Archive for the 'RIM' Category

BlackBerry Business Cloud Services extended to Microsoft Office 365

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

RIM has announced that its BlackBerry Business Cloud Services will now be made available for Microsoft Office 365. Primarily meant for business and government organizations, the expansion will allow BlackBerry device owners to use Exchange Online and other such Microsoft services on their smartphones through a cloud based medium. Along with business data plans, this [...]

RIM discloses BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 at CES 2012

Friday, January 13th, 2012

The BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 software update is on its way for owners of the popular RIM tablet and is expected to reach them by next month. Some of the main changes and new features include a unified inbox, management tools, ability to multitask within emails and enhanced mobile productivity. The new unified inbox incorporated [...]

Telefónica Wallet for BlackBerry smartphones pilot project kicks off

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

RIM and Telefónica Digital have announced a pilot project titled Telefónica Wallet for BlackBerry smartphones in Spain which may just be rolled across a global level at a later date. As a part of this project, the companies will wheel out NFC enabled payment options to select users’ BlackBerry handsets for testing the security and [...]

RIM reveals BlackBerry Tag tap to share feature

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

A new feature called BlackBerry Tag was unveiled to the world at the GITEX conference in Dubai by RIM Co-CEO, Jim Balsillie. This software will soon be incorporated in BlackBerry smartphones running on the new BlackBerry 7 operating system. Tag employs Near Field Communication (NFC) as the basis of operation. The technology is included in [...]

RIM develops BBM Music app with Omnifone support

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

RIM has created a new BBM Music app, a cloud-based social and viral service which enables music sharing and discovery among community or friends. The technical development of this service is looked after by Omnifone. The BBM Music app acts as an open music library for BBM friends. The music profile of all users is [...]

RIM partners with Scoreloop to enhance social gaming

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

In an earlier tidbit, we talked about the BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing app being introduced for customers in North America. Just recently, Scoreloop has joined league with RIM aiming to enable mobile developers create more social and cooperative gaming toolkits for the BlackBerry platform. The BBM social platform too had given some novel apps to developers [...]

RIM to come up with new BBM mobile gifting platform

Friday, February 18th, 2011

BBM is no longer just limited to sharing multimedia or keeping in touch with friends and users can now expect to do much more with this new development. That’s because RIM has announced plans to introduce the BBM mobile gifting platform for carriers which will enable a BlackBerry subscriber to easily pay for airtime, apps [...]

Tata and RIM bring BlackBerry Curve 8530 to India

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

The BlackBerry Curve 8530 is all set to enter India. Tata Indicom and RIM bring in the latest handset from BlackBerry for Tata’s CDMA customers. Highlights of the new device are high speed network access, built-in Wi-Fi and GPS, trackpad and dedicated media keys. The smartphone offers effortless emailing, messaging, multimedia, entertainment and social networking, [...]

BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphone coming through Verizon Wireless

Friday, June 4th, 2010

The BlackBerry Bold 9650 is all ready for a kick start this coming season. Through Verizon Wireless, it makes a remarkable entry into the smartphone market by sustaining GlobalAccess Connect giving its customers the freedom to convert their device to a notebook or netbook by using it as a modem for wireless Internet access. The [...]

Luxurious Diamond & Python BlackBerry 9700 Bold II unleashed

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

After receives accolades across the world, several handsets from renowned manufacturers have posed in an elegant and luxurious form, adorning precious gems, metals and so on, designed by Stuart Hughes. Now, the BlackBerry Bold gets even bolder with new editions and an appealing new look. This well established handset has been crafted in Liverpool U.K. [...]