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BlackBerry Colt: first QNX phone to be single core?

August 9, 2011 9:31 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: Blackberry, BlackBerry Colt, BlackBerry PlayBook, QNX, RIM

While RIM has just outed three new BlackBerry 7 devices, including our favourite, the BlackBerry Bold 9900, we’re really waiting for QNX to make the leap from the BlackBerry PlayBook to smartphones. Rumours around about the first device to make the change have been around for months but now a new report has fleshed out details about the first QNX smartphone, codenamed the BlackBerry Colt.

The news doesn’t sound that positive with the suggestion that RIM is rushing to catch up with the rest of the smartphone market and having to make compromises as a result. Will the BlackBerry Colt really arrive with a single core processor and no support for BlackBerry Enterprise Server?

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RIM cuts 10 percent of its workforce: Houston, we have a problem

July 25, 2011 3:12 pm by Nick Marshall

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: BlackBerry PlayBook, Jim Balsillie, Mike Lazaridis, Research in Motion, RIM

Research in Motion will reportedly lay off 2,000 of its employees, or about 10 percent of its total workforce, according to a press release issued this morning. The move comes as part of a “workforce reduction” following the company’s rapid expansion which lead to quadruple growth in its team over the past five years.

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BlackBerry PlayBook Android App Player leaked

July 22, 2011 10:06 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Computers & Accessories Tags: Android app player, BlackBerry PlayBook, RIM

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything official from RIM about BlackBerry PlayBook Android apps support but it has obviously been beavering away on the feature. A beta build of the BlackBerry PlayBook Android app player was inadvertently revealed by the BlackBerry.com website and has now made its way onto the web.

While RIM has now pulled the original change-log which held the link to the BlackBerry PlayBook Android app player, numerous unofficial download sites are now hosting the file. Read on to find out what the brave BlackBerry PlayBook owners who’ve taken the plunge think of the app and what RIM has to say about it…

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Did you know Windows tablets outpaced BlackBerry PlayBook shipments this quarter?

July 21, 2011 5:37 pm by Nick Marshall

Categories: Computers & Accessories Tags: Android Honeycomb, Apple, BlackBerry PlayBook, Google, IOS, Microsoft, RIM, Windows, Windows 8

Here’s a shocker. According to a report by Strategy Analytics, Microsoft shipped more Windows-powered tablets in the second quarter than RIM did with its BlackBerry PlayBook. This resulted in Microsoft tablets commanding 4.6 percent of the market while RIM secured just 3.3 percent.

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Samsung Galaxy Q is not the future of smartphones or tablets

July 18, 2011 3:59 pm by Nick Marshall

Categories: Gadgets Tags: Android Ice Cream Sandwich, BlackBerry PlayBook, HTC Flyer, IFA 2011, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Q

Prepare yourself for a world of smartphone hybrids. Yahoo! Korea is reporting that Samsung is working on the Galaxy Q, a 5.3-inch ‘phone’ which blurs the line between smartphone and tablet. Bridging the gap between the monstrous 4.5-inch Samsung Infuse and the original 7-inch Galaxy Tab might sound logical, but the Galaxy Q is not the future of smartphones.

Could you imaging carting around a 5.3-inch smartphone in your pocket? Unless we’re mistaken, skinny jeans are all the rave these days. The thought of a five-inch smartphone is a far cry from 1999 when the Nokia 8200 reigned supreme as the smallest and lightest Nokia mobile phone on the market. Today, at least according to Samsung, the motto in mobile is ‘bigger is better’.

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BlackBerry Cyclone: RIM plans Apple TV rival

July 15, 2011 11:35 am by Mic Wright

Categories: TVs & Home Cinema Tags: Apple TV, Blackberry, BlackBerry Cyclone, BlackBerry PlayBook, media hub

You’d have thought RIM would be entirely focused on building the next generation of BlackBerry phones and persuading the world to embrace the BlackBerry PlayBook but it is also said to be working on a media hub to go head-to-head with the Apple TV.

The latest report comes from a well-connected BlackBerry fansite and follows word of the device, apparently codenamed BlackBerry Cyclone, from a site which previously outed details on the BlackBerry PlayBook long before it became official.

Read on for the details the BlackBerry Cyclone rumour has whipped up in its wake…

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Windows 8 tablet concept looks impressive, proves Microsoft tablets are the sleeping giant

July 13, 2011 5:30 pm by Nick Marshall

Categories: Computers & Accessories Tags: Apple iPad, BlackBerry PlayBook, HP TouchPad, Microsoft, Windows 8, Windows 8 tablet

Unlike the world of smartphones where Android quickly became the dominant force, the tablet market remains a notch under Apple’s belt. HP and RIM have attempted to capture a share of this market, but have yet to be considered serious threats to Cupertino’s slate. After seeing a Windows 8 tablet concept during the Worldwide Partner Conference 2011 presentation yesterday, Microsoft might be in the best position to challenge Apple. Are Windows 8 tablets the sleeping giant in the tablet wars?

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 delayed: supply constraints or fierce competition to blame?

July 5, 2011 4:04 pm by Nick Marshall

Categories: Gadgets Tags: Android Honeycomb, Apple iPad 2, BlackBerry PlayBook, HP TouchPad, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9

Outside the tech world a delay of a few weeks for a product launch is nothing to write home about. Unfortunately when it comes to smartphones and tablets, weeks carry the weight of months and months age like years. This is particularly true in a crowded space such as the world of Android Honeycomb tablets where even the smallest manufacturer has come out of the woodwork to offer a tablet. Are supply constraints or the fierce competition from the crowded Honeycomb market to blame for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 delay?

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