August 18, 2012 Tags: BLACKBERRY (Smartphone), COMPETITION in the cell phone equipment industry, SMARTPHONES
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The article discusses the decline of the Canadian technology company Research In Motion (RIM), the creator of the BlackBerry smartphone, as of June 2012. Topics include competition in the global smartphone market, RIM’s corporate investments in research and development (R & D), and the failure of the telecommunications equipment manufacturer Nortel.
Read MoreJune 9, 2012 Tags: BLACKBERRY (Smartphone), RESEARCH & development, SMARTPHONES, TELECOMMUNICATION equipment industry
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Research in Motion can’t catch a break. Joining the large crop of businesses and organizations dropping the BlackBerry, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to provide employees with Apple’s iPhones and iPads instead. The government agency, based in Washington, cited the steep cost of Research in Motion’s software, which is used to secure and manage BlackBerry devices, as the primary reason for the switch, which was first reported Thursday by The Loop. The agency has distributed about 3,000 BlackBerry devices among 20,000 workers, and plans to move to the Apple devices beginning in May. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Read MoreFebruary 13, 2012 Tags: BLACKBERRY (Smartphone), BUSINESS losses, CLIENTS, IPHONE (Smartphone)
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The article focuses on the challenges faced by Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) with its Blackberry smartphones. It says that Blackberry phones are losing out to Apple iPhones and Google Android handsets, reflecting the decline in the revenue of RIM by 12 percent in the first quarter of fiscal 2012. It states that RIM is threatened by firms which offer program to let their employees bring in their own devices. The article mentions RIM’s Blackberry Enterprise Server software and Blackberry Playbook.
Read MoreAugust 15, 2011 Tags: BLACKBERRY (Smartphone), BUSINESS revenue, CELL phonesSOFTWARE, COMPETITION, IPHONE (Smartphone), SMARTPHONES
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