Indian Curve-ballForbes - Anirvan Ghosh - Oct 20, 2011A few months after she joined Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, Ayesha Rachel became an addict. She just couldn't get enough of her BlackBerry Curve. "I was a Nokia user but this thing is addictive, and no other phone gives me this value for my ... |
RIM Faces a Naming ProblemNew York Times (blog) - Ian Austen - Oct 20, 2011OTTAWAâ€"While Research in Motion disappointed many analysts this week by offering relatively little specific or new information about the next generation of BlackBerry phones, it did make one announcement at a software conference. ... |
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RIM evangelists court app developers in Silicon ValleyToronto Star - John Goddard - Oct 20, 2011Research in Motion is sending technology evangelists to Silicon Valley to help sell app developers on the new BlackBerry BBX operating system, a company executive says. Alec Saunders, RIM's new head of developer relations, says the company's developer ... |
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RIM's BBX runs into trademark troubleMontreal Gazette - Oct 20, 2011Mike Lazaridis, president and co-CEO of Research In Motion, announces BBX, during BlackBerry's DevCon at the Moscone West Centre in San Francisco. TORONTO â€" BBX, the operating system that Research In Motion is counting on to revive its floundering ... |
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Smartphones at Work: BlackBerries Disappear, iOS Beats AndroidPC Magazine - Sara Yin - Oct 20, 2011Once upon a time, you could walk into an office building and find every suit on his or her CrackBerry. But that scene may soon disappear. Two recent studiesâ€"both compiled before the iPhone 4S launch and BlackBerry outageâ€"show that RIM is ... |
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