RIM BlackBerry beta units present 10 to telephone companies

 

For next week, RIM is expected to begin making a presentation of "beta" version of its mobile BlackBerry 10 at major U.S. telephone companies, who will decide whether to sell the devices or not.
It is noteworthy that the official arrival of these phones to stores expected in early 2013, the date for which will be available and smartphones like the iPhone 5, Galaxy Note 2 , a Full HD HTC mobile and probably some other Android supersmartphone Jelly Bean 4.1, so no doubt RIM will have much competition in that regard.
Despite this, the company does not give up and firmly believes that BlackBerry 10 can restore its former glory, and if not, it is more likely to end in bankruptcy.
Submissions to the retailers begin next week, and it is a key to the future of the firm.

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RIM will cut staff next week

Tough times mean tough decisions, and that's what happens to RIM today. With hopes of starting next year with a good start, the company has decided to lay off 3000 employees next week. The first rumors about the dismissals began in June and ended up coming true, but the story does not end here.
In order to save enough money, you need to at least 5000 people lost their jobs at RIM, and that means that others will be dismissed in 2000 over the coming weeks. It seems that RIM workers are terrified because they do not yet know who will and who will stay, and also it appears that, excluding those working in the development of BlackBerry 10, any class of person may be expelled.

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Samsung is interested in RIM or BlackBerry

A few days ago, analyst Peter Misek wrote an article about the sorry state it is RIM also said he had little faith that 10 OS BlackBerry outside the Salvador for the company. Misek also the possibility that RIM was acquired by nothing more and nothing less than Samsung, and also indicated that if this was not so at least they would be interested in the BlackBerry license 10. But none of those things proved true as Samsung and RIM does not care much less its new operating system.
Quickly, Samsung was responsible for denying the rumors about the purchase. During the second quarter, 44% of smartphones sold were brand Samsung Android, so more than obvious that the company intends to continue developing their own phones and using the operating system created by Google . Samsung also worth noting that not only makes Android phones, but also incorporates Windows Phone in some and in others even uses its own operating system, Bada.

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RIM considered the possibility of developing Android smartphones

Thorsten Heins, CEO of RIM, has recently released a very interesting detail: company even considered the possibility of neglecting the BlackBerry operating system and start working with another popular platform, Android.
Finally, the idea was scrapped and instead chose to continue developing its own platform, which probably led to the development of BlackBerry 10, which as has been said lately could be offered to other companies making phones .
Returning to the subject, while Android may have saved enough time to RIM as far as development is concerned, Heins believes that Android is a platform-oriented entertainment, the game already media, and serves to provide the user experience look who use BlackBerry, which implies that the BB platform is "more serious" than that developed by Google .
What do you think would have happened if RIM chose to use Android? For now we will see what happens with the BlackBerry exit 10, and time will tell if the company made the right bet.

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RIM confirms BlackBerry PlayBook 4G LTE comes out on August 9

 

It seems that the rumors were true. After much speculation, has officially confirmed that the tablet BlackBerry RIM PlayBook 4G LTE will be released on August 9, but first come to Canada and then to other markets.
Along with the announcement of the BlackBerry PlayBook 4G LTE, were released the specifications of the device. For starters, it uses a 7-inch touch screen whose resolution is 1024 × 600, inside a processor dual-core 1.5GHz, 1GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory. Other specifications also include coverage 4G, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, micro USB port, HDMI micro port, GPS, 3 megapixel front camera and a 5 megapixel rear, plus a pair of stereo parlanes.
There is a WiFi-only version (no 4G) using a 1GHz processor and memory has 16/32/64GB. Both models come PlayBook 4G LTE with software included, among which we find an application store, a music, one for videos and more features are also built using the Playbook OS 2 operating system, including integration with social networks.
Will this tablet RIM's salvation? Time will tell.

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Android follows dominant, but moves away from the U.S. iOS

The Android is still the most widely used mobile system in the United States, but the distance to the IOS decreased during the second quarter of 2012, according to CNET .

The Google system dominates the market and is present in 56% of U.S. smartphone, but participation has declined compared to June 2011, when 61% of the Android mobile devices used. The sale of appliances with the platform fell from 15.3 million last year to 13.4 million this year.

At the same time, demand for smartphones Apple grew in one year, as well as the participation of the IOS on the market. In the second quarter of 2011, 5.9 million iPhones were sold, up from 7.9 million in 2012. This made the Apple market share grow from 23% to 33%.

