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The BlackBerry Academic Program rolls out in in the Philippines
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The BlackBerry Academic Program rolls out in in the Philippines

Posted by James Richardson on 7 Dec 2012 1:17 pm
The BlackBerry Academic Program isn't new, but it is now rolling out for the first time in the Philippines thanks to RIM. The program, which is free, enables University students to gain knowledge in mobile application development, networks, spectrum and efficient use of battery life - just to name a few.  With people being so reliant on mobile computing in this day and age it makes perfect...
RIM expands its retail channels in Vietnam - along with after sales support for BlackBerry users
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RIM expands its retail channels in Vietnam - along with after sales support for BlackBerry users

Posted by James Richardson on 2 Dec 2012 3:45 pm
BlackBerry market share looks to be on the up in Vietnam thanks to a new deal which will see Starcom as a new distribution partner. In addition to the new retail locations, customers who purchase BlackBerry smartphones can also benefit from after-sales support from local BlackBerry Expert Centers. The new retail locations will be ranging the following BlackBerry devices, so it looks like the good...
Street starting to show some more love for BlackBerry
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Street starting to show some more love for BlackBerry

Posted by Chris Umiastowski on 29 Nov 2012 10:56 am
Bay Street and Wall Street analysts are showing more optimism on RIM over the last 24 hours. Here's a quick recap of what's going on. Byron Capital is a tiny firm most of you haven't heard of before, but their head of research is none other than the awesome Tom Astle - one of Canada's smartest tech analysts. He's also known for his casual writing style, which I'm a huge fan of. As...
RIM patent shows designs for netbook styled smartphone docking station
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RIM patent shows designs for netbook styled smartphone docking station

Posted by Bla1ze on 28 Nov 2012 9:53 pm
Over the past few years there has been a lot of exploration with smartphone docking stations. Motorola tried it with their lapdock coupled with the Motorola Atrix and currently; ASUS is trying it out with their PadFone line. While none of those could be called a consumer success there is still plenty of interest out there for those products. Over at Patent Bolt some older RIM patents have...
Nokia looks to ban BlackBerry sales over patent dispute
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Nokia looks to ban BlackBerry sales over patent dispute

Posted by Adam Zeis on 28 Nov 2012 12:21 pm
Nokia is looking to ban the sale of all BlackBerry smartphones with WLAN capabilities (which is most current phones) following a dispute over patent royalty fees. This comes after the two companies entered arbitration back in September with the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce in Sweden. Nokia argues that an earlier patent ruling states RIM is not allowed to manufacture devices with wifi...
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RIM teams up with the fashion industry in Singapore

Posted by James Richardson on 25 Nov 2012 4:14 pm
Over in Singapore RIM has been getting stylish and funky on the fashion scene. Last month BlackBerry and ZALORA held a fashion show entitled Fashionably Bold with new looks by leading fashion personalities Wardrobe Trends Fashion, Moonberry, Model Schmodel and Sophie Willocq. To celebrate this partnership, consumers who purchase any BlackBerry® smartphone through the various authorized...
RIM and QNX reward young developers in China following a university competition
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RIM and QNX reward young developers in China following a university competition

Posted by James Richardson on 21 Nov 2012 3:44 pm
Back in May of this year RIM and QNX opened up a competition to university students in China to encourage them to create applications. With in excess of 140 universities taking part plus 58 test centres and 2 joint labs being set up in China we once again see 100% support from RIM towards application development. Today the winners have been announced and the lucky few take away with them a...
The BlackBerry 10 Game Port-A-Thon ends: Success is the word of the day!
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The BlackBerry 10 Game Port-A-Thon ends: Success is the word of the day!

Posted by James Richardson on 18 Nov 2012 1:42 pm
This weekend RIM's game Port-A-Thon took place which we told you about earlier in the month. To cut to the chase the event was a huge success. Although I don't have confirmed figures it is pretty safe to say that a few thousand apps were ported over to BlackBerry 10 from other operating systems which is a sign that BB10 is getting the dev community super excited. The 36 hour long online...
Maybe Samsung is a better model for RIM than Apple
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Maybe Samsung is a better model for RIM than Apple

Posted by Chris Umiastowski on 15 Nov 2012 2:53 pm
Horace from Asymco.com published an interesting set of charts yesterday looking at how Samsung's profitability from mobile phones has now eclipsed Google's overall profitability.  Interesting, isn't it?  The guys who own Android aren't making nearly as much profit from it as the biggest hardware name in the business. Anyway, there is a lot we could discuss coming from Asymco's always-interesting...
More good news for RIM as QNX is awarded as CES Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Honoree
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More good news for RIM as QNX is awarded as CES Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Honoree

Posted by James Richardson on 15 Nov 2012 7:58 am
We are clearly huge fans of QNX here at CrackBerry as since RIM purchased the company it has pretty much revolutionized BlackBerry as we know it - so it is great to see QNX named as an International CES Innovations 2013 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree, in the Software & Mobile Apps category. For those of you that may be new to visiting CrackBerry QNX is not a new thing. The company...

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