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News RIM has peppered its smart phones, already popular with executives, with video cameras and music players to lure more retail customers, and now about 40 per cent of its 16 million users are either small and medium businesses or consumers. [16 Jul 2008]
RIM quarter profits up
News While top-end handsets like the Bold might appeal mostly to large corporate and government clients, RIM also offers a range of multimedia features for consumers with its Pearl and Curve smart phones. RIM posted a profit outlook yesterday that fell... [26 Jun 2008]
Qwerty beats touch for smart phone fans
News Speaking to silicon.com last month, co-CEO of BlackBerry-maker RIM, Mike Lazaridis, claimed Qwerty keyboards on mobiles are only going to get more important as smart phone use ramps up. He told silicon.com that when consumers are shopping for... [02 Jun 2008]
RIM co-CEO: Qwerty is the next big thing
Comment BlackBerry-maker RIM has been very busy this week hosting the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Florida. And then as it became easier to manage, as it came down in price, as it became more ergonomic what happened was all these... [16 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]
Facebook top of Vodafone's mobile web
News Last month, BlackBerry-maker RIM announced more than a million downloads of a Facebook app for its smart phone in the five months since launch. Vodafone said it has seen growth in consumers' appetite for email, IM and social networking via mobile... [01 May 2008]
Minority Report: iPhone, Android and the world in your pocket
Comment Symbian, RIM and Nokia are the big incumbents. Apple certainly isn't the first manufacturer to realise the importance of third-party development on a phone but it might prove to be one of the critical moves that captures the hearts and minds of... [23 Apr 2008]
Yahoo! to 'revolutionise' mobile search with OneSearch
News The voice-activation software is now available for download on a number of RIM's BlackBerry devices, and Yahoo! said: "Consumers can search for anything, including flight numbers, locations, website names, local restaurants and more, by simply... [03 Apr 2008]
RIM doubles quarter profits
News However, Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of RIM, noted on a conference call that RIM is starting to develop more of a following among consumers, expanding beyond its typical business users. BlackBerry maker RIM has reported good fourth-quarter profits... [03 Apr 2008]
Facebook for BlackBerry racks up a million hits
News And commenting on the number of Facebook downloads, Mark Guibert, VP of corporate marketing at RIM, said in a statement: "When we launched Facebook for BlackBerry smart phones, we believed that consumers would recognise the value of marrying... [02 Apr 2008]
Apple iPhone 'ready for business'
News Whereas you might find that Microsoft and RIM might appeal directly to the IT organisation I don't think that's Apple's interest. Discussing Apple's mobile strategy, Dulaney said: "I believe they [Apple] still are focused on consumers. [19 Mar 2008]
iPhone making business users smile
News RIM's BlackBerry - which has the lion's share of the enterprise market - ranked second, with just under half (47 per cent) of those surveyed being "very satisfied" with the device. O2 may be concentrating its iPhone efforts on consumers but... [26 Feb 2008]
BT wi-fi phones fail to light a fuse with consumers
News BT has reportedly abandoned, for the moment, attempts to market its dual-mode wi-fi handsets to consumers, despite the relative success of the device among business customers. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [07 Feb 2008]
Top 10 mobile & wireless stories of the year
News Any event that forces CrackBerry addicts to go cold turkey is guaranteed to get techie chins wagging - and the network outage that hit RIM back in April certainly made its fair share of headlines. BlackBerry blackout hits RIM's customers [13 Dec 2007]
Desktop PC 'not dead - but changing'
News She added: "Here HP is against Nokia and [BlackBerry maker] RIM who are making their devices more sophisticated so the challenge is a very big one. While laptops are becoming increasing attractive to consumers and small businesses, the majority of... [06 Sep 2007]
