Posts Tagged ‘street’
RBC Capital: RIM sold 150,000 BlackBerry Torchs opening weekend
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that BlackBerry maker Research In Motion sold right around 150,000 Torch handsets during its opening weekend. The sales estimates come courtesy of RBC Capital Markets and Stifel Nicolaus. Curiously, the launch numbers keep being compared to the first weekend sales figures of the ...
RIM CEO: the Internet is encrypted, deal with it
If you haven’t been following the soap opera that is going on between the United Arab Emirates , the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , and RIM let us fill you in. The UAE and KSA will halt BlackBerry data services beginning October 11th and August 5th respectively citing concerns ...
Mike Lazaridis: If they can’t deal with the Internet, they should shut it off
So now Indonesia is now considering a ban of BlackBerry devices. The list is getting longer each day, but RIM does not see to alarmed. RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis in an interview with the Wall Street Journal made a rather bold statement “This is about the Internet,” Mr. Lazaridis ...
CrackBerry guide to BlackBerry voice to text apps
Promote safe(r) driving with these BlackBerry voice dict ation apps! Chances are, you have been hit with the dreaded cell phone ban. That means keep your friggin’ hands off of your mobile device while driving. I shouldn’t say dreaded, as it is a good thing. It will hopefully keep ...
RIM: your BlackBerry data is secure, even from governments
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has issued a statement to its customers letting them know just how secure their data is. The handset maker reminded everyone that “no one, including RIM” could access BlackBerry user data as it is encrypted without a ...
Jersey Shore’s Snooki makes another bad decsiion and accidentally posts her PIN on Twitter
This week Snooki of 'Jersey Shore' fame made yet another bad decision as she posted her PIN on Twitter. Word on the street is that it was an accident, but her BlackBerry apparently "blew up" as loads of her 310,000+ followers sent her BBM requests. She promptly ditched her ...
RIM Responds To Apple Over “Unacceptable” (read bogus) Reception Claims
I have you haven’t looked and any tech blogs, picked up a newspaper, or watched any news broadcast since last Thursday, you may not have known that Apple held a special press conference Friday to address receptions issues that plague the iPhone 4. Steve Jobs, for the most part ...
RIM Reports Q1 Fiscal 2011: Up In Every Category… Just Not Up Enough
One might think that revenue growth of over 24% to $4.24 billion, a 41% earnings per share increase to $1.38, an increase in device shipments of over 43% to 11.2 billion, and 4.9 million net new subscribers taking the total subscriber base up 60% quarter over quarter to 46 ...
RIM sees profits climb ever higher, yet misses the mark
On a day when the business world is focused solely on Apple and the launch of its iPhone 4, RIM announced its quarterly results. Although it managed to pocket a handsome profit of $768.9 million, everything from revenue to subscribers to devices shipped missed the mark. Revenue, which was ...
BlackBerry News From The Wire for the Week of 6/21/2010
Today we lead with the 9800. As long as the device remains unreleased, and as long as we keep seeing new pictures of it, we’ll continue to lead with it. The device is probably the most exciting one we’ve seen from RIM in a while, and the hype in ...