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		<title>&#8216;App Economy&#8217; Has Created Nearly 500K Jobs Since 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim LaCapria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />One of the big buzzwords in the 2012 election has been, of course, &#8220;job creators&#8221; (with the very existence of said group a matter of intense debate), but it seems if you buy and use a lot of apps, you&#8217;re one of them. They should lower your taxes to 15% and subsidize the bailout of [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/191699/app-economy-has-created-nearly-500k-jobs-since-2007/">&#8216;App Economy&#8217; Has Created Nearly 500K Jobs Since 2007</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>One of the big buzzwords in the 2012 election has been, of course, &#8220;job creators&#8221; (with the very existence of said group a matter of intense debate), but it seems if you buy and use a lot of apps, you&#8217;re one of them. They should lower your taxes to 15% and subsidize the bailout of your house.</p>
<p>Seriously, though, it seems the &#8220;app economy&#8221; segment of the tech sector- while it often concerns farming fake crops and spoofing phone numbers- actually translates to serious dollars. While that in and of itself isn&#8217;t news, the fact that this is also translating to some significant jobs numbers according to a new TechNet study is pretty interesting. According to the data, a net 466,000 jobs have been created- with 311,000 actually making the app donuts and the balance of about 155,000 jobs administrating app-related jobs in functions like payroll.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-app-jobs-20120207,0,4530957.story"><em>Los Angeles Times</em> quoted</a> one analyst on how news about the app economy and its effect on business in commerce is a good indicator for economic progress overall:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;This is a telescope into what the future looks like,&#8221; said Michael Mandel, the economist hired by TechNet to put together the report. &#8220;This is one part of the economy that is actually expanding and hiring. Once you point people in that direction, they can realign their compass pretty quickly.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Mandel, who is the President of South Mountain Economics and the former Chief Economist for BusinessWeek, added:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The App Economy, along with the broad communications sector, has been a leading source of hiring strength in an otherwise sluggish labor market.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Do you dump money into the apps sector with increasing frequency?</p>
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		<title>Developer Special: Submit A BlackBerry App Get A Free Playbook</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />Research In Motion is hoping to attract Google Android app developers to their own Blackberry platform and to reach that goal the company this week began offering free Blackberry PlayBooks to developers who submit new applications to the BlackBerry app platform. The program was initiated by RIM&#8217;s VP of developer relations, Alec Saunders in a [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/190003/developer-special-submit-a-blackberry-app-get-a-free-playbook/">Developer Special: Submit A BlackBerry App Get A Free Playbook</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>Research In Motion is hoping to attract Google Android app developers to their own Blackberry platform and to reach that goal the company this week began offering free Blackberry PlayBooks to developers who submit new applications to the BlackBerry app platform.</p>
<p>The program was initiated by RIM&#8217;s VP of developer relations, Alec Saunders in a tweet. Saunders tells developers to head over to RIM&#8217;s DevZone site where a variety of tools are available to ease the transition over to the PlayBook OS. Developers can use the DevZone website to verify app compatibility with the PlayBook and then repackage apps for submission.</p>
<p>While the PlayBook is capable of running standard Android apps the team at Research in Motion still hopes to maintain their own app store for better control and because it promises a better return on investment for the company through revenue sharing.</p>
<p>The free <a title="Samsung May Acquire RIM, Maker Of BlackBerry Says Report" href="http://www.inquisitr.com/182667/samsung-may-acquire-rim-maker-of-blackberry-says-report/">Blackberry PlayBook tablet</a> offer is valid until February 13, just shy of the February 17 release date that has been rumored for the PlayBook OS 2 release.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re a developer do you think transitioning your app over to the PlayBook OS is worth the effort for a free device or will you stick with Android and iOS based mobile apps for the time being.</p>
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		<title>RIM Tries To Make A Comeback With Cartoon Superheroes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stenger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />RIM, Research In Motion, has lost quite a bit of market share over the last few years to Android and the iPhone. The company had it&#8217;s Co-CEO&#8217;s step down recently and there&#8217;s talks of some other changes to help them get back to where they were. Well, it seems one of those changes is a [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/188795/rim-tries-to-make-a-comeback-with-cartoon-superheroes/">RIM Tries To Make A Comeback With Cartoon Superheroes</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>RIM, Research In Motion, has lost quite a bit of market share over the last few years to Android and the iPhone. The company had it&#8217;s <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/185086/rim-co-ceos-step-down-not-a-seismic-event-says-ceo/">Co-CEO&#8217;s step down</a> recently and there&#8217;s talks of some other changes to help them get back to where they were.</p>
<p>Well, it seems one of those changes is a new marketing campaign. Instead of sticking to something traditional, they decided to go the completely opposite: Cartoon superheroes. Dubbed &#8220;The Bold Team&#8221;, they&#8217;re four superheroes who do, well, we&#8217;re not exactly sure at this point.</p>
