Looking forward to the fruition of certain rumors pointing to RIM pushing BlackBerry Messenger to non-BB devices like iPhones and Android phones? Don’t. A new report by the WSJ claims CEO Thorsten Heins has pretty much killed the project that would see RIM release iOS and Android compatible version of BlackBerry Messenger. The original goal to opening up BlackBerry Messenger was to have it compete with the flood of other device and non-device specific chat apps like...

RIM’s PlayBook hasn’t exactly been a raging success like the company (and many BlackBerry enthusiasts) had hoped. Still, the company is slaving away on the upcoming PlayBook OS 2.1 update. The latest feature to be revealed is something that sounds pretty essential, and frankly we’re surprised it wasn’t included from the get-go — multi-tasking/multi-window Android apps in the Android Player Runtime. With the new OS, Android apps will act much...

It’s sad when a once great company stoops to patent trolling to remain relevant. And while it appears on the surface that Nokia is doing alright after the launch of their highly anticipated Lumia devices, it appears that behind the scenes, money is getting tighter. Nokia has just announced that they are suing RIM, HTC and Viewsonic over 45 patents the trio allegedly infringes upon. The patents cover a multitude of technologies including dual-function antennas,...

The viral “Wake Up” campaign that saw a flash mob of darkly-dressed individuals with an army of “wake up” signs congregating and chanting outside of a Sydney Apple store orchestrated by RIM Australia, according to the company’s Australian arm. “We can confirm that the Australian ‘Wake Up’ campaign, which involves a series of experiential activities taking place across Sydney and Melbourne, was created by RIM...

RIM’s PR team has been taking a massive hit the last few days after it was revealed that they would kill the ability for consumers to side-load apps onto their BlackBerry PlayBooks in BB OS 10, the next generation OS RIM is feverishly working on. The news was understandably taken pretty negatively. While piracy is easily done via side-loaded apps, there are also a lot of legitimate apps and uses for side-loading. At the time, RIM said that while consumers would no...