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Blackberry Playbook To Sell Only 450,000 Units In Spring Quarter [Report]

The Blackberry Playbook has received plenty of press since it was first announced but that press has not created the type of sales figures maker Research In Motion would have hoped to grab. Scott Sutherland of Wedbush ... continue

Are you part of the 35% of people who use smartphone apps before getting out of bed?

A new study reveals that 35% of smartphone owners are so on the pipe that before they even become vertical for the day, they're smartphoning. Not surprisingly, 18% of those surveyed are using their phones for social networking ... continue

Blackberry Bold Touch 9930, 9850 Models Show Up On YouTube, Get Pulled

The Blackberry Bold Touch 9930 and Touch 9850 models haven't been announced yet but that didn't stop someone from posting videos of the phones to YouTube on Tuesday. The Smartphones, which apparently violated YouTube's terms of service were ... continue

BlackBerry PlayBook 16GB Shown Off For $499 In Office Depot Document

Details from Office Depot have revealed that the tablet will be released by the retail chain during "Week 17" of sales, otherwise known as April. Internal company documents show that the 7-inch tablet will sell for $499.99. For that ... continue

RIM Begins Playbook Production, Starts With Small Numbers

Research In Motion has sent their Blackberry Playbook to the production line, ordering in the vicinity of 150,000-200,000 units per month from their Quanta's Taiwan plant. According to reports, the first batch of units will be available in ... continue

Blackberry Curve Touch Gets Leaked With Nice Design, Rather Boring Specs

The Blackberry Curve Touch wants users to think of the Blackberry line as more than a great messaging or business device, they want us to think of it as a sleek smartphone that's capable of competing with ... continue

Verizon’s Extended Blackberry Outage Due To System Update?

Verizon Wireless customers with Blackberry devices began reporting on Friday that their Blackberry Smartphones were not working properly. Not only had Blackberry Internet service stopped working, but all data capabilities ground to a halt, leaving only voice ... continue

Starbucks adds mobile payment option for iPhone, Blackberry

If you'd like to pay for your 31-ounce bucket-o-Joe but avoid touching bits of currency that once resided in a stripper's g-string, you're in luck if you've got an iPhone or certain kinds of Blackberry. (Not so ... continue

RIM Examining Cross-Platform Support For Their Corporate Capabilities

Remember a few short years ago when everyone in the business world carried a Blackberry? They didn't really have a choice, it was the one "secure business device" that their IT department supported. However, in recent years ... continue

Blackberry Storm 3 Rears It’s Head Once Again

Research In Motion's newest Smartphone, the Blackberry Storm 3 has been appearing and then disappearing just as quickly every few months and now it looks like it has decided to rear it's head once again. Along with the ... continue

Angry Birds, for BlackBerry

Overly touchy BlackBerry using iPhone haters to the left, please. [reddit] continue

Chinese Blackberry 8980 Spotted At FCC, Looks For U.S. Approval

The Blackberry Curve 8980, an off shoot of the Curve 8900, currently available in China, has been spotted at the FCC. The handset features a Wi-Fi radio, instead of the more typical WAPI variant available in China, while ... continue

Blackberry Torch Price Drop, Now Just $99 At AT&T Wireless

The Blackberry Torch has just received a price cut from AT&T which makes it one of the most competitively priced higher end Smartphones currently available on the market. The new cost of just $99.99 with a two-year commitment ... continue

Amazon Taking Kindle App To Blackberry PlayBook

Amazon made a smart move with their Kindle App when they took it off the Kindle line and made it available in other eco-systems, including a Blackberry mobile app. Now the company is taking their off-device approach ... continue

RIM Almost Seems Embarrassed To Announce 10,000th App

Research In Motion, the company behind the Blackberry line of devices has finally surpassed 10,000 available apps. The funny part? They barely made an announcement about the accomplishment. The Blackberry App World launched a year and a half ... continue

Philly woman has surgery to fix ‘BlackBerry thumb’

In addition to kind of sucking compared to iPhones, it turns out that using a BlackBerry all the time can cause you to require surgery to get tendons removed from your hand. Actually, the culprit in this case ... continue

Verizon Memo Reveals Prepaid Blackberry Service, Possible August 22nd Launch

A leaked employee memo to Verizon employees points to a new prepaid mobile phone service that targets Blackberry Smartphones. According to the memo, Verizon Wireless will begin offering prepaid voice and data services for the popular business devices, ... continue