<p>This is part of CEO Thorsten Heins&#8217; plan to keep the BlackBerry line of smartphones afloat while they wait for the BlackBerry 10 smartphones to arrive.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399615,00.asp">Via PCMag</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Oh, right, no &#8211; it&#8217;s &#8220;The Bold Team,&#8221; an almost comically uncool smoothie of computer-analyzed audience data blended down into four poorly drawn characters. Never mind &#8211; this makes the Computer Whiz Kids look hip.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;For those of you under the age of 30, by the way, the TRS-80 Computer Whiz Kids was a line of promotional comics released free by Radio Shack stores that featured two kids solving crimes with their TRS-80 PCs.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>You can check out RIM&#8217;s infographic about them <a href="http://blogs.blackberry.com/2012/01/be-bold-infographic/">here</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Marketing isn&#8217;t the company&#8217;s main problem, of course. The products are. North American users have very little love for the messaging-focused BlackBerry 7, which looks like a laggard in a smartphone market that&#8217;s now all about apps and the Web. Heins knows that, I think. Although he&#8217;s careful not to deride the company&#8217;s existing product line, he&#8217;s made it clear that getting new phones out on time, bug-free and with the features people demand will be a priority.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Do you think RIM has a good or bad campaign here?</p>
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		<title>Porsche Makes A BlackBerry Smartphone, Sleek And Expensive</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stenger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />Porsche, known for it&#8217;s luxury and fast cars, has created their very own smartphone in a partnership with BlackBerry. Now, it won&#8217;t feature a twin-turbocharged engine or racing suspension, but those interested can at least expect a cool looking design. Details about the phone leaked last year, particularly pictures and had some wondering if it [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/186421/porsche-makes-a-blackberry-smartphone-sleek-and-expensive/">Porsche Makes A BlackBerry Smartphone, Sleek And Expensive</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/186421/porsche-makes-a-blackberry-smartphone-sleek-and-expensive/porsche-designs-blackberry-smartphone/" rel="attachment wp-att-186425"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-186425" title="Porsche Makes A BlackBerry Smartphone, Sleek And Expensive" src="http://www.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2012/01/porsche-designs-blackberry-smartphone.jpg" alt="Porsche" width="526" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Porsche, known for it&#8217;s luxury and fast cars, has created their very own smartphone in a partnership with <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/185086/rim-co-ceos-step-down-not-a-seismic-event-says-ceo/">BlackBerry</a>. Now, it won&#8217;t feature a twin-turbocharged engine or racing suspension, but those interested can at least expect a cool looking design.</p>
<p>Details about the phone leaked last year, particularly pictures and had some wondering if it was actually legit. As it turns out, it is. Being that it has the design and name of a luxury car manufacturer behind it, don&#8217;t expect the smartphone to be cheap.</p>
<p>Just how much are we talking? Oh, just the cost of almost 12 iPhone 4S&#8217;s.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/24/blackberry-porsche-design-p9981-review/">Engadget has a full write up of the phone</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;RIM&#8217;s been hard at work trying to regain lost momentum by introducing a series of new devices featuring its latest OS, BlackBerry 7, and the BlackBerry Bold 9900 / 9930 series has been the star of the show so far. The problem is, it&#8217;s not flashy enough. How is a C-level exec supposed to walk proudly on the golf course with a $300 (subsidized) phone? Talk about embarrassing. Have no fear, poor corporate top dog, luxury brand Porsche Design has come up with a solution: the $2,300 BlackBerry P&#8217;9981, a Vertu-ized version of that lesser handset you wouldn&#8217;t be caught dead using.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Specs:</p>
<ul>
<li>2.8 inch touchscreen</li>
<li>640&#215;480 resolution</li>
<li>1.2GHZ Qualcomm single core processor</li>
<li>768MB RAM</li>
<li>5 megapixel rear-facing camera with 720p video recording</li>
<li>BlackBerry OS 7.0</li>
<li>1,230 mAh battery</li>
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<p>The smartphone has a very solid feel and is in very limited production which is one of the several reasons for the cost. Could you ever see yourself buying a phone from Porsche, even if they came out with a more affordable one?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/186421/porsche-makes-a-blackberry-smartphone-sleek-and-expensive/">Porsche Makes A BlackBerry Smartphone, Sleek And Expensive</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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		<title>RIM Co-CEOs Step Down, Not A Seismic Event Says CEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stenger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />RIM, the maker of BlackBerry smartphones and devices, had two of its co-CEOs and co-Chairmans step down today, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis. Over the last couple of years, the company has been going through some difficult times. While their phones continue to sell, the likes of Android and iPhone have rose to the top and [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/185086/rim-co-ceos-step-down-not-a-seismic-event-says-ceo/">RIM Co-CEOs Step Down, Not A Seismic Event Says CEO</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>RIM, the maker of BlackBerry smartphones and devices, had two of its co-CEOs and co-Chairmans step down today, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis. Over the last couple of years, the company has been going through some difficult times.</p>
<p>While their phones continue to sell, the likes of Android and iPhone have <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/182011/74-of-all-smartphone-purchases-will-be-android-or-iphone/">rose to the top</a> and are commanding the bulk of the smartphone market, while they&#8217;ve been pushed further and further to the bottom.</p>
<p>Currently, BlackBerry is just a few percentage points higher than Windows Phone which, according to Nokia and Microsoft, they look to have a very strong year with new phones and may just be able to catch up or surpass.</p>
