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RIM releases list of Android-on-PlayBook no-nos

RIM releases list of Android-on-PlayBook no-nos

News Mobile & Telco

Details have started to appear regarding Research In Motion's BlackBerry Runtime for Android Apps, the compatibility layer which - it hopes - will breathe new life into its ailing PlayBook by introducing compatibility with Android software.Sadly, the news is rather more negative than positive. Presenting at Droidcon, part of the Eastern European Mobile Monday Developer Summit being held in Romania today, RIM engineers explained that there are several features which will...



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QNX-based OS gets a new name due to trademark squabble

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Following the loss of its BBX trademark, Research In Motion has renamed its next-generation operating system to the imaginative moniker 'BlackBerry 10.'Based on the QNX real-time operating system, BlackBerry 10 is the official...


RIM BlackBerry services come to Android and Apple devices

RIM BlackBerry services come to Android and Apple devices

News Mobile & Telco

Canadian email mobile phone manufacturer Research In Motion has announced BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, which is a mobile device management service for smartphones and tablets that can manage Google Android and Apple iOS operating...


BlackBerry PlayBook caught on video running Android applications

BlackBerry PlayBook caught on video running Android applications

Inside of a new OS too

News Mobile & Telco

German BlackBerry news blog Macberry.de has run a feature on the upcoming Research In Motion BlackBerry tablet OS, which highlights the Android App player that allows Google mobile applications to be run on the device.RIM's...


RIM launches Android app patch for PlayBook

RIM launches Android app patch for PlayBook

Testers get surprising results

News Software

Research In Motion has released a public beta of BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0, with the chief new feature being support for selected Android applications. As the company revealed at Droidcon last month, the BlackBerry Runtime for...


Developers In Motion : How RIM & Blackberry Are Becoming Increasingly Irrelevant

Developers In Motion : How RIM & Blackberry Are Becoming Increasingly Irrelevant

News Mobile & Telco

Mike Kirkup, who he is and why should you be reading about him? Well, up until this Tuesday (30th August), Mike was senior director of global developer relations for Research in Motion. His resignation is significant as it only...


BlackBerry maker RIM planning to cut 2000 jobs

BlackBerry maker RIM planning to cut 2000 jobs

Workforce decimated in cost-cutting exercise

News Business & Government

Beleaguered BlackBerry-maker RIM is planning to axe 2,000 jobs, according to a brief report from news agency Reuters. The cuts will see 11 per cent of the Canadian tech giant, which practically invented the smartphone market...


RIM's Revenue Drops For The First Time In Nine Years, Stock Prices Tumble

RIM's Revenue Drops For The First Time In Nine Years, Stock Prices Tumble

News Business & Government

BlackBerry and PlayBook maker Research in Motion (RIM) suffered a major setback yesterday when the company’s shares dropped over 15 percent during after-hours trading.That drop took place after RIM announced on Thursday...


Noon News: RIM Acquires Scoreloop, Evernote Has 10 Million Users, PlayBook Updated, World IPv6 Day

Noon News: RIM Acquires Scoreloop, Evernote Has 10 Million Users, PlayBook Updated, World IPv6 Day

News Mobile & Telco

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has acquired Scoreloop, a San Francisco based company, primarily known for its widely popular cross-multi platform social gaming network for Android, Bada and iOS users. The move, according to...


Android, Apple iOS And RIM Consolidate Position In US Market

Android, Apple iOS And RIM Consolidate Position In US Market

News Software

The smartphone market share is beginning to stabilise in the US and each manufacturer now has its well defined share of the pie, new research from Nielsen suggests. The Android operating system developed by Google has established...


RIM recalls 1000 BlackBerry PlayBooks Over Bug In The Operating System

RIM recalls 1000 BlackBerry PlayBooks Over Bug In The Operating System

News Software

Research in Motion is recalling around 1,000 PlayBook tablet PCs over a problem in the operating system.The company told The Inquirer that some of the 16 GB model of the PlayBook tablet devices were infected with a bug that...


Original iPad And iPhone 3GS Outselling New Android Devices

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A new study from Canaccord Genuity has revealed that the iPhone 4 is the number one selling handset at AT&T and Verizon, with the iPad and iPhone 3GS also bringing in a lot of revenue for Apple. According to this...


BlackBerry Bold Touch Videos Leaked On YouTube

BlackBerry Bold Touch Videos Leaked On YouTube

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Two of Research in Motion's upcoming BlackBerry smartphones have been leaked in a series of video tutorials on YouTube. The videos, some of which can be viewed on the Cnet website, reveal two BlackBerry devices, the...


BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet To Run Android Apps

BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet To Run Android Apps

News Hardware

Research in Motion has revealed that its upcoming PlayBook tablet PC device will be able to run apps designed for Google's Android platform. The move will allow the company to greatly expand the number of apps available for the...


Video confirms RIM PlayBook to get Android Apps

Video confirms RIM PlayBook to get Android Apps

BlackBerry rep spills beans

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Persistent rumours that RIM's iPad-busting BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will be able to run Android apps have been given a healthy nudge in the right direction by the discovery of a previously unreleased video on YouTube. The...


BlackBerry PlayBook will run Android apps

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RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will still be able to run Android apps despite dropping the Dalvik platform according to reports. Circulating rumours have it that that RIM is developing its own software to enable the...

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