Considering there's a large swath of people who hate iMessage for its frequent downtime and unreliability, you would think BlackBerry would be smart enough to launch its long-popular BlackBerry Messenger app for the iPhone. Oh, they're doing that now? And for Android, too? Good. Finally. Now here's how they're going to make money off you.
The Internet spent Tuesday morning laughing at a suggestion by BlackBerry CEO Thorstein Heins that tablets won't exist in five years, a scenario that is as plausible as it is predictive — in fact, it's as exciting a plan for the future of gadgets as the one Apple built right under your fingertips.
So maybe you're shopping for a new cellphone this weekend. You could wait for that heady new Facebook phone. Or you could hold out for that cheap iPhone. And then there's the latest savior from BlackBerry, which, hey, when we tried it out over the last two weeks — and out at the bar on the weekend — at least nobody made fun of it.
The first earnings report from BlackBerry since its new phone launched isn't all bad news—the company reported $94 million in profit and $1.2 billion in revenue—but there are some alarming figures like the 3 million customers the company has lost over the last three months.
Joke's on you, tech writers. BlackBerry totally trolled you all into writing about its new phone and operating system with this terribly awkward cover of Etta James's "At Last."
In a sad scene that may not bode well for the comeback of the cellphone giant formerly known as Research in Motion, the new BlackBerry Z10 debut on its home turf to very unenthusiastic, even lonely reception in what should be the Canadian company's most enthusiastic market.
As the U.S. market remains on standby for sales and even ads, reports from both analysts and suppliers suggest sold-out new models in the United Kingdom, the first and only place the BlackBerry Z10 is available yet.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
After a strange unveiling of its new operating system, two phones, and a company rebranding, BlackBerry lifted the embargo on reviews of one of the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones, the $599 touchscreen Z10. Here's the early word.
Not that Research in Motion was ever very cool beyond the corporate crowd, but the company's rebranding, as simply BlackBerry, came with an outward appearance not of confidence so much as outright desperation.
The company formerly known as Research in Motion has unveiled its hail-mary BlackBerry 10 operating system, including two new phones — the Q10 and Z10.
Late last night, Adam Clark Estes drew our attention to this tragedy for the ages: BlackBerry owners regretting their choice of smartphone. Woe is the poor BlackBerry scroller, laments one commenter.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
After the iPhone and Android become the pocket computers of the masses, BlackBerries aren't cool any more, and The New York Times is on it.
Following a very horrible no good quarterly earnings report, Research in Motion had its annual shareholders meeting today, and announcing some strange steps to fix its bedraggled BlackBerry business.
Following yesterday's sad quarterly earnings report that confirmed the deterioration at Research in Motion we've heard about for the last year, The Wall Street Journal's Will Connor tells us why exactly the BlackBerry maker failed so hard, and it has a lot to do with getting everything wrong about the future of phones.
The bad news keeps coming for BlackBerry maker Research in Motion, which is laying off up to 6,000 people as an attempt to save its dying company, according to Canadian paper, The Record.
Research in Motion, makers of the Blackberry, released a huge dump of foreboding news about the state of their struggling company today and it's left people asking, is this the end for RIM?
If you work for RIM, you might want to start polishing off your resume and start slipping your name to other employers. Massive layoffs are on the way.
The new Digital Government Strategy, released on Wednesday, contains hints that the BlackBerry is on the way out as federal government’s leading mobile device.
Today Research in Motion, makers of the Blackberry, held one of those standard tech press conferences that are supposed to get the bloggers all jazzed about their latest offering, inspiring them to write what basically turns into free PR. But no one got excited this time.
The first step to recovery is acceptance and finally, official Washington is ready to come to grips with reality: It's addicted to the BlackBerry.
Proving yet again that the Internet offers free alternatives for things one used to have to pay for (see: the newspaper), a new report today says that cell phone networks lost $13.9 billion worth of revenue to free social media apps in 2011.
It's unclear exactly how or why one of America's largest oil energy companies ever decided to require its employees to use Canadian smartphones, but starting this year, Halliburton is going to switch from BlackBerry to iPhone.
Research in Motion's new CEO Thorsten Heins doesn't look like the kind of guy who would help the BlackBerry maker lift itself out of years long decline after smarter, cooler phones moved into the market.
Removing its co-CEOs, Blackberry-maker Research in Motion is installing Thorsten Heins as its new chief to not-so-raucous applause.
The latest big bad headline-grabbing hack targeted the cyber security company Symantec and claimed to reveal some pretty gnarly details about how the Indian government made special "back door" deals with Apple and Blackberry. But according to The Guardian's Charles Arthur, it's a canard.
In case you needed more evidence of the BlackBerry plummet from relevancy or that iPhones are winning the smartphone war, a thief has been mugging Columbia's students and has, sadly, been handing back their lame BlackBerrys.
It's becoming clear that the BlackBerry Playbook is significantly hurting an already ailing Research in Motion, after the company announced Friday morning that it will take a $485 million charge as a result of poor tablet sales.
Today BlackBerry is releasing its very sad excuse for a music service to the public and in the ever concentrated streaming-music world, BlackBerry's offering is the least enticing.
Tablets are the must have gadget of the past few years, but people aren't willing to fork over big money to own one.
Free apps haven't appeased BlackBerry users, who are now seeking a class action lawsuit against Research in Motion, asking for around to be paid $1.25 to each angry customer.
Motorola's bringing the Razr back. Remember the Razr? The flip phone that out-slimmed and out fashioned all those other bricks.
There's some surprising good news to come out of RIM's headaches: few car wrecks
To make up for its days-long outage, the company is giving customers a $100 gift certificate
Nothing says "I'm superior" like kicking an opponent when he's down
RIM says that the phones are slowly returning to normal; CEO apologizes
The company says you'll get your lost emails eventually and you didn't get hacked
Not one of Arianna Huffington's three BlackBerry's work!
It's hard to feel bad for Research in Motion anymore
After a summer of hardship, some good news for Research in Motion
Also from its earnings report: the BlackBerry manufacturer's profit sunk 47 percent
For the sixth consecutive year, J.D. Power ranked Apple #1 in customer satisfaction for smartphones
You can store a whopping 50 songs to share with your friends
Research In Motion announced a new line of their low-end models
Streaming and social, the new feature is more limiting than competitors
Everything is going wrong for the Canadian mobile company lately
Twitter, Flickr and eBay are all helping clean up the mess in the UK
Twitter defenders point the finger at BlackBerry Messenger for aiding mayhem
For different regions of the country, all smartphones are not created equal
New, more modern devices probably won't save the dying brand
Have a story we missed? A link we have to click? A sharp opinion about the news? Instead of waiting for us to post it, tell us on the Open Wire.
Submit your news and ideas | See all reader postsThe Atlantic Wire is your authoritative guide to the news and ideas that matter most right now. Our team tracks newsmakers and opinions across the entire media spectrum: newspapers, web sites, television, radio and magazines.
But we do more than just collect information. By synthesizing, analyzing and summarizing what’s out there, and adding new information when we can, we are a news engine that gives you a quick and valuable account of the issues of the day.
Have a hot tip? A story we missed? Tell us on the Open Wire
How to send us editorial or technical feedback
Get Five Best Columns in your inbox each morning (preview)
