Google with its Android mobile operating system and Apple with its iOS-powered iPhone lineup have gained over rivals during December to February, new data says.
The data comes from comScore which says that Android now has a 50.1 percent market share in the U.S. smartphone arena followed by iOS which has a 30.2 percent market share.
This means that Google has gained 3.2 percentage points in the U.S. smartphone market share race while Apple has gained 1.5 percentage points.
This marks a milestone …

RIM clarifies reports on consumer mobile market pull out. (Image: e27singapore, via Flickr / CC)

Research In Motion (RIM) has answered its self-induced reports that it will bow out of the consumer mobile market.
Analysts and industry experts still have raised eyebrows after RIM’s decision reached most media channels, but the Canadian maker of BlackBerry devices now wants to fix the details.
“The claim that RIM has said it will withdraw from the consumer market is wholly …

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 …

For the first time, Apple has ousted Ontario-based RIM from the top spot for smartphone shipments in Canada, reports Bloomberg.
In 2011, RIM shipped 2.08 million BlackBerrys in its home market. Apple’s figures for the same period were 2.85 million units, as per data compiled by IDC and Bloomberg.
In 2010, the difference between BlackBerry and iPhone shipments was half a million, in favor of BlackBerry.
iPhone’s increasing popularity in Canada is a clear indication that people in Canada are …

Canadian tech giant Research in Motion (RIM) in its bid to woo the app developers is offering them free PlayBook Tablet PCs. The plan is give them the freebie if they adapt their Android apps for RIM’s tablets, which will run these programs after upcoming operating system upgrade,, said the company on its site.
The latest version of operating system Tablet OS 2.0, which allows running applications created for the platform Google Android, was presented in October. The final version of the …

RIM and Microsoft Have Launched Blackberry Cloud Services / Image via Flickr

RIM and Microsoft have released yesterday a new cloud service for the business segment. BlackBerry Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 offers to companies an easy way to synchronize the BlackBerry smartphones with Office365 files.
Research in Motion, the Canadian producer of BlackBerry devices, announced yesterday the launch of the cloud storage service Blackberry Cloud Services, in collaboration with Microsoft. …

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 …

Research In Motion (RIM) has replaced its co-chief executive officers and co-founders Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis after the duo resigned on Saturday, the company has revealed.
According to RIM, Balsillie and Lazaridis will be replaced by Thorsten Heins, who has been with RIM only since he joined the company four years ago in 2007 coming from Siemens AG.
Shareholders have been pressuring RIM to replace Balsillie and Lazaridis who have previously been co-CEOs and co-chairmen of the company …

Status symbol Blackberry handsets are ready to again knock the market with a bang in India. Blackberry having its entry point above Rs. 20000 will now enter the market with its new device at less than Rs 15000 this year, told Mr. Sunil Dutt, MD, RIM India in its first media interaction after taking the charge of Research in Motion in December.
For its Curve model 9360 and 9380 RIM’s current price point for its latest Blackberry devices in India is Rs. 20000. The company accepts that it has …

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 …