111 news items tagged RIM
RIM introduces 2 new smartphones; changes company name to BlackBerry
Thursday 31 January 2013Research In Motion (RIM) has changed its name to BlackBerry, and has introduced two new smartphones based on the new BlackBerry 10 platform, the Z10 and Q10. The two models will be...
Strong demand for smartphones, heated competition characterize global handset market in 4Q12, says IDC
Monday 28 January 2013The worldwide mobile phone market grew 1.9% on year in the fourth quarter of 2012, as strong holiday smartphone sales raised shipments of these devices to levels nearly equal to those...
RIM, Huawei, ZTE, Pantech likely to score more points in US smartphone market, say sources
Tuesday 8 January 2013A number of smartphone brands will try to ramp up their market share in the US in 2013, with LG Electronics expected to exert more efforts to maintain its third-ranked vendor position...
Global LTE smartphone sales to reach 275 million units in 2013, says Strategy Analytics
Friday 4 January 2013Global sales of LTE-enabled smartphones are expected to triple to 275 million units in 2013, according to an estimate by Strategy Analytics.
Samsung aims to ship 500 million handsets in 2013, say sources
Tuesday 25 December 2012Samsung Electronics aims to ship 500 million handsets in 2013, of which 350 million will be smartphone models, according to industry sources, citing an internal estimate by Samsung...
RIM optimistic about BlackBerry 10 orders
Saturday 22 December 2012Smartphone maker Research in Motion (RIM) plans to introduce BlackBerry 10 to expand market share. According to Thorsten Heins, president and CEO of RIM, there have been some 150...
Tough competition ahead for Nokia, RIM and HTC in 2013
Thursday 20 December 2012Nokia, Research in Motion (RIM) and HTC have seen disappointing sales in 2012 and hope to win back market share with the introduction of Windows Phone 8, Blackberry 10 and Android...
Microsoft, RIM to keep existing platforms operating after releasing new ones
Monday 3 December 2012Microsoft and Research in Motion (RIM) reportedly will keep their existing smartphone platforms, Window Phone 7 and BlackBerry 7, continuing for a while after the release of next-generation...
RIM announces updates to developer ecosystem programs
Friday 30 November 2012Research in Motion (RIM) has announced updates to its developer ecosystem programs, including BlackBerry Dev Alpha test devices, the 10k developer commitment, updated tools and mor...
Digitimes Research: Entry-level to mid-range models to drive smartphone sales momentum in 2013
Monday 26 November 2012Entry-level to mid-range smartphones sold to emerging markets will serve as growth drivers for the smartphone industry in 2013. Vendors which offer complete lineups of low-priced...
Handset ODMs, component suppliers to post revenues gains in 4Q12
Tuesday 20 November 2012Taiwan-based handset ODMs and component suppliers, including Arima Communications, Compal Communications, Merry Electronics and Ichia Technologies, all expect to see their revenues...
Digitimes Research: Global smartphone shipments to grow 30% in 2013
Monday 19 November 2012Global smartphone shipments are expected to grow 30% to 865 million units in 2013, accounting for 43.9% of total handset shipments in the year, Digitimes Research has estimated.
Taiwan suppliers to be ready for production of BlackBerry 10-based products in December
Tuesday 13 November 2012Taiwan-based handset component makers including Silitech Technology, Ichia Technologies as well as ODM Wistron are expected to begin small volume production of RIM's BlackBerry 10-based...
Smartphones drive 3Q12 growth in worldwide mobile phone market, says IDC
Tuesday 30 October 2012The worldwide mobile phone market grew 2.4% year over year in the third quarter of 2012, driven by heavyweights Samsung and Apple as Nokia dropped off the top-5 list of smartphone...
Commentary: Nokia, Motorola, RIM may be sold in part amid mounting losses
Wednesday 24 October 2012Nokia, Motorola Mobility and Research in Motion (RIM) are likely to be torn down and sold in parts, separately, due to continual losses at their handset businesses.
Bluetooth 4.0 to boom in 2013, say handset makers
Thursday 11 October 2012Handset makers have indicated that following Apple's footsteps, mobile platform makers such as Microsoft, Research In Motion (RIM), and Google all plan to support Bluetooth 4.0 in...
PC vendors recommended to target niche smartphone market to avoid direct competition
Wednesday 3 October 2012Branded PC vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Asustek Computer, which plan to reignite their smartphone businesses, are recommended to offer models with strong application...
Non-iPhone brands to counter iPhone 5 with more NFC-enabled models, say sources
Monday 24 September 2012Although Apple's iPhone 5 is expected to enjoy strong sales, the lack of NFC (near field communication) functionality in the latest iPhone model will allow rival brands to differentiate...
China-based Huawei, ZTE to step into tablet market, say sources
Tuesday 11 September 2012While international smartphone players including LG Electronics, Motorola Mobility, RIM and Nokia have apparently retreated from the tablet PC market in order to focus on their core...
Smartphone component makers turn to look for orders from feature phone market
Tuesday 21 August 2012Smartphone component makers, seeing their shipments to smartphone brand vendors turning weak, have started seeking for orders from local and white-box feature phone players, according...
Competition in smartphone market to heat up in peak season
Monday 20 August 2012Nearly all smartphone vendors including Nokia, Apple, Samsung Electronics, HTC and RIM will launch new flagship models in the August-September period, aiming to further ramp up, or...
Nokia, RIM and HTC to see smartphone shipments continue sliding in 2H12, say sources
Monday 9 July 2012Nokia, RIM and HTC are expected to see their smartphone shipments, as well as market share, continue declining in the third and fourth quarters of 2012 due to a lag in migration to...
Branded handset vendors cutting orders to component suppliers, say sources
Thursday 21 June 2012A number of branded handset vendors, including Nokia, Motorola Mobility, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, Sony Mobile Communications, RIM, HTC, Huawei Device and ZTE, have reduced...
RIM restructuring supply chain; Wistron may benefit, say sources
Wednesday 20 June 2012Wistron as well as Jabil and Flextronics International will have a chance to receive more smartphone orders from Research in Motion (RIM), as the Canada-based smartphone vendor is...
Handset and component makers facing mounting pressure on shortened product life cycle
Tuesday 19 June 2012Handset ODMs and makers of handset parts and components have experienced increasing pressure recently due to a shortening product life cycle of smartphones resulting from keen market...
- RIM changes name to BlackBerry, unveils 2 phones (January 31) - INQUIRER.net
- RIM changes its name to BlackBerry, launches BlackBerry 10 (January 30) - Ars Technica
- RIM buoyed by Lenovo interest (January 24) - The Financial Times
- Nokia and RIM enter into new patent license agreement (December 21) - Company release
- Samsung, Apple set to dominate 2012 smartphone market (November 28) - IC Insights
- Samsung to RIM: Not interested (August 9) - Information Week
- RIM reportedly cutting 3,000 jobs (July 31) - SlashGear
- RIM delays Blackberry 10 launch and cuts 5,000 jobs (June 28) - BBC News
- Blackberry bankers: RIM edges closer to a sale (June 25) - Time
- Ex-AT&T employee admits leaking Apple, RIM info (June 18) - Reuters