BlackBerry World

Is RIM the Next Palm?

John Paczkowski in Mobile on May 2 at 3:35 am PT

RIM in 2012 seems to be even further behind its competitors than Palm was in 2009.

RIM Promises BlackBerry Developers Will Earn at Least $10,000 Per App

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 1 at 1:06 pm PT

The company is offering a guarantee that apps meeting a certain quality level will earn $10,000 in their first year or it will write a check for the difference.

Research In Motion Shows Off BlackBerry 10 Prototype

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 1 at 6:19 am PT

With the company at a crossroads, CEO Thorsten Heins provides a peek at the BlackBerry 10 operating system due out later this year.

Not Much Riding on BlackBerry World — Just RIM’s Future

John Paczkowski in Mobile on May 1 at 3:00 am PT

“This is RIM’s big chance to tell the BlackBerry 10 story.”

Grim Business: RIM Hit With Another Patent Suit

John Paczkowski in News on April 3 at 4:20 pm PT

Add one more dark cloud to the list of woes troubling Research In Motion.

RIM Says Some Developers to Get Prototype Next-Generation BlackBerrys in May

Ina Fried in Mobile on March 23 at 12:15 pm PT

RIM also says that it will have a beta version of the software tools needed to write apps for the devices.

Research in Motion: Strange Brew…

John Paczkowski in Mobile on May 4, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

If Research In Motion’s annual BlackBerry World developers conference was to be the company’s attempt at a comeback, well, better luck next year.

Research in Motion Taps Microsoft’s Bing to Power BlackBerry Search and Mapping

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 3, 2011 at 7:43 am PT

Under a deal announced on Tuesday, Microsoft’s search engine and mapping will become the main options for future BlackBerry devices and on the PlayBook tablet.

Touchscreen Bold, OS Upgrade Among New Pickings at BlackBerry World

Ina Fried in Mobile on May 2, 2011 at 8:36 am PT

RIM kicked off its yearly conference with a slew of announcements, including two new touchscreen phones, new features for its PlayBook tablet, as well as plans to allow its flagship server to manage Android and Apple phones in addition to BlackBerry devices.

Why Is RIM So Optimistic About the Second Half of the Year?

Ina Fried in Mobile on April 29, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

The surprising thing in RIM’s earnings warning wasn’t the fact that current BlackBerry sales are weak, but rather that the company is so convinced things will rebound in the second half of the year. It will be interesting to see if anyone walks away from next week’s BlackBerry World equally convinced that things will quickly turn around.