It’s been a few weeks now since we last checked out LaunchPad, it is an application that allows you to make web shortcuts right from your handset. Today’s news has it that an update has been issued to version 1.5. The update includes the capability to produce web shortcuts in addition to both phone calls…

The word has been dropped by BGR that RIM may soon be loading Silverlight and Flash on BlackBerry devices. With Flash being one of the most sought after features this can only be taken as extremely good news for BlackBerry owners, as at present there are no workarounds or even third party apps that will…

It comes as no surprise that as a leader in the IT security field, with the usage of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server across so many organizations, RIM have just announced their forth coming BlackBerry Smart Card reader. The features of the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader include, s much sleeker design measuring only 3.98 x 2.4…

Back in May RIM had a WES conference call and it was said by VP Antoine Boucher at that time, there was work being done on a Bluetooth-enabled watch. Sony Ericsson also have similar models but this one is said to be more highly developed. Some of the features the RIM Bluetooth watch has are:…

Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Developer Zone has a new blog discussing the marketing insights, developer engagement and technical discussion about the BlackBerry. They want the new blog to have successful and striking applications. Research In Motions’ Chief of Developer Relations, Mike Kirkup, has said that RIM has created an enlightening informative blog that covers the…

Teleco company PT Excelcomindo Pratama of Indonesia is planning on upgrading the BlackBerry bandwidth by in the region of 50% directly to the Research In Motion server in Canada reports vivanews. According to XL President Director Hasnul Suhaemi, the capacity of direcdt BlackBerry bandwidth to the Research In Motion server is currently about 45 Mbps…

Well it looks as if RIM’s pulling another cat out of its bag; its recent application has revealed a plan to have a hybrid capacitive / resistive touchscreen. RIM has the idea, that taking all the best characteristics from all the other touchscreens, and develop one amazing touchscreen. This would have the common usability, pleasantness…

RIM, a designer and developer of wireless solutions has recently partnered up with Bharti Airtel to offer BlackBerry phones to its subscribers. Their BlackBerry phones are currently available on 475 carrier networks and they distribute across 165 countries. They are looking to tap in fast to the growing telecom market in India with continued support…

According to an article on market intelligence center, Research In Motion ended the last trading session at $76.39; so far RIM stock has see a year low of $35.05 and a year high of $135.00 but shows supports at 74.39 and resistance at 78.09. S&P has given Research In Motion a 3 Star hold rating…

BlackBerry smartphone maker Research In Motion has announced new, enhanced tools for developing web apps for BlackBerry which include BlackBerry Web Development Plug-in for Eclipse and Microsoft Visual Studio 1.2 reports marketwire. These two new BlackBerry tools are part of a total portfolio of BlackBerry developer tools for Java and web deployment and set of…

Brian Modoff, Deutsche Bank analyst fed figures this morning to the Wall Street Journal. These figures speak volumes for the effectiveness and strategies of both RIM and Apple. Combined the two companies hold 3% of the global cell phone market, 35% of the operating profits. Not surprisingly both companies have been hit hard of late…