Ina Fried in Mobile on March 21 at 3:00 am PT
The company behind the BlackBerry Partners Fund is rebranding itself, launching a new fund and expanding its presence in Silicon Valley.
Ina Fried in Mobile on June 16, 2011 at 1:31 pm PT
After noting several weeks ago that it was in for a rough patch, Research In Motion on Thursday reported quarterly earnings that were mostly in line with lowered estimates, but sales were below even already chopped expectations. RIM slashed its forecast for the remainder of its fiscal year.
The company also said it will reduce its workforce in an effort to cut costs.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 4, 2011 at 2:05 pm PT
AT&T announces its CFO is retiring, while the BlackBerry maker announces its chief marketing officer is leaving for personal reasons.
They both thought Friday afternoon might be a good time to let you know this.
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Ina Fried in Mobile on January 14, 2011 at 7:00 am PT
Mobile Internet telephony firm
Rebtel said on Friday that it is bringing its free international calling service to the BlackBerry. The service, which allows free international calls among more than 50 countries by routing the calls over the Internet, has been available for Android since last March. Rebtel also said it plans to add the free calling feature to the iPhone this spring.
“We are committed to bringing innovation into the oligopolistic marketplace to make international calls either free or super-cheap for our customers,” Rebtel CEO Andreas Bernstrom said in a statement. Rebtel’s app automatically notices when an international call is being made and routes the call over its VoIP service, as opposed to making a cellphone call.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 16, 2010 at 1:50 pm PT
There wasn’t a lot new on RIM’s conference call, but we did learn that the company isn’t expecting tablet revenue anytime during the quarter, which runs through the end of February. Looks like if you had March in the PlayBook launch pool, you are a winner.
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Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's in News on April 6, 2010 at 2:39 pm PT
Research In Motion this morning said it has launched an updated set of software development tools for creating apps for the BlackBerry. Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu writes in a research note that the updated tools “strengthen” BlackBerry’s competitive position in the Apps market.
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Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on March 30, 2010 at 1:00 pm PT
Hudson Square Research analyst Daniel Ernst today launched coverage of both Palm and Research in Motion.
Ernst started coverage of Palm with a Hold rating, asserting that without a dramatic shift in demand, the company will run out of cash by the end of its May 2011 fiscal year.
John Paczkowski in News on November 11, 2009 at 4:30 am PT
At 37.9 percent, Nokia’s share of the global handset market is the largest in the industry. Odd then to learn that it is not the most profitable. And odder still to learn that that honor belongs to Apple, which has been in the handset market for just two years.
John Paczkowski in News on November 9, 2009 at 4:45 am PT
Given the havoc the econalypse has played with other industries, the smart-phone market is in extraordinarily good shape. Shipments of the devices rose 4.2 percent to 43.3 million globally compared with 41.5 million shipped in third quarter of 2008.
John Paczkowski in News on October 21, 2009 at 7:21 am PT
There’s a new BlackBerry Bold headed to market. This morning, Research in Motion uncrated the BlackBerry Bold 9700, a more refined verison of its popular enterprise device, the BlackBerry Bold 9000.
