RIM May Offer Touch-Screen BlackBerry
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RIM Co-Chief Exec Balsille says company may produce a touchscreen BlackBerry if demand is high.
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Research In Motion Ltd. expects to start selling a BlackBerry with both cellular and Wi-Fi wireless capabilities, the company&#39;s CEO said Thursday.
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International wireless solutions manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) believes the days of disconnected PDAs are gone. The BlackBerry-maker said that users&#39; information is changing too rapidly for disconnected
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Now head-to-head with Microsoft Mobile Workshop After dominating the enterprise mobile email space with the BlackBerry solution for so many years, RIM is no longer the only serious game in town. Despite a number of false starts, arch-rival Microsoft now appears to have closed the gap, at least in terms of forward looking commitment.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp. (HTC), the largest maker of mobile handsets that run the Windows Mobile OS, plans to launch a smartphone that looks like a BlackBerry, complete with a QWERTY keypad, by the end of the year. The handset, code-named Excalibur, is designed to promote theÂ push e-mailÂ function of Microsoft's Windows Mobile, and compete with the popular BlackBerry service offered by Research In Motion. The device, and otherÂ BlackBerry-like offeringsÂ entering the market, raise the stakes for RIM as it facesÂ increased competition. HTC's new handset will support a host of wireless functions, including GSM (Global System for Mobile Communication), EDGE (Enhanced Data GSM Environment), WLAN (wireless-LAN) and Bluetooth, according to a person close to the matter. HTC declined to officially comment on the device. The device will likely be launched first by mobile phone service provider O2Â in Germany, with a QWERTZ keypad for the local market instead of QWERTY. Excalibur will then be offered in other areas of Europe. Pricing information was not available. More information about the HTC Excalibur can be found at the U.S. Federal Communications CommissionÂ (FCC) Web site.
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Newspapers report that RIM's BlackBerry is set to go on sale in China this month.
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(InfoWorld) - Consumers starved for details about Apple's soon to be released iPhone have a few new photos and movies to peruse before getting their hands on one next week. The video section of the iPhone Web site talks about several of the technologies in the device. Muti-touch and the ability to control the interface with your fingers; OS X as the underpinnings of the iPhone; Wireless, including EDGE and Wi-Fi; and the different sensors in the iPhone are all covered. The video section continues in three sections: Phone, iPod and Internet. There are some interesting things to watch for in the videos, like the options that appear on the screen while making a phone call and how easy it is to merge calls. It is also interesting to watch the SMS and Mail sections to see the demo being shown typing with two fingers (or thumbs). This is a feature that is particularly important to BlackBerry users who have become accustomed to typing very fast with their thumbs. The photo gallery shows the iPhone in many different positions, but of particular note are pictures showing the iPhone in the dock and another showing the new earbuds with a built-in mic. The iPhone officially goes on sale on June 29, 2007.
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(InfoWorld) - Research In Motion has finally announcedÂ the BlackBerry 8800, the multimedia business handset whose details RIM leaked following Apple's iPhone announcement, apparently to offset the company's sliding stock price. The 8800 is RIM's most developed effort to date to combine theÂ Pearl 8100'sÂ consumer-oriented features in a package similar to the business-oriented 8700. In practice that means features such as integrated GPS, a 2.4-inch color screen, a full QWERTY keyboard, a high-capacity battery, and trackball navigation in a case wider (and slightly thinner) than the Pearl and noticeably thinner than the 8700. The QWERTY keyboard is designed to improve upon the Pearl's use of a numeric keypad with SureType, but the keys are a bit more cramped than those of the 8700, initial reviewers said. There are said to be models available with or without a camera. The built-in GPS can be used with included navigation software for an extra monthly fee. It has voice-activated dialing, a speakerphone, Bluetooth 2.0, a media player, and a microSD memory card slot, with quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and Wi-Fi. So far, Orange, Vodafone, and T-Mobile have all announced rollout plans for the device in Europe, while AT&T has an exclusive launch deal in the U.S. RIM's Competition The handset may be an improvement over previous BlackBerry models, but RIM now has other kinds of competition to worry about, particularly in the user-interface department. The company is rumored to be working on a complete interface overhaul with the BlackBerry 9000 series, but in the meantime Microsoft has launched Windows Mobile 6, and touch-screen phones areÂ on the way from Apple, Samsung (the Ultra Smart F700, announced ahead of 3GSM), and LG (the KE850 Prada phone). There are also other handsets such asÂ Samsung's BlackJackÂ that fall into a similar price bracket to the 8800 but offer 3G networking, something lacking in RIM's models. Push e-mail and GPS are also no longer unusual in higher-end handsets. "This handset will be extremely appealing to mobile professionals who have demanding work and social lives," said Charmaine Eggberry, RIM EMEA vice president and managing director, in a statement.
