BlackBerry Maker Research In Motion (RIM) co-chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie may soon be relieved by their company of their positions as co-chairmen of the board of directors of the company, a new report says.
The news comes via the Canadian publication Financial Post which says that the move is being mulled by RIM as a group of shareholders are clamoring for new leadership of the company.
Citing unnamed sources familiar with the RIM plans, the Financial Post says that the two …

Amazon once courted Research In Motion (RIM) for a possible acquisition, an exclusive report Reuters reveals.
Furthermore, the Canadian smartphones and tablet manufacturer has reportedly turned down “takeover overtures” from Amazon and other suitors as the company is said to favor fixing their problems on their own.
Reuters Canada reports citing unnamed sources “with knowledge of the situation” that RIM “has turned down takeover overtures from Amazon.com Inc and other potential buyers …

A truck carrying 5,200 PlayBook tablets was stolen while they were en route to Research In Motion’s headquarters, reports claim.
According to The Vancouver Sun, the truck was stolen in the U.S. while on its way to RIM’s head offices in Ontario, Canada.
The theft was committed while the truck was reportedly at a rest stop on Interstate 69 northeast of Indianapolis in the U.S.
The truck was coming from a warehouse in Plainfield, Indiana, the publication reports.
The heist is estimated to cost …

Best Buy is not sorry for stocking on the Research In Motion PlayBook tablet, a report from Reuters says.
According to the news organization, the remarks came from Mike Vitelli, Best Buy president for the Americas.
“We don’t regret trying any new product that our vendors bring into the marketplace,” Vitelli is quoted by Reuters saying, referring to the decision of the consumer electronics retail chain operator’s decision to stock the RIM PlayBook.
“When a product is less …

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 …

Google will pull the support plug for its native Gmail app for BlackBerry OS on November 22.

The enhanced Gmail plug-in for BlackBerry devices. (Image: BlackBerry/RIM)

When that day comes, BlackBerry device owners can no longer seek help from Google for Gmail-related problems, but will still be able to use the app.
Google’s advisory said, “Over this past year, we’ve focused efforts on building a great Gmail experience in the mobile browser and will continue investing in this …

Samsung continues to reign supreme in the U.S. mobile market as a new study reveals that the Suwon, South Korea-based company has taken the biggest slice in the mobile market in the country for the recently-ended quarter.

Samsung has biggest market share in the U.S. mobile phones market for the third quarter of the year. Image: arjin j / Flickr (CC)

According to comScore on its MobiLens study, Samsung devices accounted for 25.3 percent of the mobile market (smartphones and feature phones) in …

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 …

Research In Motion (RIM) is experiencing public disgrace after the four-day Blackberry outage, a study by research firm Yougov finds.

Buzz for BlackBerry fell from +11 points to -26 on October 10-13 and -52 by October 17, while RIM fell from 0 to -14 over the same period. (Image: Yougov)

According to Youguv’s report, the downtime that struck RIM and its online Blackberry services has also penetrated the public’s insight of the company and left a significant damage to the brand …

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 …