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RIM 'sues' Motorola over hiring blocks
Blog According to Bloomberg, Research in Motion is suing Motorola, claiming that the latter phone-maker is blocking RIM from hiring recently dismissed Moto employees. RIM, according to the report, says an agreement between the companies "not to solicit...
[December 24, 2008, 10:04]
RIM unveils first super-3G BlackBerry
News RIM has launched the first of its BlackBerry smartphones to include high-speed HSDPA connectivity. The new BlackBerry Bold represents a tremendous step forward in business-grade smartphones and lives up to its name with incredible speed, power and...
[May 12, 2008, 13:30]
RIM makes public patent reform calls
News In the letter attributed to RIM's co-chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, RIM said it was "pleased to put this matter behind us and remove any uncertainty from our customers' minds". Eleven days ago RIM paid NTP $612.5m to end the...
[March 15, 2006, 8:25]
RIM aims to broaden BlackBerry user base
News The days of the BlackBerry as purely a big business enterprise device are numbered, as RIM targets its smartphones at all sizes of business: from the biggest fish to the tiniest tiddlers running a business from a single home PC.
[May 15, 2008, 9:03]
RIM regains lost ground in patent dispute
News Battered by two recent setbacks in court, Research In Motion won a round in its long-running patent fight against NTP on Thursday when the US Patent and Trademark Office rejected one of the claims by RIM's adversary.
[December 2, 2005, 9:20]
RIM CEO: 'China's RedBerry is no threat'
News Time was, RIM was synonymous with dodgy thumbs and exec envy. Back in March, RIM finally put to bed its long-running patent dispute with NTP and all the shutdown predictions that loomed alongside. So has RIM had enough of being the tech industry's...
[May 19, 2006, 9:20]
RIM gets “Pushy” over new BlackBerry developer APIs
Blog Research In Motion (RIM) has been talking publicly about “push” application programming interface (API) technologies for some time now, it was back in 2007 that we last heard about a new set of developer tools for the BlackBerry Java Development...
[May 7, 2009, 7:41]
RIM loses ground in patent dispute
News US District Judge James Spencer denied RIM's request to halt the proceedings until the US Patent and Trademark Office re-examines whether the patents are valid. In a second order released Wednesday, the judge also rejected a $450m (£260m...
[December 1, 2005, 8:55]
RIM BlackBerry 7230 review
Reviews As with RIM's earlier combo units, you can plug in the bundled headset to make a call, but this model also features a built-in earpiece and microphone. The first thing you'll notice when you go to dial a number manually is that RIM has created a...
[February 2, 2004, 15:10]
RIM names third-party software store BlackBerry App World
Blog After David Meyer’s recent Q&A on ZDNet.co.uk with Mike Kirkup, RIM's head of developer relations, there is news today that the company has officially named its app store as BlackBerry App World. Developers with an interest in trying to trying to...
[March 5, 2009, 11:16]
RIM updates BlackBerry server software
News RIM has software and services for servers and handheld devices that allow large businesses and their employees to wirelessly access email and corporate data. The new version of the server software, BlackBerry Enterprise Server version 3.5, is meant...
[October 8, 2002, 7:53]
RIM buys Torch Mobile browser company
Blog On its website, Torch Mobile said its developers would "join RIM's global organization and will now be focused on utilizing our WebKit-based mobile browser expertise to contribute to the ongoing enhancement of the BlackBerry platform".
[August 24, 2009, 17:51]
RIM BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220
Blog The BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 (let's just call it the Flip for short), is the first clamshell device from RIM and it is not short on features. It goes without saying that it meets RIM's mobile email criteria, and it also packs GPS and Wi-Fi, which...
[December 4, 2008, 7:19]
RIM picks Intel for future BlackBerrys
News Co-chief executive Michael Lazaridis said the partnership with Intel would not change RIM's relationship with its other processor suppliers. RIM's current BlackBerry devices use chips based on the ARM 9 RISC processor architecture, though Lazaridis...
[September 28, 2005, 9:45]
RIM patent application details hybrid touchscreen
News In the screen described in RIM's application, the outer of the two layers has a conductive coating, allowing both types of interaction through a single controller-integrated circuit. RIM only began selling its first touchscreen handset, the...
[August 7, 2009, 15:17]
RIM cuts staff by 10 percent
News RIM, which makes the popular BlackBerry handheld device, said the layoffs would help it trim costs. RIM had 2,200 employees worldwide at the beginning of November. We believe this streamlining will prove to be a prudent move for RIM in both the...
[November 12, 2002, 15:18]
RIM and Good end fight
News Under the terms of the deal, RIM will get a lump-sum payment during its current quarter and ongoing quarterly royalties. This means that this chapter of RIM and Good beating each others' brains out in court is closed," Good Technology chief...
[March 29, 2004, 10:40]
RIM won't do 'half-baked' dual-mode devices
News Research In Motion (RIM) won't release a dual-mode phone while the technology is "half-baked", a senior representative said on Thursday. The company's vice-president of commercial relations for Europe, Rick Constanzo, was speaking at the London...
[June 5, 2006, 11:15]
RIM takes ZDNet UK on a magical pixie ride
Blog I can however tell you that we've just been shown around a section of RIM's Bochum R&D facility. We were guided into RIM's secret lair by a Canadian wizard. Well, I'm here in Bochum, Germany, on a press trip with Research In Motion.
[October 21, 2009, 10:28]
BEA, RIM launch Web services venture
News Software maker BEA and handheld device maker RIM will announce on Wednesday that they are collaborating on technology that will make it faster and easier for developers to build Web services for BlackBerry devices.
[May 1, 2002, 15:34]
