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3G iPhone to storm enterprise world, says O2
News And rival mobile company RIM, which makes the BlackBerry smart phone and has a large enterprise customer base, touts the security credentials of its hardware as something which gives it a steely edge over the iPhone. [04 Jul 2008]
Apple iPhone loses market share
News According to data compiled by IDC, Apple's still the second-leading smart phone maker in the US behind RIM, the BlackBerry maker. But it lost market share going from the fourth quarter to the first at the expense of RIM and Palm, according to the... [03 Jun 2008]
Qwerty vs touch, WFH, iPhone 2.0, Segway madness
News This month the BlackBerry vs iPhone war reached near boiling point as RIM's co-CEO dismissed suggestions its Bold new smart phone (see photos here) is a response to competition from Apple. Speaking to silicon.com in an exclusive interview, RIM's... [30 May 2008]
LiMo targets the business mobile
News Asked whether a serious mobile Linux push into the enterprise would have implications for the current leaders in the business mobile market, such as Microsoft and RIM, Leach said the development would be unlikely to "give them too much to worry... [15 May 2008]
RIM reveals BlackBerry roadmap
News The days of the BlackBerry as purely a big business enterprise device are numbered as RIM targets its smart phones at all sizes of business - from the biggest fish to the tiniest tiddlers running a business from a single home PC. [14 May 2008]
RIM quiet on touchscreen BlackBerry rumours
News The new BlackBerry Bold may have been touted as an 'iPhone killer' despite its use of the familiar Qwerty keyboard but manufacturer RIM is refusing to be drawn on rumours that a touchscreen BlackBerry is in the offing. [14 May 2008]
BlackBerry goes Bold with super-3G
News RIM has launched the first of its BlackBerry smart phones to include high-speed HSDPA connectivity. RIM president Mike Lazaridis said: "The new BlackBerry Bold represents a tremendous step forward in business-grade smart phones and lives up to its... [13 May 2008]
Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket
Comment Symbian, RIM and Nokia are the big incumbents. Yet it was an event that could make 2008 a significant milestone in the evolution of the mobile phone as a platform, says Seb Janacek. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Apple CEO... [23 Apr 2008]
LiMo Foundation launches Linux Android rival
News The resulting fragmentation has limited Linux to lower-end mobile phones, with the higher-end smart phone development community largely organised around Symbian, Windows Mobile, RIM's BlackBerry and Apple's growing iPhone business. [31 Mar 2008]
Android laid bare, dressing for success, grown up social networking...
News In addition, RIM exec Charmaine Eggberry gave her low down on the workplace - and how to switch off. This month, silicon.com has been busy wrestling with Android. Not manhandling tin men but exploring Google's new operating system for mobiles with... [27 Mar 2008]
Apple's iPhone opens its arms to business
News RIM currently dominates the business smart phone market with more than two-thirds of its 12 million customers coming from businesses and government. Large businesses bought in early to RIM's push email system, which requires large companies to have... [07 Mar 2008]
BlackBerry gets voicemail-to-text plug-in
News In separate news, RIM has launched an online platform for UK BlackBerry users offering personalised news, info and downloads for the smart phone, and discounts and offers. BlackBerry lovers can now turn their voicemails into text and have them... [27 Feb 2008]
The mobile industry in its own words
News Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of RIM The world's biggest mobile phone trade show - Mobile World Congress 2008 - took place earlier this month in Barcelona. Here's a flavour of the topics on the minds of some of the industry's biggest players. [22 Feb 2008]
Offshoring - not just about the costs
Comment A year back, the focus was on engineering, and this year has seen the launch of a McKinsey study of the fast-growing business of remote infrastructure management (RIM). As labour is a lesser cost element in RIM, labour arbitrage is not so much the... [18 Feb 2008]
Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Wednesday
Comment First stop is with RIM to find out what co-CEO Jim Balsillie has to say about mobile services after bagging an early morning video interview with Symbian CEO Nigel Clifford. RIM's Balsillie gets to the point: "My partner and I Mike Lazaridis have... [14 Feb 2008]
