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RIM testing NFC-powered digital wallet service in Spain
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Spanish wireless carrier Telefónica Digital announced Wednesday that it has partnered with Research In Motion on a new NFC-based mobile wallet pilot in Spain. The carrier provided 350 of its employees with NFC-enabled BlackBerry smartphones that are pre-loaded with its Telefónica Wallet application. The phones can be used to purchase goods and services at local retailers, or to open doors at the Telefónica’s headquarters with a simple tap to another NFC sensor. Read on for more.
“We have chosen the BlackBerry solution for this pilot because of the security that the platform brings,” Telefónica Digital chief operating officer Julio Linares said. “RIM’s participation has been important for thi...
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RIM trims $300 from BlackBerry PlayBook prices
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Research In Motion’s debut tablet hasn’t bowled people over like the company had hoped, and now it is pushing a huge sale in hopes of drumming up interest during the holiday shopping season. For a limited time through participating retailers, RIM is offering its BlackBerry PlayBook slate for $300 below MSRP, representing savings of up to 60%. Sale pricing comes in at $199.99 for the 16GB model, $299 for the 32GB version and $399 for the 64GB model, and participating retailers include Best Buy, Walmart RadioShack and more.
After selling 500,000 PlayBooks into channels during the tablet’s first quarter of availability, RIM sold just 200,000 units to distributors last quarter. Analyst checks in...
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BlackBerry Curve 9380 headed to O2 UK
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RIM's recently announced BlackBerry Curve 9380 looks to be headed over to O2 in the UK. The new BlackBerry Curve 9380 is the first all-touchscreen smartphone in the Curve family and looks very similar to the all-touch Torch 9850/9860, though with a smaller display. Thus far, the carrier has not offered any real pricing or availability date information.
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2012 BlackBerrys to be 'charming, whimsical, & fun' according to RIM
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Todd Wood, RIM’s senior vice president of Industrial Design, stated that the 2012 BlackBerry handsets can be characterized as “charming, whimsical, and fun”, confirming that the design of the new handsets will depart significantly from RIM’s current product line.
The quote was part of a larger explanation of how his design team draws inspiration when designing new product lines. The team travels to a different location to hold a design workshop, soaking up local culture and architecture while looking for design cues. The most recent line of BlackBerry OS 7 phones were the result of a workshop in Bellagio, Italy.
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RIM Unveils The BlackBerry Bold 9790 And Curve 9380
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We may have gotten a glimpse at what RIM has planned for the future, but for now RIM devotees will have to make do with a new pair of current-gen BlackBerrys. The new Bold 9790 and the Curve 9380 both run RIM’s BlackBerry 7 OS, but that’s about where the similarities stop.
As the model number suggests, the 9790 is an extension of RIM’s pint-sized 9700 series. The Bold 9790 sticks with the tried-and-true BlackBerry design, albeit with some revamped buttons that caused a bit of a stir when they were first spotted. Unlike the other BB7-powered Bold, the 9790 sports a smaller 2.44-inch 360×480 display, a 1GHz processor, and 8GB of internal storage.
Meanwhile, the Curve 9380 takes its cues from t...
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BlackBerry Bold 9900 now available in white with Vodafone UK
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The BlackBerry Bold line has a history of white variants, and the new BlackBerry Bold 9900 has now lived up to its pedigree, scoring one with Vodafone UK. We've previously seen information that both Telus and Rogers are going to have the white version in Canada, that it'll be up for sale in Netherlands, and earlier this year there was a leaked shot of it from Dubai — but now the white 9900 finally gone official, in the UK anyway. The variant is available immediately through Vodafone, and is free on a two-year, £39 per month contract.
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RIM to forge ahead with Flash on the BlackBerry PlayBook, even if it's dead
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Adobe may have killed off Flash for both TVs and mobile devices, but that isn't stopping RIM from continuing to support it on the PlayBook. In a statement provided to All Things D yesterday, the BlackBerry manufacturer confirmed that it's not giving up on the dream just yet, because it's one of the Flash Player source code licensees that Adobe will continue to support post mortem:
"As an Adobe source code licensee, we will continue to work on and release our own implementations. RIM remains committed to delivering an uncompromised Web browsing experience to our customers, including native support for Adobe Flash Player on our BlackBerry PlayBook tablet (similar to a desktop PC browser), as w...
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RIM investigating BlackBerry message delays
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RIM acknowledged that many its users have reported delayed message deliveries on Wednesday, although it remains unclear what the culprit might be. “We’re getting reports that some users are experiencing delays,” RIM said on its official Twitter account. “We’re investigating and will update you ASAP.” A BlackBerry outage affected millions worldwide for several days during October. The downtime resulted in a class-action lawsuit and could cost RIM an estimated $100 million.
