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BlackBerry Curve 9320 To Have BB OS 7.1, 2.44-Inch Display, and BBM Button
Research In Motion has announced the BlackBerry Curve 9320. The specs include BB OS 7.1, 3.2-megapixel camera, 2.44-inch 320×240 non-touch LCD display, 1450mAh battery, FM radio, and QWERTY form factor. The phone is small and weighs only 103 grams. The phone also has microSD expandability beyond the 512MB of eMMC. The 9320 has a dedicated BBM key on the side. The 9220 is only 2 megapixels and there is no flash. U.K. carriers will offer the device from PAYG for £140 ($225) starting May 14th and T-Mobile UK will have a 24-month contract option at £15.50 per month. Check out the press release below:
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RIM Showcases New Apps and Dev Unit At BlackBerry World 2012
Above is a photo of RIM’s official dev unit for the BlackBerry 10 platform. The dev unit is a 4.2-inch and 1280 x 768 display. The phone has 16GB internal storage and 1GB of RAM. New RIM CEO Thorsten Heins was the host of the event. People representing 150 countries were in the audience.
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Meet The One BlackBerry Retail Store In North America
On Orchard Lake Rd., one of the busiest roads connecting Farmington Hills and West Bloomfield, Michigan sits a stand-alone BlackBerry store. This store has been open for 5 years. “The store has two full-time employees and is stocked with accessories. For new customers, there is a BlackBerry training room in the back of the store with a whiteboard and a conference table. A television set in the corner, plugged into a PlayBook tablet, displayed a roaring fireplace,” wrote Will Connors of The Wall Street Journal. The BlackBerry retail store is run by Wireless Giant, who pitched RIM on the concept of opening up 100 retail stores. RIM was hit hard by ruthless competition and the global economy as a whole so they ended up just keeping this one retail store. Even though RIM is not as popular as Android and iOS in North America, they are still doing well abroad. This is why the next BlackBerry retail store will be opened up in Dubai and there are four operating in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Netflix Not Planning To Bring Streaming Service To PlayBook or BlackBerry
Streaming movie and DVD-mail rental company Netflix doesn’t have any plans to bring their streaming service to RIM’s BlackBerry or PlayBook devices. “We don’t have any current plans to support BlackBerry devices, including PlayBook,” said Netflix on Twitter.
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Image Of BlackBerry 10 AKA London Leaks
Last week the 2012 BlackBerry Roadmap slide deck was leaked. The leaked Roadmap document included a photo of the BlackBerry 10 smartphone. The image of the slide above contains some details of BlackBerry “London” also known as BlackBerry 10.
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Amazon.com Considered Acquiring RIM This Past Summer
Research In Motion Limited (TSE:RIM) has turned down take-over offers in the past, but one of the most interesting was from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN). RIM knows that they have been having problems with maintaining a solid market share, but they prefer to get better as an independent. This past summer, Amazon.com hired an investment bank to review a potential merger with RIM. A formal offer was never made.
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RIM’s Profits Are Down 71% In Q3 Due To PlayBook
Research In Motion Limited (TSE:RIM) has announced their third quarter earnings earlier today. RIM reported $265 million in earnings, which is 51 cents per share for the quarter. This is down 71% from $911 million during the same quarter a year ago. The reason for the drop is because of the $485 million hit RIM took due to unsold PlayBook tablets.
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Google Ending Support For Gmail App For BlackBerry
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) will no longer support the Gmail App for BlackBerry (installed native app) on November 22, 2011. Users can continue using the app, but it will not be supported by Google any longer. BlackBerry users can continue accessing Gmail through the mobile web app at http://www.gmail.com through the BlackBerry web browser. [Google Apps Update]
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RIM’s BlackBerry Services Disrupted For Millions of Users During Past 3 Days
There has been a 3 day disruption of BlackBerry services that spread to North America today. This has caused frustration to millions of BlackBerry users. RIM has advised their clients about an outage happening in the Americas and they are currently trying to restore services in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and India.
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BlackBerry Curve 9350 Coming To Sprint For $49.99 On September 9
Earlier this week, Sprint announced that they will be launching the BlackBerry Curve 9350 smartphone which has the candy bar design, GPS, WiFi, 5 megapixel camera, and BlackBerry 7 operating system. The 9350 will be available on Sprint on September 9th for $79.99 with a two year contract. Sprint’s business customers may be able to buy the phone for $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate. Press release below:
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