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RIM to launch BlackBerry 10 on Jan 30, 2013

RIM has announced plans for an international BlackBerry 10 launch event on January 30th, 2013. The company will introduce its first 2 BlackBerry 10 smartphones and unveil availability information. While there’s no mention of tablets in the press release, the BlackBerry 10 operating system is also expected to run on the 7 inch PlayBook tablet […]

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RIM could license BlackBerry OS to other device makers (if anyone’s interested)

One day you may be able to buy a phone or tablet running BlackBerry software which isn’t manufactured by Research in Motion. Up until now, the Canadian company has designed its own hardware and software — but RIM CEO Thorstein Heins told the Telegraph that the company may “look at licensing” the upcoming BlackBerry 10 […]

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Blackberry 10 not coming until 2013, RIM lays off 5000 workers

Research in Motion is pushing back the launch of its next-generation operating system for smartphones and tablets until 2013, and the company is eliminating 5,000 more jobs. It’s been a tough quarter for the company, which announced its latest fiscal results this afternoon. Long story short: Revenue was down 33 percent from the previous quarter […]

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BlackBerry 10 coming to the PlayBook after first BB10 phone launches

Research in Motion’s next-generation operating system will be able to run on phones and tablets. If you want to run BlackBerry 10 on your phone, you’ll probably have to buy a new handset. No upgrades are planned for current BlackBerry 7 devices. But BlackBerry tablet users will have a chance to move to BB10 without […]

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RIM launches BlackBerry 10, courts developers with $10,000 guarantee

Research in Motion officially launched the BlackBerry 10 operating system for smartphones and tablets today. While you can’t buy any devices with the new software yet, RIM did start handing out BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha smartphones to developers. But that’s just one of the things the company is doing to try to get developers to […]