BlackBerry Maker Confirms Focus On Investors Rather Than On New Devices

Research In Motion, the Canada-based maker of the popular corporate favorite BlackBerry smartphone, is confirming that its focus is now on its corporate customers, admitting that it is experiencing difficulties in competing with the current mobile device leaders led by Apple and Android OS-using devices.
In a report from Toronto this morning, the Associated Press quoted RIM CEO Thorsten Heins as saying that the …

Just when you thought the iPad could not get any more popular, a recently released study shows that enterprise customers are also lining up to buy the Apple tablet device. The study, conducted by ChangeWave Research, polled some 1,604 small businesses and asked them whether they had any plans to adopt tablet computers, and if so, which brand they would go for.
Out of total respondents, 22% said they had intentions to integrate tablet PC’s into their businesses and out of this group, 84% …

Research In Motion has released the BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 update bringing the second-generation operating system to its struggling PlayBook tablet.
The release of the PlayBook OS 2.0 update has been anticipated to be today in light of an earlier leak of what were purported to be internal documents from RIM detailing the date of the launch.
It turns out that the documents first unleashed to the public by Engadget were right on the money as the PlayBook OS 2.0 update was released today, …

Leaked documents currently point to a February 21 release of the BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 operating system, a new report from Engadget says.
The leaked documents from which “BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 launches Feb. 21st” can be clearly read is in line with a previous report from PCMag where BlackBerry senior brand manager Jeff Gadway said that the PlayBook OS 2.0 will be launched later this month.
The timing of the revelation from Gadway pointed then to a launch of the BlackBerry PlayBook OS …

A U.S. government agency has dealt the latest blow to faltering smartphones and tablet maker Research In Motion (RIM) as it has revealed that it will switch its employees to using the iPhone instead of RIM’s BlackBerry devices.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, it will replace the BlackBerry smartphones of some of its employees to iPhones this coming June.
In an interview with Reuters, the agency’s Joe Klimavicz reportedly said that “it all comes down to …

American energy giant Halliburton will be switching to the Apple iPhone from the Research In Motion BlackBerry for its company-issued smartphone to employees, a new report suggests.
According to AppleInsider, the move by Halliburton to switch to the iPhone was revealed in an internal newsletter distributed to employees this February.
“Over the next year, we will begin expanding the use of our mobile technology by transitioning from the BlackBerry (RIM) platform that we currently use to …

Research In Motion is open to the possibility of licensing its prized BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system, Thorsten Heins, the new RIM CEO has told analysts in a recent conference call.
According to a report from the Agence France-Presse, Heins told analysts that his company will “entertain those discussions” referring to discussions about the possible licensing of BlackBerry 10.
“I will assess the business opportunity for RIM and if it makes sense strategically and tactically to go …

Canadian handsets and tablet manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) has again launched a new price cut on its PlayBook tablet which sees the device being offered at a uniform price across all models.
As of writing, the PlayBook listing from RIM shows that the price of the PlayBook tablet for all models is $299.
This means that 16GB, 32GB and 64GB versions are all being sold at the same price.
Nonetheless, we’re betting that the 64GB version of the PlayBook tablet will first be snapped up by …

Canadian smartphone and tablet maker Research In Motion may soon be dropping the name BBX as it has previously called its next-generation mobile operating system as a court in the U.S. has issued a temporary restraining order against the use of BBX.
The temporary restraining order was granted by a U.S. federal court in Albuquerque in favor of a complaint filed by Basis International Ltd.
Basis is a software company which owns a trademark on “BBX”.
It has earlier filed a lawsuit against RIM …

Best Buy has revealed that it has already sold all of its stock of PlayBook tablets, a report from CNet says.
The publication’s Roger Cheng writes that “Best Buy confirmed to CNET that it has sold out of Research In Motion’s tablets.”
The usually slow-selling PlayBook saw its price slashed to $200 and $300 for Best Buy’s Black Friday Doorbusters event.
The news follows comments made by Best Buy to Reuters in a recent interview that they are not sorry for stocking on the PlayBook …