New research from Nielsen shows that the smartphone is continuing to make big leaps in popularity in the U.S., now accounting for some 44 percent of all cellular phones being used in the country. Apple’s iPhone leads the pack in the U.S. among smartphone manufacturers, accounting for 28.6 percent of the entire market in the …
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If you own a BlackBerry, you’re already aware that Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) experienced its biggest network blackout in the company’s history this week. The shutdown began on Monday, hitting customers in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Canada, South America, parts of Asia and the United States at different times over the course of …
RIM offers free apps, support following outages
IDG News Service – Following last week’s major service disruptions, Research in Motion is offering free applications and support as compensation, the company said Monday. RIM said it will give away applications worth $100 to consumers and offer enterprise customers one month of free support to help make up for the problems. “As an expression …
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The Amazon Kindle Fire May Kill The RIM Playbook
As I was listening to Jeff Bezos introduce the Kindle Fire tablet I was thinking about the roll out of the Blackberry Playbook and all of its hype in the media, which was promptly followed by its dismal failure at the check-out counter. how vastly different was the approach by Research In Motion and Amazon, …
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