<p><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/blackberry-maker-ceos-step-15421432#.Tx2TPDEgf2Q">Via ABC</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;RIM&#8217;s U.S. market share of smartphones declined from 44 percent in 2009 to 10 percent in 2011, according to market researcher NPD Group. The company still has 75 million active subscribers, but many analysts believe the company will lose market share internationally as it has in the U.S.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Thorsten Heins, a little known chief operating officer who joined RIM four years ago from Siemens AG, replaces RIM&#8217;s founders after the company has lost tens of billions in market value. Balsillie acknowledged in December that the last few quarters have been among the most challenging times the company has seen.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Despite all of that, Heins says that he doesn&#8217;t think significant change is needed. Quite surprising to hear from a company that has been on the decline for quite some time. It&#8217;s either wake up and smell the coffee, or wake up and it&#8217;s too late.</p>
<p>Do you think RIM has a chance of making a comeback?</p>
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		<title>Samsung May Acquire RIM, Maker Of BlackBerry Says Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stenger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />UPDATE: Samsung came out and said that they never considered acquiring RIM nor had any interest. While Android and iPhone continue to do incredibly well, RIM has had some issues with growing their BlackBerry line of smartphones. A new report surfaced that Samsung may be interesting in acquiring the company. This announcement led to stock [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/182667/samsung-may-acquire-rim-maker-of-blackberry-says-report/">Samsung May Acquire RIM, Maker Of BlackBerry Says Report</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>UPDATE: Samsung came out and said that they never considered acquiring RIM nor had any interest.</p>
<p>While Android and iPhone continue to do incredibly well, RIM has had some issues with growing their BlackBerry line of smartphones. A new report surfaced that Samsung may be interesting in acquiring the company. This announcement led to stock jumping nearly 10 percent.</p>
<p>Via Washington Post:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;An acquisition of RIM, whose stock fell 75 percent last year amid market-share losses, would give Samsung an operating system that would help it differentiate from competition as it seeks to stay ahead of Apple Inc. Samsung now makes phones based on Google Inc.’s Android software and Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Phone, operating systems also used by rivals such as HTC Corp.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>As with any report, it&#8217;s not 100% fact and the sources, well, they weren&#8217;t identified by Boy Genius Report, the tech blog that originally announced the possible acquisition. The possibility is there and would be interesting to see what Samsung would do with the BlackBerry OS and line of smartphones and more recently, the PlayBook tablet.</p>
<p>RIM needs to make something happen this year as they&#8217;ve continued to decline. This acquisition could help with that, that is of course if they&#8217;re even willing to sell. If it doesn&#8217;t go down, that means they could potentially license out their OS and technology to <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/182523/apple-goes-after-samsung-yet-again-wants-10-smartphones-banned-in-germany/">Samsung</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The company’s share of U.S. mobile-phone subscribers in the three months through November dropped to 6.5 percent from 7.1 percent in the previous quarter, according to research firm ComScore Inc. Samsung, based in Suwon, South Korea, increased to 25.6 percent from 25.3 percent, and Apple gained 1.4 percentage point to 11.2 percent.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Do you own a BlackBerry and if not, would you consider buying one?</p>
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		<title>RIM Launches BlackBerry 7.1 OS, But Will It Be Enough?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Stenger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />RIM (Research In Motion), the company behind BlackBerry, is rolling out the latest version of it&#8217;s operating system, 7.1, for BlackBerry smartphones. RIM has been going through problems the last couple years. Market share continues to decline and while they did introduce a new and updated line of phones, they simply haven&#8217;t been able to [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/178406/rim-launches-blackberry-7-1-os-but-will-it-be-enough/">RIM Launches BlackBerry 7.1 OS, But Will It Be Enough?</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>RIM (Research In Motion), the company behind BlackBerry, is <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2398607,00.asp">rolling out the latest version of it&#8217;s operating system</a>, 7.1, for BlackBerry smartphones. RIM has been going through problems the last couple years.</p>
<p>Market share continues to decline and while they did introduce a new and updated line of phones, they simply haven&#8217;t been able to keep up with the brute force and innovation that is behind giants Android and iOS.</p>
<p>The new version will be rolled out to phones starting today and will be going to carrier partners Worldwide in the following weeks the company said.</p>
<p>New features and enhancements of the OS update:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;BlackBerry 7.1 comes with a number of new features and enhancements, including BlackBerry Tag, a new content sharing tool. BlackBerry Tag uses Near Field Communication (NFC) technology to allow users to share contacts, media and files, as well as invite friends to BlackBerry Messenger by touching their BlackBerry smartphones together. The new operating system also adds mobile hotspot capabilities and support for Wi-Fi calling.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s taken the company quite some time to bring a mobile hotspot ability to phones, something that&#8217;s increasingly needed and requested. With data caps from most wireless carriers, users need to be careful, however, having the ability to use your phone as a mobile hotspot is great and sometimes a godsend in certain instances.</p>
