iAfya mobile health app for BlackBerry smartphones launches in Kenya

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Avallain puts health information at the fingertips of BlackBerry customers and medical workers in Kenya Nairobi, Kenya 13 August, 2012 – Today, Avallain, an online education specialist that uses ICT to positively impact human development, announced a new mobile health app for BlackBerry® smartphone customers in Kenya. The iAfya app allows users to quickly and easily find comprehensive and [...]

Enterprise and Government Customers Can Save Money on BlackBerry 7 Smartphones with New “Trade-Up and Recycle Program”

Waterloo, ON – A new program from Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) can save enterprise and government customers on the costs of upgrading to BlackBerry® 7 smartphones while also helping with the responsible recycling of old devices. RIM announced today that it is working with e-Cycle LLC to offer a new trade-up and recycle [...]

RIM brings the BlackBerry Bold 9790 and BlackBerry Curve 9380 smartphones to the Caribbean

Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) is launching two new smartphones in the Caribbean the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9790 and BlackBerry® Curve™ 9380. Both smartphones are based on the BlackBerry® 7 operating system (OS). The new smartphones offer impressively slim and stylish designs with enhanced communications, multimedia, productivity and social connectivity features. [...]

Press Release: Research In Motion Names Thorsten Heins President and CEO

•    Board Acts on Recommendation of Co-CEOs to Implement Succession Plan •    Mike Lazaridis Named Vice Chair of the Board •    Jim Balsillie Remains a Director •    Barbara Stymiest Named Independent Board Chair •    Prem Watsa Named Independent Director Waterloo, ON – The Board of Directors of BlackBerry® maker Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: [...]

T-Mobile Expands America’s Largest 4G Network And Showcases 4G Experiences at 2012 CES

T-Mobile Expands America’s Largest 4G Network And Showcases 4G Experiences at 2012 CES  T-Mobile Unveils Samsung Galaxy S® Blaze™ 4G and Launches New Bobsled™ Messaging Application LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Jan. 10, 2012 — Today, at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), T-Mobile USA executives, including CEO and President Philipp Humm, outlined the company’s ongoing efforts to drive consumer adoption [...]

BlackBerry Announces Six Grand Prize Winners of the BBM Challenge

Eight-week contest inspires young people to pursue their passions as they vie for the chance to meet their celebrity idols Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced the six winners of its BBM™ Challenge contest, which was designed to partner aspiring young adults with some of today’s top celebrity influencers. [...]

RIM Reports 3rd Quarter Fiscal 2012 Results

RESEARCH IN MOTION REPORTS THIRD QUARTER FISCAL 2012 RESULTS Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today reported third quarter results for the three months ended November 26, 2011 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where otherwise indicated). Highlights: [...]

UberSocial for BlackBerry Updated from v1.252 to 1.3

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All you UberSocial users out there, here is some exciting news!  UberSocial has gone live with there latest update, v1.3! Here are the changes they have made with this update: Integrated with BBM, you can now set your BBM status or personal message to your last tweet, requires BlackBerry OS version 5.0 or higher. You [...]

BOLT Browser – Discontinued

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Back in 2009, BOLT Browser was introduced to us as a top third-party browser for our BlackBerry’s.  When the native BlackBerry browser was still a bit lacking in features, BOLT came as a great relief, giving us tabbed browsing and faster speeds. Sadly, as announced on their website, BOLT will be discontinued due to “economic [...]

Drag Lock – Slide to Lock/Unlock Your BlackBerry

Wishing for a cool slide to lock app for your BlackBerry? Well look no more, Drag Lock is here.

T-Mobile BlackBerry 7 Devices Use Carrier IQ

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TMONews has what some of you might consider “breaking news”. T-Mobile currently has 3 BlackBerry 7 devices that contain CarrierIQ tracking pre-installed on devices. BlackBerry models that contain this are as followed: BlackBerry Bold 9900, Curve 9360 & Torch 9810. Now what is “CarrierIQ” and how does T-Mobile use it? Continue reading:

BeGuard – A panic button for BlackBerry users

BBGuard is a panic button for BlackBerry® users that live in dangerous cities or are exposed to danger. It has been designed and built based on personal experiences in danger situations (several home intrusions and kidnappings) “This is the app I wanted to have every single time I was in a dangerous situation, so I [...]

RIM Announces Third Quarter Provision Related To PlayBook Inventory and Confirms Commitment to Tablet Market; Provides Update to Q3 and Fiscal 2012 Guidance

Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a world leader in the mobile communications market, today announced that it would record a pre-tax provision in the third quarter of fiscal 2012 of approximately $485 million, $360 million after tax, related to its inventory valuation of BlackBerry PlayBook tablets.  The charge is expected [...]