RIM

It’s too early to know if Research In Motion’s new operating system can resurrect the ailing BlackBerry brand. But the RIM folks have a couple of things to smile about these days. We’ve all watched BlackBerry’s long, slow fall over the last few years. It’s been painful—like watching a number one draft pick get into Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121102_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Today on Shelly Palmer Digital Living: Research In Motion, the nice people who make the BlackBerry, had a good day on Wall Street. Shares were up over 9 percent on the news that RIM has shipped a development version of BlackBerry 10, its new operating system.  Research Continue Reading →

Shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion rose 9% Thursday after the company said it is making strides to get its next-generation mobile software and smartphones into customers’ hands at the beginning of next year. BlackBerry 10, the much-delayed release of RIM’s latest handsets and operating system, was delivered to more than 50 carriers around the Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/121031_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Maybe you got sick and tired of your BlackBerry, or maybe you just fell for the iPhone’s allure. Either way, now you’ve got this shiny new iToy on your desk, but all of your contacts are stuck on your old, clunky BlackBerry. How do you move all Continue Reading →

OK, so I admit that I’ve been picking on RIM a lot lately. And in my defense, the company over the past few years has made it pretty easy for me since it’s made a litany of crucial mistakes that have left it in its current dire situation. But the more I’ve thought about RIM Continue Reading →

The SMS protocol on iOS has had an issue wherein you’re able to manipulate the little-used “Reply To” field in a text message to make it look like it was coming from anyone you wanted it to. But with the proper release of iOS 6 the days of pulling that stunt on an iPhone are Continue Reading →

This is probably not what RIM executives wanted to read with their coffee this morning, but TechRepublic reports that both analysts and CIOs say that Apple’s iPhone has now matched RIM’s BlackBerry devices when it comes to enterprise security. As evidence, TechRepublic cites the latest research from Trend Micro showing the iPhone just behind BlackBerry Continue Reading →

While Sprint’s iDEN network is getting the axe in favor of a new CDMA setup, AT&T will soon be sprucing up its near absent push-to-talk services. Targeting a November release with plans starting around $30, Ma Bell’s enhanced PTT will be compatible with smartphones running Android 2.3+, BlackBerry 7, Windows Phone 8 and even Java-powered Continue Reading →

HTML5 is the latest iteration of the standard used by web programmers and developers. When completed in 2014, it will enable developers to write-once-run-anywhere (WORA) for consistent, cross-platform experiences across all operating systems and browsers. For example, a developer could create a single application with identical performance across Facebook, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and all other Continue Reading →

Research In Motion unveiled new BlackBerry smartphones to global wireless carriers at a special event in its home base of Waterloo, Ontario but it is still months away from starting to sell them. Smartphones running the new BlackBerry 10 operating system are critical to RIM’s survival but those phones will only be available from early Continue Reading →