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IDC: Android has a heady 59 percent of world smartphone share, iPhone still...
We’ve been jonesing for a more international look at smartphone market share for the start of 2012, and IDC is now more than willing to oblige. In case you’d thought Android’s relentless march upwards...
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RIM’s global sales head departs after 14-year stretch
Research in Motion’s head of global sales is leaving the company after serving the BlackBerry maker for 14 years. Patrick Spence joined the company before it had even produced its first smartphone...
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BBM staying exclusive to BlackBerry, says WSJ source
Been looking forward to porting your BBM addiction to iOS or Android in hopes of finally kicking that Crackberry to the curb? Take a seat — it looks like RIM’s private messaging service isn’t going...
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RIM may cut 2,000-plus jobs within two weeks
RIM’s current chief Thorsten Heins has had to make some tough decisions in the first few months of his tenure — and he could be making some particularly difficult choices about trimming the rank and...
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Mobile Miscellany: week of May 21st, 2012
Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This past week, it was revealed that the HTC EVO...
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Refresh Roundup: week of May 21st, 2012
Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so...
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RIM’s Chief Legal Officer is latest exec to leave the company
The trickle of departures from RIM may turn into a flood in the coming weeks if recent reports are to be believed, but things aren’t staying at a standstill in the interim. The company’s Chief Legal...
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RIM warns of loss for Q1, hires JP Morgan and RBC Capital Markets to help...
RIM announced last quarter that it would no longer be providing its traditional financial guidance for upcoming quarters, but CEO Thorsten Heins has nonetheless seen fit to deliver a “business update”...
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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 beta due soon?
PlayBook product manager Michael Clewley has tweeted that users can soon expect to get hold of (beta) version 2.1 of its operating system at the “end of May.” Given that it’s the 30th now, the company...
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BlackBerry Curve 9310 / 9320 turns up at FCC, fails to keep a low profile
FCC docs can, from time to time, turn up some welcome device surprises. Not so in this recent RIM filing, as we’re treated to yet another in a long line of leaks for the company’s Curve 9310 / 9320....
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RIM finally gets some good news, court rules it can keep using BBM name
Between delays, executive defections and falling market share the news lately hasn’t been rosy for RIM, but today it got at least one reprieve as a Federal Court in Canada ruled its use of the acronym...
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BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 beta ready for download: better portrait mode and...
That Michael Clewely is a man of his word. Not only has the PlayBook OS 2.1 beta version arrived just when he promised, but it also brings some handy additions that nudge the tablet a little closer to...
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New smaller SIM format gets standardized, shrinks 40 percent (update: Nokia...
ETSI has given the nod to a new SIM format standard, which will be 40 percent smaller than the existing micro-SIM design. Agreeing to the design in Osaka, Japan, the shape will be 12.3mm by 8.8mm and...
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FCC Fridays: June 1, 2012
We here at Engadget tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol’ Federal Communications Commission’s site. Since we couldn’t...
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ComScore: Android’s US share dips ever so slightly, iPhone slowly marching up
Here’s a minor surprise: Android slipping at all in US market share. Although it saw just a tiny drop of two tenths of a point from where it was in March, and still saw a gain over January, Google’s...
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BlackBerry Music Gateway goes on sale, brings a little NFC into your life
RIM showed off the BlackBerry Music Gateway with the promise of a June release, and it’s clearly not wasting any time: the first of the month has seen the tiny audio bridge go on sale. It’ll set you...
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Mobile Miscellany: week of May 28th, 2012
Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This past week, we learned of another possible...
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Refresh Roundup: week of May 28th, 2012
Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so...
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Has RIM canceled the 16GB PlayBook? (Update: it has)
If you’re an indecisive fan of the BlackBerry PlayBook, your purchasing decision might just have been made a little easier. We’re hearing reports that customers have been advised only existing stocks...
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RIM Ends 16 GB BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet
RIM has stopped making the 16 GB PlayBook tablet, leaving only 32 and 64 GB versions in stock, the company told Engadget. “RIM will no longer be making the 16 GB model of the BlackBerry PlayBook...
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