<p>Lastly, for <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/174976/blackberry-playbook-tablet-gets-price-cut-now-just-300-each/">BlackBerry</a> Curve users who prefer to still listen to the radio, FM radio support has been added to the Curve 9360 and 9380. Listening to the radio will not use up your data plan says RIM.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/178406/rim-launches-blackberry-7-1-os-but-will-it-be-enough/">RIM Launches BlackBerry 7.1 OS, But Will It Be Enough?</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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		<title>Blackberry PlayBook Tablet Gets Price Cut, Now Just $300 Each</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />Research in Motion on Monday took a drastic step when the company cut the price of its 64GB BlackBerry PlayBook to just $300. We&#8217;re assuming this is a &#8220;while supplies last&#8221; type of deal given the sharp decline in pricing and if supplies don&#8217;t run out RIM plans to keep the sale going until February 4. [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/174976/blackberry-playbook-tablet-gets-price-cut-now-just-300-each/">Blackberry PlayBook Tablet Gets Price Cut, Now Just $300 Each</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>Research in Motion on Monday took a drastic step when the company cut the price of its 64GB <a title="Blackberry Playbook Buy 2, Get 1 Free Program in Effect" href="http://www.inquisitr.com/154944/blackberry-playbook-b2g1-deal-free-accessory/">BlackBerry PlayBook</a> to just $300.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re assuming this is a &#8220;while supplies last&#8221; type of deal given the sharp decline in pricing and if supplies don&#8217;t run out RIM plans to keep the sale going until February 4.</p>
<p>With the price decrease users can now purchase any of the company&#8217;s tablets for $300 or less, including the $199 16GB model.</p>
<p>For its part Research in Motion has been slashing prices since October, likely in an effort to make way for PlayBook 2.0 sales which are set to begin in February 2012. With the PlayBook 2.0 users will finally have access to native Blackberry e-mail, an option sorely missing on the original Blackberry PlayBook.</p>
<p>In the meantime the team over at <a href="http://macnn.com/rd/240805==http://crackberry.com/how-install-android-market-and-other-applications-your-blackberry-playbook" rel="nofollow">Crackberry</a> on Monday posted a PlayBook hack that allows the Android Market to run in Android Player, a trick that requires <a href="http://macnn.com/rd/240806==http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/12/05/hack.arrives.ahead.of.official.patch/" rel="nofollow">DingleBerry root</a> and tools installed for both the PlayBook and in a Windows OS which are used to remotely control and load content.</p>
<p>According to <a title="Blackberry PlayBook" href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/02/blackberry.playbook.drops.to.300.on.company.store/">Electronista</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>CyanogenMod rounds out the tricks and lets the Android shell run more than the barebones content RIM normally has.</p></blockquote>
<p>I am personally waiting to see what type of advances the PlayBook 2.0 can make over the first generation of the device before the idea of owning another RIM device in my life even begins to cross my mind.</p>
<p>Do you plan on picking up the modestly priced Blackberry PlayBook or perhaps even hacking your current device for use with Android?</p>
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		<title>BlackBerry 10 smartphones delayed until late next year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel McCall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />If you were holding out on picking up a new BlackBerry until the BlackBerry 10 line of phones are released, you may want to change your mind &#8211; or be prepared to wait somewhere in the range of a full year. During a conference call held earlier today, RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis explained that a [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/168735/blackberry-10-smartphones-delayed-until-late-next-year/">BlackBerry 10 smartphones delayed until late next year</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>If you were holding out on picking up a new BlackBerry until the <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/165949/rim-forced-to-change-name-of-upcoming-os-to-blackberry-10/">BlackBerry 10</a> line of phones are released, you may want to change your mind &#8211; or be prepared to wait somewhere in the range of a full year.</p>
<p>During a conference call held earlier today, RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis explained that a &#8220;highly integrated chipset&#8221; to be used in BlackBerry 10 phones would not be available until mid-2012 at the earliest, and so the company was forced to delay the phones until late next year.</p>
<p>&#8220;We decided we wanted to get a high-efficiency, low-power integrated chipset,&#8221; Lazaridis said (via <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2397722,00.asp">PC Magazine</a>). &#8220;We wanted the performance and battery-life expectations that consumers expected on BlackBerry products on LTE.&#8221; </p>
<p>While the delay may have been out of RIM&#8217;s hands, it&#8217;s still a significant setback for the once-thriving manufacturer. BlackBerry 10, which was supposed to launch much earlier in 2012, was supposed to be RIM&#8217;s way out of the hole they&#8217;ve found themselves in.</p>
<p>According to the latest NPD data, RIM has found success selling their products overseas this year, but overall market share of smartphones in the U.S. is at 10 percent, down significantly from the 44 percent market share it enjoyed back in 2009.</p>
<p>&#8220;We ask for your patience and confidence and hope to report further progress in the coming quarters,&#8221; Lazaridis said of the delay.</p>
<p>via <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2397722,00.asp">PC Magazine</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel McCall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />Research in Motion just can&#8217;t seem to get anything right lately. They&#8217;ve been struggling with declining performance of their BlackBerry lineup and, in an attempt to address that, the company planned to launch a new OS dubbed &#8220;BBX&#8221;. As it happens, they may have forgotten to make sure &#8220;BBX&#8221; wasn&#8217;t already trademarked &#8211; because it [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/165949/rim-forced-to-change-name-of-upcoming-os-to-blackberry-10/">RIM forced to change name of upcoming OS to BlackBerry 10</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>Research in Motion just can&#8217;t seem to get anything right lately. They&#8217;ve been struggling with declining performance of their BlackBerry lineup and, in an attempt to address that, the company planned to launch a new OS dubbed &#8220;BBX&#8221;. As it happens, they may have forgotten to make sure &#8220;BBX&#8221; wasn&#8217;t already trademarked &#8211; because it was.</p>
