Mobile phones and smartphones may soon be used to replace wallets.  If Research in Motion goes ahead with their plans, it could be a new breakthrough in the way smartphones are currently being used.  Top corporate customers of BlackBerry would have access to near field communication technology which would enable users to operate their Blackberry’s in the same way as they would use their wallets. ... 

According to latest data from International Data Corporation, a US based analysis firm, Apple smartphones are now number 1 in the industry while RIM BlackBerry has gone down to 4th position. Apple has exported over 20.3 million iPhones which was mentioned during its first quarter results announced at the end of last month. This has staked their claim of being number 1 in the smartphone segment. International... 

Smart phone giant RIM has announced an August launch for its thinnest smart phone, the BB Bold Touch 9900 in India as a part of its seven new phones which will be launched this month. With this RIM hopes to become competitive again following the recent setbacks it has endured. The phone boasts the refined BlackBerry OS 7 with a 2.8” VGA capacitive touch screen, a 5 MP camera and an enhanced voice-enabled... 

BlackBerry is reportedly working on launching a new full touchscreen smartphone. Research in Motion have said that the new smartphone with state of the art touch screen will be out soon. A new OS 7 for BlackBerry devices is also expected in the near future. A full touch screen with no keypads is also predicted. Some shots of the new launches were revealed. Full touch model with a 3.7” touchscreen... 

Blackberry is way behind Apple’s iPhone in the US.  In fact, Blackberry has dropped to fourth place in the run of competition for handset manufacturers.  This was according to sources from a tracking firm called comScore.  iPhone saw a jump of 8.7 percent in their US subscriber list during March to May as against 7.5 percent recorded earlier. Samsung ruled the order of handset manufacturers with... 

Earlier today, Canadian electronics device manufacturer, Research In Motion launched the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in India. Priced at Rs 27,990 for the base model with 16 GB capacity, PlayBook is also available in 32 GB and 64 GB variants which are priced Rs 32,990 and Rs 37,990 respectively. In the US, BB PlayBook is available for $699, $599 and $499 for the 64 GB, 32 GB and 16 GB variants respectively.... 

Indian Government cannot ban services like BlackBerry, Gmail, Skype, Nokia, etc only because they are difficult to track or have servers outside the country, revealed a statement from Indian Telecom security panel. The ongoing battle between RIM’s BlackBerry and Indian Govt. has seen the latter threatening to ban services in India if RIM is unable to provide access to their servers. According to... 

After refusing to pay for using audio compression technology from Dolby Laboratories, Canadian mobile manufacturer, RIM will now have to face legal action regarding the same. Earlier yesterday, Dolby Laboratories filed a lawsuit against RIM for illegally using their technology without their knowledge or consent. Research In Motion – RIM had installed these technologies in their BlackBerry handsets... 

Research In Motion, the makers of BlackBerry Smartphone’s, lost investors due to Apple iMessage threat, leading to an all time low stock price of $37 yesterday since 2007. The USP of BlackBerry devices is BlackBerry Messenger, which allows BlackBerry users to interact with each other free of cost. When Apple announced to launch a similar service, which will allow iPad, iPod and iPhone users... 

A recent survey conducted in U.S. said on Tuesday that Google Android phones are slated to become more popular than their Nokia or BlackBerry counterparts. This was good news for Google users but spelt doom for Nokia and BlackBerry who’re both big names in the mobile phone industry, and have turned out winning models year after year. This survey conducted in April entailing views of over 65,000 users...