Research in Motion (RIM) has plans to revamp its app store during the introduction of BlackBerry App World 3.0 based on a new leaked screenshot posted on BBNews, unveiling a noticeable search bar on top, fresh icons, and a more favorable user interface for touchscreen devices, which is a plus as RIM plans to release touchscreen-enabled BlackBerry smartphones.
Below the search bar is a carousel containing new and featured apps and below it are big icons for popular apps, categories, or …

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Research In Motion (RIM) and Microsoft are facing Google in a huge struggle to gain mobile search customers during the fall holiday season, as Microsoft invests in positioning Bing search and maps in RIM’s BlackBerry devices.
According to analysts, this partnership, like the company’s investment in Nokia, cost Microsoft shiploads of money.
In a surprising keynote appearance Tuesday at BlackBerry World in Orlando, Florida, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced …

Recently Canadian giant Research in Motion (RIM) started selling the new Tablet PC BlackBerry PlayBook in the U.S. and Canadian markets. Depending upon the internal memory the new gadget has been priced in the range of 499 to 699 dollars. But what is the real cost of this unit? Employees of UBM TechInsights have tried to answer this question after teardown of the slate, and costing each of its components.
After the analysis the experts released a comparison table and came to the conclusion …

Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerrys, says stiffer restrictions on popular devices suggested by Emirati officials likely apply to other smartphones as well, eliciting questions of data freedom in UAE.
Defining plans to limit accessibility to the Blackberry Enterprise Server system, the United Arab Emirates’ telecom regulator hinders the safest and most secure form of communication on BlackBerry devices used by several international companies and governments to keep emails and …

Research in Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry, is pondering the idea of bidding for Nortel’s wireless technology patents, for which Google already bid $900 million, Bloomberg reports.
According to Bloomberg’s sources, RIM may lineup with tech companies, including two large mobile phone manufacturers, to outbid Google’s offer for patents covering an array of wireless technologies, including those currently used by Apple Inc., Google Inc., and RIM.
Google earlier this month said it …

If Kodak wins in its current patent row with Apple and Research in Motion, it will likely get more than $1 billion in royalty payments, Bloomberg reports.
Kodak’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Antonio Perez isn’t exactly shy about that detail.
In an interview with the publication, Perez said that his company “deserves to win” and at stake is “a lot of money, big money.”
A decision in the case will be revealed 5PM in Washington today, according to the report.
The camera …

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At so close to the eve of its launching the PLayBook, Research in Motion announced late this week that Keith Pardy, chief marketing officer, will be leaving the company.
However, the executive will be staying in the company for six months more to help in the transition period, RIM says.
According to a Wall Street Journal source who is familiar with the matter, Pardy made his intensions of leaving the Canadian company known last month.
Meanwhile, there have been no announcements …

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Research in Motion said Monday that it will release during the second half of the year two new versions of its yet-to-release PlayBook tablet supporting Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Evolved High Speed Packet Access (HSPA+).
LTE and HSPA+ are both enhanced to carry more data geared for heavier network use. The support for the two high-speed network standards will make the PlayBook capable of running on most advanced data networks of all major carriers …

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Apple’s iPad is “running far ahead of its tablet competition” in the enterprise market, according to Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes.
In an article published in The Tech Trader Daily blog of Barrons.com, Reitzes was quoted saying that the ipad is the “Winner in the consumerization of IT.”
Tiernan Ray of the blog wrote that Reitzes “hosted a conference call yesterday with a research analyst at Forrester Research” to talk …

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Google’s Android mobile operating system boosted its lead over Apple’s iOS, Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 and Palm in smartphone platform market share in the United States for the fourth quarter of 2010, data from research firm comScore show.
Meanwhile, Research in Motion continues to hold on to it lead but it also posted a decrease in share for the said quarter.
According to comScore, the Android platform gained 7.3 percent in market share for the three …