<p>BASIS International sued the company and the two have been engaging in legal battles ever since, and now it looks like RIM has lost the battle. News got out on Tuesday that a US federal court ruled in favor of BASIS International&#8217;s existing trademark, meaning that RIM will have to rename their upcoming OS &#8211; and so they have!</p>
<p>The company announced at the BlackBerry DevCon Asia event on Tuesday that the new name for their new OS is &#8220;BlackBerry 10&#8243;. Despite letting the public know what the (probably) final name of the platform will be, RIM still hasn&#8217;t said just when, or in what devices, the new OS will launch.</p>
<p>At this point, the only thing known about the BlackBerry 10 platform is that it boasts the same resolution, 1024 x 600, for both BlackBerry 10 tablets and phones. Additionally, apps developed for the tablet will also work on BlackBerry 10 phones.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/BlackBerryDev/status/144256867919609856">BlackBerryDev Twitter</a> (via <a href="http://crackberry.com/blackberry-10-new-official-name-next-generation-platform">CrackBerry</a>)</p>
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		<title>Drunk Blackberry Executives Cause Fight To Be Grounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />The last thing Research in Motion needs at the moment is more bad press for their faltering Blackberry Smartphone line of devices but that&#8217;s exactly what the received this week when two executives from the company became so inebriated during a flight from Toronto to Beijing on Monday night that the aircraft had to be [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/164527/drunk-blackberry-executives-cause-fight-to-be-grounded/">Drunk Blackberry Executives Cause Fight To Be Grounded</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>The last thing Research in Motion needs at the moment is more bad press for their faltering <a title="Poor RIM, just can’t seem to catch a break, is now being sued over BBX trademark" href="http://www.inquisitr.com/153916/poor-rim-just-cant-seem-to-catch-a-break-is-now-being-sued-over-bbx-trademark/">Blackberry Smartphone</a> line of devices but that&#8217;s exactly what the received this week when two executives from the company became so inebriated during a flight from Toronto to Beijing on Monday night that the aircraft had to be turned around.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://gawker.com/5864402/two-blackberry-executives-got-so-drunk-they-grounded-a-jet-to-china" target="_blank">Gawker</a> the plane was just north of Alaska when the flight crew says George Campbell, 45, and Paul Alexander Wilson, 38 wouldn&#8217;t listen to orders issued by the crew.</p>
<p>One Air Canadian official told the <em><a href="http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1095673--drunk-rim-employees-disrupt-beijing-bound-flight?bn=1" target="_blank">Toronto Star</a>:</em></p>
<blockquote><p>“[both men] simply weren&#8217;t listening to any direction that the flight crew was giving them.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>After appearing in court the two men were granted suspended sentences and were placed one year&#8217;s probation. The men have also been ordered to pay Air Canada $35,878 each.</p>
<p>Adding insult to injury both men will have a hard time paying that fee as they have been suspended from their jobs and they can not fly during their one-year probationary period.</p>
<p>Also suffering because of their actions were passengers since the plane was originally a direct 13-hour flight, however after turning around a new flight crew was required for the flight under safety regulations which caused the plane to arrive at it&#8217;s final destination 18 hours late.</p>
<p>Do you think a one-year suspension from flying and their large fine was enough punishment based on their drunken actions or should the two men have been placed on the no-fly list?</p>
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		<title>Google Pulls Gmail Support For Blackberry App</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />Google on Wednesday announced that they will stop supporting their Gmail app for Blackberry Smartphones and will pull the application from the Blackberry App World mobile marketplace as of November 22. According to Google users of the native app will still be able to receive their Gmail messages on their devices but will no longer [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/158198/google-pulls-gmail-support-for-blackberry-app/">Google Pulls Gmail Support For Blackberry App</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>Google on Wednesday announced that they will stop supporting their Gmail app for Blackberry Smartphones and will pull the application from the Blackberry App World mobile marketplace as of November 22.</p>
<p>According to Google users of the native app will still be able to receive their Gmail messages on their devices but will no longer receive updates or customer support for the program.</p>
<p>Instead Google hopes customers using Blackberry devices will begin reading their <a title="GMail Now Lets You Paste Pics From the Clipboard" href="http://www.inquisitr.com/113287/gmail-now-lets-you-paste-pics-from-the-clipboard/">Gmail</a> messages via the mobile browser.</p>
<p>The idea is that newer BlackBerry 6 and Blackberry 7 OS systems with WebKit browsers will provide a better experience for<em> Research In Motion</em> device buyers while in turn making it easier for Google to deliver updates across their own platform rather than relying on Blackberry app standards.</p>
<p>News of the move shouldn&#8217;t surprise mobile users, Google had recently launched and then pulled their iOS Gmail app after critics pointed out that it was not more than a program inside a web wrapper.</p>
<p>Will you be logging into your Gmail accounts from a Blackberry browser or stick with your current Gmail app while it still works?</p>
