RIM delays Blackberry Playbook OS 2.0

Release Date 26 Oct, 2011 in Inquirer

 
   
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Boot up: RIM struggling with multi-device Playbook support, Amazon building ...

The Guardian (blog) - 26 Oct, 2011
"First off, we have decided to defer the inclusion of the BBM™ application to a subsequent BlackBerry PlayBook OS release. We are committed to developing a seamless BBM solution that fully delivers on the powerful, push based messaging capabilities ...

Everything Everywhere Still In Talks With RIM On BlackBerry Outage

Wall Street Journal - Lilly Vitorovich - 26 Oct, 2011
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Everything Everywhere, the UK's biggest mobile operator by revenue, said Wednesday it's still in talks with BlackBerry smartphone maker Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM, RIM.T) about the recent BlackBerry service breakdown that ...

RIM delays PlayBook update; shipping without messenger

Reuters India - Maneesha Tiwari - 26 Oct, 2011
Get the latest news on the go. Visit Reuters India on your mobile device. Full Coverage Indians across the world prepare for Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. Slideshow A woman holds the a RIM PlayBook in Toronto, April 19, 2011. ...

RIM delays Blackberry Playbook OS 2.0

Inquirer - Dave Neal - 26 Oct, 2011
CANADIAN MOBILE MAKER Research in Motion (RIM) has delayed its release of the Blackberry Playbook OS 2.0. The firm said the software is not quite ready for release and might not appeal as much to developers as the company would have liked. ...

RIM delays PlayBook update shipping without messenger

Moneycontrol.com - 26 Oct, 2011
Research in Motion said the software upgrade for its PlayBook tablet has been delayed to February next year.It seems that the even with the software update though, the tablet will ship without the Blackberry messenger (BBM)software, the company said in ...

RIM delays PlayBook update

IBNLive.com - 26 Oct, 2011
Bangalore: Research in Motion said the software upgrade for its PlayBook tablet has been delayed to February next year. The tablet will ship without the Blackberry messenger (BBM)software, the company said in a blog post on its website. ...

RIM delays PlayBook update

Reuters UK - Mike Cassese, Maneesha Tiwari - 26 Oct, 2011
A man holds a BlackBerry PlayBook during the Research In Motion (RIM) annual general meeting of shareholders in Waterloo July 12, 2011. (Reuters) - Research in Motion said the software upgrade for its PlayBook tablet has been delayed to February next ...

RIM delays BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 update until Feb 2012

ZDNet (blog) - Matthew Miller - 26 Oct, 2011
Summary: RIM needs good news to keep people excited about the PlayBook tablet and delaying the OS 2.0 update until at least February 2012 is not going to help. The PlayBook had a TON of promise when it ...

Montreal BlackBerry user files class-action lawsuit over service disruption

Montreal Gazette (blog) - Kathryn Leger - 26 Oct, 2011
A class-action lawsuit was filed in Quebec Superior Court today on behalf of a Montreal BlackBerry user seeking financial compensation for the recent service disruption that left millions of users around the world without email, instant messaging and ...

How RIM's OS Update Can Save the PlayBook

PCWorld - Angela West - 26 Oct, 2011
When RIM released the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in April, the tech sphere was overwhelmingly unimpressed. The lack of native email didn't help. Now that RIM has dropped the tablet's price and announced a new OS for February ...

RIM Offers Cloud Services to Corporate Customers

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Judy McKinnon - 26 Oct, 2011
Research In Motion Tuesday launched BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365, a new company-hosted online service allowing mid-sized businesses to self-manage their BlackBerry deployments. Waterloo, Ont.-based RIM ...

RIM is sued over use of BBX, new BlackBerry OS name

Los Angeles Times - 26 Oct, 2011
Just one week after Research In Motion announced its BBX operating system for BlackBerry phones and tablets, the company is facing a lawsuit over the name of the new software. Basis International has sued RIM, alleging trademark infringement. ...

RIM links with Microsoft for cloud services

Register - 26 Oct, 2011
RIM has begun a beta of BlackBerry Business Cloud Services, a system designed to manage its users' devices remotely and allow access to Microsoft Office 365 applications online. The open beta, available in 30 countries, will see RIM hosting the service ...

Flagging RIM ramps up push to add BlackBerry apps

Chicago Tribune - 26 Oct, 2011
Alec Saunders was hired by Research in Motion Ltd. in August with a daunting mandate: make the BlackBerry as cool for apps designers as the iPhone. For more than a year, RIM has been ramping up efforts to woo top developers to make more apps -- games ...

New Service Connects BlackBerry to Office 365

PCWorld (blog) - Tony Bradley - 26 Oct, 2011
BlackBerry smartphones are a staple of mobile communications for many businesses, but some of the key productivity features have not been available to small and medium businesses. RIM is solving that, though, ...

