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 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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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'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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