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		<title>RIM Stock Drops Below Book Value on BB Market Share Slump</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Söze</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />BlackBerry maker Research in Motion&#8217;s (RIM) stock fell to seven-year low on Wednesday as the market digested further evidence of the company&#8217;s declining share of the lucrative U.S. market. Dropping as low as $18.37 during the day, RIM stock price closed at $18.91 Wednesday, which is just under the book value per share of $18.92 [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/156477/research-in-motion-rim-stock-below-book-value-2011/">RIM Stock Drops Below Book Value on BB Market Share Slump</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-156501" title="research-in-motion-rim-stock-below-book-value-2011" src="http://www.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2011/11/research-in-motion-rim-stock-below-book-value-20111.jpg" alt="research-in-motion-rim-stock-below-book-value-2011" width="500" height="331" />BlackBerry maker Research in Motion&#8217;s (RIM) stock fell to seven-year low on Wednesday as the market digested further evidence of the company&#8217;s declining share of the lucrative U.S. market.</p>
<p>Dropping as low as $18.37 during the day, <strong>RIM stock</strong> price closed at $18.91 Wednesday, which is just under the book value per share of $18.92 at the end of last quarter, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.</p>
<blockquote><p>“The market, at book value, seems to be saying not only is RIM going to not get bigger in the future, but it’s actually going to shrink,” Richard Fogler, of Kingwest &amp; Co. in Toronto, told Bloomberg. He sold his RIM shares in the third quarter. “Everyone’s frightened of what’s going to keep happening tomorrow.”</p></blockquote>
<p>According to a report by Canalys, RIM’s share of the U.S. market was 9% in the third quarter compared with 24% a year earlier, marking a 58% decline.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;RIM&#8217;s market share has fallen below 10 percent for the first time, and the current outlook for it in the U.S. is certainly bleak,&#8221; said Tim Shepherd, senior analyst at Canalys.</p></blockquote>
<p>Globally, the report placed RIM in fifth place among competitors, with 10% market share, compared with 15% a year earlier. It was the latest in a string of data points tracing RIM&#8217;s dwindling global market share.</p>
<p>RIM&#8217;s humiliating stock performance over the past year &#8211; a 66% decline on the year (seen in the chart below) &#8211; is evidence that investors have little faith in the company’s turnaround plan, which hinge on the introduction of the new <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/153916/poor-rim-just-cant-seem-to-catch-a-break-is-now-being-sued-over-bbx-trademark/">BBX operating system</a> next year. RIM&#8217;s image was also severely damaged by a <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/151627/free-apps-rim-blackberry/">worldwide 3-day outage</a> in October this year.</p>
<blockquote><p> &#8221;There&#8217;s no disputing that RIM are in a really difficult place at the moment,&#8221; said Pete Cunningham, another analyst at Canalys.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Research In Motion Finally Addresses Outage Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />It&#8217;s two days too late but at least Blackberry maker Research in Motion is no longer keeping customers in the dark about their recent network outage. Speaking with Pocket-lint the company says the outage was triggered by a &#8220;core switch failure&#8221; and while a backup was available that switch didn&#8217;t work properly which triggers a [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/149771/research-in-motion-finally-addresses-outage-issue/">Research In Motion Finally Addresses Outage Issue</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>It&#8217;s two days too late but at least Blackberry maker Research in Motion is no longer keeping customers in the dark about their recent network outage.</p>
<p>Speaking with <em>Pocket-lint </em>the company says the outage was triggered by a &#8220;core switch failure&#8221; and while a backup was available that switch didn&#8217;t work properly which triggers a &#8220;large backlog&#8221; while e-mail and other messages were arriving but couldn&#8217;t be processed.</p>
<p>According to <a title="Blackberry App World Version 3.0 Launching On Monday" href="http://www.inquisitr.com/135828/blackberry-app-world-version-3-0-launching-on-monday/">Research in Motion</a> officials they are currently working to sort through the backlog as &#8220;quickly as possible&#8221; although they still don&#8217;t have an estimated time for when the outage will be officially resolved.</p>
<p>RIM did not address how the system came back online and was then shut down again shortly afterwards.</p>
<p>While network outages have occurred in the past it&#8217;s rare that they last such a longer period of time.</p>
<p>The network outage couldn&#8217;t have come at a worst time for RIM as their revenues continue to shrink while the iPhone 4S is getting set to arrive.</p>
<p>As <a title="Research in Motion" href="http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/10/11/rim.explains.two.day.blackberry.outage/">Electronista</a> points out:</p>
<blockquote><p>By its nature, the BlackBerry ties many basic services like e-mail, <span style="color: blue;">messaging</span>, and others to monolithic servers. If RIM encounters a failure, it often reduces users to just basic features. Android and iPhone work more directly and can still be almost fully functional even if they lose a key service.</p></blockquote>
<p>It&#8217;s time like these that make me happy I use an iPhone 4. Are you pissed off about the Blackberry outage?</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />Research in Motion, makers of the Blackberry line of devices will unveil Blackberry App World Version 3.0 on Monday, bringing with it some much needed feature improvements. The App World&#8217;s new interface includes a better layout to make finding apps, games and themes much faster, while the company has also added &#8220;My World&#8221; a storage [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/135828/blackberry-app-world-version-3-0-launching-on-monday/">Blackberry App World Version 3.0 Launching On Monday</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>Research in Motion, makers of the Blackberry line of devices will unveil Blackberry App World Version 3.0 on Monday, bringing with it some much needed feature improvements.</p>
<p>The App World&#8217;s new interface includes a better layout to make finding apps, games and themes much faster, while the company has also added &#8220;My World&#8221; a storage folder that places all of a users downloads on the home screen, while allowing them to be wirelessly reinstalled should they accidentally be deleted or if a user buys a new device.</p>
<p>BB Music was also rumored for the version 3.0 however <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/18/cnet-rim-in-talks-to-squeeze-out-blackberry-music-service/"><em>Reuters</em></a> has reported that <a title="Blackberry Maker ‘Research in Motion’ Fires 2,000 Employees" href="http://www.inquisitr.com/129160/blackberry-maker-research-in-motion-fires-2000-employees/">RIM </a>is waiting until at least early September to announce that feature officially.</p>
