Photos: RIM's BlackBerry Pearl
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Research In Motion's first multimedia phone for consumers features a camera, music player and e-mail functionality.
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The new BlackBerry Curve is small, sexy and full-featured, making it one of the most appealing smart phones available. The one thing it isn't is curvaceous.
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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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The maker of BlackBerry e-mail phones has managed to reinvent its wheel repeatedly, churning out surprising new models and innovative redesigns that have repeatedly left rivals in the dust.
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Phone carriers hope the new BlackBerry Pearl will finally persuade consumers to send data on their cell phones.
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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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roundup Plus: RIM touts BlackBerry with Wi-Fi...HP to sell Voltaire's InfiniBand switch...PC shipments up, but revenue less so, study says.
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Blackberry maker RIM says it has shipped the first of its wireless, e-mail smartphones to China.
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Research In Motion (RIM), the manufacturer of the popular Blackberry mobile, has been left with a curate&#39;s egg to mull over for Christmas.
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roundup Plus: Good Technology supported by HP, Samsung...RIM touts BlackBerry with Wi-Fi...HP to sell Voltaire's InfiniBand switch.
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Research In Motion Ltd.  RIM.TO, which popularized wireless e-mailing with its  thumb-operated BlackBerry, launched a new version of the device  on Wednesday with a smaller, revamped keyboard.
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The recent launch of Apple's   iPhone does not pose a threat to Research In Motion Ltd.'s    consumer-geared BlackBerry Pearl and simply  marks the entry of yet another competitor into the smartphone  market, RIM's co-chief executive said in an interview.
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Blog: After making several appearances on Apple's behalf over the last year, the bland bluesman is now stumping for RIM's BlackBerry Curve.
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Research in Motion has announced its latest BlackBerry phone, aka the BlackBerry 7100t.ï¿½ The phone isnât due to ship until October and test units are just getting into reviewersâ hands (Iâm waiting for mine right now.
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NEW YORK -- BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. today unveiled a new version of its top-end e-mail phone for business users, replacing the signature side navigation wheel with a front trackball that first appeared last year on the consumer-oriented BlackBerry Pearl.
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Research in Motion (nadsaq: RIMM - news - people ) will announce second-quarter results. The maker of Blackberry handheld devices is expected to report quarterly earnings of 43 cents per share on revenue of