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What abject failure in the smartphone market looks like

Posted April 20, 2012 - 3:49 pm

This week's news involving Research in Motion and Nokia are sad, predictable and -- in one case -- unintentionally comical.
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How to grab a screenshot from iPhone, Android, and nearly any other smartphone

Posted April 20, 2012 - 10:49 am

Let’s review the best ways you can grab a screenshot from an iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, or Windows Phone. Or even a WebOS phone, if you're feeling esoteric.
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BlackBerry gets key endorsement from Colombian sex worker!

Posted April 19, 2012 - 9:16 am

Could the sex scandal involving U.S. Secret Service agents in Colombia be the key to the BlackBerry's comeback? Stranger things have happened.
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When G-Male Met Siri: A Love Story

Posted April 16, 2012 - 10:04 am

Comediva follows up its G-male parody with a new romantic tale.
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More on transferring contacts from your BlackBerry to your new smartphone

Posted April 9, 2012 - 10:50 am

What keeps people on the BlackBerry platform? The feel of the keyboard, sure. BlackBerry Messenger, maybe. But in some cases the answer is "I really don’t want to transfer all my contacts over.”
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RIM reports dismal Q4 earnings, departure of Balsillie, several executives

Posted March 29, 2012 - 6:31 pm

Research in Motion on Thursday announced the departure of former CEO Jim Balsillie from the board of directors and the firing of several executives as it reported a huge Q4 loss.
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Another federal bureau to abandon BlackBerry

Posted February 29, 2012 - 3:53 pm

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives plans to stop using Research in Motion's BlackBerry in favor of Apple's iPhone.
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Who says there has to be a third smartphone platform?

Posted February 27, 2012 - 5:48 pm

Is it possible for a third smartphone platform to emerge as a viable option to Google's Android and Apple's iOS?
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For HP and RIM, some painful pending inflection points

Posted February 24, 2012 - 2:21 pm

Hewlett-Packard and Research in Motion are facing some inflection points that underscore the problems undermining each company's fundamental business.
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PlayBook 2.0 update is here, and does it really matter?

Posted February 21, 2012 - 2:26 pm

Research in Motion finally releases its long-promised update of its PlayBook tablet OS, but will it matter to anyone not already an RIM fanboy?
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New Android phone rumors, iPad 3 details, and a PlayBook OS revision

Posted February 15, 2012 - 1:08 pm

Kevin Purdy digs through the rumors and insinuations about mobile and wireless happenings and quickly summates them, so you can go on with your fact-based life.
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Dude, chill out: RIM director goes on angry rant against 'critics'

Posted February 13, 2012 - 11:51 am

RIM board member Roger Martin blasts critics of the Canadian company's management, those 'geniuses who have all these clever thoughts about business models.'
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News that Halliburton is dumping BlackBerry mars RIM's reinvention campaign

Posted February 7, 2012 - 7:48 pm

Energy company Halliburton said it would replace 4,500 BlackBerry smartphones with iPhones over next two years, dealing a public blow to RIM's efforts to shore up its enterprise business.
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RIM marketing interns apparently have lots of free time on their hands

Posted January 31, 2012 - 2:04 pm

Research in Motion took to its blog to explain that the cartoon superhero foursome known as "The BeBold Team" is not a new ad campaign, but the result of some New Year's Eve fun. That sounds about right.
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RIM's new CEO is already spouting nonsense

Posted January 23, 2012 - 12:34 pm

New Research in Motion chief executive Thorsten Heins seems to have inherited his predecessors' penchant for delusion.
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Everyone is the new CEO of RIM!

Posted January 23, 2012 - 11:33 am

Lots of people have been talking for months about what a new CEO for the maker of BlackBerry should do. Now's as good a time as any to compile that advice into one handy guide.
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Is management shake-up too late for RIM?

Posted January 23, 2012 - 11:23 am

Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie step aside as Research in Motion's co-CEOs, but it may be too late for the BlackBerry maker to reverse its declining fortunes.
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Samsung's not going to buy RIM (not now, anyway)

Posted January 17, 2012 - 2:44 pm

Shares of Research in Motion rose more than 6% on Tuesday on rumors that the BlackBerry maker was in acquisition talks with Samsung.
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Overhyped trivia overwhelmed the few real innovations at Consumer Electronics Show

Posted January 13, 2012 - 10:12 am

The Consumer Electronics Show always generates a blizzard of hype, endlessly repetitive announcements of world-changing new products and a few real gems. This year's hype/news ratio is worse than usual, but it's not always obvious why, or what real innovations got buried.
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As with HP and Yahoo, RIM's board may be the real problem

Posted January 3, 2012 - 2:42 pm

The board of directors for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion reportedly are considering removing co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis as co-chairmen of the board.
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No. 3 tech story of 2011: Seismic smartphone shift

Posted December 29, 2011 - 9:00 am

The smartphone market in 2011 witnessed a Hail Mary pass and a possible implosion.
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Resolutions (and disclosures) for 2012

Posted December 27, 2011 - 6:04 pm

A few ground rules, and a list of disclosures, from the Mobilize blog before 2012 rolls around.
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RIM shares jump on buyout rumors

Posted December 21, 2011 - 1:08 pm

Shares of Research in Motion soar 13% after reports that it recently had attracted potential buyers.
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RIM is rotting from within

Posted December 16, 2011 - 12:51 pm

While RIM's problems undoubtedly start at the top with its co-CEOs, they run much deeper, according to current and former employees who paint a picture of a complacent, bloated organization.
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RIM's third quarter just as disastrous as expected

Posted December 15, 2011 - 6:47 pm

In the wake of Research in Motion's latest quarterly bomb, will shareholders and the board of directors finally demand the removal of the BlackBerry maker's co-CEOs?
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