RIM Missed Opportunity For Straight Talk

InformationWeek - Jonathan Feldman - 26 Oct, 2011
BlackBerry maker made some snazzy announcements last week, but unless it can settle the widespread unease about its recent network outage, customers will move on. By Jonathan Feldman InformationWeek Research In Motion missed a golden opportunity last ...

RIM launches BlackBerry Business Cloud service for Office 365

National Post (registration) - Jameson Berkow - 26 Oct, 2011
For those using a BlackBerry smartphone to access Microsoft Corp.'s Office 365 software, Research In Motion Ltd. just made the process a little easier. On Tuesday, the Waterloo, Ont.-based company introduced a free cloud-based service for Office 365 ...

BlackBerry users look to iPhone after outage

Telegraph.co.uk - 26 Oct, 2011
Most Blackberry users who considered defecting to another smartphone after RIM's three-day service outage earlier this month would buy an iPhone, according to research. More than 40 per cent of BlackBerry users polled considered abandoning RIM. ...

RIM Announces BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365

MarketWatch (press release) - 26 Oct, 2011
WATERLOO, ONTARIO, Oct 25, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Research In Motion (RIM) /quotes/zigman/18534/quotes/nls/rimm RIMM -5.19% /quotes/zigman/18555 CA:RIM -4.20% today announced BlackBerry(R) Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 - a ...

BlackBerry users slam service hitch

The Press Association - ‎Oct 25, 2011‎
More than 40% of BlackBerry users considered switching their smartphone after being hit by service problems for more than three days, a survey has found. Almost two-thirds (64%) of those polled said they eyed an Apple iPhone after being left unable to ...

RIM courting Silicon Valley app developers

Edmonton Journal - Hugo Miller - ‎Oct 25, 2011‎
Research In Motion Ltd., losing ground in a market that its Black-Berry smartphone helped to build, is adding developer "evangelists" in Silicon Valley to change perceptions about the company's prospects ...

What is your brand worth?

Mail & Guardian Online - ‎Oct 25, 2011‎
Companies spend fortunes on advertising and marketing to enhance their brands. A strong brand generally equates to greater profit. However, in a crisis, a brand is at its most vulnerable. Previously, one generally had the luxury of a little time to ...

Research in Motion: Another Analyst Bails, Stock Bounces

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Mark Gongloff - ‎Oct 24, 2011‎
AP Research in Motion is jumping today, catching a ride with the broader tech market, despite another Wall Street analyst bailing on it. GMP Securities analysts cut their rating on RIM to “reduce,” (ie, “sell”), taking the number of ...

Android 2.3 Gingerbread apps running on BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 beta

YouTube - ‎Oct 24, 2011‎
At BlackBerry DevCon, RIM launched the tools developers needed to get their Android apps onto the PlayBook tablet. Here's how some of them look.

RIM Unveils BlackBerry BBX

GMANews.TV - ‎Oct 24, 2011‎
San Francisco, CA " BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011 - At BlackBerry DevCon Americas 2011, Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today unveiled BlackBerry BBX, its next generation mobile platform that takes the best of the BlackBerry® ...

RIM delays PlayBook OS update until 2012

PC Pro - Nicole Kobie - 26 Oct, 2011
RIM has said an OS update for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet won't arrive until next year. PlayBook OS 2.0 was announced last week, but RIM didn't actually announce a release date. RIM has now said it has decided to "wait" to roll out ...

Three-Day Outage Testament to RIM's “Unprecedented Track Record of Reliability”

All Things Digital - John Paczkowski - 26 Oct, 2011
After its humuliating worldwide BlackBerry network outage earlier this month, you'd think that Research In Motion would be steeling itself for a subscriber exodus. Not so, according to RIM's UK managing director, Stephen Bates, who expects affected ...

Consumer Law Group Inc. announces the filing of a national class action ...

mediacaster - 26 Oct, 2011
MONTREAL, Oct. 25, 2011 /CNW Telbec/ - Consumer Law Group Inc. today announced the filing in the Quebec Superior Court of a proposed national class action lawsuit against Research in Motion on behalf of individuals who have Blackberry smartphones and ...

RIM targeted in lawsuit filed in Quebec court

570 News - 26 Oct, 2011
Montreal-based Consumer Law Group Inc. filed the proposed lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court on Tuesday. It says the suit would be on "behalf of individuals who have Blackberry smartphones and who pay for a monthly data plan but were unable to access ...

BlackBerry Playbook OS 2.0 delayed

MyBroadband - 26 Oct, 2011
Derrick joined MyBroadband in 2011 as a junior journalist with a strong background in computer hardware and gaming. He is also regular columnist and hardware... The company also reported having issues with BlackBerry Messenger integration in the OS ...

 

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