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Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (TSX: RIM, NASDAQ: RIMM) is a Canadian wireless device company best known as the developer of the BlackBerry smartphone.

RIM is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, and is a sponsor of RIM Park in the northeast of the city. It was founded by Mike Lazaridis, who currently serves as its co-CEO along with Jim Balsillie.

RIM develops its own software for its devices, using C++, C and Java technology. RIM had also developed and sold embedded wireless data components.

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Review: New BlackBerry Storm improves on original (AP)

Review: New BlackBerry Storm improves on original

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- The first touch-screen BlackBerry phone, the Storm, got a few things right, but generally it was a chore to use.


BlackBerry Storm 2

BlackBerry Storm 2 coming soon (w/ Video)

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- RIM are soon to release their updated BlackBerry, the Storm 2 smart phone, with a more streamlined design and touch-sensitive buttons instead of the hardware buttons of the first version.


Motorola, in need of hit, shows off Android phone (AP)

Motorola, in need of hit, shows off Android phone

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Struggling phone maker Motorola unveiled its first device using Google's Android system Thursday, banking on it to power features that will attract consumers looking to use their phones to connect ...


Microsoft gives Windows Mobile a new look for fall

Technology / Software

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is giving its operating system for "smart phones" a new look in time for the holiday shopping season.


Hewlett-Packard and Canada's Research In Motion (RIM) announced an alliance

HP, RIM form Blackberry alliance

Technology / Business

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US computer giant Hewlett-Packard and Canada's Research In Motion (RIM) announced an alliance on Monday to provide applications and services for the popular Blackberry smartphone.


There are more than 21 million Blackberry users in more than 140 countries

BlackBerry Bold sales suspended in Japan

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created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Japanese mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo said it suspended domestic sales Friday of the smart phone BlackBerry Bold after about 30 users reported the keyboards heated up during recharging.


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T-Mobile halts Sidekick sales after data loss

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created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

US wireless carrier T-Mobile temporarily halted sales of the Sidekick mobile phone Monday after a server failure caused many customers to lose personal data such as contacts and calendar items.


RIM posts lower fiscal 2Q profit, higher sales (AP)

RIM's 2Q profit falls on charges, outlook weak

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created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. reported a drop in fiscal second-quarter profit Thursday because of charges for a patent settlement and said revenue for the current quarter will fall below ...


Palm posts larger 1Q loss, but beats Street view (AP)

Palm posts larger 1Q loss, but beats Street view

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created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Smart phone maker Palm Inc. on Thursday posted a wider fiscal first-quarter loss - its ninth in a row.


Palm Pixi

Palm to release cheaper sibling of Pre smart phone

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created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Palm Inc., which revitalized its product line with the Pre smart phone launch in June, is hoping to keep momentum going with the release of a lighter, cheaper handset called the Pixi.


Worldwide mobile phone sales fell by 6.1 percent in the second quarter from a year ago

Mobile phone sales down six pct in second quarter

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Worldwide mobile phone sales fell by 6.1 percent in the second quarter from a year ago but smartphone sales were up sharply in the period, market research firm Gartner reported Wednesday.


EU, phone makers agree on charging standard (AP)

EU, phone makers agree on charging standard

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created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- No more asking around the office for the right sort of charger. At least that's what European Union and cell phone makers are hoping.


RIM 1Q profit tops view, shares wobble on outlook (AP)

RIM 1Q profit tops view, shares wobble on outlook

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created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. on Thursday reported a better-than-expected 33 percent jump in first-quarter profit as the company continues to boost market share among non-corporate customers.


Apple's next iPhone crop must fight off more pests (AP)

Apple's next iPhone crop must fight off more pests

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When Apple Inc. launched an updated iPhone at its annual gathering of software developers last June, its biggest competitor was the iPhone that Apple had introduced the year before.


A new Palm Pre smartphone

Palm Pre goes on sale in US on Saturday

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created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Palm Pre, the new smartphone from the US pioneer in handheld devices, goes on sale in the United States on Saturday amid generally glowing reviews and favorable comparisons to Apple's iPhone.