Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on April 20, 2011 at 6:00 pm PT
Walt Mossberg answers readers’ question on how to delete more than one email at once on an iPad, secure computers, and more.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on April 13, 2011 at 6:04 pm PT
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet has a great interface and a beautiful screen. But its dependence on a nearby BlackBerry connection makes it impractical for most people, writes Walt.
John Paczkowski in News on March 18, 2011 at 11:05 am PT
RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook doesn’t yet have a firm price or launch date–though new rumors suggest it may arrive at market by mid-April–but already there is developing demand for it. According to some analysts, anyway.
John Paczkowski in News on February 2, 2011 at 3:50 am PT
The PlayBook’s hardware specs might beat anything on the market, its QNX OS might be rock solid and its “Web fidelity” might outshine that of the iPad, but Research in Motion’s forthcoming “professional tablet” will be poorly received when it finally ships. This according to Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair, who believes the device to be signifigantly flawed and claims it will be “dead on arrival.”
John Paczkowski in News on January 13, 2011 at 8:57 am PT
Research In Motion has finally settled its long-running dispute with the Indian government over its BlackBerry Messenger Service–part of it, anyway. It’s given wireless carriers in the country the ability to intercept messages sent over its BlackBerry Messenger service and BlackBerry Internet Service if requested by the government.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 13, 2011 at 7:11 am PT
Mobilized is in Beantown Thursday to hear Research In Motion talk about its plans for the enterprise. The event, at the Marriott Copley Place downtown, kicked off around 10 am ET. Here are the highlights.
Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on August 25, 2010 at 5:34 pm PT
Walt answers readers’ questions on shopping for a new Windows PC, irritating bundled programs, and the Galaxy S smartphone.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on August 17, 2010 at 9:30 am PT
Launched last Thursday, Research in Motion’s new BlackBerry Torch is already being sold at a discount–and significant one, too.
John Paczkowski in News on August 6, 2010 at 1:08 pm PT
Is there a ban on BlackBerry services in Saudi Arabia or isn’t there? Earlier this week the kingdom’s Communication and Information Technology Commission ordered a suspension of some BlackBerry services that was to begin today and continue until Research in Motion addressed the national security concerns it raised about lack of access to BlackBerry data. Yet after a temporary outage this morning, BlackBerry service appears to be operating normally.
John Paczkowski in News on August 5, 2010 at 10:16 am PT
Research in Motion co-CEO Michael Lazaridis has a bit of advice for Gulf states threatening to ban BlackBerry services over national security concerns: “If they can’t deal with the Internet, they should shut it off.”