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  Research in Motion’s co-CEO Mike Lazaridis formally apologized for the global BlackBerry service outage this week. Lazardinis acknowledged the fact that their service levels weren’t at par with the set standard and are continuously working to bring back to normal. As far as regions like Europe, Middle East and India are concerned, service level [...]

  BlackBerry service provider, Research in Motion has confirmed that their service has been disrupted in four continents including Europe, Middle East Africa and some countries in Asia. The reason for the outage is unknown but RIM has promised to resolve it as soon as possible. BlackBerry users in India are reporting it as the [...]

  It’s good see RIM releasing new BlackBerry devices at a fairly fast pace. The new BlackBerry device set to land on Indian shores is the Torch 9860. Torch 9860 too runs on RIM’s BlackBerry OS 7 and is powered by a 1.2GHz CPU and Liquid Graphics technology. Torch 9860 is the first BlackBerry device [...]

  RIM will be releasing the first touchscreen based Curve, the 9380. A typical touchscreen phone, the 9380 features RIMs latest OS 7.0 that we have seen on the Bold 9900. As per BGR, the 9380 will be powered by an 800MHz processor, a 3.25inch display, 5-megapixel camera that will support video capturing at 720p. [...]

  RIM has updated its affordable Curve lineup with three new handsets — 9350/9360/9370. These are the first Curve Series phones that will run on BlackBerry 7 OS, giving users the benefit of an improved user interface, browser, updated BlackBerry Messenger, Social Feeds and more. On the hardware front, the new phones feature NFC, GPS, [...]

  RIM has unwrapped its first BlackBerry 7 OS powered phone in India. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 might look similar to other BlackBerry devices but is the hardware that matters the most. The Bold 9900 is the thinnest BlackBerry by RIM that adopts a touch and type interface featuring a 2.8-inch touchscreen VGA display along [...]

  The launch of PlayBook has given rise to a new speculation about the launch of RIM’s QNX-based smartphone launch. And going by BGR’s sources — who’ve been spot on related to BlackBerry rumors — the first QNX running smartphone is expected in first quarter of next year. The phone is codenamed is BlackBerry Colt [...]

  RIM announced a number of BlackBerry handsets today, including the recently glimpsed Torch 9810 and already announced Bold 9900/9930. In all, 5 handsets got the official acknowledgement — Bold 9900, Bold 9930, Torch 9810, Torch 9850 and Torch 9860 making it the largest global launch for RIM. All the devices run the new BlackBerry [...]

  It seems AT&T has inadvertently listed a new BlackBerry phone on their website. The Torch 9810 is listed as coming soon and is touted to be the first BlackBerry smartphone on AT&T to run on 4G network. Despite looking freakishly similar to the original Torch, the 9810 is packed with BlackBerry 7 OS and [...]

  RIM has updated one of the strongest apps (and a service) available on BlackBerry — the BlackBerry Messenger. The Canadian company has bumped the app to version 6 which now supports “BBM Connected” apps. This function integrates BBM service and allows users to chat with their friends from the app itself. For instance, a [...]

  Research in Motion today announced some major decisions related to its management and its workforce. To streamline its operations, RIM has brought some management changes like Thorsten Heins to head the new combined hardware and software engineering teams while Robin Bienfait to take on the responsibility of Enterprise Business Unit etc. A major impact [...]

  Research in Motion has reportedly stopped development of the larger-sized PlayBook, rumored to be known as PlayBook 2. According to N4BB, the 10-inch PlayBook’s development has been cancelled because the BlackBerry maker is now concentrating to roll out its first QNX-based BlackBerry smartphone. The rumor also fuels some specs of the QNX-powered “Superphone” which [...]

  UPDATE: Hands-on video below. RIM’s professional-grade tablet has finally come to India. Blackberry maker unveiled the PlayBook at an event in Mumbai and will hit retail channels soon. Coming in storage capacities of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB, the PlayBook is RIM’s answer to various Android tablets and the iPad. The 7-inch tablet is based [...]

  Dolby Labs yesterday confirmed that they’re suing BlackBerry maker, Research in Motion for infringing some of its patents related to digital audio compression. Dolby has filed lawsuits in US and Germany and is seeking recovery of financial damages and injunctions to halt sales of infringed products. The lawsuit says RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook [...]

  We’re still a day away from BlackBerry World but it seems folks over at RIM jumped the gun by officially confirming the new BlackBerry Bold on the website. The listing is now yanked but not before eagle-eyed readers took a screenshot. BGR who leaked the very first images of this new Bold device reckons [...]