It’s long been rumoured that BlackBerry Messenger will eventually be released for iOS and Android, but one analyst now believes that’s very unlikely. Jefferies’ Peter Misek predicts that RIM will abandon its plans to develop BBM apps for competitors’ devices in favour of “direct competition” with them.
RIM’s been trumpeting some new findings from research firm Gfk today, claiming that the BlackBerry is the UK’s best selling smartphone. But if everything is hunky dory, why is RIM keeping the results so close to its chest? Let’s take a look.
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?
It’s hard to believe, but 2011 has almost wrapped. Of course, the latest, hottest gadgets don’t stop for recantations of Auld Lang Syne or annual Hootenannies, and 2012 will be packed with even more incredible kit. From the Samsung Galaxy S3 to a Kinect sequel, here’s what on our radar for 2012.
