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Research in Motion stock crashed by as much as 16 percent as it reported US$695 million (US$1.33 earnings per share) this past quarter on US$4.9 billion revenue. The news is coupled with layoffs, and a report that only 500,000 PlayBooks shipped.
The company has refused to reveal Average Selling Price for its [...]
The Motorola Xoom is an US$800 10-inch television. That’s how Peter Greenspun described the android tablet. Other negative impressions of the device: the Xoom required people to carry a custom charger.
The Xoom weighs 730 g (1.6 pounds). Standard features of the Xoom include WiFi capability, and Bluetooth. There is CDMA EVDO [...]
Yes, it is true. Microsoft and Research in Motion banded together. Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer took to the stage at Blackberry World. He announced that Bing search and maps are default on Blackberry Playbook.
According to Research in Motion’s press release:
Central to this collaboration, , Blackberry devices will use Bing as [...]
Research in Motion announced new Blackberrys set to debut this summer. Blackberry 9900/9930 will be the thinest Blackberry to date, and will run on Blackberry 7 (Blackberry 6.1). TechCrunch revealed details of the new Blackberry to be a 1.2 Ghz smartphone, with Near Field Communications chips (NFC), which will give a Blackberry [...]
The bell tolls for Research in Motion. Business Insider reports that RIM slashed its out look and revealed that Blackberry sales are weak.
Some investors thought that the company was about to announce a sale, but got information on dismal sales the company is expecting.
Sony revealed that it will launch its first Tablet PC. There will be two versions of the tablet, but both will be based on Google’s Android 3.0 OS.
The BBC describes it as Sony going after Apple.
According to Reuters, Sony’s tablet will go on sale in Autumn 2011. [...]
John Gruber over at Daring Fireball talked about, Magic. The context of which was a rebuttal to Dave Wiskus’ reaction to Tweetbot, particularly how the UI feels. Gruber’s thoughts could be distilled in a tweet,
“The difference between iOS and Android, design-wise, can be summed in a [...]
Blackberry sent a press release giving suggestions on Valentines Day apps.
1. Love theme app.
5. Air Asia mobile app
6. TXTLater app
