A lawsuit over RIM's wireless device management system could leave it paying $147.2 million or more in damages. Mformation Technologies, which sued RIM over patent infringement in 2008, told Reuters that a California jury has directed the phone maker to pay an $8 royalty for every device that...
Not even enterprise is safe
I just had a chance to sit down with Research In Motion's recently appointed CEO Thorsten Heins to discuss the current and future states of the company he's now tasked with rebuilding. While there wasn't much new ground to cover given all of the...
A survey has found that developer enthusiasm for RIM's new OS, BB10, has plummeted from 4.6 points out of 10 just three months ago down to 3.8 — a 17 percent decrease. According to the survey, which looked at developers' long-term outlook for mobile development platforms, the community feels similarly enthusiastic about BB10 and Adobe Flash / Air. RIM's current OS, BlackBerry 7, was less...
Nielsen's newest report shows that as smartphone adoption continues to grow in the US, Android and Apple's iOS are rising in popularity, with Android holding a slight edge over its competitor. This popularity comes at the expense of smaller companies like Blackberry and Windows, which hold steadily declining portions of the growing smartphone market. Smartphone adoption among US subscribers passed the 50 percent mark in March, and has reached 54.9 percent as of June 2012. New adoption momentum has remained steady, with smartphones making up about two-thirds of all new purchases.
The report shows that Android and Apple are both growing within the expanding market, with Android at 51.8 percent and Apple's iOS at 34.3 percent. Meanwhile, Blackberry has dwindled to just 8.1 percent, and only 4 percent of new adopters are choosing...
Bigger pie, fewer slices
| Subject | Posted By | Latest Reply | Comments |
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| Question 1 day ago | based_graham | fanchettes | 2 |
| One month later: the "I dropped my Android phone and went back to... 1 day ago | fanchettes | fanchettes | 14 |
| Options On The Table: Join Android Or Jump In With Microsoft 2 days ago | Joseph_Phoenix | TNell | 15 |
| RIM already being eulogized (before it's even dead) 4 days ago | shudder | purplesaltyqueso | 6 |
| I dropped my Android phone and went back to Blackberry - an update 9 days ago | fanchettes | persimmon | 5 |
| I have joined Paul Miller (sort of) 11 days ago | Jungle | Jedii | 5 |
Various codenames have been flying around the BlackBerry 10 project for quite some time, and Colt is one of the earlier examples — we heard about it as a QNX device way back in August, but then later got word that it may have been canceled after...
On July 10th, 2012, five companies spilled their guts: Steve Ballmer explained how Microsoft isn't stabbing OEMs in the back with its homegrown Surface tablet and how it will keep Apple at bay, and Ouya explained how it planned to raise $1 million on Kickstarter for an...