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BlackBerry Bold 9790 expected to launch November 25
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The official BlackBerry Indonesia site has posted a teaser banner for a new handset coming first to the region on November 25. The image file name is “hero_bellagio”, which we’ve known to be the code name for the BlackBerry Bold 9790 for months now.
From what we’ve seen of the 9790, there won’t be much separating it from the 9900, aside from a more slight form factor. There’s going to be 8 GB of local storage, OS 7, and the same 2.4-inch 640 x 480 display. The 9790 will have a little leg-up on the 9900 by including autofocus for the camera – vital if you want to take quality close-up shots. NFC will be included, but whether or not the carriers will allow it to work is another issue altogethe...
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Google to discontinue Gmail app for BlackBerry this month
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Gmail users who happen to own a BlackBerry smartphone might not like hearing this, but we have to break the bad news anyway. In a statement made on the Google Apps blog page, Google announced that it will end support for the Gmail App for BlackBerry on November 22. Furthermore, the app will not be available for download beyond this date.
Fortunately, those who have the application already installed on their BlackBerry handset may continue using it for as long as they wish. Those who do not, however, are advised to access their Gmail inbox via the service's web interface.
The reason behind the decision is said to be the fact that Google is switching its focus over to the Gmail web UI, which i...
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BlackBerry Curve 9380 due on TELUS by holidays
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The BlackBerry Curve 9380 has shown up in the wild again, this time promised on Canadian CDMA carrier TELUS with a release in time for the holidays. RIM teased the smartphone itself last month, revealing a 3.2-inch 480 x 360 display – on what TELUS describes as the “first all touch Curve” RIM has made in the brochure MobileSyrup spotted – while previous leaks have indicated the device will have an 800MHz processor.
There’s also been talk of a 5-megapixel camera capable of 720p HD video recording. OS is BlackBerry 7, complete with the usual array of BBM support and push-email. The user-experience is likely to be much akin to the Torch 9850/9860 we reviewed earlier this year, though probably s...
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BlackBerry Curve 9360 launched on Wind Mobile and Mobilicity
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Canada’s two plucky independent service providers, Wind Mobile and Mobilicity, now have the BlackBerry Curve 9360 on sale. Wind already announced their intentions for the 9360, along with the Torch 9810 and 9860. Prices differ a little bit between the two; Mobilicity is asking $299.99 without a contract, while Wind Mobile is charging $349, but has the option for folks to get it free on a WINDtab.
The BlackBerry 9360 is a slim, pocketable little phone, and though the specs aren’t up to snuff with the current top-of-the-line, it definitely blows the last generation out of the water. It’s got a 5 megapixel camera with flash (but no autofocus), 2.4-inch 480 x 360 display, 800 MHz processor, 512 ...
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RIM now literally worth more dead than alive
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RIM’s share price has declined so much, the once great smartphone giant is now worth less than the sum of its parts if asset stripped and sold as pieces.
With a market cap of only $9.85 Billion, the company is now worth little more than Skype which Microsoft purchased for $8.5 billion earlier this year.
“This is a wounded puppy,” Timothy Ghriskey, who oversees $2 billion as chief investment officer of Solaris Group LLC in Bedford Hills, New York, said in an interview. “They’ve been losing business, there’ve been operating technology problems. There isn’t a lot of customer loyalty anymore.”
RM’s market share was acknowledged to be only 9.2% in recent numbers released by Canalys, dropping prec...
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BBM Music now rocking BlackBerry App World
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RIM's BBM Music is now ready for public consumption. The simply titled mobile app is hitting the company's App World today for users in the US, Canada and Australia -- with more areas coming soon, naturally. BBM Music lets BlackBerry owners add 50 songs from a choice of millions and harnesses the social networking capabilities of BBM, giving Premium users access to music from their friends' music profiles. Check out video of the app in action, after the break.
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T-Mobile picks up BlackBerry Torch 9810
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If you’re jonesing to get your hands on the latest BlackBerry, than you’d better head over to T-Mobile because the carrier just announced that it will be offering the BlackBerry Torch 9810 with 4G speeds.
The BlackBerry Torch 9810 sports a 3.2-inch TFT VGA capacitive touchscreen, a 1.2 GHz processor, a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a 5-megapixel camera that records in 720p HD and of course, it uses the BlackBerry OS7 platform. T-Mobile users with business plans can start preordering this device today and the Torch 9810 will hit the streets Nov. 9 for about $249 with a new, two-year contract.
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