RIM

RIM Should Make the Move to Android

by Mike Mansell September 30, 2011

RIM isn’t getting anywhere in the smartphone market, would the move to Android-based BlackBerry’s help the company in an uphill battle against Apple.

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Is RIM A Target for Acquisition?

by Mike Mansell August 17, 2011

Google’s recent acquisition of Motorola has left many of us questioning if RIM is next in line to be acquired? While RIM isn’t exactly producing cutting edge technology right now and their efforts in the past years (the BlackBerry Torch and the BlackBerry PlayBook) have been somewhat pitiful are they appealing enough?

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Sprint Turns Down PlayBook 4G, But This Isn’t the End

by Mike Mansell August 15, 2011

This afternoon I read a post from Wired that discussed the BlackBerry PlayBook, RIM’s first ever tablet, and the fact that Sprint recently turned down the opportunity to strike a deal with Resources In Motion to produce and sell a 4G version of the tablet. Now, with the amount of competition in the tablet industry [...]

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Should RIM Start Developing for iOS and Android?

by Mike Mansell May 18, 2011

The last few years have brought amazing developments and innovations in the mobile industry. Think about it. Just a number of years ago, “smartphones” such as the BlackBerry were only justifiable and reasonable for those involved in business and hard-core productivity. Now such devices have become commonplace in our society, and the innovations have made [...]

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Will the PlayBook Be Successful?

by Mike Mansell March 25, 2011

A little more than a year ago when Steve Jobs first unveiled the Apple iPad many saw the device as revolutionary; not only in terms of grandfathering the tablet industry with previously unheard of features, but in terms of the price as well. With baseline models starting at just $499 (16GB, WiFi), the iPad was [...]

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Is the BlackBerry PlayBook a Smart Move for RIM?

by Mike Mansell January 14, 2011

For years now, Research In Motion (RIM) has developed the BlackBerry smartphone OS and product line. While newer and more “modern” products have by no doubt taken away from the BlackBerry’s success, the fact of the matter is that RIM is still going strong. This is because – among other things – the BlackBerry is [...]

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RIM’s BlackBerry Outsold the Apple iPhone This Fall

by Mike Mansell December 17, 2010

While there’s no doubt that Apple’s iPhone has been an amazingly successful product – both at the initial launch and through each subsequent update of the device. While I previously criticized Research In Motion, the manufacturer of the BlackBerry, for not staying current with mobile trends, it appears that RIM is still very successful in [...]

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BlackBerry Torch: Too Little, Too Late?

by Mike Mansell August 17, 2010

For a while now, I have been a loyal BlackBerry user. Being the original “smart-phone”, the BlackBerry has gained an excellent reputation in the business field over the last eleven years. With mobile email, SMS and media messaging, and mobile Internet, the BlackBerry was the first device to be considered a “mobile communications device” as [...]

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RIM (Informally) Announces BlackBerry OS 6

by Mike Mansell April 28, 2010

Mike Lazaridis, the co-chief executive of Research In Motion, the company that makes the BlackBerry smart-phone line and the BlackBerry OS has informal announced today that they plan on releasing the 6.0 version of their BlackBerry OS software in the fall of this year. This information comes shortly after Apple announced the release of the [...]

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BlackBerry Desktop Manager 5.0.0.8 Leaks

by Jeff Weisbein June 13, 2009

It seems the latest version of BlackBerry Desktop Manager (5.0.0.8) has leaked. The new version is a whopping 300MB in size and includes Roxio Media Manager (that’s probably why it’s so large). The screenshot is below as well as the download links. I’ll post the download links below for the program, it has been split [...]

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