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Research in Transition
As a BlackBerry fan, it has been a roller coaster of emotions surrounding the companies future. Like most, I thought a change in leadership was required moving forward. At one point, like many analysts, I thought that they shou...
RIM CoCEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie stepping down
Breaking news out of Research in Motion this evening. RIM CO-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie are stepping down. They will be replaced by the now COO Thorsten Heins. Mr. Lazaridis said, “Thorsten has...
Bringing BlackBerry Back from the Grave!
I have been the biggest RIM supporter in the last year. A year marked by many a mis-step. The launch of the BlackBerry PlayBook without being close to polished, and lacking key features like email, BBM, contacts, and calendar....
DingleBerry Rooting Tool for PlayBook Available Now
Development for the BlackBerry PlayBook just got a whole lot more interesting. The DingleBerry (Yes, that is its’ real name) rooting tool has been released. Right now the benefit for end users is minimal. With the root ac...
REVIEW: The BlackBerry Bold 9900 [Guest Post]
The BlackBerry Bold is currently RIM’s flagship smartphone for good reason, as it could very well be the best they have every made. It is a full-QWERTY smartphone that also offers touch capabilities, and it is faster and thin...
Setting up your BlackBerry: “Word Substitution”
Today on Setting up Your BlackBerry, I walk you through setting up a handy feature called Word Substitution. Word Substitution allows you to type one thing, and your BlackBerry will insert something else entirely. Example: R...
RIM Needs to Stop Sending Mixed Messages to Consumers
I have been the biggest defender of RIM over the last couple of years. They went with a lot more touch friendly OS with OS6 as well as picking up a competitive webkit browser. They introduced a powerful tablet with a brand new ...
Setting up your BlackBerry “Sound Profiles”
Welcome to a new segment here at HotTips where we walk you through setting up some of those great features that make your smart phone so smart. Today I’m going to talk a little bit about one of my favorite BlackBerry fea...
Changing of the Guard in Developer Relations for RIM
RIM kicked off DevCon Americas with a keynote. Mike opened the night touching on the service outage of last week and the deal with developers to give customers at least some reparations with the app giveaway. The first big stor...