<p>Are you excited to have a new Blackberry App World for your device? At this point RIM needs to be doing everything they can to compete with Apple&#8217;s iOS and Google&#8217;s Android mobile operating systems.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />AT&#38;T Wireless on Monday announced that the Blackberry Torch 9810 with 4G capabilities will officially launch in August. The wireless carrier has given the Research In Motion (RIM) device an official launch date of August 21. On that date Blackberry fans will be able to pick up the device which features a QWERTY keypad with HSPA+ [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/134690/blackberry-torch-9810-gets-att-pricing-and-release-date/">Blackberry Torch 9810 Gets AT&#038;T Pricing and Release Date</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>AT&amp;T Wireless on Monday announced that the Blackberry Torch 9810 with 4G capabilities will officially launch in August. The wireless carrier has given the <a title="Blackberry Maker ‘Research in Motion’ Fires 2,000 Employees" href="http://www.inquisitr.com/129160/blackberry-maker-research-in-motion-fires-2000-employees/">Research In Motion (RIM)</a> device an official launch date of August 21.</p>
<p>On that date Blackberry fans will be able to pick up the device which features a QWERTY keypad with HSPA+ 4G capabilities, an upgrade from the Torch 9800 which only offers 3G speeds.</p>
<p>The Torch 9810 also comes equipped with a snappy 1.2GHz processor and a 3.2-inch touchscreen display, while users also receive a rather low (by mid-to-high end devices) 8GB  onboard memory, while a microSDHC capable card slot allows users to upgrade their memory to 32GB.</p>
<p>Also featured on the device is the BlackBerry 7 OS which helps power the Smartphones 5 megapixel camera with 720p HD video capabilities.</p>
<p>While not the most powerful Smartphone currently available on the market, AT&amp;T is offering the device for a very low $49.99 when customers sign a two-year-contract with data capabilities.</p>
<p>Are you willing to spend $49.99 for a new Blackberry Torch 8910 Smartphone? I think I&#8217;ll stick with my iPhone 4 until Blackberry&#8217;s OS gives me some real reasons to switch providers.</p>
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		<title>Blackberry Maker &#8216;Research in Motion&#8217; Fires 2,000 Employees</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />Research In Motion, manufacturers of the Blackberry phones and tablet line of devices has announced the firing of 2,000 employees, approximately 11% of the company&#8217;s overall workforce. The company has also announced that they will reorganize their executives in order to better compete with Apple (iOS) and Google (Android) based mobile devices. The company cut their [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/129160/blackberry-maker-research-in-motion-fires-2000-employees/">Blackberry Maker &#8216;Research in Motion&#8217; Fires 2,000 Employees</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>Research In Motion, manufacturers of the <a title="BlackBerry Bold 9900 Arrives At FCC Doorsteps, Could Reach Stores By August" href="http://www.inquisitr.com/125466/blackberry-bold-9900-arrives-at-fcc-doorsteps-could-reach-stores-by-august/">Blackberry phones</a> and tablet line of devices has announced the firing of 2,000 employees, approximately 11% of the company&#8217;s overall workforce.</p>
<p>The company has also announced that they will reorganize their executives in order to better compete with Apple (iOS) and Google (Android) based mobile devices.</p>
<p>The company cut their work force to approximately 17,000 employees after their quarterly revenue fell by 12%, however the company says it&#8217;s not that revenue fall but rather due to overestimating how many workers they would need to keep the company profitable during their last productivity boom.</p>
<p>In a RIM statement executives said:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;[The layoffs are] believed to be a prudent and necessary step for the long-term success of the company and&#8230; [follow] an extended period of rapid growth within the company whereby the workforce had nearly quadrupled in the last five years alone.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>At this time Research in Motion has done very little to lay out a detailed plan of their actions for investors. The company has recently jumped from the Blackberry line of devices to the Playbook Tablet and now they are rumored to be working on a competing TV box which would play off the Apple TV setup. While the company continues to expand their product lines many users still find their Mobile OS and device designs to be stuck in the mid 2000&#8242;s, making them a less desirable smartphone for many users. Throw in the fact that Google and Apple have begun offering more robust email options for their devices and the line between business and consumer devices has become thin at best, causing sales slips for Blackberry devices.</p>
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		<title>BlackBerry Bold 9900 Arrives At FCC Doorsteps, Could Reach Stores By August</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />The FCC on Monday became the temporary home of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 when manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) submitted their newest Smartphone offering for approval consideration. The company has asked the FCC to test their devices short-range wireless capabilities including Bluetooth, NFC and Wi-Fi. In terms of additional connectivity the 9900 also offers GSM connectivity [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/125466/blackberry-bold-9900-arrives-at-fcc-doorsteps-could-reach-stores-by-august/">BlackBerry Bold 9900 Arrives At FCC Doorsteps, Could Reach Stores By August</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>The FCC on Monday became the temporary home of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 when manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) submitted their newest Smartphone offering for approval consideration. The company has asked the FCC to test their devices short-range wireless capabilities including Bluetooth, NFC and Wi-Fi. In terms of additional connectivity the 9900 also offers GSM connectivity with HSPA+ capabilities.</p>
