A latest study is showing that Microsoft Windows Phone 7 platform has gained a lot of interest from developers during the quarter while Research In Motion’s BlackBerry operating system saw a sharp drop in developers interest.

Developers are becoming more and more interested in Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform. Image: bfishadow / Flickr (CC)

The new study comes from IDC and Appcelerator which surveyed 2,160 Appcelerator Titanium developers from November 2-3.
Here are the main points …

In spite of a global decline in market share for Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry smartphones, the company now has over 8 million users of its smartphones in the U.K., a research firm says.

There are now over 8 million BlackBerry Users in the U.K. Image: VancityAllie / Flickr (CC)

The news comes from Gartner which released data on Tuesday revealing that there are now more than 8 million RIM BlackBerry users in the region.
RIM has seen its BlackBerry smartphones decline in market share …

WDS comptrollers have reported that Android smartphones are more likely to stop functioning than rival mobile operating systems.

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The 12-month study from the wireless brand specialist and solutions provider consisted of more than 600,000 technical support calls to the firm, where Android hardware problems topped the list for most calls received.
Google’s Android OS had 14 percent of hardware related issues, whereas Windows Phone 7, Apple iOS and …

Telecommunications companies spend billions of dollars for hardware repairs of Android phones every year, a new study says.
The study was done by wireless services company WDS which looked at over 600,000 technical support calls made by consumers to the company’s support team over the course of the past 12 months.
According to WDS, “The return and repair of Android smartphone devices is costing mobile operators as much as USD$2 billion per year”.
That figure is significant given the …

Research In Motion (RIM) has launched its BBM Music application for BlackBerry users in Australia, Canada, and the US.
The Canada-based smartphone maker announced on its official BlackBerry blog, that its new online music service is now available for supported countries, adding that other global markets will follow soon.
RIM first revealed BBM Music back in August to compete with popular rivals Spotify and We7.
The Blackberry Messenger-based music streaming service will charge users with a …

Even before the widely-reported outage of BlackBerry services this month, 3 in 10 users of the devices were thinking of using smartphones produced by other companies, a new survey reveals.

Three in 10 BlackBerry users in large corporations are thinking of using other smartphones next year, a survey says. Image: Honou / Flickr (CC)

The new survey comes from Enterprise Management Associates, who surveyed BlackBerry users in large companies, those with over 10,000 employees.
In the survey, it …

Research in Motion (RIM) has announced to provide free technical support to its corporate clients for one month, reports Bloomberg. The four-day disruption of BlackBerry service across the world has irritated millions of RIM’s customers, and now the company is working hard to retain its customers.
Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM in an emailed statement announced that its subscribers would also get free access to online gaming apps for one complete month. Customers can download these applications …

One in five are thinking of ditching BlackBerry for other smartphones in the wake of the platform’s troubles, a survey says. Image: Lamsus Crusoe / Flickr (CC)

Following the troubles experienced by BlackBerry users with services such as email, messaging and web browsing, a new survey reveals that 19 percent or about one in five BlackBerry users are thinking of switching to smartphones made by other manufacturers.
The survey comes from Kelkoo, a Europe-based price comparison service, which …

Aware of the fact that the four-day Blackberry outage has frustrated millions of  customers across the world, Research in Motion (RIM) is now in a damage-control mode. RIM’s co-CEOs have apologized to BlackBerry customers for the problems they had to face due to disruption of BlackBerry services in different parts of the world, reports Reuters.
The system-wide failure of BlackBerry services has, without doubt, tarnished the image of RIM. Company’s plans to catch up with Apple and other …

Finally, there is some good news for the BlackBerry India users from the Government. PTI reports that the Indian telecom ministry and Department of Telecommunication (DOT) have agreed not to implement a complete ban on encrypted communication services being offered by BlackBerry in case there is a solution for data interception in a readable format.
“Banning of encrypted communication is not desirable as long as some solutions exist to get the (data) intercepted in readable format. Therefore, …