Meanwhile, the BlackBerry goes down. Smartphones RIM had 10.5% share in 2011 and now account for only 6.5% of the market - the sale of equipment fell from 2.7 million to 1.6 million. According to Strategy Analyst, the drop in sales of the devices is due to "limited portfolio of BlackBerry with a touchscreen and the frequent delays in launching the BB10 system. "

In the coming months, the trend is that the distance between iOS and Android decline even further. Apple may launch iPhone 5 this quarter, and the company believes that sales of its smartphones are lower than expected due to the expectation for the new device.

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PlayBook 4G LTE is on track

 

RIM is going through difficult times , as we all know, and while still launching products, makes it more slowly than before. According to a leaked document, it seems that soon release its tablet RIM BlackBerry Playbook 4G LTE. Next week we will know if this is true.
It seems that 4G LTE connectivity is one of the main differences between the new model and current are in the market. The current model specifications are not bad, because it has a 7 inch screen with 1024 × 600, using a dual-core processor at 1GHz (the new rate would come with 1.5GHz), RAM is 1GB and minimum internal memory is 16GB (4G model would have only 32GB). It also has cameras on the front and back and of course it has Bluetooth and WiFi.
It is said that the PlayBook 4G LTE will be released on Tuesday and will cost $ 550.

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RIM on the Brink: now owes more than $ 140 million

 

2012 has been without doubt the worst year for RIM. Not only will your sales are down a lot, but also had to postpone BlackBerry 10-2013 and even had to sell one of its jets . To all this we must add that recently in a court of San Francisco the company was placed in a worse financial situation.
Amar Thakur, Mformation's lawyer, said that the jury found RIM to pay $ 8 for each of the more than 18 million BlackBerry devices that were connected to the Blackberry Enterprise Server. This makes a total sum of no less than $ 147.2 million.
This problem started 4 years ago when Mformation accused RIM of infringing a patent, it seems, is about remotely controlling wireless devices through a wireless network.
RIM still has not opened his mouth, so we will wait to see what state in the coming days.

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RIM sells one of its jets to not ruin

 

While RIM's CEO says the company still did not sink and can still fight, the truth is that is struggling to stay afloat. They recently had to lay off large numbers of employees, reduce other holidays and increase working hours at the branch in Ottawa. But that's not all, because now he company plans to save even more money, and this has had the idea of selling one of its two corporate jets.

Currently, RIM has two aircraft Dassault Aviation SA F50EX 9 passengers each and modern technology . One of these has just been put up for sale for a price of around $ 7 million. The jet not only sell a few million extra sure, but also reduce the money for the maintenance of aircraft and can save even a little more.

If someone wants to have his own private jet at a lower price than the market, you know where to find it.

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RIM's shareholders re-elected to its board

The shareholders of RIM, the maker of the BlackBerry, have re-elected to the board of the company for its annual meeting, the first led by new CEO Thorsten Heins, who faces an uphill battle to relocate to the company's track.

Heins commented Tuesday that the strategic review of RIM is focused on recovering the firm with a revamped product portfolio with its axis placed on the strengths of the company.

At the same time, the executive has acknowledged that the firm will suffer a decline in average selling prices and a drop in service revenue this year as it tries to sell the BlackBerry 7, which have struggled to compete with iPhones Apple and mobile operating system Android.

The shareholders meeting is an opportunity for investors to make the new management tough questions after a year in which the shares fell almost 80 per cent and the share of the firm in the smartphones market collapsed .

Just last week, Heins, that RIM has promised to make an "efficient machine" announced a delay in the launch of the new generation of BlackBerry 10 until early next year. With this model, the Canadian firm hopes to reverse the decline in market share.

The new head of marketing for the firm, Frank Boulben, has tried to take drama to this delay, saying Monday that the delay will give vendors more time to meet the renewed devices before they reach stores.

RIM suffered its first operating loss in eight years and said it would cut 5,000 jobs, nearly a third of its workforce, it struggles to compete with technology giants the likes of Apple, Google, Samsung and Microsoft.

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The Canadian government says it RIM to resolve their problems

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Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Friday that Research In Motion is important for Canada and for the world, but any step to help the manufacturer of next-generation phones with their problems will be taken from the company.

Speaking to reporters in a conference call from Ireland, Flaherty also said he was unaware of proposal to buy the company, but noted that any offer should be reviewed by the Government.

RIM has suffered a contraction in demand for its smartphone BlackBerry, which once dominated the market. On Thursday, the company delayed the launch of the crucial next generation of BlackBerry 10 and announced an unexpected and significant loss in its quarterly operating profit and the dismissal of about 30 percent of its workforce.

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