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  The Blackberry Bold 9780 that was first leaked way back in July has got the official unveiling. It’s the smartest kid in the Bold family and runs RIM’s newest Blackberry 6 OS. The Bold 9780 feature set includes worldwide 3G support, 480×360 resolution display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 5MP camera with autofocus, image stabilization and flash, [...]

  Steve Jobs’ rant from the Apple earnings call has attracted some sharp criticism. First it was the head of Android tweeting the definition of open, then a comment from the TweetDeck developer and now a post from RIM’s Co-CEO criticizing the comment as being “told half a story.” Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO at Research In [...]

  Sprint has got a new Blackberry handset, dubbed as the Blackberry Style (9670). The Blackberry Style is a flip phone from RIM that takes advantages of the recently released Blackberry 6 OS and sports a full QWERTY keyboard. The BB 6 OS ups the ante with improved social networking support with Social Feeds, webkit-based [...]

  Research in Motion unveiled its latest Blackberry device for the Indian market. The Torch (9800) is RIM’s first device to sport a full touchscreen display, physical QWERTY keyboard and run Blackberry OS 6. The phone is packed with features and will please Blackberry enthusiasts with 3G support, 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display (480×360 pixels) optical [...]

  After countless rumors, Research in Motion has finally unveiled its first Blackberry tablet to the world. It’s called as the Blackberry PlayBook and despite its playful name, the tablet is touted as the best professional-grade tablet. Blackberry PlayBook boasts a powerful specs sheet that pips other tablets in the market. It has a 7-inch [...]

  After ceding Blackberry user’s data access to the Indian government, the government is reportedly in talks with RIM to allow tapping of corporate e-mails. The news is unconfirmed at the moment but Reuters has a government source who claims that negotiations between both the parties are underway. “Discussions are under way so that we [...]

  UPDATE: Now ToI reports that all this is BS and the RIM has not really given access to servers but mere the location of the server. The brouhaha between Research in Motion and the Indian Government might finally come to an end as Blackberry makers have decided to cave into the government’s demands. Research [...]

  Research in Motion’s pact with Saudi Arabia is far from over. Now Reuters is citing a source saying that although it was decided to setup servers (for three operators) in Saudi Arabia, putting up a local server “proved impractical.” Instead, RIM has agreed to share “codes” of all the Saudi Blackberry users, which we [...]

  Research in Motion has unveiled their latest Blackberry offering that is targeted at the masses. The new phone expands its affordable Curve line with a 3G offering dubbed as Curve 3G (9300). Good thing for Curve 3G adopters is that it is Blackberry 6 ready, which means users will be able to upgrade to [...]

  Saudi Arabia will become the first country to ban Blackberry services. They’ve confirmed that their ban will come into effect from August 6, Friday because RIM and concerned cellular operators weren’t able to comply with the rules. Cellular operators STC, Mobily and Zain have been told by Saudi authorities to stop Blackberry service as [...]

  We’re expecting an official announcement from RIM in few minutes but AT&T has prematurely published the product page of the upcoming Blackberry device. Behold the Blackberry Torch (9800), a vertical Blackberry slider phone. The Torch will run on Blackberry OS 6 and feature a 3.2-inch (480×360) display, optical trackpad, 3G support, 5MP autofocus camera [...]

  Research in Motion will allow Indian security agencies to snoop in Blackberry users’ emails. RIM succumbed to the government’s pressure on account of national security and has offered to share decryption codes to pry in corporate emails whereas consumer emails will be shared within 15 days. However, email is not the only thing the [...]

  In addition to India, RIM will now also have to deal with two Gulf countries – UAE and Saudi Arabia. Both countries have announced to block Blackberry services if RIM does not comply with the regulations and give access to decrypt emails sent from Blackberry devices. If no resolution is reached, UAE will start [...]

  Indian government asking Research in Motion to give access to their servers is not new but this time the Indian government looks adamant in their demand. The Ministry of Home Affairs have pointed out that Blackberry makers have been complying with other countries so they should do the same with India or will be [...]

  Motorola and Research in Motion have announced to enter into a Settlement and License Agreement that ends any ongoing litigations between both the companies and allows them to share licenses of various patent rights of common technologies like 2G, 3G, 4G, 802.11 and wireless email. Furthermore, RIM has also agreed to pay an up-front [...]