Jason Hiner is Editorial Director at CNET and former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic. He's co-author of the book, Follow the Geeks.
The newly-announced BlackBerry Tour gives Research in Motion a powerful new high-end smartphone, and yet another conflicting product name to confuse BlackBerry buyers.
The BlackBerry PlayBook looks flashy and has excellent specs, but it's still a long way from coming to market and it may fall short in the four areas where a tablet needs to excel.
Research in Motion officially launched its new BlackBerry 6 software platform and its new smartphone, the BlackBerry Torch, on Tuesday in New York City.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance at the BlackBerry World 2011 keynote in Orlando, Florida, and announced a new partnership between Microsoft and Research In Motion (RIM) that will make Bing the default search engine and maps provider for BlackBerry devices.
One of the characteristics of working in the internet age is that the boundaries between professional and personal time have blurred. Professionals often work more flexible schedules, occasionally work from home, and answer work emails on personal time during the evenings and weekends.
At WES 2010 on Tuesday, RIM announced a lot more details about the next version of its OS platform, which it's now officially calling "BlackBerry 6," and provided a demo of the new software in action.
Research in Motion Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis told analysts on Monday that BlackBerry OS 6.0 will arrive in the third quarter of 2010.
If smartphones were automobiles, which car models would represent the leading phones? See which phone is the Lexus and which is the Prius, and everything in between.
BlackBerry Balance offers a more elegant way to segregate corporate data and personal data in order to protect both the company and the individual employees.
Research in Motion has claimed the top spot in FORTUNE Magazine's list of the world's 100 fastest growing companies. See why and see which other tech companies made FORTUNE's list.