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RSS BlackBerryMotorola plans to squash Blackberry
News Motorola is planning to launch an 'always on' email device to rival RIM's Blackberry pager. The device - Motorola Accompli 009 - is due for release in the next few weeks, and aims to out-price RIM in the market by... [11 Sep 2001]
RIM gets judge's approval
News The judge found that RIM, maker of the BlackBerry email pager, had not infringed a Glenayre patent on battery technology. A US District Court judge has ruled in favour of Research in Motion in its patent infringement... [10 Jul 2001]
CRM overhaul sees Siebel picking Blackberry's
News Siebel Systems has announced a partnership with Blackberry designers Research In Motion (RIM), marking a major change in Siebel's approach to wireless CRM. RIM will deliver Siebel's CRM and other ebusiness applications... [27 Jun 2001]
Blackberry sales are up
News Research In Motion's first quarter results were in line with expectations thanks to strong sales from its Blackberry wireless emailing paging device ramping up its profits tenfold. RIM's Blackberry,... [22 Jun 2001]
Vodafone signs 'Mobile Outlook' deal with Microsoft
News BT Cellnet serves up RIM's Blackberry http://www.silicon.com/a44822 Vodafone and Microsoft have teamed up to offer users access to a mobile version of Outlook from their companies' servers. Vodafone, which will roll out... [18 Jun 2001]
Vodafone goes head-to-head with BT on GPRS
News But the company did announce it will begin taking orders from today for the Blackberry mobile email device which uses GPRS technology. The Blackberry device, made by Research in Motion, is extremely... [01 Jun 2001]
John Lamb's week: Blackberry to put juice into GPRS
Comment Operating at a speed of 56Kbps, GPRS is considerably faster than the 9.6Kbps at which the GSM network runs. That means that the 'always on' GPRS has the potential to be a lot more user friendly than the much derided WAP services,... [25 May 2001]
Blackberry chief blows a raspberry at tech recession
News RIM recently signed a deal with BT to market the Blackberry device in the UK. Balsillie said RIM had not noticed a fall in demand, and expected to hit a "homerun" this year. Earnings of ten cents per share for the... [12 Apr 2001]
Blackberry set to launch in UK
News Taking advantage of Europe's advanced GPRS technology, the new Blackberry device will have the capability to handle voice calls in addition to email, and is expected to compete with mobile phone manufacturers and PDA... [06 Apr 2001]
IBM gets fruity with BlackBerry
News Under the deal, IBM will offer international wireless communication to its enterprise customers via RIM's wireless handheld device BlackBerry. IBM will market the solution through its Global Services organisation and... [25 Jan 2001]
Transatlantic Cable: Something in the air
Comment In particular, the RIM Blackberry is proving popular, for the simple reason that it provides two-way email and organiser capabilities in a package about the size of a cigarette packet.can be hard There's a buzz in the... [14 Nov 2000]
