Features

• Near field communication use growing outside smartphones

  By Agam Shah | 23 May, 2012 05:17

  A growing number of smartphones have near field communication (NFC) capabilities to make mobile payments, but accessories and ultrabooks also now increasingly have the same technology.

• RIM BlackBerry forecast: Grim, with hope on the horizon

  By Ian Paul | 07 September, 2011 23:26

  Mike Lazarus, a Sydney-based software design consultant, relies on his RIM BlackBerry daily to manage his contacts database, store important documents, and keep his information secure. "I use my mobile phone essentially as a mobile office," he says. "Nearly, everything I need to do in the office, I can do from my phone."

• Why BlackBerry PlayBook is an ideal tablet for business

  By Tony Bradley | 30 March, 2011 06:05

  The BlackBerry PlayBook is available for pre-order, and will be on the street in a matter of weeks. I am not sure the RIM tablet will see much consumer success, but then consumers have never been RIM's primary market. Consumer tablets aside, the PlayBook has some unique features that make it an ideal tablet from a business or IT admin perspective.

• iPad 2 v BlackBerry PlayBook: 7 enterprise considerations

  By Al Sacco | 04 March, 2011 08:58

  Steve Jobs tried to dismiss iPad's tablet rivals as "copycats" at Wednesday's iPad 2 launch. But whether Steve likes it or not, the tablet wars are officially on. And this battle will be decided not only by consumers and gadget lovers seeking the latest and greatest slates, but also by businesses and corporate workers looking for the next game-changing productivity tool.

• BlackBerry PlayBook hands-on

  By Rosemary Hattersley | 15 February, 2011 06:01

  The BlackBerry PlayBook is nearing its final build with fully working tablets on public show at Mobile World Congress and one stand representative going so far as to refer to a PlayBook as "my own". All that's left, we're told, is battery optimisation - something that's actively being worked on.

• Tablets: iPad 2 vs. Xoom vs. PlayBook vs. WebOS slates

  By Tony Bradley | 21 January, 2011 11:07

  It may seem like 2010 was the year of the tablet, but the reality is that 2010 was really just the year of the iPad with 15 million units sold and no real competitors for the Apple tablet. However, 2011 will be very different with a diverse variety of tablet options emerging--including some particularly relevant entries from major players.

• Tablet revolution reality check

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 17 January, 2011 17:41

  With so much chatter about tablets this year, you might think that the handheld, rectangular devices being unveiled represent a significant innovation. The reality is that so much of what we're seeing is not a whole lot different than what we saw in previous years; these products offer only a few new twists. But those new twists could make the difference between tablets' remaining a niche item and their finally busting out to the mass market in a meaningful way.

• BlackBerry Dakota signals RIM's desperation

  By Tony Bradley | 14 January, 2011 09:23

  Images and details of the BlackBerry Dakota--the impending flagship smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM)--have emerged. The Dakota is packed with features as RIM struggles desperately to regain lost ground and compete with the Apple iPhone and the rising Android invasion.

• Smartphones in the enterprise: A changing landscape

  By Nancy Gohring | 16 December, 2010 06:28

  As recently as a year ago, many enterprises couldn't have imagined that the iPhone would now be second place in terms of security features that enterprises require, behind only the BlackBerry and ahead of Android and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.

• Can PlayBook tablet serve both consumers and workers?

  By Matt Hamblen | 29 September, 2010 06:23

  The coming PlayBook tablet from Research in Motion straddles the line between consumer-centric and business-centric device, symbolic of the dilemma RIM faces serving both markets.

• 4 ways a RIM tablet could smoke the iPad, Galaxy Tab

  By Jared Newman | 23 September, 2010 04:16

  Research in Motion's tablet, rumored for months, is nearly official, according to the Wall Street Journal's unnamed sources. If the report is accurate, RIM could reveal the so-called BlackPad next week during a developer conference in San Francisco.

• BlackBerry's rumored tablet: Pros and cons

  By Barbara E. Hernandez | 23 September, 2010 07:53

  It's all been speculation and rumor for the last year, but now that the Wall Street Journal has joined the rumor mill, many are saying that Research in Motion will launch its top-secret "BlackPad", or Blackberry tablet, in San Francisco on Monday.

• Blackberry Torch 9800: Try again, RIM

  By Jared Newman | 05 August, 2010 05:39

  Research in Motion performed a neat smoke and mirrors trick when introducing the BlackBerry Torch 9800 yesterday.

• What RIM's new BlackBerry needs to succeed

  By JR Raphael | 16 June, 2010 08:26

  Research in Motion may have something big up its sleeves.

• RIM's New Curve 8520 Has Nine Unique BlackBerry Features

  By Al Sacco | 07 August, 2009 03:53

  The BlackBerry Curve 8520 hit U.S. shelves earlier this week, and though it certainly won't send hard-core CrackBerry addicts rushing to T-Mobile stores to scoop one up--it's an entry-level device, meant for new smartphone users--the handheld actually has more "new" BlackBerry features and hardware tweaks than any other device Research In Motion (RIM) has released in a year.