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A Brief History of the BlackBerry
By David Strom / January 23, 2012 12:40 PM / 0 Comments

Back in the early 1990s, we didn't have BlackBerries or any kind of wireless data devices. Phones weren't very "smart," and dial up still ruled the land. Then a

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The BlackBerry / Atari Parallel, Starring Mike Lazaridis as Jack Tramiel
By Scott M. Fulton, III / October 19, 2011 9:30 AM / 0 Comments

When you're watching a remake, your mind cannot help itself for drawing comparisons with the original. You play back the scenes the way they were originally cast, the lines as

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The Way We Were c.1995
By David Strom / October 6, 2011 9:36 AM / 0 Comments

Lots of memories of my computing past flooding through me this morning, and no, this won't be another Jobs tribute. But a post yesterday talking about whether you were using

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What Should RIM Do With Its $3 Billion?
By David Strom / July 5, 2011 6:42 AM / 0 Comments

We covered the story last week about the RIM open letters, and my colleague Klint Finley gave three suggestions about how RIM can survive. And then there was a

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3 Reasons Not to Count RIM Out Yet
By Klint Finley / July 1, 2011 12:30 PM / 0 Comments

Since the publication yesterday of a damning open letter to RIM's senior management team from an anonymous employee, Boy Genius Report has two published more open letters. Also, the

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RIM Employee Begs Co-CEOs to Re-Focus on End Users
By Klint Finley / June 30, 2011 3:00 PM / 0 Comments

An anonymous Research in Motion employee today published a letter to the company's senior management team begging them to change the companies direction by refocusing on end-user experience, among

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Finally: RIM Taking BlackBerry Software Cross-Platform
By Klint Finley / May 2, 2011 12:45 PM / 0 Comments

Today at BlackBerry World in Orlando, FL RIM announced it will add support for managing Android and iOS devices to its BlackBerry Enterprise Server platform. The technology will come

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The State of RIM
By Klint Finley / April 14, 2011 3:45 PM / 4 Comments

We asked last summer what RIM needs to do to stay relevant in the enterprise. Since then, the trends undermining RIM's dominance have only accelerated. iPhones, iPads and Android

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BlackBerry Mobile Conferencing Wants to Take the Pain Out of Conference Calling
By Klint Finley / April 8, 2011 6:00 AM / 0 Comments

RIM didn't steal my enterprise startup idea, but it did develop the next best thing: a conference call app that integrates with your calendar to offer one-click dialing for

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This Week in Consolidation: HP Buys Vertica, Constant Contact Buys Bantam Live and More
By Klint Finley / February 18, 2011 1:45 PM / 0 Comments

As we've said before, consolidation is a watch-word for 2011. Every week we're seeing acquisitions in the cloud, data analysis and enterprise social software market. We've already covered one

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Is WebOS Just Helping Microsoft Build a Better Version of Windows?
By Klint Finley / February 17, 2011 10:16 AM / 1 Comments

Last week Hewlett-Packard announced it will be brining WebOS to PCs. In an interivew with the Seattle Times, HP CTO of Personal Systems Phil McKinney says that HP isn't

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Android Use in the Enterprise Gaining Steadily
By Klint Finley / January 25, 2011 9:00 PM / 2 Comments

According to Good Technology's final report on new enterprise smart phone activations in 2010, Android is holding steady. Good sells a popular device management solution for non-BlackBerry devices. It

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Apple Poaching RIM Sales Staff
By Klint Finley / November 23, 2010 3:50 PM / 2 Comments

If you still think Apple isn't taking the enterprise seriously you'd better think again: Apple has hired at least five former RIM sales staff in the past in the

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4 Trends in Enterprise Video Conferencing
By Klint Finley / October 5, 2010 12:30 PM / 7 Comments

Not long ago, video conferencing was science fiction - now it's a key part of many enterprises' communication strategy. According to a survey conducted by LifeSize, 51% of mid-sized

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What the BlackBerry Tablet and New Developer Tools Mean for Enterprise Mobility
By Klint Finley / September 27, 2010 6:32 PM / 9 Comments

At the BlackBerry Developers Conference today, RIM announced its first tablet, called the BlackBerry PlayBook, as well as new initiatives designed to make BlackBerry development easier and more profitable.

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What does RIM Need to Do to Stay Relevant in the Enterprise?
By Klint Finley / August 26, 2010 1:30 PM / 7 Comments

It's no secret that RIM is in trouble on Wall Street as it loses out in the consumer market to Android vendors and Apple. But what about RIM's core

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European Commission Rejects BlackBerry in Favor of iPhones and HTC Phones
By Klint Finley / August 4, 2010 11:20 AM / 0 Comments

Today CNET reports that the European Commission has selected iPhones and HTC phones over BlackBerrys, striking another blow to Reasearch in Motion. This follows Saudi Arabia announcing it will

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BlackBerry Torch 9800 Officially Announced - Too Little Too Late?
By Klint Finley / August 3, 2010 9:35 AM / 4 Comments

After months of speculation, Research in Motion has official announced the BlackBerry Torch 9800 will be available on August 12. There are no surprises in the announcement, as the

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RIM Buys BlackPad.com, Readies New BlackBerry Slider - But Can It Still Compete?
By Klint Finley / July 29, 2010 8:07 AM / 4 Comments

MobileCrunch reports that Research in Motion has purchased the domain name blackpad.com, fueling speculation that RIM's long rumored enterprise tablet will be called the BlackPad. Others suggest it is

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BlackBerry 6 Preview Features Social Feeds and New Browser
By Klint Finley / July 12, 2010 4:33 PM / 2 Comments

RIM has released a video preview of the company's forth coming BlackBerry 6 OS. The preview showcases a touch based interface, new social features likely powered by technology RIM

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RIM Speeding Up BlackBerry Browser with New Patents
By Klint Finley / June 14, 2010 4:00 PM / 2 Comments

RIM filed patents for technology that prioritizes different components of a Web page when loading and displaying it according to GoRumors. Specifically, it should make BlackBerry Browser load and display

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International Blackberry Outage Goes Into Day 2
By Alex Williams / March 9, 2010 10:23 AM / 34 Comments

The Blackberry outage that RIM does not want to talk about continues to affect people on both sides of the Atlantic with outages reported in the United States, Canada and

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RIM and IBM Load up the Blackberry with Lotus Collaboration Applications
By Alex Williams / January 18, 2010 8:00 AM / 11 Comments

IBM and Research in Motion announced a partnership today to sell Blackberry devices fully loaded with IBM's collaboration software. This is the first time IBM has sold Blackberry devices into

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Another Blackberry Outage: A Historical Look
By Alex Williams / December 17, 2009 12:30 PM / 20 Comments

Blackberry users had a bit of a surprise this morning. Email was down. It came back up around 11 a.m. PST but in comparison to prior outages, this was a

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MyBlackBerry: RIM Social Network Launches Tomorrow
By Steven Walling / July 13, 2009 2:46 PM / 12 Comments

Tomorrow, RIM will launch MyBlackBerry, community site for device owners to rate and review apps, as well as share tips and tricks. While indy sites like BlackBerry Forums and CrackBerry

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