RIM seems like it’s spinning out of control. Having posted terrible losses last night, the internet has been awash with rumours that the company is going to cease making BlackBerry devices for consumers in favour of a renewed focus its business-y strengths. Now that appears not to be true, but one obvious question remains: Would you ever dip your toes in the BlackBerry waters again? Read more
Apple’s new iPad hits stores tomorrow. Of this, you may already be aware. The thing is, while the Apple-doting fanboys assume the usual position outside the world’s many Apple Stores, you could do a lot worse than check out its competitors. They allow you to do more, work more effectively, are more easily portable or are a lot cheaper. Read on for our top five. Read more
Following on from a pretty interesting week internally, RIM has decided to completely slash the price of the BlackBerry Playbook for the umpteenth time. At just £169 for the cheapest model, is the QNX-based tablet now cheap enough to finally compete? Read more
RIM’s joint CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis have stepped down; the announcement sees Thorsten Heins stepping up to the plate to try and turn things around for the ailing mobile firm.
But while the world at large lays into RIM and the BlackBerry brand, we’ve decided to take a look at what’s been going right for the company, and which of Balsillie and Lazaridis’ recent wins will see it through. Read more
Surprising news, this. Despite the fact that RIM is having to continually drop the price of the BlackBerry PlayBook, to the point that you’ll probably get one posted through your door soon, word is that there are two new models on the way this year. Read more
The BlackBerry PlayBook has recently been on the end of some serious price crashes by RIM due to poor sales, which in turn is probably due to poor developer support and a lack of apps. Now there’s at least one great game for the tab: Super Mario Bros from the NES. Read more
Put it down to poor shipping figures or the winter sales, but the price of the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet has been drastically reduced across the board at UK retailers, right down to £169. Will we see the equivalent of the HP TouchPad firesale all over again?