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The upcoming BlackBerry 8820 with support for cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity is intriguing, but it won't have much of an impact on enterprises, experts claim.
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InfoWorld - Research in Motion (RIM)Â is stepping up its game against Microsoft, Nokia, and other rivals with several enhancements to its BlackBerry software that it will showcase at Lotusphere this week.
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has developed a new LCD (liquid crystal display) technology that builds a touch screen into the display, a development that could lead to thinner
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(InfoWorld) - The number of BlackBerry account holders reached 6.2 million at the beginning of September as Research In Motion reported revenue up 34 percent -- but market researcher IDC said trouble may lie ahead for the company. RIM warned of some problems on its own on Thursday. The Waterloo, Ontario, company became the latest to announce a review of its options-granting practices, and said it could restate earnings to reduce them by between $25 million and $45 million over the period since its public offering in 1997. The company also said its fiscal second quarter financial results, which it announced Thursday, will be considered preliminary until the results of the options probe are known. RIM's revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 2 rose to $658.5 million, from $490.1 million during the same quarter last year. Net profit was $140.8 million. Approximately 72 percent of its revenue came from handhelds, 19 percent for service, 6 percent for software, and 3 percent for other revenue, RIM said. The company added 705,000Â new BlackBerry subscriber accountsÂ in the quarter. RIM expects even strongerÂ subscriber growthÂ in the current quarter, which ends Dec. 2. The company forecast it would add 800,000 accounts, taking it to 7 million subscribers. Market researcher IDC, however, rained on RIM's strong announcement. In a report titled "Attack of the BlackBerry Clones", IDC said the popular handheld faces growing competition "in a relatively untapped market, converged mobile devices for the enterprise." As that market grows to 63 million units per year by 2010 from just 7.3 million last year, the BlackBerry's overall share will decline, according to IDC. While RIM has set the standard in the industry, Microsoft is coming on strong through partnerships withÂ Motorola, Palm, and others. As the market for converged mobile devices grows, IDC expects Windows Mobile handhelds to grab an increasing share of the pie, for a 32.3 percent share of the market by 2010. Nokia is another major rival to watch out for in the future, since it is already offering an end-to-end solution of its own, IDC said. "Several BlackBerry clones have previously attempted to challenge RIM's reign in the enterprise market, but this is a more formidable strike," said Sean Ryan, research analyst for IDC's Mobile Markets, in a statement. "The timing is right for a more powerful attack against RIM's BlackBerry as competitive forces converge." Â
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It&#39;s now possible to enjoy all the benefits of a full featured QWERTY keyboard in a small wireless device, thanks to Research In Motion&#39;s (RIM) new patent-pending SureType keyboard.
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NEW YORK/LONDON  - Research In Motion Ltd   RIM.TO, the maker of Blackberry e-mail devices popular among   executives, said on Thursday it is pushing into a wider   consumer market with the Pearl, its first phone with a camera   and music player.
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Those business users who can't make the leap to Apple's iPhone may be happy to hear that Research in Montion has unveiled a new BlackBerry model that offers quad-band GSM support and Wi-Fi connectivity in the company's thinnest form factor yet.
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Research In Motion Ltd. RIM.TO   RIMM.O reports second-quarter earnings on Thursday and   investors and analysts will be keenly watching for word of   sales of the new BlackBerry Pearl, the wireless e-mail device   the company is hoping will capture a slice of the broader   consumer market.
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Research In Motion, aka RIM, and T-Mobile USA recently launched the latest and perhaps greatest of the GSM BlackBerry line of mobile phone communicators, the 7100t.