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Latest News

  • BlackBerry internet connections go down for UK users

    Some BlackBerry users in North America and the United Kingdom experienced data outages on Monday and Tuesday on Wi-Fi-equipped BlackBerries when not connected to Wi-Fi, according to user groups and some US carriers.The problems appeared to have…
  • Android and iPhone grow faster than Windows, BlackBerry

    Second-place RIM's market share rose to 19.9 percent from 16.6 percent in 2008.Apple's smartphone OS took third place. Android and Apple's iPhone OS were the fastest-growing smartphone platforms in 2009, with sales of the iPhone OS overtaking those…
  • RIM users get free BlackBerry server software

    RIM and Good Technology are looking at the bigger picture: how to manage the content and the sophisticated communication capabilities of multiple devices. With Windows Mobile, Symbian, BlackBerry, Palm, Android and iPhone platforms to contend with…
  • RIM shows new WebKit browser for BlackBerry

    Research In Motion (RIM) co-CEO Mike Lazaridis this morning showed off the company's latest BlackBerry Browser, based on the WebKit open source browser engine, to anxious Mobile World Congress (MWC) attendees in Barcelona, Spain.
  • Adobe to launch AIR and Flash Player on mobiles

    Adobe expects to make mobile AIR available for Android and RIM BlackBerry devices, and perhaps for other platforms as well, said Adrian Ludwig, Adobe's marketing director for the Flash platform.The mobile version will provide users access to…
  • Touchscreens corner the smartphone market

    And if you get it right, you have a much more effective lock-in when that user comes to replace their device, it isn't just about building new revenue streams.Canalys research shows that Symbian remained by far the largest smartphone OS by…

Latest Features

  • The essential guide to BlackBerry

    Unfortunately, RIM seems to have spent all their time on making it look pretty. BlackBerry smartphones are the essential accessory for the up to date business and information worker. Portable, connected, secure and manageable, they are every…
  • HTC's New Smartphones and Sense User Interface

    You could drop this thing and it wouldn't dent (maybe).Like RIM, with its most recent BlackBerry models, HTC made the switch to an optical trackpad rather than a physical trackball. Here at Mobile World Congress on Tuesday, I got some hands-on time…
  • Microsoft needs to step up with Windows Mobile 7

    It is behind RIM and Apple, but at 18 percent of the market it is solidly ahead of Palm and Google. Even in third place, Microsoft is easily within striking distance to reclaim second place from Apple, and it could pose a challenge even to RIM's…
  • BlackBerry spyware scare? Don't worry, yet

    We've seen similar "spyware" emerge over the past couple of years with the growing popularity of the BlackBerry platform among RIM's traditional enterprise customer-base and in the massive consumer ranks.The most recent example that comes to mind…
  • Don't expect Symbian to lead an open source revolution

    In other words, Apple and RIM have found tremendous success with their operating systems despite the fact that they're the only device manufacturers that use them.The device manufacturers who have made the biggest strides in the market are the…
  • BlackBerry rumour round up

    Keeping new BlackBerry smartphones under wraps is not exactly one of Research In Motion's (RIM) strengths. In fact, details, technical specifications and even images of RIM's upcoming BlackBerry devices typically leak months in advance of the…
 

How-Tos

  • How to secure the Apple iPhone

    Instead, you use RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which has its own set of policies, all of which, of course, the BlackBerry OS supports.Many devices allow users to connect to Exchange via IMAP, if Exchange is configured to accept such…
  • How to manage iPhones With Exchange

    The advantage of using a BES is that it provides a huge amount of granularity in controlling the policies of RIM mobile devices.This is great for large organisations with strict policies and large budgets, but frustrating for smaller businesses…
  • How to transfer data between BlackBerry devices

    Note: If you're transferring data to or from a device with a micro USB port, like the new Pearl 8220 Flip, you'll also need a micro USB sync cable.Step One: Get BlackBerry Desktop ManagerFirst things first: You'll want to download or install RIM's…
  • Use your BlackBerry as a modem

    Download and install RIM BlackBerry Desktop SoftwareThe first step to connecting your Windows notebook or desktop computer to the Internet using your BlackBerry smartphone's data connection: download the BlackBerry Desktop Software from RIM's…
  • Use your BlackBerry as a notebook

    All I received was a message that read, "Message truncated due to size.A RIM spokesperson explained that the BlackBerry Internet Service, which I used, can forward messages of up to 8 Mbyte in size; my message slightly exceeded that limit.
  • Case Study: What will you do if BlackBerry goes dark?

    BlackBerry users are panicked about the possibility that the popular wireless e-mail and voice service from Research In Motion (RIM) could be shut down by an ongoing legal dispute - and IT managers are scrambling to arrange backup systems, just in…

Reviews

  • Apple Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server OS review

    Nonetheless, it's the first time any of the operating system vendors have paid much attention to fleet mobile/cell provisioning, aside from RIM's primitive BlackBerry message servers.Podcast Producer 2 is an updated server app that benefits from…
  • RIM BlackBerry Storm2

    The BlackBerry Storm2 is the Storm that we wish RIM had released last year - this BlackBerry's build, the on-screen keyboard, and the software are miles beyond the first generation. And of course, the keyboard has RIM's excellent SureType…
  • BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac software review

    RIM is finally publicly releasing the free BlackBerry Desktop Manager v1.0.0 (build 89). RIM is finally publicly releasing the free BlackBerry Desktop Manager v1.0.0 (build 89). Anyone interested had only to download and install that unofficial…
  • BlackBerry Tour 9630

    The Research in Motion BlackBerry Tour is RIM's new CDMA BlackBerry device. The Research in Motion BlackBerry Tour is RIM's new CDMA BlackBerry device. We wish that RIM had simply extended the display to the very edge as on the 8900 or the Bold…
  • Palm Pre smartphone

    On top of that, the keys feel gummy (as those on the Centro do) and lack the clickable quality you find on RIM BlackBerry devices. The long-awaited Palm Pre lives up to its pre-launch hype with a responsive touchscreen and an engaging interface…
  • T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone review

    As ever, pressing the BlackBerry button just below the screen takes you to a whole screenful of other features and applications - with the BlackBerry Application Storefront launching, it's as well that RIM has structured the onscreen layout so…

White Papers

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  • Novell ZENworks for Handhelds

    Note that for RIM BlackBerry clients, the Server communicates with the Proxy Service only to cache software and content distributions and otherwise communicates directly with the BlackBerry client via e-mail.The Server maintains information about…
 
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