In a conversation with CTIA's Rob Mesirow earlier today, we've learned that RIM will factor prominently into the trade organization's Enterprise & Applications show this year, scheduled for October 9th through the 11th in San Diego. Rob notes that RIM is moving toward its enterprise roots, and he...
Enterprise show, enterprise device
We’ve seen a lot in the more than six months since RIM’s 2012 roadmap for BlackBerry 10 devices leaked; most recently a developer build of the new operating system running on a PlayBook-like testing handset. Found within that OS, says N4BB,...
The transition to new leadership at RIM continues — the company has just announced new chief operating officer Kristian Tear (pictured above) and new chief marketing officer Frank Boulben. Tear comes to RIM from Sony Mobile, where he most recently worked as executive VP, while Boulben is a former executive VP at LightSquared. Tear fills a void left when former COO Thorstein Heins took the...
Popular voice and text chat app Viber has expanded to BlackBerry and Windows Phone. The app offers free HD voice calling and text messaging over 3G, 4G, or Wi-Fi in its iOS and Android incarnations and has gained over 69 million users to date. However, neither Windows Phone nor BlackBerry users will be able to make voice calls with the current beta versions of the app, which are restricted to text and photo messaging right now. Viber promises that full releases will come when they "meet Viber's quality standards." We certainly hope so — without voice chat it seems unlikely the app will topple BBM on BlackBerry, and Skype could use a competitor on Windows Phone following its underwhelming launch. You can get the Viber beta from BlackBerry App World or the Windows Phone Marketplace now.
Taking the V out of VOIP
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We've taken a closer look at the UI elements revealed during RIM's BlackBerry World keynote and put together a video detailing the major new elements we've seen. Firstly and foremost, RIM is focusing heavily on gestures to move between and within apps. It's all about "flow," as CEO Thorsten Heins...
Last week RIM CEO Thorsten Heins was getting excited about the new BlackBerry 10 interface, keyboard, and camera app at the BlackBerry World keynote. However, some slides leaked by CrackBerry Forums member biggulpseh hint at a number of other...
The more RIM changes, the more RIM stays the same. In an uncharacteristic move for the usually conservative Waterloo company, RIM's Australian arm recently sent off a group of hirelings to "protest" outside Sydney's Apple Store with placards reading "Wake Up." That has been...
