Research In Motion (RIM) has already unveiled its new mobile operating system called BBX.
According to the company, BBX OS uses the best of both BlackBerry and QNX, but will come to smartphones and tablets, and will feature backward compatibility for BlackBerry OS 6 and OS 7 mobile apps.
BBX will also have support for Android apps using BlackBerry Runtime for Android; Adobe Air and Flash apps; and HTML 5.
The BBX platform has certification for Portable Operating System Interface for UNIX …

Research In Motion (RIM) is taking into account giving mobile operators that became the company’s front line after its BlackBerry services fell for a span of four days last week.

RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie. (Image: AtelMedia Technologies (CC-BY-2.0), via Wikimedia Commons)

During the BlackBerry outage, the baffled mobile network providers, which were also in the dark, were on the receiving end of several frustrations from customers.
RIM has already offered BB users with $100 worth of premium …

Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that it will provide premium apps worth $100 to its subscribers to recompense for the four-day BlackBerry Internet services outage that plagued several regions last week.

The Research in Motion headquarters, based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. (Image: Flickr user 'gloom' (CC-BY-SA-2.0), via Wikimedia Commons)

The compensation allows users to choose freely any app within the $100 limit as an “expression of appreciation for their …

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 …

Research In Motion, the Canada-based smartphone maker, confirmed on Thursday that network restoration has been completed, giving back access to BlackBerry services after a major outage affected several regions worldwide.

RIM co-CEO and founder Mike Lazaridis at BlackBerry Bold Launch in London, 2008. (Image: textlad (CC-BY-2.0),via Wikimedia Commons)

In a statement given to the press that afternoon, RIM announced that it has restored the network, just a few hours after RIM founder and co-CEO …

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, …

BlackBerry users in North America have fallen victims to the core switch failure that continues to plague Research In Motion (RIM).

Most businessmen and government officials use BlackBerry devices. (Image: Pete Souza (CC-BY-2.0), via Wikimedia Commons)

The system outage has been blocking BB users from using BlackBerry’s email, instant messaging and Internet service for three days now – the catastrophic event started on Monday.
RIM is now drawing in compounding pressure from telecoms …

After BlackBerry users continue to experience problems with messaging, email and internet services, Research In Motion has finally offered more detail why services for its devices continue to be plagued with troubles around the world.

Research In Motion reveals that a malfunction called a “core switch failure” with its own infrastructure is causing the widespread outages being experienced by BlackBerry users. Image: Official BlackBerry Images / Flickr (CC)

“The messaging and browsing …

The emailing, instant messaging, and Internet services of BlackBerry devices fell down again, blocking users from online accessibility, with Research In Motion (RIM) apologizing for the inconvenience.
BlackBerry users first suffered outage from email, IM, and BIS on Monday night, prompting them to vent frustrations on Twitter.
After allegedly fixing the issue, RIM announced on its BlackBerryHelp Twitter account that the system restoration had completed.
T-Mobile UK, however, confirmed that some …

Research in Motion (RIM) has now fixed and restored services for Blackberry users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa after an outage stopped emails, instant messaging and BlackBerry Internet services on Monday.
While telecoms carriers pointed at RIM to appease furious customers for the outage, the company released a statement saying that it currently is working to mend the problem that struck BB users in affected regions.
“We’re investigating, and we apologise to our customers for …