<p>The phone is RIM&#8217;s attempt at making their devices relevant again and bring with it a 1.2GHz processor and 2.8-inch display that outputs at 640&#215;480 pixels of resolution that&#8217;s wrapped into a touchscreen which is said to be more responsive thanks to a BlackBerry 7 upgrade that fixes interface issues found on past <a title="RIM TV? Blackberry Maker Rumored To Be Developing Apple TV Rival" href="http://www.inquisitr.com/122408/rim-tv-blackberry-maker-rumored-to-be-developing-apple-tv-rival/">RIM devices</a>. Users will even discover OpenGL 3D gaming and faster internet browsing.</p>
<p>Along with the FCC filing it has been revealed that RIM is hoping to ship the Bold 9900 by August or September. Either release date would be in-line with RIM&#8217;s oddly short request that the FCC agree to a 45-day confidentiality on common details.</p>
<p>With GSM and HSPA+ set for the Smartphones initial release AT&amp;T Wireless would appear to be the best American candidate for the device.</p>
<p>In the meantime here&#8217;s an FCC diagram for the device:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-125468" title="Blackberry Bold 9900 FCC Filing" src="http://www.inquisitr.com/wp-content/2011/07/Blackberry-Bold-9900-FCC-Filing.jpeg" alt="Blackberry Bold 9900 FCC Filing" width="500" height="750" /></p>
<p>Are you excited to get your hands on the <a title="Blackberry Bold Touch 9930, 9850 Models Show Up On YouTube, Get Pulled" href="http://www.inquisitr.com/102787/blackberry-bold-touch-9930-9850-models/">Blackberry Bold</a> 9900?</p>
<p>[via WirelessGoodness]</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>RIM updates developer API for PlayBook and no-one cares</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Hodson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />Did you hear that great big *YAWN*? Yup, that was pretty much the general response to the news that RIM has announced the release ov v2.1 of its Blackberry WebWorks SDK meant for developers thinking of creating apps for the PlayBook. Why we&#8217;re not sure, but Sarah Perez at ReadWriteMobile has the skinny on what [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/117173/rim-updates-developer-api-for-playbook-and-no-one-cares/">RIM updates developer API for PlayBook and no-one cares</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>Did you hear that great big *YAWN*?</p>
<p>Yup, that was pretty much the general response to the news that RIM has announced the release ov v2.1 of its Blackberry WebWorks SDK meant for developers thinking of creating apps for the PlayBook.</p>
<p>Why we&#8217;re not sure, but <a href="http://www.readwriteweb.com/mobile/2011/06/rim-updates-webworks-api-for-Blackberry-playbook-in-app-payments-camera-mic-and-more.php">Sarah Perez at ReadWriteMobile has the skinny</a> on what is new with this release:</p>
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<ul>
<li>In App Payment API: Allows developers to monetize applications using in-app purchases</li>
<li>Camera API: Take pictures or video from within applications</li>
<li>Microphone API: Record Audio in application</li>
<li>PIN API (Identity API): Allow apps to retrieve info about the BlackBerry PlayBook PIN</li>
<li>File and Directory APIs: The File I/O API lets apps read, copy, and write files to the Tablet OS file system; a File Properties API is also available</li>
<li>App Securities Permissions: Aids in configuring security permissions for features such as GPS and file access</li>
<li>Home Screen Category: Configuring the home screen category for applications</li>
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<p>I am sure this will just have developers rushing out and grabbing the package.</p>
<p>*YAWN*</p>
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		<title>Smartphones Create Security Conundrum For IT Staff</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim LaCapria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br />The rapid shedding of BlackBerry devices in favor of Android devices, iPhones and iPads isn&#8217;t just a hassle for RIM- corporate IT departments are struggling to cover their security derrieres as employees increasingly go off the reservation to use their own devices for work-related reasons. Most mid and high-level staff are tied to their handset [...]<p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/113737/smartphones-create-security-conundrum-for-it-staff/">Smartphones Create Security Conundrum For IT Staff</a> is a post from: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com">The Inquisitr</a></p>
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<p>The rapid shedding of BlackBerry devices in favor of Android devices, iPhones and iPads isn&#8217;t just a hassle for RIM- corporate IT departments are struggling to cover their security derrieres as employees increasingly go off the reservation to use their own devices for work-related reasons.</p>
<p>Most mid and high-level staff are tied to their handset of choice 24/7, so it makes sense that they&#8217;d push en masse to use whichever device they feel most comfortable with for sending late night emails and previewing files. But the increasingly populated market for smart devices not only allows for more consumer choice- it also presents new security risks.</p>
<p>The IT head at Reuters <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/061511-smartphones-tablets-security.html">spoke to Network World</a> about some of the issues faced in corporate settings as many converted users insist upon Android or iPhone settings:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;We&#8217;re struggling to get our arms around it,&#8221; says Tim Mathias, senior director of IT security at Thomson Reuters, whose 55,000 employees worldwide provide news, business information and technology related to financial, media and healthcare. He adds: &#8220;It&#8217;s a struggle with a technology created for individuals that&#8217;s ended up being an important tool for the workplace.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Not every corporate setting embraces the trend, with one party citing &#8220;risk appetite&#8221; on the part of the company as a factor in allowing handset choice. Another said it encourages too much goofing off, essentially:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Our position is you shouldn&#8217;t be mixing your personal devices with corporate devices for a variety of reasons,&#8221; says Ken Goldstein, vice president at insurance company Chubb. &#8220;There&#8217;s the potential for business-related information to be compromised.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Have you successfully managed to leave the BlackBerry behind in a corporate setting? Which device did you choose, and do you worry about security?</p>
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