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• Android, Apple own 80 per cent of global smartphone market: Microsoft's share, 2.2 per cent

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 24 May, 2012 15:25

  What a difference a year makes in the booming smartphone market.

• Opinion: RIM, ditch the BlackBerry Bold look

  By Jared Newman | 04 May, 2012 02:23

  BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is swatting down reports that its upcoming BlackBerry 10 phones won't use physical keyboards.

• Analysis: RIM after BlackBerry 10 debut - Dead or alive?

  By Ian Paul | 03 May, 2012 03:13

  Research In Motion recently unveiled its next-generation mobile operating system, BlackBerry 10, giving critics a little more insight into the company's future prospects.

• On the spot: RIM focuses on future with BlackBerry 10

  By Tony Bradley | 02 May, 2012 05:43

  RIM president and CEO Thorsten Heins seemed upbeat and optimistic giving his first ever BlackBerry World keynote this morning. While some - myself included - have questioned whether or not RIM has a future at all, RIM demonstrated throughout the keynote that it believes the future is bright, and it's called BlackBerry 10.

• Opinion: How RIM can save the BlackBerry brand in three easy steps

  By Tony Bradley | 19 April, 2012 05:22

  BlackBerry is an iconic brand. Unfortunately on its current trajectory BlackBerry is going to be an extinct brand in the not too distant future.

• BlackBerry most secure, but iPhone is second: Trend Micro

  By Patrick Budmar | 17 April, 2012 12:18

  Despite having its market share consistently eroded, RIM can take solace in knowing that its BlackBerry platform is the most secure.

• Opinion: Why BlackBerry Mobile Fusion Is the future of RIM

  By Tony Bradley | 05 April, 2012 02:41

  RIM is most known for its iconic BlackBerry smartphones, but one of the driving forces behind the success of RIM—and one of the reasons it’s still as pervasive as it is today—is the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) infrastructure. Now, RIM has introduced BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, which extends BES to manage Android and iOS devices as well. While marketed as a value-add for BlackBerry customers, BlackBerry Mobile Fusion may very well be the core product for RIM moving forward.

• Samsung, RIM Face Patent Suit Over Emoticons

  By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 21 March, 2012 00:27

  Samsung and Research in Motion are being sued for supposedly infringing on another company’s patent, yet another example of why our current patent system desperately needs a revision.

• BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0: Too little, too late?

  By Daniel Ionescu | 22 February, 2012 01:27

  Almost a year after the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet was introduced, Research In Motion has delivered a new OS that brings a native e-mail client to the device.

• iPhone 4S helps Apple claim top smartphone spot

  By Daniel Ionescu | 08 February, 2012 02:09

  Apple was the undisputed leader of the smartphone market in the last quarter, as rival Nokia lost almost a third of its sales, according to the latest research from the International Data Corporation. The iPhone 4S was the hottest-selling smartphone during the holidays, closely followed by Samsung’s devices, as the market grew by almost 55 percent from last year.

• Working out RIM's BlackBerry Bold 9930 over Christmas break

  By Bob Brown | 04 January, 2012 22:31

  Research in Motion's PR team in November had seen enough of Network World editors piling on RIM and its BlackBerry smartphones, so they offered us a chance to be wowed by the company's latest offering, the combination keyboard/touchscreen Bold 9930.

• APP OF THE DAY: WorldMate

  By Patrick Budmar | 21 December, 2011 12:01

  Keeping track of all your travel plans can be tricky, and WorldMate is here to help make things a bit easier.

• Analysis: Is RIM throwing in the towel on the PlayBook?

  By Tony Bradley | 03 December, 2011 07:50

  RIM is reportedly taking a $US485 million charge to write off the value of its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet inventory. With the device slashed to a fraction of its original price and still not moving, RIM may soon follow in HP's footsteps and kill the PlayBook entirely.

• Carrier IQ tracking: Your questions answered

  By Ian Paul | 02 December, 2011 02:07

  Many smartphone users are wondering whether their Android, Nokia and BlackBerry devices are spying on them after security researcher Trevor Eckhart recently claimed that a piece of diagnostic software on the phones was acting like malware.

• RIM plays to its strengths with BlackBerry Mobile Fusion management package

  By Brennon Slattery | 30 November, 2011 05:05

  RIM is leveraging its relatively strong reputation for mobile security with the upcoming BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, a mobile device management platform with a twist. BlackBerry Mobile Fusion will cover BlackBerrys and PlayBook tablets, and it will also support competing mobile OSes, including Apple's iOS and Google's Android.